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Domaine
le Grand Retour
GAEC Aubert Frères
Alain, Claude and Yves Aubert
Quartier Devoy 26290 Donzère
Tel. +33 475 516 301
Direct sale at Grand Retour: Monday-Saturday 10.00-12.30 and
14.00-18.30.
Direct sale: Caveau RN 7 Rond Point Sud, Donzère.
Mail: legrandretour@wanadoo.fr
Web:
http://www.chateaulegrandretour.com
Domaine le Grand Retour is quite a big property covering 150 ha
in one block of parcels situated in Tulette and
at Plan de Dieu.
The estate was purchased by the three brothers Aubert in 1999.
It had been owned by French people returning from Algeria in the
1960-ties.
When these winegrowers were in Algeira they invested in fields in
France and planted wines here. When later they had to leave
Algeria they found that the vines were ready to produce grapes
for wine making - it was a grand retour for them.
Aubert Frères are one of the biggest land
owners in the Rhone Valley with more than 450 ha of vineyards.
86 ha are situated in Donzere Drôme in AOP Grignan-les-Adhemar.
The wines from here are made in cellars in Donzere and until
2015 the only place to buy the wines from the estates were in a
shop by a round about south of Donzere.
The vineyards in Vaucluse covers 156 ha Cotes du Rhone Village
Plan de Dieu or Visan, 50 ha. Cotes du Rhone Village, 70 ha
Cotes du Rhone and 74 ha. IGP. In 2015 a domain in the
Chateauneuf du Pape appellation was purchased, Chateau Husson
in Courthezon with 10,5 ha of Chateauneuf du Pape, 6,5 ha of Cotes
du Rhone Village and 3 ha of Cotes du Rhone.
Only a small part of the production from Vaucluse has until now
been bottled at the domain as
most of the wines - 2/3 - have been sold in tank to negociants.
Investments of 2 mill euros in 2015 in Travaillan indicate that
a bigger part of the wines are intended to be bottled here. The
investments includes a new ageing cellar and a reception for
visitors which has been open since 2016.
In
2019, the family acquired another larger domain, Chateau la
Courançonnne in Violès and will thus in the future also have
the opportunity to make wines from Rasteau and Séguret
Wines at Grand Retour according
to website February 2018:
Chateauneuf du Pape Chateau
Husson
2015: 60% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah.
85% aged in foudres and the rest in cement tank.
Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
Chateau Husson
2015: 60% Grenache Blanc, 20% Bourboulenc and 20% Clairette.
Aged in demi-muids for 12 months
Cotes du Rhone Village Plan de
Dieu
2015: 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre.
Cotes du Rhone Village Sainte
Cécile
2016: 75% Grenache and 25% Syrah.
Cotes du Rhone Village Visan
2014: 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah.
Cotes du Rhone La Sérine
2014: 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah.
Cotes du Rhone La Serine Cuvée Vieilles
Vignes
2012: 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah.
Grignan-les-Adhémar Le Devoy
2015: 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah and 20% Carignan.
Grignan-les-Adhémar Le Devoy
Cuvée Boisée
2014: 80% Syrah and 20% Grenache.
Grignan-les-Adhémar Le Devoy
Cuvée Spéciale
2014: 80% Syrah and 20% Grenache.
Grignan-les-Adhémar Rosé Le
Devoy
2016: 50% Grenache and 50% Syrah.
Grignan-les-Adhémar Blanc Le
Devoy
2016: 25% Grenache Blanc, 30% Bourboulenc, 15% Clairette and
30% Viognier.
IGP de Méditerranée Blanc
Cépage Chardonnany (2015)
IGP de Méditerranée Blanc Cépage Viognier (2016).
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