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Our offices :

c/o PGA Domaines
 Domaine de Beaulieu
13840 Rognes-en-Provence

Tel : (33) 4 42 50 06 59
 Fax : (33) 4 42 50 19 53

contact@chateaudesgavelles.fr

Specific Information

Appellation: AOC Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence and Vin de Pays des Bouches du Rhône
 
Soils: Clayey – calcareous, stony
 
Surface under vines: Approximately 35 hectares
 
Grape Varietals:
red/rosé: 30,4 ha of Grenache (59%), Cabernet Sauvignon (29%), Shiraz (8%), Cinsault (4%)
white: Rolle-Vermentino (32%), Bourboulenc (42%), Ugni Blanc (26%)
 
Average age of vines: 23 years
 
Investments: Pneumatic press in 2000; lining the concrete tanks with Epoxy resin in 2002; Temperature control using33 000 frigories in 2002; installation of air conditioning in the cellar, isolation and roofing of the storage warehouse in 2002; planting vines on 2,914 ha in 2002
 
Production: 2000 hl in a normal year
 
Vinification: Traditional with temperature control. The rosés are mainly produced by bleeding.
 
Aging: In stainless steel tanks with nitrogen and in lined concrete tanks. For certain reds in oak barrels, for example the Cuvée Réserve Lou Gaveou