Terroir Grape Variety Syrah Tasting Caromb Bédoin - Mont Ventoux Piedmont

Between Ventoux and Dentelles

Mont Ventoux Piedmont

The Comtat Terraces

The Nesque River Slopes

The Monts de Vaucluse

terroirs &
landscapes

cellars

paths &
hikes

to discover

Following the piedmont road means choosing the royal way – the road followed by the pilgrims during the Middle Ages, the path the botanists followed during the Enlightenment, the road faced by today’s athletes.
This is the magnificent road up a mountain described and painted a thousand times over … the emblematic profile emerging from a sea of vines.

THE MONT VENTOUX
PIEDMONT

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TERROIR
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Geological limits can be distinguished in the landscapes.
Urgonian limestone, unsuited to farming, covers the top of Mont Ventoux with a white cap, The sole redeeming feature of this limestone is its role as a source of limestone debris – the future pebbles and stones which contributed to the pedological formations in the Quaternary era.
At the base of Mont Ventoux, at the border between the scrubland or the forest, these vast spreads of ancient talus scree are extremely conducive to growing productive vines.

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GRAPE VARIETY
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Syrah is a grape which originated in the Dauphiné area of France.
Reputed for its aromatic complexity and its rich tannin content, Syrah also plays an important role in adding colour and mellow unctuousness, and contributes to a lingering finish.
The percentage of Syrah in a blend marks the style of the finished wine.

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TASTING
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How does one appreciate wine, since its taste can vary in so many ways and due to so many factors ?
That is just part of the pleasure of discovering – and expressing – one’s own sensorial capacity !
See, smell, taste … A light robe or a deep dark robe – the colour of wine is the first sensation perceived in tasting.
Evaluate the limpidity, the intensity, the nuance. We are much more certain about what we see than about what we smell.
And colour influences our perception of smells.

Vineyards and landscapes