Vineyards : it spreads out over 5 different very hilly communities (220 to 600 metres in altitude) : Mérindol les Oliviers, Mollans sur Ouvèze ( in the Drôme county), Faucon, St. Romain en Viennois and Puyméras (in the Vaucluse county).
Soil types : Stony terraces with rounded and /or sharp pebbles with soft soils, red sandy stones.
Climate : Mediterranean but a bit cooler (due to the Mont Ventoux with its 1,912 metres in altitude).
Background : The sparse appearance of several rows of olive trees and fruit trees among the vines are vestiges of what used to be a very diversified farming area, but which suffered the consequences of heavy frost in 1956. Only the vines remain.
News : Classified as a Côtes du Rhône Villages Appellation in 1979, the vineyard was consecrated in 2005 as a Côtes du Rhône Villages (named Villages).
Area under cultivation (1rst harvest)* : 117 hectares ; yearly production : 4,683 hl ;
Average yield : 40 hl/hectare ; Potential of production : 324 hectares /13,440 hl
*Source of information : official declaration of harvest 2004
Grape Variety mix : (A.C Red only) Black Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah and/or Mourvèdre 20% minimum, other grape varieties authorised by the Appellation 20% maximum.
Minimum alcoholic strenght : 12.5°
