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Denis ROBERT & Sébastien PRADAL - GAEC du Mas d'Intras
F - 07400 Valvignères -
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THE VINEYARD

The vineyard of the Mas d’Intras spreads on 23 hectares and contains 22 parcels.


NATIVE GRAPE VARIETIES FROM OUR REGION

The three major grape varieties of the Ardeche are Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. You will find these grapes in almost every wine from the Côtes-du-Rhône. In addition there is the Cinsault, a grape that is mainly used for Rosé-wine and hardly found „pure“.


GRENACHE

Grenache is the most popular grape variety in the valley of the Rhone. It produces wine with a high percentage of alcohol (up to 15%), it tastes very fruity and lively, has a light red color and is easy to drink. Below you can see our Grenache-plot called “Trace Nègre” from 1970. It has won numerous prizes in Paris: a gold-medal in 2000, 2005, 2007 and 2010, plus silver in 2006.


SYRAH

The Syrah is the true grape of the northern Côtes-du-Rhône (Cornas, Saint-Joseph, Hermitages, Crozes-Hermitages, Côtes Rôties). It produces very deep, dark red wines. Below you can see our plot of land called "La Souche" in the year 2008: it was planted in 1969, and after 40 years it received a gold medal in Paris 2006.


CARIGNAN

Many winegrowers don’t like to plant the Carignan because it produces a very large yield and sometimes contains only an insufficient level of alcohol. For us instead this means we can use the Carignan to make light wine which is perfectly made for drinking in warm summertime evenings (that’s if you know how to limit the yield).
These beautiful photos of the Carignan plants were taken in 2008, a year when the ripeness of the grapes happened very late and the leaves had already turned red before the harvest.
What is typical for the Carignan? It gives the wine a taste of morello cherries and a purple color, but after all it is mainly characterized by its leaves turning red in autumn, which means you can spot the Carignan plants already from far away in that period.


CINSAULT

The Cinsault is an old grape which – like the Carignan - produces a lot of juice per hectare but sometimes contains only an insufficient level of alcohol. Because of its round and warm subtleness we use the Cinsault as an interesting component in our Rosés. Although most of the winemakers in the Ardeche are tearing down their Cinsault plants (like the Carignan), we not only kept our field from 1972 we also planted a small new one in 1987.

Below you can see more photos of 2008, which is easy to tell, because the grapes are not harvested yet while the leaves already turned red..


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""NEW" GRAPE VARIETIES WHICH ARRIVED IN THE ARDECHE AFTER 1970

Some grape varieties from other regions have arrived in the Ardeche in the 70s and 80s and developed well here. We concentrate on our native grapes but we have to admit, that these new grapes sometimes add an interesting flavor to our region.


MERLOT

The Merlot comes from the Bordeaux region. We planted our first field in 1982. The Merlot makes very fruity wines with a deep, dark ruby red color and a nice bouquet of black currant and more red fruits.


CABERNET-SAUVIGNON

Originally also from the Bordeaux region, the Cabernet Sauvignon grape gives the wine a robust, deep and dense taste, which calls to mind blueberries and adds a little note of vegetables. It’s very characteristic for Cabernet Sauvignon (and Merlot) to find the exact taste of the grapes in the finished wine.



Below: The white grape varieties Chardonnay and Sauvignon at "La Montagnère", a steep parcel we planted in 1988.
The field had not been cultivated since 1914, when our granduncle Alphonse TOURNAYRE died in Verdun. As you can see in these photos, the view from "La Montagnère" is breathtaking.
In the foreground you can see the field of "La Montagnère". The Mas d'Intras is right below.


CHARDONNAY

The white Chardonnay grape originally derived from the Burgundy, but perfectly adapted to the soils of the Ardéche. It produces very round and rich white wine of an almost golden color. Chardonnay matures best in oak barrels.


SAUVIGNON

The origin of the Sauvignon grape lies in the valley of the Loire and there especially in the famous regions like "Sancerre" or "Pouilly Fumé". It produces very fresh, fruity and elegant wines, perfect with fish and seafood.


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