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THE TERROIR OF OUR VINES
We like to think that the terroir begins with the soil and the climate. Then we regard the vine - the grape variety, the clone, the root-stock - to apprehend the culture of this plant with a traditional and technical mind of its own …
And now, we’re in front of the man who works this land, but who rarely asks of the terroir ‘What is it…?’ and ‘Where is it… ?’ because… he himself is part of it !
What if the terroir begins here with him, looking at the soil and the climate …?
SOIL
Les Grés de Montpellier – Terroir de La Méjanelle
Round ochre pebbles “Les Grés”
3 to 4 metres deep on a bed of red clay
Very good for:
Taking root well, drainage of rainfall, thermal regulation, reduced drought stress and ripening of the grapes
The same geological origin as Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The association of this geology and the proximity of the sea is the originality of the terroir.
Les Grés de Montpellier - Terroir de Saint-Christol
Stony limestone surface
Deep clay soils of Villafranchian terraces
Les Grés de Montpellier - Terroir d’Assas
Stony limestone surface
Well-cleared garrigue
Planted in Spring 2002
First grapes picked in 2004
First harvest in 2006
A new vineyards since 2009 in the area of Pic Saint Loup
CLIMATE
Les Grés de Montpellier - Terroir de La Méjanelle Under coastal influence
Cool nights and hot days
In Winter, north winds (Mistral); in Summer, sea breezes
Strong sunshine
Les Grés de Montpellier - Terroir de Saint-Christol
Between the Mediterranean and the Cévennes
Less influenced by the sea, but nonetheless Mediterranean
In Winter, north winds (Mistral); in Summer, sea breezes
Strong sunshine
Les Grés de Montpellier - Terroir d’Assas
Similar to that of Saint-Christol
Well exposed hillside, protected from north winds
VARIETIES
Traditional varieties of the region, adapted to the making of gourmet wines : - Syrah for its nobility and femininity
- Grenache for its sweetness and warmth
- Mourvèdre for its structure and gravity
- Carignan for its character of the South and its long past
in the Languedoc - Cinsault for its fruit and youthfulness
- Grenache blanc for its freshness and to go with seafood
- Roussanne for its fat and the honey of the garrigue