Anecdotes about the domain
The independent winegrower likes challenges and resourcefulness! Today, he is involved in not one or two but more than four professions since he is a winemaker, winegrower, manager and merchant... it is easy to add to the community manager and webmaster list.
The domain's short story
It was François Alart who bought the estate in 1897. Since this purchase by the Alart family, no less than 5 generations have succeeded each other at the head of this typical farmhouse of the region. Until I arrived in 1995, only natural sweet wines were produced. I restructured first the vineyard and then all the working tools that are used in the vineyard as well as in the cellar. Today, we offer to the amateurs of sunny wines a wide range of 10 vintages.
The winemaker's pride
Our farm is located in the commune of Saleilles in the Pyrénées-Orientales. We cultivate a vineyard of 20 hectares on the appellations Côtes du Roussillon, and Rivesaltes Grenat and Ambré. We also produce wines on the geographically protected indications (IGP) Pays des Côtes Catalanes and Côtes Catalanes. The grape variety of our vineyard has evolved a lot over the last 30 years. We have gone from growing 4 grape varieties in 1990 to 13 today. For the white wines, we blend Muscats à Petits Grains and Alexandria, Roussanne, Maccabeu, Viognier and Grenache Blanc. The red wines are made of Merlot, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Grenache Noir or Marselan. Our terroir is made up of sandy-clay soils in pliocene terraces. The quartz pebbles complete the richness of our soil.
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