Raimond de Villeneuve's impressively beautiful, biodynamic vineyard is literally situated in an amphitheater, thus having a very special microclimate. Chateau de Roquefort is only 50 acres at an altitude of 1000 feet, allowing later harvesting, which results in more freshness and greater phenolic maturity, and therefore more complexity than is usual in Provençal wines.
Ambassadors for an environmentally friendly approach to farming that they'd already endorsed more than twenty-five years ago in the UK - particularly via their Daylesford Organic – they quickly learned how to watch over this fertile land with care and respect, with the help of their enthusiastic winery manager.
In tune with lunar and seasonal cycles, he helped them bring traditional farming methods back to life, which commit Léoube’s wines to sustainable, and promising progress.
Created in 1882, the Domain de La Croix extends over 180 ha among which 100 ha of vineyards. In 2001, the Group Bolloré acquires this Domain and takes up with the excellence of this soil distinguished, from 1955, as exceptional "Côte de Provence". 8 years later, the Domain finishes its metamorphosis : a cellar arose from the renovation of the ancient farm with the creation of vast subterranean wine storehouses.
The Domaine de Trevallon wine estate is located in Saint-Etienne-du-Grès, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, 25 km south of Avignon and 7 km west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on the northern slopes of the Alpilles. The Trevallon vineyard covers 17 hectares of this protected zone and surrounds a large, blue-shuttered, Provençal farhouse: 15 hectares of red grapes, made up of equal parts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Plus 2 hectares of white grapes, made up of 45 % Marsanne, 45 % Roussanne and 10 % Chardonnay.
Domaine Tropez was born in 1996 and it has assembled a number of AOC Côtes de Provence vines, covering over 36 hectares. The vineyard has undergone a major reconstruction calling for a large investment to build a state of the art wine cellar.
