Wines and spirits Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Situated on the first foothills of the Luberon, in a sublime landscape, this imposing fortified residence belonged in the 16th century to the Aix parliamentarian Malherbes. In 2004, Nathalie and Albert Souzan bought this ancestral wine estate. On the 22-hectare estate, it is Nathalie who, after training in Suze-la-Rousse, has taken on the exciting role of winegrower. Very well supported by the whole family, the harvest and bottling follow one another. The labels are conjugated in I, You, Her, Us, They, in the three colours.

The estate covers 28 ha at the foot of the Luberon mountain. It is a very special terroir, limestone, sand and stones, on which vines were already cultivated in Gallo-Roman times. Domaine La Garelle produces red, white and rosé Côtes du Luberon AOP and Vins de Pays de Vaucluse. The cellars are air-conditioned and the pneumatic press takes care of the grapes. The average age of the vines is 25 years in AOC, and 15 years in Vins de Pays. Alain Audet, an agricultural engineer, has all the cards in hand to make the best wines!

This distillery has been in existence since 1835, and it was it that created the mythical Pac Citron 50 years ago! It's the oldest distillery in Provence. The great poet Frédéric Mistral even offered him a few verses. Come and try our Provencal liqueurs: Comtadine, Elixir du Mont Ventoux, oregano liqueur and lavender liqueur, which goes so well with apricot and melon sorbets. Syrups, eaux-de-vie and aperitifs are also available.

Cousin of the Domaine Chante Cigale, this estate consists of two properties: 15 ha in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 28 ha on the right bank of the Rhône, la Chapelle-de-Maillac, in the Gard department. Some vines are more than 50 years old, others more than 80! The estate's reputation is due in part to a cuvée (well named) from a hundred-year-old parcel, Le Secret des Sabon, sold only by reservation and whose information remains well guarded by the family. The estate also has old vintages and magnums sold by the drop...

The estate, a former ^12th-century convent, extends over 36 hectares, 25 of which are cultivated with vines, the rest being forest and garrigue. Guy Jullien and his son Thomas produce organically grown wines in three colors: AOC Beaumes-de-Venise red, with good ageing potential; Côtes-du-Rhône red and white; and Côtes-du-Ventoux red and rosé. Reservations are recommended for wine tastings. Take the opportunity to visit the picturesque village of Suzette.

Aureto is the 5-star Coquillade Village Relais & Châteaux wine estate. The 36 ha of vines are cultivated using integrated farming methods in AOP Ventoux and AOP Luberon. The cellar, equipped with a stainless steel vat room and a barrel cellar, enables us to vinify in the best possible conditions. The quality of the wines is the property's primary objective, which is reflected in the numerous medals and citations in the best wine guides. The tasting cellar is the ideal place to discover the cuvées, which are named after the wind (Autan, Tramontane, Maestrale...).

The Domaine de la Royère has been in the Hugues family for several generations. But it was in 1988 that Anne and Jean-Pierre Hugues decided to recreate a wine heritage. The first vintage was vinified the same year. The 32 hectares of vines, the oldest of which are a hundred years old, are spread over three terroirs around Oppède and Oppède-le-Vieux, cultivated using sustainable agriculture, limited yields and manual harvesting. The L'oppidum cuvée, a Côtes du Luberon A.O.C. rosé, is vinified by direct pressing.

Instead of Forbin de Janson, for those who know, you will now find the Domaine des Jardinettes sign along the road between Villelaure and Bay. The farm has about hectares, with a dozen varieties, mainly syrah, Merlot, Muscat small grains, Grenache, white Grenache. The wines of the Domaine are all derived from organic farming (certified ECORCET FR - organic - 01; 30) and fall into the 3 colours, 2 bottles in bottles and 1 in box bags. Take a tour at the basement where you can taste the Jade Caprices of Jade and fill your local basket of products beautifully in a small, fine grocery aisle.

It's an estate handed down from generation to generation, in a privileged location. It includes the winery, the Musée des Arts et des Métiers du Vin (Museum of the Arts and Crafts of Wine). This is an opportunity to discover monumental antique wine presses and old wine-making equipment, a reception room and a gîte in a 1750 dwelling. Overlooked by the Mourre Nègre, the 18-hectare vineyard is grouped in a single block around the winery. The result is traditional red wines with a strong personality, concentrated and well-balanced. Favorite: "L'Agitateur", named after a museum piece.

This is a prestigious area, just kilometres northwest of Aix. Pont-Royal Castle was built in the th century by the ancestors of the family. At the time, the master's house, the royal post relay and the hostel were used to serve wine from the area. Today, the vineyard stretches over 13 hectares and the operators, Jacques Alfred and Sylvette Investors, surrounded by their three children, vinifient their wines by focusing on revealing the aromas of the year in a perfect balance between colours, scents and flavours. The low yields and the small area of the vineyard make their vintage products rare and high-end. Result: two fabulous vintages (Grand Crus Prestige and Cuvée) with reds, rosé and the label organic quality agriculture France. The area hosts seminars, receptions and weddings.

This century-old cooperative produces AOP Côtes-de-Provence and IGP des Maures wines. The vineyard is made up of 350 hectares of which 250 hectares are Côtes-de-Provence, from which four AOP rosé and red wines are produced, and two PGI wines: "Lou Castellas" in the three colours, and "L'inattendue" in rosé. The cooperative's cellar also offers local products, locally produced olive oils, oenological accessories and gift boxes.

Since 1806, six generations have succeeded one another at the head of this estate, which has the specificity of collecting old vintages in white and red. The main house has a vaulted part from the 16th century and the cellar, built at the end of the 18th century, has kept its original framework. The excellent AOP Côtes-de-Provence wines are produced in all three colours, notably the top wines of the Clarendon range. Roselyne Gavoty, the owner-winemaker, welcomes, by appointment, groups of oenophiles for thematic tasting sessions.

The winegrowers of Gonfaron have created "Inverso", a concept that gives consumers the keys to choosing and tasting their wines in an original way and provides visual cues to help them live the wine experience. With three levels of reading, numerical scale, product name and bottle design, Gonfaron wines become more accessible and understandable. To discover this concept, the Gonfaron cellar, located at the entrance to the village, organises discovery and initiation workshops.

The cooperative cellars of Saint-Maximin and Tourves, which produce organic PDO, IGP Var Sainte-Baume wines and sparkling wines, joined forces in 1997. Their terroir, located in the Coteaux-varois-en-Provence PDO production area, extends within a 15-kilometre radius around Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, at the foot of the Sainte-Baume massif and the hill of Saint-Probace, as far as the foothills of Mount Aurélien.

This 23-hectare Coteaux-d'Aix-en-Provence PDO estate, owned by Denis Alibert, was built on the ruins of the second largest known Roman wine-growing villa to date (it must have been 8,000^m2 at the time). It produces white, red and rosé wines (three vintages for each colour), more or less dry, more or less fruity, more or less mellow: taste and make your choice! The estate is one of the stages of the raid "Vélo tout terroir", a mountain bike circuit accessible to all, which winds between Rians and Jouques,

Sébastien Le Ber, owner-harvest, cultivates vines without herbicides, chemical fertilizers or insecticide.

Nestled in the early foothills of the Moors, this vineyard turned to the sea has preserved its charm of yesteryear. The cuvée-du-baguier already features many famous restaurants and famous palaces.

This area with its 17 hectares of vineyards makes organic, biodynamic (label AB and Demeter), where the organic resources are made from a compost from a pig farm in the open air. Wines (red, rosé, white), classified in AOC-de-Provence, affirm all the potential of the land. The area also rents three rural shelters from two to seven.

This great estate of the Côtes-de-Provence appellation, created in 1900, was reborn from its ashes in 1998, and extends over 130 hectares between Gassin and Ramatuelle. Its authentic bastide is nestled in the heart of 45 hectares of vines spread over the Saint-Tropez peninsula. The respect of traditional practices has always been one of the fundamental values. This culture of tradition is combined today with the modernity of the cellar and the quality of the grape varieties. A summer shop welcomes you at the entrance of the estate to discover and taste its vintages. To discover.

The wine estate of the Matton-Farnet family includes an authentic Provençal property, dating from the 18th century, a chapel and a Napoleon III building. Château Minuty is surrounded by 60 hectares in one piece on schistose limestone soils, completed by 80 hectares on clay-limestone soil in Vidauban and 20 hectares on the slopes of Valderian in Ramatuelle with a superb view of the Bay of Pampelonne. 4 ranges, in the 3 colors, are offered, including "Gold", the emblematic Minuty, vintages that are distinguished by their naturalness.

In a prestigious setting, the château opens its doors to share its culture, its viticultural heritage and to tell the atypical story of its vines and its wines. A commented tasting of the vintages, a visit of the cellar and the winery or a walk in the vineyards allow to better understand the culture and the character of this generous land, which bears the imprint of the men who cultivate it. The Château Vaudois also has two reception rooms (the Salle aux Etoiles and the Salle du Château) to host all your events.

The vineyards of this Varnish cooperative are located at the foot of the Maures massif and enjoy maximum sunshine. The land fully classified in the coast-of-Provence AOP produces numerous quality cups, «The Marquets», «The Sketch of Marquets», «The great work of the Marquets», «The terraces of the Gulf», «Excellence», «La Norade», «The Light of the Marquets», regularly awarded in the competitions.

Since 2000, Julie Ortet has continued to operate this 21-hectare domain, which is steeped in history, modernised in 1998 by Jacques and Bernadette Ortet-Kester. The wines of AOC-var-en-Provence and wines of Var countries, in the three colours, are developed in a traditional way and are for sale in the cellar, as well as different products from the land, olive oil, quenelle, anchoïade… The red wine "Manual Harvest 2006" was selected by the guide Hachette of wines 2010.

This cooperative cellar was absorbed in 2004 by La Cadiérenne and is now part of this great family.

Created in 2003, this magnificent wine estate in the heart of green Provence is, since 2011, the property of Gilles Pedini, a native of Nice and above all an epicurean in love with the region. With the help of his talented cellar master, he has been able to restore the estate's reputation for excellence: uprooting and replanting of the vines, always in constant evolution, increased rigour in the work in the vineyard and in the vinification process, limiting the environmental footprint. It should be noted that the estate has obtained level 3 High Environmental Value (HVE) certification.

Culminating at an altitude of 380 meters, this territory of 600 hectares, including nearly 9 hectares of olive trees and 31 hectares of vines, benefits from 3 natural water springs feeding the domain which extends over the two appellations, coteaux-varois-en-provence and côtes-de-provence. The wines are available in three colors, white, rosé and red and are made from traditional Provencal grape varieties, syrah, grenache, cinsault and rolle. The estate also produces and sells its extra virgin olive oil, extracted after cold pressing.

In an exceptional setting, Château Saint-Julien d'Aille extends over 172 hectares, between vineyards, pine forests and olive groves, set against the foothills of the Massif des Maures and bathed by the River Aille. The precious sandy-clay terroir with quartz on the slopes, where the sunshine favors good ripening, produces excellent grape quality. The combination of organic farming and cutting-edge technology contributes to the production of some of the finest, most elegant and aromatic AOC Côtes de Provence wines, which regularly win medals at the most prestigious competitions. The vinothèque awaits you to discover the château and taste its wines: Cuvée Triumvir in red and white, Cuvée Imperator and Cuvée Saint-Julien in red, rosé and white.

Owned by the Paquette family since 1952, this AOP Côtes-de-Provence-Fréjus vineyard is today managed by Jérôme, a graduate oenologist from the Bordeaux Institute, assisted by his daughter Claire, also an oenologist, in the respect of the authenticity of the terroir. The grape variety is composed of grenache, mourvèdre, syrah, tibouren and rolle. It gives expressive wines, like the Osmose rosé born in 2011, a harmony of tibouren and grenache vinified in oak barrels. We also recommend its little brother, the white Osmose, born the following year.

Owned by Roger Zannier since 2011, the estate has about 100 hectares of vineyards. A true wine enthusiast, he has turned this Provencal terroir into a renowned vineyard with gastronomic vintages that produces 90% rosé, 5% white and 5% red. His latest vintage is distinguished by a very high level of quality, like the Clos de Capelune rosé and Excellence rosé 2021, gold medal at the Provence wine competition, as well as at the Terre de vins competition.

The estate covers 80 hectares, including 20 hectares of vines, at the foot of the Pilon Saint-Clément massif. Half of the vineyard is planted with old grape varieties - between 20 and 50 years old - such as grenache, cinsault, and ugni blanc, and the other half with recent grape varieties, such as syrah, semillon, and rolle. The AOP coteaux-varois-en-provence wines are made in a high-tech press, then in thermo-regulated vats, before being aged and preserved for the reds in the tuns room. For several years, the vineyard has been using organic farming methods.

Peirecèdes is a family history since 1900. The estate, located in the Côtes-de-Provence Pierrefeu appellation, respects the environment and is now part of the organic farming process. In its tasting cellar, the Baccino family offers traditional bottled wines, but also barrel-aged wines, magnums and gift ideas. A guided tour of the cellar, with an introduction to wine tasting, is regularly organised by Audrey Baccino, oenologist, the^5th generation.

For neophytes and wine lovers, this cellar offers an innovative concept. Using a card credited with the amount of your choice, you can taste 32 wines and spirits (Côtes-du-Rhône, Provence, Languedoc, Roussillon, Bordeaux and Burgundy) thanks to the Enomatic nitrogen service and preservation system. Ideal for discovering aromas and choosing the right bottle. There's also a selection of great houses, pastis and a wide range of Japanese whisky. A new boutique next door is devoted exclusively to spirits.

Sir David Murray, a Scottish, became owner of this area of 260 hectares, of which 40 were vineyards, in 2005, the year that marked the beginning of a new era for Château Routas. Located about 400 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest vineyards of the appellation coteaux-en-provence.

Welcome to Rocca Fortis! An estate perched at an altitude of 350 metres, with 24 hectares of organic viticulture. The owner, Raimond de Villeneuve Flayosc, enjoys a good reputation among wine lovers and, in viticultural terms, "calm" temperatures and a maritime influence beneficial to vine-growing. From these terroirs comes "Corail", an approachable, sparkling Côtes-de-Provence rosé. To convince yourself of the estate's excellence, treat yourself to "Les Mûres", a red Côtes-de-Provence, the house's best-seller.

Bought by the Ghigo family in 2010 (already owner of Château Peigros in Pierrefeu du Var), this 17th century property is on 34 hectares and is composed of two terroirs of predilection for vine growing. One on the coastal fringe, some plots of which are classified as AOP Côtes de Provence La Londe, and the other close to the Maravenne river, composed of alluvium and sand, and from which a PGI wine of the Moors named La Sabine is produced. Today, the entire estate is run in organic farming.

The genius of these seasoned winemakers, who fought for the AOC, lies in their way of exploiting the climate and the soils. The estate has been producing organic wines since 2012 and was awarded the "bio" label in 2014. A vineyard of 50 ha, divided into AOC Pierrevert (mainly), IGP (5.5 ha) and one hectare of pinot. Syrah and grenache give the typicity of the reds, from a classic vinification or carbonic maceration. As for the cinsault, grenache and vermentino, they are used to produce excellent rosés. Several vintages are offered to visitors.

At Château Barbebelle, one of the oldest vineyards in the region, Madeleine and Valentin work for the best: the alliance of modernity and know-how passed down for 4 generations! The 50 ha of vineyards in the Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence appellation are located at an altitude of 400 m on clay-limestone soil in the heart of 300 ha of preserved nature. The production is 100% controlled, from the vines to the marketing, in conversion to organic farming. In summer, the park hosts concerts of the festival Les Musicales dans les Vignes de Provence.

This exceptional estate was created in 1970 by Claude Dieudonné. 23 grape varieties are spread over more than 200 hectares, including two AOCs, coteaux-de-pierrevert and côtes-du-luberon. The diversification and the technicality brought to these vineyards allow to present a vast range of products. Régusse has been committed since the year 2000 to the Viticulture Raisonnée Contrôlée (VRC) approach. In the shop you will find all this production and also a nice choice of whiskies and rums as well as many local craft products.