MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

But the Coulon brothers have ancestral voices inside their head, telling them that wine is alive and that they must look forward. You sense it in their most striking family feature: dazzling eyes topped by agile eyebrows, which scrutinise their pebble-paved vines and gaze into wines of almost heavenly elegance. If they have chosen to walk in the footsteps of age-old growing practices, it is to better move forwards with giant strides. Entirely certified organic and biodynamic, their vineyards are in sync with nature, with the lunar and planetary cycles, with the rhythms of the cosmos…

32 ha in CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE AOC, 25 ha in RASTEAU and 6 ha in CÔTES DU RHÔNE AOC. Varieties: 13 (mainly Grenache plus Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, etc.). The vines are cultivated organically and biodynamically (Ecocert and Demeter certified, respectively) to underscore the terroir’s expressiveness, with great respect for nature and the environment.

Grapes are all hand-picked, sorted and destemmed. Fermented with indigenous yeasts. Vinified in temperature-controlled stainless-steel and truncated wooden vats. Caps punched, long vatting times, ageing in recent oak barrels and foudres.

CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE WHITE • Beaurenard: a rarity and family speciality. Vinified in stainless-steel vats, barrels and foudres. Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc • Boisrenard: very old vines with low yields (15-20 hl/ha). Vinified and aged in recent barrels and small foudres. • CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE RED • Beaurenard: blend of our terroirs. Yields always low. Aged for 12 months in oak barrels and foudres • Boisrenard: very old vines (a century for the oldest). Very low yields (15-20 hl/ha). Aged in barrels for 18 months. • RASTEAU RED: Terroir of stony, chalky-clay slopes and terraces. Grenache/Syrah blend. • Les Argiles Bleues: selection from a specific terroir of blue clay. Long vattings. Aged for 15 months in small foudres. • CÔTES DU RHÔNE RED AND ROSÉ: same approach as for our most renowned terroirs for both colours. • VIN DOUX NATUREL RASTEAU RED: only in great years. "Ridiculous" yield, fortified on the skins, aged for 18-24 months in barrels.