Express the purest and frankest expression of the soils, the grapes’ and vintages’ genuineness in the wines while protecting the environment : that’s the challenge the 8 members of the Brunel Family set themselves each and every year.
The Château de La Gardine 54 ha (133 ac) in Châteauneuf du Pape and 48 ha (118 ac) in Rasteau as well as the Château Saint-Roch 40 ha (98 ac) in Lirac present a huge variety of soils, geographic and climatic expositions.
Quite a good proportion of the estate is kept wild and forested. These set-aside zones are equally distributed all through the vineyards. They form oases of freshness assuaging the mediterranean climate’s periods of drought and build natural shelters for pollinating insects and local fauna and flora.
A lot of the plots are located near the Rhône River. This regular amount of freshness makes the white Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine particularly expressive and for the grapes of Mourvèdre to come out at its fullest.
The Family’s “Less is More” motto, thoroughly developed through times either in the vineyards or in the winemaking, based on long-term modeling patterns, is very scarce on intrants, those being as natural as possible.
As a result Château de La Gardine and Château Saint-Roch Crus, Côtes-du-Rhône Village and Côtes-du-Rhône offer wines which are very fresh, vivid and fruity, outstandingly true to their soil of origin, their vintage and also to the personality of their winemaker.