Gourmet products local specialties and wines Richerenches

Richerenches, capital of the quality truffle: the famous "Tuber Melanosporum" has long been renowned. It is the most important truffle market in France. The wholesale market takes place on the Cours du Mistral. Brokers, truffle growers, tourists and the curious meet on the Avenue de la Rabasse and the Cours du Mistral. The same atmosphere of murmurs and mystery that gives this type of event its aura and cultivates the rarity of the product is found there. It is to be experienced at least once as an observer. It is the pride of the Enclave des papes.

Christian and his wife are first and foremost farmers who make you discover their land, their way of working, their passions: truffles and wine. Christian is waiting for you, adorned with two bags: one for the harvest and the other with biscuits to reward the artist: the dog. Both of them will guide you in a truffle field and make you discover the art of truffle digging. Once the demonstration is over, toasts with truffled butter, olive oil sprinkled with truffle chips and the glass of friendship are served. A good moment of sharing. A piece of advice, book this escapade quickly.

To fully express the specific characteristics of the Richerenches terroir, the winegrowers decided in 1966 to join forces and found the Le Cellier des Templiers winery. Made up of grape varieties typical of southern France (syrah, grenache blanc and noir, viognier, marsanne, roussanne, etc.), the 700-hectare vineyard extends over three AOPs: côtes-du-rhône, côtes-du-rhône-villages visan and grignan-les-adhémar. When black truffles are in production in winter and white truffles in summer, reserve in advance for a tasting of truffle toast with the award-winning cuvée Diamant Noir.