Domaine de Beaurenard, in Chateauneuf du Pape, has been a family-owned estate for seven generations. Paul, Regine and their two sons, Daniel and Frederic, now run the vineyard with passion...
The domain has 30 hectares of land in Chateauneuf du Pape and 25 hectares in Rasteau, where the Cotes-du-Rhone and Cotes-du-Rhone Villages RASTEAU are produced.
Faithful to the old adage, "To make good wine, you need good grapes", the harvest at Beaurenard is carried out entirely by hand. For this, each grape picker is given two buckets and as they pick, separate the finest bunches from those that are damaged or unripe. The fully mature grapes are taken to the vat room in small crates to avoid crushing the seeds which would cause oxidisation and affect their quality. Manual work means that the vines can remain productive for up to 90 years. In years where the weather conditions are difficult, we do not hesitate to eliminate 20 % of the production so as not to affect the high quality of our wines. |
