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The five steps of the beautiful experienceVisan different facesA human and diversified viticulture page 1

Views of VisanA patrimonial and picturesque village page 3

Visan spiritThe strength of the terroir, the power of the climate page 5

Love Affair with VisanWines of finesse and balance page 6

Envy of VisanA new desire for Rhone wines page 8

The beautiful experience with our 13 domains and the cave Les Coteaux de Visan

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SUMMARY

T H E B E A U T I F U L E X P E R I E N C E


Visan different facesa human and diversified viticulture

Wine makers of Visan, all together represent 13 owners and 180 cooperative members.We have the entire range of ages for the job, from the thirties to sixties…. Born here or elsewhere, autodidacts, schoo-

led, families, siblings from the 1st to the 12th generation of men of the wine.We took over a thousand different paths to the vines.

From the veterans to the rookies, from the old-fashioned to the modern, from the star names to the discreet talents, from pragmatics to the idealistic…. Our vision of our job is not heard in one-voice!

This diversity of stories and personalities is the first step to the beautiful experience.An encounter full of life and openness, full of richness and the strength

of character of Visan’s people.

• Respect of the soils and the vines: Running the vineyard with a presence and thoroughness in each moment is our primary passion. Reasoned culture keeps us together, and some of us have chosen to go for bio and biodynamic. To produce a nice and healthy harvest is the essence of our job, since a nice grape is essential in the work of the wine.• Humility of the “know how”: For us, man is not all. The wind, rain and sun, the soils and grape varieties, the nature and even the cosmos work for us. To know our job, we never forget to reinterpret it with every vintage.• Loyalty to the terroir: in the vineyard like in the cuverie, we keep listening to what is being said by our landscape, our slopes,and our scrubland. If we all make service to the quality and the identity of our appellation - each domain has its sunlight expo-sure nuances, each parcel its unique geological message - we express them in our wines with our winemaker’s sensibi-lity.• Sincerity in vinification: If each of us has its own method to make wine, we have in common the confidence in nature,the willingness to return all the equilibrium and typicality. The minimal intervention in the vat, we elaborate only as necessary,with a traditional approach

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Here, there, everywhere…. We have an appointement togheter

When we talk about us…. We talk about our wines. For a beautiful experience with Visan’s winemakers andtheir production, all of our domains have their cellars open year round.Some of them offer a bed and breakfast, for the serious wine traveller. Many of our wine cellars are open for a visit andwe are always there to talk about our craft. The Coteaux de Visan wine cellar has a wine tasting facility open for culturalevents and art exhibitions. We travel throughout France and the world to meet our clients.


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Neighbour of Saint-Maurice, Cairanne, Rasteau and Vinsobres, Visan is a village of 1915 inhabitants, situated in the south of the Popes enclave, between the Comtat Venaissin and the Drome province.

In this monumentally historical territory, these vineyards, present since the 3rd century, occupy half of the area’s 4107hectares, and have been producing wine for 700 years. Built during the 13th century, the Our Lady of

the Vines chapel has written in its choir this inscription: “posuerunt me custodem in vinoe” “They put me here, guardian of their vineyards…”

Our elders, like us, had the “vanguard soul”: In 1250, Visan had its own communal press where the grapes weretaken. Created in 1475 by our winemaker’s ancestors, the Saint Vincent de Visan brotherhood was the very first in theregion. Pioneers of the appellation AOC Côtes-du-Rhône, our village joined the appellation on its birthday the 19th of No-vember 1937, and received one of the first communal appellations: Côtes-du-Rhône Villages, in November 1966.

The history of VISAN has left a generous heritage.In the village, a nice patrimony from the middle ages to the 18th century. On the landscape side, a robe of vines set in an amphitheater of warm, colourful and bright slopes. The beautiful experience begins on

the very first sight of these wine tourism open places.

Populated during the Paleolithic period, founded by a Roman legion, Visan played host to the top of Provencal high-society during the middle ages, such as The Templars of Richerenches, and later came under the ownership of ViennesePrince John II. The village was then a major stronghold. You can still see a few vestiges of the Prince’s Chateau, along with twogates and a part of the fortifications. From 1327 to 1345, Visan was the mint of Princes, making most notably the golden Flo-rin, silver mark, and old money. Bought by the Holy See of Avignon, Visan became a Papal land for nearly 7 centuries, duringwhich time was built the Pontifical fortification and a group of private renaissance and baroque hotels that today make up theheart of the village. From the 19th to the first half of the 20th century, Visan installed public services and had an important In-dustrial activity. Today, the village develops thanks to its patrimonial nobility and its great vineyards.

Views of VisanA patrimonial and picturesque village

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To know more…• www.visan-mairie.com• www.visan-tourisme.com• http://www.cc-Enclavedespapes.fr/html/visan.htm• www.tourisme-en-provence.com/Tourisme/EnclaveDesPapes/Visan.htm• www.vins-rhone.com • fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visan_(AOC)

To get to Visan…• By air: Valence airport, Avignon, Nîmes, Marseille, Visan « small airport »• By highway: A9 Orange exit, A7 Bollène exit or Montélimar South.• By train: Orange, Avignon, Avignon TGV, Valence, and Valence TGV• Montélimar, Pierrelatte, Bollène…

Activities:• Cycling• Gastronomy• Hiking and equestrian• Botanic trail…..• Tennis , etc.

Local products:• Olive oil• Lavender essential oil • Lavender• Honey• Truffles

The best way to discover VISAN’s patrimony is to walk through the St Martin’s gate, passing by the ancient streets, char-ming façades, fountains and underground passages, going by Hotel Pelissier, one of the most beautiful architectural buildings of the Pope’s enclave, and by the St Peter’s church.VISAN’S landscape can be best appreciated if you go to the summit of the relief which emerges from the village, and which wears the ruins of the Chateau. The panorama over the roofs is magnificent. The orientation tableshows: Valréas to the north, Mont Ventoux and the Montmirail Lace to the south, Lance and Angèle mounts to the east. Orange in south-west, The Rhone to the west. From the heights of the vast amphitheater which embraces Visan, the vines resemble rolling waves as far as the plain, surrounded by forests of Aleppo pine, greenoak, and century old olive trees, and a scrubland with lavender and “broom” flavours. All the elegance of a Florentine Pro-vence.

This is where our wines bloom

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Before the wine, even before the vine, there is the sky and the earth. In this very specific terroir of the Pope Enclave, Visan gets the finest conditions of soil and climate: Numerous soils with variable dosages of clay and sea pebbles, a south-western sun exposure with plains in

the west and terraced slopes on the east, and a Mediterranean climate excellent for healthy grapes.

Exposures, landforms, soils, spaces for light and windVisan has a thousand ways to please the vineyard. Creating a nice place for a beautiful experience

with our exceptional terroir, whose multiple facets promise subtle and seductive wine.

24000 millenniums made our terroir what it is today. The Miocene period was the beginning: The Mediterranean Sea co-vered the Rhone valley, meeting the rivers rolling down the young mountains of La Lance and the Ventoux, taking withthem large quantities of sand and clays captured by the coastal currents. These sediments preceded others….• Rockier Quaternary alluvium, brought by the rivers that go through or around the village today (Ez, aygues, Corone, Herein) accumulated some to a thickness of some 600 meters, filling in the sea and making today very delicatesandstones, or sedimentary formations that make the basis of the wine hills of the village. • A 100 meter thick slice of gravel and clay, spread out by the rivers 10 million years back.

This long history has given to our terroir a very fine composition, such as sandy soils, lime and clay, or rocky sedi-ments. Everywhere remains several fundamental qualities: Good soil aeration for effective drainage without damagingthe nutritive combination between earth and the vine. The slagging action of the sea stones, protecting the vines fromfrost. A permanent water reserve that the clays give back to the grapes when come the summer heat.To these three virtues of Visan’s soil, responds three virtues from the sky:A strong Mistral dries the vineyards. Seasonal rains (spring and fall). Abundant sunshine during the two dry seasons (short one in winter and long one in summer with very high temperatures).

Visan spirit The strength of the terroir, the power of the climate

Visan’s terroir is a spectrum on which each winemaker plays its part

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Our vineyards, in some places one century old, combine grape varieties from the south (Black or white Grenache, Mourvèdre, Clairette, Cinsault and Bourboulenc) with grape varieties

from the north (Syrah, Roussane, Marsanne, and Viognier). The nuances of the terroir and cultural methods of vinification present in a mosaic of special cuvees the qualities

of the AOC Côtes-du-Rhône villages Visan - mainly in red, but also in white and rosé.

Gourmand, aromatics, suave, concentrated . . . Our wines express the different character of each domain or parcel, keeping a coherent quality profile, freshness and fruit.

The beautiful experience intensifies due to the honesty of the product and the sensorial pleasures realized.

Visan wines seduce when young, yet have a long aging potential - up to 10 years for the reds.On the nose, the delicacy of aromas for the reds exhibit a little black fruit dominance, liquorice and mixed spices andherbs, ranging from pepper to scrubland. New nuances and aromatics appear during aging, such as leather or truffle.More limited in production, whites and roses frolic with floral notes and summer fruits. In the mouth, the wines have anice tannic structure - fine, rounded and silky - and a nice balance between roundness, power, acidity and sugar.

Love Affair with VisanWines of Finesse and Balance

Benchmarks

• Vineyard surface: 1850 ha in AOC Cotes du Rhône Villages Visan.

• Main grape-varieties for red:Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah and/or Mourvedre 20% minimum, other are secondary and20% maximum is allowed. (Cinsault, Carignan).

• Main grape-varieties for rosé:Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah and/or Mourvèdre 20% minimum, others up to 20%maximum (Cinsault, Carignan), white grapes 20 % maximum (Grenache, Clairette, Marsanne, Roussane, Bourboulenc and Viognier).

• Main grape-varieties for white: White grenache, white clairette, white Marsanne, white Roussanne, white Bourboulenc, white Viognier, and others up to 20% maximum.

• Minimum alcohol level:12.5% for reds, 12% for whites and roses.

• Production:From 10,000 to 15,000 hl/an en AOC Côtes-du-Rhône Villages.

• Yield: 30 hl/ha average.

Visan wines are a real revelation from the first taste.

Our wines are praised in multiple references by the national guide book (Hachette) and international magazines(Decanter, Wine Spectator) and by many medals awarded in major wine competitions.


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Thanks to an association dedicated to the promotion of Visan’s wines, our priority today is to make our wine well known to professionals

(Journalist, wine shops, resellers) and public alike.

Rich and complex, our wines are appreciated by the connoisseur ... Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Visan AOC wants to win the hearts and minds of wine-lovers

and seekers through a beautiful experience with bottles in an accessible range(a good value for the money) and in taste (pleasure and sensuality first).

Our wines talk to women and to men, and all who love Rhone wines and love the exploration and the variation.

Our wines talk to the intuitive, the passionate, the curious, and to all of those who like to drink well and love these greatmoments of satisfaction brought by a new discovery.

Our wines talk to all epicureans looking for contrast, elegance, and surprises in wine and food combinations.

Our wines are made to provide nice surprises, new sensations of terroir, the joy of discovery and allow others to discoverthe great delights of the Rhone valley.

Our wines are made for the art of living together - for gatherings, smiles and happiness, with family, with friends, in pri-vate moments, with a cellar master, at home, at the restaurant…

Our wines are a call to the senses and a declaration of conviviality.

Envy of VisanA new desire for Rhone wines

Our wines are made for experience,the beautiful experience.

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L A B E L L E R E N C O N T R E

Art Mas is a new domain created in 2009 by a young independent wine maker, Xavier Combe, from a portion of the century-oldfamily business, thus far dedicated to the cooperative. Influenced by Jean-Henri Fabre’s research and by its live nature laboratorynamed Harmas (which means wild garden in Provence), Xavier Combes takes the spirit of it confirming his philosophy of the job,mixing viticulture, biodiversity, and the expression of terroir.

Domaine Art MasNature takes its course


For me, the beautiful experience is when i offer my passion to people. i do everything from a to z, from the vines to packaging.

but what i want first is to make wines that portray the best expression of my terroir.

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• 25000 bottles in AOC cotes du Rhone Village Visan.• Total production in AOC VISAN: 200 hl per year.• Wine tourism: Visits of domains and tastings in the vineyards. Future projects include horse-drawn carriage tour.

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• Domaine Art Mas : Le Rastelet 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)6 71 02 42 86• [email protected]

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Art Mas is 7 hectare, old-vines vineyard, situated on south-south-east exposure. With the conversion towards biological agriculture(in process) and bio dynamic viticulture (in preparation), the cultural method is a respect of nature, the idea of the free earth, andthe development of an eco-system around the vineyard. Organized like a place to live, in balance and equilibrium, the domain iscultivated like a wild garden where vines, native plants and new plantations done by Xavier Combes (Olive trees, lavender…) so-metimes live together. Fauna and flora are considered a real help in the protection of the vineyard. Of shallow lime and clay marlstoneorigin, the soil is worked with traditional methods, with the right tools depending on the parcel’s topography. The entire harvest is done by hand and then destemmed.

.........................The vineyard and its harvest

Vinification is done parcel by parcel, in a gravity concrete or stainless steel tank, using native yeast. For rosé, a direct press isfollowed by a sedimentation period, then fermentation at 17 C° for 2 or 3 weeks. For the classic red, the Grenache is done under acold maceration, for a week preceding a 3 week alcoholic fermentation. Cuveé Parure is from a special parcel, vinified in a woodentruncated tank, with an aging in half barrel size for the Syrah. • Cuvee Dance Flavor (rose): a shiny robe, rosewood coloured, with an intense and pleasant nose of fresh berries and candiedstrawberry flavours; finishing on a citrus touch, which we’ll find again in an unctuous and rich mouth, with raspberry, redcurrantand roses…• Cuvee Classic (red): an intense garnet robe, a fresh and full red fruit nose with jam, mixed with a few spicy notes, showing com-plexity and an aromatic power that you’ll find again in mouth, balanced by smooth tannins.• Cuvee Parure (red): an intense ruby robe, with a powerful spicy nose of jammed fruits; all of this embraced by a pleasant andfine vanilla flavour. In the mouth, the tannins are smooth and soft.10, 50 to 18 euros range (public price).

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Grandsons of Clement Depeyre (co-founder of Tulette’s cooperative) and sons of Henri, John Paul and Gerard Depeyre have beenin Visan since 1972, the year they bought a magnificent farm dating back from the 16th century. During this time, the domain washalf planted in vines. The two brothers and their father expanded it in order to create the Clos du Pere Clement, one of the two firstindependent domains of the appellation Cotes du Rhone Village Visan. Nowadays, Gerard is in charge of the vines, and John Paul isconcentrated on vinification and marketing.

Le Clos du Père ClémentThe art of growing wine


For us, the beautiful experience is to learn with humility, in contact with those who discover our wines.

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.........................The wine-makers

• 80 000 bottles in AOC cotes du Rhone Village Visan.• Total production in VISAN AOC: 900 hl per year.• 25% goes to Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Luxembourg and Canada.• Cuvee Pere Clement 2007 “Coup de Coeur Hachette guide book, Cuvee Our Lady 2007 Vinalies prize 2010.• Wine tourism: Wine tasting and sales at the domain, guided tour, referenced as “domain excellent reception” in the “Rhone ValleyWelcoming charter”.

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The Clos is situated on Visan’s best location called “Notre Dame” next to a Roman Chapel on 22.5 hectares of southward facingslopes composed of a rocky lime and clay soil. Cultivated with extreme care, with a bio-conversion in the near future, the vine issubjected to careful selection, by parcel and by the grape’s maturity, before harvesting. The harvest is done by machine, with adestemming machine in order to get a perfect result, and hermetic stainless steel trailers to carry the grapes to the winery.


A special care is given to each step of the process (elaboration, filtration, and bottling). Vinification is done in stainless steel tankswith a semi maceration of 15 to 21 days under strict temperature control, and then placed in concrete before assembling. After ayear of aging in an underground vat (with an additional 6 to 8 months in oak barrel for the Pere Clement cuvee), and following thebottling, the wines are kept one more year in an underground cellar before release.• Cuvee Saint-Clément (grande réserve red): a deep red robe, dense with slight orange reflections; an aromatic bouquet, withred fruits, matured fruits (figs, prunes) and toasted notes. In the mouth there is a lot of expression; a rich and tannic wine, with afrank finish. Possible to age 20 years.• Cuvee Notre Dame 2007 (red): a ruby robe with tiled reflections a pleasant scrubland bouquet, pepper, spices, hint of truffles,and a touch of raisins. In the mouth, a nice volume, with a pleasant vivacity thanks to a good and well-balanced acidity, a spicy per-sonality, peppered, toasted, a slightly smoky, with a touch of juniper on the finish. Can be kept about 5 years.• Cuvee Père Clément 2007 (red): a clear red robe, a complex bouquet, slightly mineral, which combines spices and toasted aro-mas. In the mouth, the wine is well structured, a touch vegetal, with solid tannins, before finishing on cherry and scrubland touches.Can be kept 12 years.7 to 11 euros range (public price).

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• Le Clos du Père Clément, Depeyre et fils : Route de Vaison-la-Romaine 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 41 93 68• www.clos-pere-clement.com• [email protected]

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Founded in 1897 by Ferdinand Delaye, pioneer of Visan wines and artisan of great notoriety, the cooperative was in the beginning a private affair, where the winemakers took in their harvest. The real cooperative was born in 1937 under the initiative of Paul Roux and the management of Jean Ordener. The cellar’s dynamism and the quality of it job helps Visan to be oneof the first communes classified as Appellation communal Cote du Rhone Village, in 1967.That year, the cave acquired the necessaries to unify the vinification of Visan’s wines. It is allowed to select the harvest, making a tough selection, and the possibility to work the terroirs and the grape varieties separately. During the following years in-vestments continue, with, for example in 1977, a row of vats for the vinification of the Volabis quarter; in 1987 the creation of the Cave Saint-Vincent, with stable temperature galleries dug in the rock; the creation of a new atelier for the vinification in 1995, and the 2001 renewal of the bottling line with a capacity of 6000 bottles/hour. The cave has installed theparcel’s selection in 1992 and the 2010 vintage will be certified as a biological agriculture for a portion of the production. In 2000,the Cave obtained the AFAQ certification for the quality assurance ISO 9001 norm.

Cave Les Coteaux de VisanQuality from the parcel to the bottle


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.........................The Cellar

Coteaux de Visan Cave has 180 members, and their vineyards cover 13,000 ha ( 200 ha certified biological agriculture) The lime and stone slopes rich in tumbled sea stones, facing sun, welcome the red wine grapes varieties; the sand clay slopes arededicated to the rosé, while the limey terroir with sandy micro areas is for the whites. All of these vineyards are harvested by hand,with a tough selection being made by grape variety, terroir, and climate. Since 1999, the wine technicians of the Cave have been incharge of the vineyard, helping and offering guidance to the wine makers for not only the phytosanitary tracking and reasoned agri-culture, but also environment protection. He is also responsible for the selection of the parcels for inclusion in the appellation Cotes du Rhone Village Visan. The installation of a biological agriculture on 200 ha of the vineyards is a logical continuation of the reasoned culture project and the respect of nature, which began a few years back.


Cave de Visan is still using traditional vinification methods, even ancestral (e.g. gravitation caves) but is also using sophisticatedtools to facilitate operations. All cuvees are under temperature controlled fermentation - aging is done in concrete vats, except forthe Cuvee St Vincent (which ages 12 to 18 month in oak barrels in a special cellar dug in cobalt oxide. The cuvee Marot is aged in magnum bottles for one year within the walled in cellars of the Castle.

Red wines all have a common garnet robe, with a purple shimmer, red and black fruit aromas.More or less matured, evolving towards jammier, even kirsch flavour with time, cinnamon touch or pepper, with soft tannins and along aftertaste.Rose wines,for their part, offer a brilliant robe, with rose petal reflects, an expressive bouquet combining fresh red fruit and Britishcandy, an elegant mouth mixing freshness and suppleness, with a long aftertaste showing a nice expression.White wines golden robe with green reflections, rich and fine aromas, with peach, pear, orange tree flowers flavours;a brioche sensation in mouth, and a long and ample finish.

• Cuvee du Marot (red) (2000 to 2008): nice purple robe, jammy little red fruit bouquet, long after taste with red fruit persisting and a spicy touch. A full bodied wine, elegant, with soft tannins.• Cuvee Saint-Vincent 2006 (red): Garnet robe with violet reflects. Spicy bouquets of white pepper, touch of cinnamon, fine tannins- a well-balanced and ample wine.• Cuvee Lou Câlin 2009 (red): nice purple robe with violet shimmer. A bouquet of sun ripened red fruits with small strawberry fla-vours predominating, spiced by a touch of cinnamon. Mouth is generous and ample, spicy and fruity, with a nice expression of thearomas on the finish.• Cuvee Femmes 2009 (red): below its nice purple robe, with prune reflects, you’ll find a double profile – a flattering fruity bouquet,but also a lot of character - material, power, long aftertaste and fresh finish. Gives immediate pleasure but you can age it.• Cuvee Notre Dame des Vignes 2006 (red): nice purple robe with violets reflects, well-structured bouquet (violet, white pepper)a supple attack on soft tannins, nice red fruit concentration and noble tannins.• Cuvee La Grande Réserve 2006 (red): nice purple robe, blackcurrant and violet notes, Round wine, well bodied with very finetannins.• La Garde des Lions 2007 (red): nice garnet robe, with violet shimmer, a tender and fruity mouth, blueberries and blackcurrantnotes, a perfect balance, ample and full of promises.• Cuvee La Garde des Lions 2009 (rose): clear ruby robe, bouquet is floral and fruity, showing strawberry and raspberry.

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An elegant and fresh wine, with a light pepper note. Must be drunk cooled and young in order to get all its expressive qualities.• Cuvee La Garde des Lions 2009 (white): brilliant robe with green reflects. Crushed grape bouquet, lemon zest, a good vivacityin mouth, citrus flavours, long and well balanced.6 to 19 euros range of price (public price).

Cave Les Coteaux de VisanQuality from the parcel to the bottle


For us, the beautiful experience is in what our wine and our villagecan offer to those who decide to taste it. more than ever, Wine must remain the common measure for all generations.

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• 1,000,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Village Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 8,000 hl per year.• 25% of sales go to export: Denmark, China, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium• One star in the Hachette guidebook for the Cuvee Marot 2006, La Garde des Lions Rosé 2008• Gold medal for the Cotes du Rhone village Visan 2009 at the Concours general Agricola Paris 2010, Silver medal CGA Paris 2009and the Concours Vinalies international 2009, cuvee Our Lady of the vines 2006 (silver medal 2009 and 2010). Bronze medal forthe Grande reserve 2005 concours international DECANTER 2007. Prix d’Excellence Vinalies2008.• Cuvee du Marot 2001 was selected by the Revue du Vin de France November 2010 special edition “100 great wines from Cotesdu Rhone from 1971 to 2002)• The different Cuvees from our Cellar have been selected in different famous guide books for 2010-2011 ( Dussert-Gerber, Gault-Millau des Vins de France, Gilbert et Gaillard, Vins de la Vallee du Rhone) The cuvee Marot 2003 and 2004 are quoted 88/100 in thebook Gilbert et Gaillard 2007 and 2008.• Wine tourism: Cellar open to the visits and multiple activities in the AnVis space (wine-tasting and sales; introduction to winetasting; different programs to merge wine, arts, literature; plastic art exhibition; concerts and cultural events all year long Women’swine day in May, Wine Festival in July).

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• Cave des coteaux de Visan : BP22 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 28 50 80• www.coteaux-de-visan.fr• [email protected]

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Created in 1475 by the Visan’s winemakers, anxious to pay tribute to their Patron saint, the brotherhood was the first one in theregion. Abolished during the wars of religion, born again in January 1979, under the winemaker’s impetus. Since 30 years, master-winemakers of the brotherhood work in order to pass down to the future generations the ancestral traditions that make Visan aquality symbol.Composed of 25 members, the Brotherhood holds two events, called “chapitres” per year. The first, in winter, is held on the Saturdaynearest to the 22d of January. The second one is held in the summer, on the second Saturday of July.During the winter’s chapitre, members of the brotherhood select their best cuvee, made from old vines planted by their ancestorson the very sunny slopes, and harvested by hand for several generations. These cuvees will know two prestigious destinies. The StVincent will age 12 to 18 month in oak barrel in the magnificent cellars of the same name; the Marots will produce about 5000magnums walled during a year in the cellars of the Visan’s castle.During the summer’s chapter, these magnums are released by the King, the Queen, and the lieutenant of the brotherhood, eachelected by the winemakers. Both Chapitres are concluded with a dance/dinner with a band (in January) and a typical Provencaldinner (in July), open to the public, on reservation only.

.........................The St Vincent brotherhood of the winemakers of Visan


The 1582 cadaster indicates that vines existed on the lands that today constitute the domain. Recomposed during the 1960’s, itwas bought by Marianne and Marc Fues in 1994. The production was for bulk, but the couple decided to create different cuvees,and evolve the culture of the vines, the different grapes varieties, the storage, and the cellar. Originally from Zurich, member ofFemmes Vignes Rhone (a group of women winemakers in the Rhone Valley) Marianne Fues is now actively managing the domain.

Domaine de Coste ChaudeOpen to the world


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.........................The wine-makers

35 ha of surface area, with 22 ha on slopes facing south and dominating the Visan plain, the Coste Chaude terroir is situated on amarl-limey soil, with a combination of red clay and little rocks, covered by sea stones. The vines average about 40 years old, thevines are worked with reasoned culture, heading towards biological methods, with grassing to avoid erosion. After a parcel’s se-lection, the vines are harvested mechanically in order to pick the grapes just at the right time, considering the maturity of the grape,but also the weather conditions. Grapes are selected before destemming


After a cold maceration to increase the fruit and the freshness of the Syrah, fermentation is done under controlled temperature (notover 28C°) for about 15 days in vats, then the free run juice goes into concrete vats for the malolactic fermentation. Aging lastsabout one year in concrete vats or in oak.• Cuvee Coste Chaude (red) 2008: a frank robe, the bouquet is at first spicy, between white pepper and laurel, then moves on tomature and delicate fruity notes. The mouth is tight and fresh; the fine tannins give a nice body to the wine and bring to it aremarkably long after taste, the wild fruits fully expressive. Keep 4 to 5 years.• Cuvee La Rocaille 2006 (red): a purple-ruby robe, intense, a very fresh black fruit bouquet, forest and spices notes. In mouththe wine is round, ample, with a nice concentration and melted tannins. Long after taste of forest and little forest fruits notes. KeepUp to 5 years.• Cuvee La Rocaille 2007: a nice red cherry robe slightly veiled, a fine bouquet of fruits in alcohol, fresh prune compote, with atouch of vanilla and cinnamon notes. Supple attack in mouth, and then comes a very nice power, a generous and long finale goingto soft spices and tart fruits. Keep 6 to 7 years.• Cuvee l’Argentière 2007 (red): a red cherry robe, going a little bit to prune, an intense bouquet, open to mature fruits such asblack current, with floral notes, then a touch of toasted, grilled nuts, butter and even truffle. The mouth is suave and compact, withnice tannins, and aromas dominated by the fruit. Keep 6 to 7 years.• Cuvee Les 4 saisons 2008 (red): a black cherry robe with a few violet notes, with a fresh black and red fruit bouquet, even wildfruit (blackberries, blueberries) and a touch a forest with a very light hint of grilled toast. Mouth is ample, with a nice acidity, har-monious tannins, well melded. Keep 5 to 6 years6, 50 euros to 10 euros range of price (public price).

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• 30,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Villages Visan• Total production AOC Cotes du Rhone Village Visan: 225 hl per year.• 90 % of the sales go to: Netherlands, USA, Japan, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, and Taiwan.• One star Michelin Guide book for the Cuvee l’Argentière 2005, Silver medal world competition des vins de Bruxelles for the Cuveel’Argentière 2007, Cuvee Coste Chaude 2008 cited in Guide Hachette 2011, three stars in Decanter of December 2008 for the CuveeLa Rocaille 2006, Gold medal in Berlin wine trophy 2010 for Cuvee La Rocaille 2007, special mention for Cuvee Quatre saisons2008 at the Decanter world wine awards 2010• Wine tourism: Bed and breakfast, cellar and domain guided tour, wine tasting and sales at the domain.

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• Domaine de Coste Chaude : route de Saint-Maurice par la montagne, 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 41 91 04• www.domaine-coste-chaude.com• [email protected]

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For me, the beautiful experience is one done with the cultivatedand wild countryside, and one born from the creative message

found in my wines.


Heir of the Fabre de Rouville winemaker’s experience, passed down from generation to generation in the family, Francois Fabre producedfor the cooperative for 20 years. Very involved in the Rhone Wines expansion, he has worked with his son since 2001, the year in whichthe domain, La Florane, founded its independence by making its own cuvees. In the following years, Francois and Adrien completedtheir project of natural thermo-regulation controlled gravities cellar, built on three levels of 800 m², ¾ buried underground.

Domaine La FloraneThe slopes spirit


For us the beautiful experience is our range of wines accompanying all the moments of life, to give pleasure; revealing each parcel of our terroir.

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• 75,000 bottles of AOC Cotes du Rhône Villages Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 750 ha per year.• 60% of the sales to USA, Japan, Canada, China, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland, and a dozen other countries.• Regularly since 2003, the Domain’s cuvees obtains “Coup de Coeur” from guide Hachette guide book. In the Wine Spectator,cuvees 2007 are scored 91/100 for Terre Pampre, 90 for Domaine de La Florane, 89 for A Fleur de Pampre. Robert Parkers bookhas quoted 90+ to Terre de Pourpre 2007• Wine tourism: visit of the cellar, wine tasting and sales at the Domain.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine La Florane : route de Saint-Maurice par la montagne 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 41 90 72• www.domainelaflorane.com• [email protected]

.........................To know more

Formed of a contiguous plot of 35 ha, 14 ha of which is forest, the Domain is situated on the flank of a southward facing valley in avegetal “Clos” of broom, truffle oak, and olive trees. Soils on the higher parts are dominated by lime and gravel, while lime and clay pre-dominate on the bottom. Grape varieties differ, depending on the nuances of the terroir. The vineyard, certified ECOCERT, is managed respecting the environment, considering also the fauna, the flora, and the heavens. Harvested by hand, the grapesare destemmed and crushed in totality (except for the grapes of the Cuvee Terre Pourpre), before vatting by gravity.


Red vinification is done parcel by parcel, in stainless steel vats, or tronconic wood, with low temperature maceration before alcoholic fermentation. Juices are obtained by gravity, separating free run from press juice, aging them separately in concrete or woodenvats for 18 months before assembling and bottling, without filtration, after which there is another 6 to 9 months of extra rest. Rosés come from a plot by plot selection. Alcoholic fermentation in done in concrete vat under a very low temperature for two months,followed by 4 months of aging on fine lies. To vinify the whites, pressing and raking of sediments are done in cold temperatures, and alcoholic fermentation and aging are donethen, in very low temperature in concrete vat, with a weekly batonnage of the fine lies.• Cuvee A Fleur de Pampre (rose): a pale pink colour, with generous heady fruit in the mouth, high glycerined of currant, with acrisp finish. Pure and supple.• Cuvee A Fleur de Pampre (white): a fresh and discreet bouquet. In the mouth, mature fruit notes with a touch of honey, wax,and a surprising length.• Cuvee Domaine La Florane (red): a ruby robe. A peppery nose of cherry and scrubland with a supple mouth-feel. A moderately concentrated wine, nicely fat, with a supple finish showing soft and silky tannins.• Cuvee Terre Pourpre (red): a garnet robe, seductive black cherry aromas; a subtly concentrated and supple ensemble, surprisingly plump and tasty.6, 50 to 12 euros range of price (public price).

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Daniel Couston never misses an opportunity to pay tribute to his grandfather, Raoul Couston, who founded the domain after hisreturn from the First World War in 1919. At this time, he starts with a 5ha property in Tulette, and develops gradually. Beginning in1946, under the impetus of the grandfather and father Couston, the vineyard now covers 60 ha in Visan. During the 70’s, the batonis passed to the third generation: Daniel Couston in 1974, joined three years later by his sister Marie-Francoise. The Domain, takesthe reputation of being one of the first to work bio on the appellation, with a certification received in the 90’s.

Domaine Le GarrigonAuthentically bio


The beautiful experience also exists in the traditions. I have a great respectfor The heritage of what my grandfather and my father were doing.

There is a little bit of each of them in every one of my wines.

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• 22,500 bottles of AOC Cotes du Rhone villages Visan.• Total production appellation AOC Visan: 170 hl per year.• 30% of the sales to Germany and Belgium.• Cuvee 2006 silver medal in Orange, cuvee 2007 Gold medal in Macon.• Wine tourism: Visits and wine tasting – sales at the domain.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine Le Garrigon : 2, route de Saint-Roman 26790 Tulette• 00 33 (0)4 75 98 01 84• www.domainelegarrigon.com• [email protected]

.........................To know more

Today, Domain Garrigon constitutes some 80 ha of vines; 60 of which are in the Visan appellation. Soils are lime and clay types andsilty-clay, with Rhodaniennes terraces on tumbled rocks. Since 1997, the vines are cultivated with biologic methods of agriculture;without artificial yeast, enzymes, animal product, herbicides or pesticides. Working the soil is done mechanically – the same holdstrue for the harvest as it is done quickly at an optimal maturity of the grapes, accompanied by crushing and destemming.


Vinification is adapted to the terroir and the vintage. A long fermentation (up to a month and a half) with native yeasts is done inconcrete vats, accompanied by daily pumping over and de-capping. After a regular tasting, the wine is de-vatted and aged for twoyears in concrete vats before assemblage.• Cuvee Visan 2006 and 2007 (red): a brick red robe, with a bouquet of black fruit that we’ll find again in the mouth together withred fruits and forest, a balance between fruit and spices, plus a note of musk. Can keep 5 to 10 years.Price: 8 euros (public price).

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Descendants of Michel Bouchard, founder of the famous wine house Maison Bouchard Père et Fils in 1791, Paul-Henri, Louis-Pascal,Guillaume and Mathieu Bouchard left Burgundy in 1999 to settle amidst the Rhone vineyards and create a project which was inspiredby their father, who was also interested by the Pope’s Enclave during the 1970’s. When the domain was bought, the vineyards of whichare situated on the slopes of Valreas and Visan, the sibling divided up the different roles: Paul-Henri is the winemaker, in charge of thevineyards plus the vinification; Louis-Pascal is in charge of the commercial development and client relations; Guillaume, in charge ofthe accounts and books, and Mathieu the domain’s computer professional, are in charge of administration and finances, but are alsovery active during the harvest and the blending time.

Domaine des Grands DeversBrothers of the earth


For us the beautiful experience is the treat that we offerto everyone at our domain. it’s also the pleasure

that we have to allow people to discover our genuine wines,and to welcome curious and pasionnate people in our four nice rooms.

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• 12,000 bottles of AOC Cotes du Rhône village Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 130 hl per year.• 15% of the sales for: USA, Denmark, Japan, and China, Belgium, England, Sweden, Switzerland. • Wine tourism: visits and wine tasting at the domain, room and table d’hotes, (wine dinner every Wednesday), art exhibition, truffle hunt during the season.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine des Grands Devers : route de Saint-Maurice par la montagne 84600 Valréas• 00 33 (0)4 90 35 15 98• www.grandsdevers.com• [email protected]

.........................To know more

In order to write a new page of the history of the winemaker’s family, the Bouchard brothers have chosen a domain of 25 hectares,nestled in a small valley and surrounded by a very dense forest of truffle oak trees. 5 ha are classified as AOC Cotes du RhoneVillage Visan - they are situated in part, on a terroir of the valley bottom (fresh sandy soil of lime and clay) with east-west sun ex-posure, and a terroir on the plateau composed of red clay, lime, granite and quartz, with a southwest sun exposure. The grapevarieties are chosen depending on the geological variations. The vineyard are managed with the “reasoned” treatment method, in-cluding grassing, hand labor, organic fertilizers, and treatment tools adapted to the plant’s biology and ecological comportment.Markers of good practices, several varieties of orchids can be found among the vines; there is also a presence of truffles to be dis-covered. The manual approach is preferred for vine maintenance and harvest, as well as for a rigorous sorting and selectionEst pri-vilégiée pour l’entretien et les vendanges, ainsi que pour le tri rigoureux et sélectif d’une récolte non foulée et non égrappée ofundamaged and non-destemmed grapes.


Carefully and precisely managed like the vines, the vinification is traditional, characteristic of the plenitude of the Rhone. Semi-carbonicmaceration of the whole grapes, separate fermentation of each terroir and each grape variety of from 8 to 20 days, pre-blending afterfermentation, final blending in the Spring, with further aging from 8 to 18 months in concrete vats and another 3 to 6 months in bot-tles.• Cuvee Visan (red): a deep red robe, with a complex bouquet, as Mediterranean as you want; with liquorice, cherry, rosemary, andsage flavours. Nice fruit in the mouth; balanced, crunchy, with fine and elegant tannins giving a nice structure to the wine. Keep for 3to 8 years.• Cuvee Visan (white): a brilliant robe with pale yellow hints. A floral bouquet, with notes of pear, peach, apricot and liquorice. In themouth, very floral notes (violet and iris) revealing a nice structure and amplitude, making this wine good for a nice dish. Keep up to 5years.7.50 to 9 euros range (public price).

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Representing the 6th generation of owners-winemakers, Olivier Cuilleras has been a winemaker and wine specialist for two differentcooperatives in Manosque and Sarras, before going to work for the family business, run by his mother Marie-Claude, in 2000. Thenhe created his particular cellar. La Guintrandy has been in the familial patrimony since 1850, but its history goes back much further.A marker dating from the Pope’s time in the region (13th century), still in a very good condition, indicates the limits of the domainand the actual border between the Drome and the Vaucluse. The origin of the name of the domain (from the Visigoth Guntran), hasbeen found in the archives of the Abbey at Cluny, owner of the land in the year 1000.

Domaine La GuintrandyWine of pleasure


The beautiful experience is for me in the common awareness that i wish to foster between my wines, my approach to my work,

the professionals and the consumers.

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• 50 to 60,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Villages Visan.• Total production AOC Visan: 300 to 500 hl per year.• 90 % of the sales to USA, Canada, Denmark, Senegal Japan, Belgium, England, Sweden, Czech republic, Bulgaria, China, Koreaand Ivory Coast. • Cuvee Vieille Vignes 2008 quoted 8/10 in the guide Bettane et Desseauve and Dussert-Gerber and has a citation in Hachetteguide book 2011-02-08 • Wine tourism: Visits and wine tasting on place by appointment.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine La Guitrandy : quartier Le Devès 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 41 91 12• www.vins-cuilleras.com• [email protected]

.........................To know more

Situated between Visan, Tulette and St Maurice, the Guintrandy domain is composed of 32 ha of vineyards, 14 of which are of theappellation Visan, situated on the Deves plateau (with an altitude of 220m) and composed of very limy, rocky soil, predominated byblue clay, with sand and clay in some places, extending to the slopes and dry plateau. Some of the parcels are over 80 years old.In the conversion to biological viticulture since the summer of 2010, the domain uses manual labour and deep tilling in order tohelp aeration and help the roots to find what they need deep in the soil. Most of the harvest is done by hand, with either entiregrapes, or with destemming depending on the cuvee.


Vinification is done with traditional approach. Maceration in concrete vats lasts from 18 to 30 days, with rack and return and pumpingover depending on the cuvee and the vintage. The malolactic fermentation then takes place during the aging, which takes from 10to 18 months in oak on fine lies. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration (cuvee Vieilles Vignes, cuvee Louise-Amelie). Thewine’s integrity is respected until the reduction of the SO2 level.• Cuvee Louise Amelie2009 (red): a ruby robe with violet reflects, showing a rich and smooth bouquet dominated by spices andpitted fruits. The mouth has a nice structure and a long after taste expressing the fat and the fine tannins, cooked fruits such asprune, and cherry and spices. Keep up to 10 years.• Cuvee Le Deves 2009 (red): a brilliant purple ruby robe, with a black fruit bouquet, spices and liquorice. In the mouth a nice ba-lance is found, again with black fruit and liquorice. Keep 3 to 5 years.• Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2008 (red): a violet robe, rich and smooth, with a subtle combination of pitted fruits and a toasty/woodybouquet. In the mouth a well-structured wine, flavourful, powerful and deep with cooked red fruit flavours. Keep up to 10 years.6 to 12 euros public range of price.

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Laurent and Pierrick Michel comprise together a story that began during the 1960’s with their grandparents. Originally covered by6 hectares of vines mixed with olive trees, lavender, and apricot a tree, the domain is continued by their parents who specialize inviticulture. Laurent and Pierrick quit the cooperative in 2003 to create the Domaine de Lucéna (the name Lucéna is an amalgam oftheir children’s names: Lucie, Cédric, Nathan).

Le Domaine de LucénaAuthenticity before everything else


The beautiful experience, for us, is to offer wines of joy, fruty and epicurean, and in that way, to share our expertise learned

from our parents and grandparents.

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• 38,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Village Visan.• Total production of Visan AOC: 500hl per year.• 15% of the sales to: Belgium, Germany, China, Bulgaria, Netherlands, and USA.• Cuvee Passo Fino 2006 cited in Hachette guide book 2009.• Wine tourism: Wine tasting at the domain, learning trail on the domain and guided tour of the cellar. Special area for motorhomes.

.........................Benchmarks

• Le Domaine de Lucéna : Le Rastelet 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 28 71 22• domainelucena.free.fr• [email protected]

.........................To know more

At the foot of Mont Ventoux, Lucéna encompasses 35 ha of southward exposed slopes that were cultivated by the Popes during the16th century. The soil is lime and clay, with a predominance of tumbled sea rocks. Cultivation is carried out under “reasoned” me-thods, with a mechanical harvest in order to assure the optimum maturity of the grapes, followed by manual selection and full des-temming.


Accomplished in a semi-underground cellar, in order to obtain a natural constant temperature, vinification is done in open concretevats and, for cold maceration, stainless steel vats. Fermentation last from 15 to 35 days with pumping over and punching done byhand. Fermentation is done only with native yeasts. Blending takes place six months after the harvest (20% of the production is inoak barrel) Impassioned of horses, the brothers associate each cuvee’s spirit to the elegance of the equine.• Cuvee Frison 2007 (red): a deep red robe, with an elegant bouquet combining red fruit with toasty notes. In the mouth - ample,silky tannins, with a long and fruity finish.• Cuvee Passo Fino 2006 (red): a red-ruby robe, blackcurrant notes on the bouquet, followed by powerful toasty aromas, blackand red jammy fruits. In the mouth a nice attack, tannic and generous. Powerful and flavourful finish. Keep 5 years.• Cuvee Palomino (white): a brilliant robe, with golden reflects an intense bouquet of lime and dry fruit, a round mouth on whitefruit notes (peach and apricot) with a touch of vanilla. A crisp wine due to its freshness and its fruit.• Cuvee Pinto (rose): a rose petal robe sustained by hints of violet, and soaring bouquet, with little red fruits, lime, and a floraltouch. Fresh in the mouth, well balanced, with a warm and fruity finale.6 to 12 euros range of public price

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Damien Marres was 23 years old when he settled on one of the oldest properties of Visan in 2002; a domain that extends to StMaurice and Valréas. His great-grandfather, Raoul Couston, founded the vineyard in 1919 after returning from the war. For decades, the great-grandfather vinified at the domain his own grapes and those bought from other surrounding winemakers, discovering in that way the nicest parcels which he would buy to constitute a qualitative and coherent domain.

Domaine de MontmartelA Visan, very simply


The beautiful experience for me is to take what nature gives us - to work with simplicity. i think i know what people like,

and i love knowing how to make it.

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• 30,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhône Village Visan.• Total production AOC Visan: 600 hl per year. • 80% of the sales to England, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Japan, USA and Canada.• Gold medal: Cuvee 2004 Concour Général Agricole Paris, Cuvee 2005 in Macon and Orange, Cuvees 2006, 2007 and 2009 inOrange, Cuvee 2007 at the VIF• Wine tourism: Wine-tasting on place.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine de Montmartel : 2, route de Saint-Roman 26790 Tulette• 00 33 (0)4 75 98 01 82• [email protected]

.........................To know more

The Visan part of Domain de Montmartel covers 30 contiguous hectares of vines and forest exposed to the south. The soil is composedof lime and clay, with tumbled sea rock. The quarter- century old vineyard is worked with “reasoned” methods of agriculture since2004, with a Bio certification since the 2010 vintage. Particular care is given to working the land, enriched with organic fertilizers.The expertise asserted by the domain consists of the least possible intervention in the vines - concentrating efforts on the monitoringand anticipation of the natural process. Harvesting is done by machine, parcel by parcel, at optimum maturity, with de-stemmingand a light crush.


The quality of the grapes produced by Damien Marres is the essential part of the work in the winery: as in the vineyards, natureruns everything. The alcoholic fermentation with native yeast takes place slowly over approximately three weeks, under temperaturecontrol of around 18C° to 28C°, resulting in aromas, soft tannins, and extraction of colour from the skins. The multiple rackingsmakes for a very light final filtration. Aging is done in a traditional concrete vats.• Cuvee Visan (red): an expressive wine with nice spicy notes, fruits from the forest and black cherry. A full mouth, round andsuave, with a nice aromatic finish. Low yield gives to the wine a nice concentration and silky tannins. Style and balance in finish.Public price: 8 euros TTC

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At the end of his winemaking studies in 2000, Jean-Yves Perez rejoins the family business, to this point dedicated to the cooperative. It conti-nues thus the story begun 40 years earlier by his grandparents. When they bought the property, situated in Obrieu hamlet, the vines coveredonly 10 ha; the remaining 30ha was composed of forest and old truffiere. The Perez family restored the vineyard thereby securing a 28hectare exploitation.Jean-Yves, passionate about wine and confident in the potential of his vines, begins vinification on the property. The young man then creates the Domain de l’Obrieu. The first vintage is born in 2005, and the entire vineyard comes under the domain’s label in 2010.

Domaine de l’ObrieuRed passion


The beautiful experience, for me, is in sharing: i like the place where i live and from which i make my living. i want to make my village, my wines,

and the way i do my wonderful job more well-known.

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• Total production AOC Visan: 800 hl per year• Most of the sales for: USA, Denmark, Czech Republic, England, Germany, and Switzerland.• Cuvee Tradition 2005, one star in the Guide Hachette 2008, Les Antonins 2006, three stars in DECANTER and a silver medal inMacon wine contest. Les Antonins 2007, quoted 89/100 by Wine Spectator, Cuvee Tradition 2007 and 2008, gold medals at theConcours des Vignerons Independents, citations in the Guide Dussert-Gerber 2010 and 2011.• Wine tourism: Visit and wine tasting on place.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine de l’Obrieu : Quartier Lobrieu, Route de Saint Maurice par la Montagne 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 41 92 82• www.lobrieu.fr• [email protected]

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Situated on the slopes of the upper part of the appellation (300 to 350 meters high,) the soil is composed of lime, clay and rocks.Covered of tumbled sea rocks, the south and south-west sun exposure helps for optimal maturation, but protects from the Mistralwind. A reasoned cultivation, respecting the equilibrium of a vineyard aged from 35 to 60 years, is evolving towards a bio conversion.Everything is done in order to get the healthiest and most mature raw material possible, harvested and sorted by hand the sameday, before destemming.


Vinification is done with a method that leaves the grape true unto itself. The fermentations, with daily pumping-over, are done underaround the clock temperature control for a very fine extraction. After three weeks of fermentation, the free-run and first pressedwines are separated. The malolactic fermentation gives roundness to the wine, before aging in vat (of up to one year in oak for thespecial cuvee) Then comes the tasting time, in order to determine the blending of the different cuvees of the range.• Cuvee Tradition (red): a velvet of marinated black fruit, forest, surrounded by melted tannins of beautiful delicacy.• Cuvee Les Antonins (red): a dark red robe, elegant tannins, all of this highlighted by fruity notes such as blackcurrant or verymature cherries.• Cuvee Speciale (red): a red garnet robe; in the mouth, fruity aromas on fine tannins, blended with the toasty touch of the barrel.7.50 to 12.50 euros range of public price

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Settling in 1988 on the family establishment, passed down from several generations, Philippe Plantevin worked a little bit with hisfather before taking over management of the domain spread across four communes (Cairanne, Sainte Cecile les Vignes, Visan andTravaillan), in the beginning of the 1990’s. He augments the vineyards, creates the vinification activity in 1995, and starts to producethe AOC Cotes du Rhone Village Visan in 2004.

Domaine Philippe PlantevinLoyalty to the Terroir


The beautiful experience for me, is when my wine createsa surprise by the fruit and the quality; i try to make wines with a history;

that people will be able to remember.

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• 10,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Village Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 300 hl per year.• Export just beginning with USA• Cuvee Visan 2009: Silver medal in two wine contests: Macon and Orange 2010• Wine tourism: “Gite” project underway, wine tasting on place.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine Philippe Plantevin : La Daurelle 84290 Cairanne• 00 33 (0)4 90 30 71 05• www.domainephilippeplantevin.com• [email protected]

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Situated on the west part of the village, on the rocky plateau flat land, the Visan portion of Domaine Philippe Plantevin constitutes10.5 of the 37 hectares of the domain. The soil is lime and clay scrubland with a southern exposure; the vines are ploughed, oftentrellised, for a maximum sunlight exposure of the grapes, and are the subject of reasoned practices. The grapes are harvested whenvery mature, mainly by hand, before selective sorting parcel by parcel, destemming and crushing.


The vinification is traditional, with a long maceration in concrete vats; 15 days for the Syrah, 20 to 30 days for the Grenache andthe Carignan. Several de-cappings take place in order to obtain fine tannins. Aging takes place for one year in concrete vats beforeKieselguhr filtration and bottling. • Cuvee Visan 2008 (red): a nice violet robe, with a red fruit and spice bouquet. In the mouth, silky and round tannins. A rich wine,with a nice concentration for the vintage.6.90 euros TTC public price.

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Vincent Rochette created the Domaine Roche-Audran in 1998, just four years after he joined the family property founded by thegrandparents after the war. By this time, the domain was composed of land bought from the Buisson commune with parcels fromVisan, which were in the patrimony of the grandmother since the end of the 19th century. In 2003, Vincent Rochette expandsDomaine Roche-Audran to Courthézon, on the border of Chateauneuf du Pape. The 2000 decade was the one of converting the vi-neyard to a natural viticulture. The entire vineyard has been certified “Bio” since 2008 and is approved as Biodynamic since 2009.

Domaine Roche AudranA terroir under the sky


The beautiful experience for me, is in the sharing of our wines, the tasting of which is always a nice discovery, and in the message of reason that is carried by the biologic and biodinamic viticulture.

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.........................The wine-makers

• 30,000 bottles in AOC Cote du Rhone Village Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 200 hl per year.• 50% of sales to: Japan, USA, Denmark, Canada, China, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, and Switzerland. • Cuvees cited by DECANTER between 2005 and 2007, Cuvee Pere Mayeux 2007 quoted 91/100 by Wine-Spectator• Wine tourism: Visits and wine tasting on place.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine Roche Audran : route de Saint-Roman 84110 Buisson• 00 33 (0)4 90 28 96 49• www.roche-audran.com• [email protected]

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Situated on the west side of the village, in the heart of the scrubland, the Visan portion of Roche-Audran, represents 7.3 out of the32 hectares that compose the domain. Derived from alluvial terraces, the lime and sandy-clay soil is composed of 60% stones. Halfa century old, the vines are surrounded by green oak trees, clematis vitalba and flammula, dogwood, hawthorn, thyme, madder…Cultivation is managed under biologic and biodynamic methods - fertilization and phytosanitary protection only use natural products,while the work on the land, the vine and the harvest are conducted according to the cosmic rhythms. Very careful cuttings and a light topping helps the plant to naturally find its balance in the wind and the sun. The harvest, mainly done by hand is followed by sorting, de-stemming and crushing.


The full expression of the terroirs is the goal of Domaine Roche-Audran. Parcel by parcel, the vinification and the aging are done,until the bottling is conducted by the cosmic rhythms. Cold maceration lasts a few days in concrete vats or tronconique barrels of French oak. The native yeasts bring all the aromas oftheir terroir during the alcoholic fermentation, accompanied by punching, pumping over and light de-capping. A long maceration below 30C°, from 60 to 90 days, coats the fruit and tannins. The pressing of the grapes under a low pressurewill ring in the beginning of the aging in oak barrels, tronconiques and concrete vats for a few months before blending.• Cuvees Pere Mayeux 2004, 2005, 2007 (red): from old vine parcels, this cuvee expresses the harmony, power, and freshnessof scrubland earth.• Cuvees Visan 2004, 2005, 2007 (red): This cuvee expresses an epicurean and fruity character with spicy notes.7 to 15 euros TTC range for public price

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Agronomist, agricultural expert, and grand-daughter of a winemaker from Bollène, Frédérique Jean settled in Visan in 2004, on theproperty passed down by her husband’s father, Jean-Noël Arrigoni. The couple decide to revive these 6 hectares of land, waitingfor a future. Now, winemaker for the major part of her time, Frédérique restored the farm, placing emphasis on the vineyard, andplanting olive trees and truffle oaks. With the supported of an oenologist, she makes her first wines in 2004, and gave to the domain,an elegant and feminine name, inspired by an old variety of rose: Rosa Alba.

Domaine Rosa AlbaThe vine embodied in a woman


The beautiful experience for me, is the one i do with my land every day. i have a simple and strong relationship with my vines. i entrust them frequently Bwith

my emotions and i hope that my wines are the reflection of that.

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.........................The wine-makers

• 10,000 bottles in AOC Cotes du Rhone Villages Visan• Total production AOC Visan: 75 hl per year.• 20% of the sales to Japan, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland.• Wine tourism: Wine tasting and sales on place.

.........................Benchmarks

• Domaine Rosa Alba : Le Gibard 84820 Visan• 00 33 (0)4 90 37 41 15• 00 33 (0)6 22 79 47 91• [email protected]

.........................To know more

On a rocky lime and red clay soil, with a south exposure, Domaine Rosa Alba now has 8 ha in Cotes du Rhone Villages Visan, formedexclusively from old vines aged from 40 to 55 years. Cultivation is traditional, with a priority given to the physical work (budding,topping, harvest, grape sorting and selection...).


The domain claims an exclusive and closed production of natural red wines with low yields (less than 30hl per ha). Vinification isdone in concrete vats with native yeasts and no additives. After maceration, the wines are aged nine months and then blended twomonths before bottling, with a light filtration.• Cuvee Séléné 2009 (red): a deep garnet-red robe, with a very aromatic bouquet offering blackberry notes, gingerbread and cho-colate. In the mouth is found warmth and structure; the silky tannins bring velvet and roundness. Can be kept for many years.8.50 to 11 euros public price range• Cuvee Les Serennes 2009 (Exclusive red cuvee, produced only for the 2009 vintage): Silky, intense and structured, this wineoffers a dominance of Syrah - atypical for a Cotes du Rhone meridional, with blackcurrant aromas, tapenade, liquorice, fig, and violet notes.

.........................Wines

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