Domaine de l'Amauve

 
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 The vineyard of Domaine de l'Amauve, very parcelled out, like very often in Provence, includes 18 vine fields on a total surface of 11 hectares. 
Half of the vineyard is run to make AOC Côtes of the Rhone and Côtes of the Rhone Villages Séguret, red and white and the other half will make "Vin de Pays" and "Vin de Table".
 

The culture of the vine is traditional there with work of the ground and limitation of the plant health treatments according to the rules of sustainable agriculture. Indeed, the treatments are decided according to the weather,  the presence of diseases or parasites in the environment and of the stage and the evolution of the vine. When a treatment is decided, it is always carried out with the pesticide which will have less environmental impact and with the useful minimal amount.
The production is voluntarily limited in the vineyard in order to produce grapes ready to be used for the development of high quality wines. The limitation of the output is natural in the old vines, however, in order to ensure a better regularity, we grow grass on every second row. In the young vines, the grass grown does not have a sufficient effect so, the green harvest is done as a method of selection of the grapes and control of the crop. This operation of green harvest is done from the beginning of July to mid-August.
 
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Various types of grounds of the exploitation:
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 In AOC Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du  Rhône Séguret Villages: Low register grounds.
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Grounds of argillaceous sediments.
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"Table Wine" / "Vin de Pays":		 Peastone grounds on the edge of the river.
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Grounds of argillaceous sediments.
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Various varieties of vines present on the exploitation:
Black varieties to make red wines: Black Grenache Typical and principal variety of vine of our area.
Syrah  Originating from the North of the Rhône Valley.
Carignan  Productive variety of vine present only to make "Vin de Pays" and "Vin de Table".
White varieties to make white wines: Viognier  A superb variety of vine which gives very aromatic wines, coming from the North of the Rhône Valley.
Grenache blanc  Typical variety of vine in the Rhône Valley.
Clairette  Also typical of the Rhône Valley..
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