winery
Domaine Les Pallières
Southern Rhône, France
Philosophy
Two plot-specific parcels separated by altitude and terroir expression: Racines from old vines near the winery on clay-dominant soils yields silky, mineral wines; Terrasse du Diable from limestone-rich high elevations offers structure and garrigue-driven complexity. Hand-harvested, gentle destemming, fermentation in concrete and wooden vats, maturation in 60-hectoliter foudres without obvious oak influence.
Reputation
Les Pallières traces its lineage to the fifteenth century as a Roux family holding, shaped across generations into a superb garden of vines clinging to the Dentelles de Montmirail. In 1998, after three centuries of continuous family stewardship, the Roux brothers sold to the Brunier family of Vieux Télégraphe and their longtime importer Kermit Lynch, sealing an association born in the mid-1970s. The property's 25 hectares sit on north-facing slopes at 250–400 metres altitude, buffered by 110 hectares of Mediterranean forest that modulate temperature and light.
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