Geology – Terroir

The Alaric Mountain is a region where all the geological eras are represented. It's an enormous mass of limestone, a vast reservoir for groundwaters which emerge at Fontcouverte at a temperature  from 18 to 22°C.

The La Baronne vineyard is planted between 100 and 200 meters altitude on tertiary  and quaternary  limestone, clay or sandstone formations which are of marine, river or lacustral origin hence the large variety of "terroirs".

Mediterranean Climate

The average temperature is from 13 to 14°C with important variations (+40 to -12°C).

Rainfall in autumn or spring average about 550mm per year over the last 34 years.

There is an alternance of a dominating dry north wind called Cers, sometimes quite violent, and an humid easterly wind called Marin, generally bringing with it rain.