Domaine Richaud Cairanne L'Ebrescade 2020

The Daisy Contant families and share in the nineteenth century most of the wine lands of the Provencal village of Cairanne. Avi Richaud, a vineyard worker from the village of Verclause (Drôme), married in 1910 Marie Constant, heir to a few hectares of vines. As soon as the domain created Richaud, the winemaker to share the Great War but never come back from the front. Marie Richaud, Stage Manager of Customs in Cairanne, maintains the vineyard is taken over by his son Raoul in the 1930s On the Richaud field are then 6 hectares of vineyards that supply a wine cooperative. Gaston Richaud, cabinetmaker, inherits a beautiful area of ​​vineyards when he married a native heiress Cairanne. Its 15 hectares of vineyards force him to endorse a winemaker in the 1950s, to the detriment of his passion for wood. His eldest son Marcel, he feels great joy in contact with the ground. He takes the field Richaud in 1974 after training at the wine school. He comes first get valuable advice from area winemakers Rabasse-Charavin. In 2015, Marcel Richaud, combined with other unionized growers, takes part in the development of a set of restrictive burdens for the appellation Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne where limited weeding, use of sulphites and the use of motorized vehicles in the vineyard.

Since 1937, the wines produced in the Rhône Valley are defined by the AOC Côtes du Rhône. Consists of several municipal and local AOC, this appellation produces red wines, dry whites and rosés and covers 42,000 hectares dotting 6 departments (Rhône, Gard, Ardèche, Vaucluse, Loire Drôme) and 171 municipalities. The total annual production of this AOC is over 2 200 000 hectoliters most of which comes from the southernmost vineyard. The vineyard has a more Mediterranean climate made of sun, warm temperatures, seasonal rains and Mistral. The main variety of red wines and rosé is Grenache (it covers at least 40% of the surface). Syrah is also needed in the southern area.

Second wine region in France after Bordeaux, the Rhone region is one of the oldest in the country. The vineyard is divided into two zones: the northern Rhone Valley and the southern Rhone valley. Other areas furthest part of the region: Vivarais Luberon, through the Diois. The Bordeaux region can produce red, white and rosé, of all kinds: dry, soft, natural and sparkling. However, the red wines are produced in this region (representing 80% of production). At the heart of the southern area is the Grenache grape that made the red wines "solar". However, the vagaries of climate forcing growers to use the assembly technique to balance their wines. Some additional varieties: Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Carignan. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne, piquepoul, Maccabeo, Marsanne, Vermentino or Picardan. Rosé wines from the same grape varieties as the red wines. In the northern area, for red wines, the syrah grape variety predominates. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. The designations are the Rhone region are numerous: Cote du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone-Villages, communal AOC (Condrieu, lirac, Côte-Rôtie, Chateauneuf du Pape, etc.) and AOC independent (luberon, ventoux, grignan les adhémar ...).