In Châteauneuf du Pape, there are several types of soils : on terraces, we find big silica pebbles which recover the ground. They play a role of thermal regulator because they release at night to the grapes the heat stored during the day. They give rather powerful wines. Then we have the grave lands, which means smaller limestone, clayey grounds which give well balanced wines and sandy grounds which underline the aromas of wines. According to the weather conditions of every vintage, these different soils express themselves more or less hard. All the art of the wine growers of the appellation is to choose the best adapted grape varieties to every soil.

LES TERROIRS DE CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE  

Big silica pebbles	red sandstone	Sand
Les vaccarèses des terres blanches Les picpouls de Barbe d'Asne	Les bourboulencs des Tresquous Les syrahs des Bas Serres	Les grenaches de Palestor Les grenaches de Valory Les syrahs de Cabrières Les Picardans des Bosquets

Red clay	Limestone
Les grenaches de la cave	Les mourvèdres du bois de la Ville

Regarding my domain, I have the luck to possess 11 grape varieties, distributed on 15 different soils. Then, I have an extraordinary choice to prepare, every year, the most typical wine batches of the vintage. Click on the plots below and you will have an idea of the diversity of my domain.