Wine and alcohol cooperatives Aveyron

Based in Thérondels, on the borders of Cantal and Aveyron, this cooperative, founded in 1946, is the only cheese-making unit in the department that can produce AOC Cantal. Made up of some twenty milk producers from the area, the structure also specialises in the production of fresh tome, aligot and thérondels, a cheese similar to the tome de Savoie or the tome des Pyrénées. This know-how, its origins and its requirements are explained during weekly visits led by passionate producers who are proud of their work.

As the villages in the cellars of the Tarn valley remind us, the area around Millau has always been favourable to wine growing. The sandstone and schist soils are subject to the Mediterranean influence and to strong thermal amplitudes. The new winegrowers have managed to restore this 65-hectare vineyard and plant suitable grape varieties: Gamay Noir is present in the red wines, and in the whites, associated with Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Fer Servadou.