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various grape varieties, as well as our terroir, contribute to the
unique taste of wines from Côtes du Rhône. The
ability to
blend the local grape varieties offers us a huge range of possible
combinations to create our wines. |
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the Domaine
Saint-Pierre, the main red grape variety grown is Grenache.
It brings
alcoholic fullness, colour and roundness. It produces supple fat wines
with red and black fruits, pepper, fig and tobacco aromas. It thrives
in
arid climates and its rigidity allows it to face the wind that blows a
lot in our region. In an earlier time, strongly alcoholic wines were
much
appreciated. Those wines sometimes reached 17° of alcohol.
Today, the
Grenache is often blend with Syrah, Mourvèdre and
Carignan; varietals which tone down its temperament.
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The Syrah
variety,
which is fond
of poor soils and hot weather is easy to make
into wine: it's the necessity of an artist-vintner. It benefits from
ideal growing conditions on our privileged and suitable estates and
produces first class wine with licorice, musk, truffle, black currant
and
spice aromas. The abundance of sunlight makes its alcoholic
concentration rise which permits us to produce powerful wines with
intense bouquet which can well mature for a long time in the cellar.
As for the Mourvèdre,
it has much success with vintners who prefer originality and
genuineness. Thanks to the hot weather of our region, this grape
variety with its strong character, while often underestimated, offers
long-lived traditional wines with violet flower, olive or burnt jam
aromas.
The last one is the Carignan
variety which brings red and black fruits notes
(blackberries, plums, cherries, raspberries) as well as leather and
scrubland fragrance. |
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our white grape varieties, there is White
Grenache which has the same growth specificities as the
red and permits us to produce wines which are long on the palate.
Roussanne
and Marsanne varieties,
in the same proportion, bring sophistication and strength, and produce
dry light elegant wines able to mature for a long time. Their
floral aromas are particularly intense.
At last, the Clairette
variety offers us its typical peachtree flowers, grapefruit, dried
fruits, lime blossom and jennet aromas. |
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ines
contribute
to the beauty of our landscapes.
e
have the privilege to have an ancestral vineyard,
with different and fertile soils that benefit from the climate of the
South of France. 
he
quality of our
wines comes directly from the natural assets of Provence and the hard
work of
the winemaker. We follow each step of the growth and maturation of the
grapes with great care. Our working methods are diligent and
we only sparingly
use pesticides and other chemicals. We aim at practising an
environmentally conscious
agriculture.
