History
Domaine Gramenon was created in 1978 and basks in MONTBRISON-SUR-LEZ in Drôme provençale, at the bottom of the first pre-Alps foothills, the domain stands at a 350 m altitude in the most northern part of the southern Côtes du Rhône area.
Vineyards
The originality of the terroir in Gramenon comes from the limestone barrier (tidal system) formerly covered by the sea (86 million years ago). The pushing from the Alps mountains have made sandy layers left by tides arise, together with a significant presence of limestone, a 550 m wide plateau thus formed at a little altitude, whereas clays have been left by the river system.
Grenache is the most adapted grape variety to our latitudes ...
Winemaking
The vineyard has been cultivated since its creation in 1978 in a natural and organic way. Nevertheless, we felt we had to adopt Biodynamics techniques. The first climatic accidents of the 2000s impacted the old vines vitality, leading us to use biodynamic techniques and we have been awarded the DEMETER Certification in 2010. The revitalization of soils and the strengthening of the plantdefense reactions immediately showed up and were quite per...