Chateau Pesquie Ventoux Artemia Rhone Valley 2020 750 ML

The Chaudiere family has been part of the European Cellars portfolio since our founding in 1990 when the Rhone Valley wasn’t really on anyone’s radar let alone the then backwaters of the region such as Ventoux. How things have changed! Paul and Edith have turned things over to their sons Alex and Fred, and the Ventoux is no longer viewed at an insignificant satellite of the Rhone Valley but an important appellation in its own right. It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the geography of the southern Rhone that the soils in the shadow of Mt Ventoux are rich in limestone, or that these vineyards are located at a higher elevation than in the neighboring Rhone Valley, or that older vines produce more concentrated and complex fruit. At Chateau Pesquie all of these conditions combine to create wines that are rich in fruit with remarkable balance and purity.\n\nThe Chaudiere and Bastide families have now farmed this land for 3 generations. Odette and Rene purchased the Chateau in the early 1970’s. While the building itself dates to the 1750s the lands around it have been cultivated since the Roman era. Recent archaeological discoveries have proven that wine was made in this region as early as the 1st century BCE and the name of the property derives from the Latin name for fish ponds, pescarium – no doubt due to the springs that occur naturally near the Chateau.\n\nBy the mid 1980’s Odette and Rene’s daughter Edith and her husband Paul Chaudiere had taken over the running of the estate. Both left careers in the medical field to return to the family estate and soon found themselves back in school, this time learning how to make wine. In 1989 Chateau Pesquie, the wine, was born.