When you set off to explore a destination, tasting local products is essential! Wines not to be confined to an aperitif or dessert, but which can be enjoyed on any occasion. Promise of a unique experience not to be missed! From the vineyard plots, the landscapes are exceptional.
The steep relief of the vineyard, surrounded by this chain of mountains, draws the identity of the vineyard and presents original characteristics in many ways.
First of all by its extent and the structure of its draining silico-clay soils. The very steep terrain involves vineyard cultivation on terraces on small plots. Its situation subjects it to a triple climatic influence : those of mountain harshness, the oceanic softness and the southern heat of the foehn, a dry and hot wind which blows generally in autumn and at the end of winter.
The latter, in small quantities, bring spicy notes. With a guide, I discover the main establishment and the facilities specially dedicated to wine making. On the program, all stages of production in a fascinating tour: presses and grape harvest dock in the first building, fermentation tanks and aging cellar semi-buried in another building in the complex. This institution now brings together over winegrowers , spread over nearly hectares of vines.
Guarantors of traditional and ancestral viticulture , the cooperative cellar continues the methods of manual harvesting, the selection of bunches and the passerillage. Besides the production of quality wines, the vocation of the winery is to enhance and transmit this cultural, living and identity heritage. This artisanal know-how is highlighted in the extraordinary aging cellar of the cooperative. Then, the highlight of the show, I enter the aging cellar where thousands of bottles are stored.
