Since the 16th century, the Pélaquié family has cultivated vineyards and produced wine in the Southern Rhone Valley.
Nowadays, at the head of the winery located in Saint Victor la Coste, Gard, it's Luc Pélaquié who maintains the familial tradition. Passion, precision but also creativity are the main characteristics of our team's work to produce each year quality wines, subtle and daring.
Our wines, the fruit of our labor and passion...
Domaine Pélaquié, located in the southern part of the ‘Côtes-du-Rhône’ produces the full range of wines of the right bank of the Rhône. The estate stretches on 100 hectares, whose the main part is surrounding the family house located in Saint-Victor-La-Coste in the Gard Region.
Côtes du Rhône
Facing Avignon, on the right bank of the Rhone, dominated by the Mediterranean climate, the vineyard is very sunny thanks to the mistral wind-king. On limestone soils, where lie the rounded stone, into microclimates, live diverse grape varieties that allow many blends from which arise a range of distinctive wines. The river-king, the wind-king sung by poets, Mediterranean sun, the know-how of the winemakers create a generous wine, shimmering, with a rich bouquet of aromas.
Cuvée Luc Pélaquié
The wines "Luc Pélaquié" come from the oldest vines of our vineyard. The plot selection, low yields and a specific aging ensure quality and authenticity of these. The wine is aged in oak barrels of 500 liters of 3 wines (on fine lees in the case of Lirac Blanc). Finally, they have a longer keeping time. Atypical and bold wines that combine the best of traditional knowledge and expression of our old vines.
Laudun
Present since Roman times, the vineyard of Laudun, covering three villages, Laudun, Saint Victor la Coste and Tresques, were famous in the 17th century. The vines spill from rocky slopes onto the picturesque river plains in between the villages.
Lirac
The Lirac vineyard spread over four different towns - not only Lirac itself, but also Saint Laurent des Arbres, Roquemaure and Saint Geniès de Comolas. For over 2000 years, grape vines have been planted in the rocky soil here, producing strongly flavored wines.
Tavel
Tavel has two original features: the vineyard is located only in the communce of Tavel, and it's producing only Rosé wine. The terroir is located on a plateau where the stumps plant their roots into soils filled with round river-rolled rocks, washed with sun and wind.
Passion for Grands Crus
In the private cellar, Luc Pélaquié and his team nurture and age with passion two ‘Grands Crus’, Lirac and Tavel but also Cotes-du-Rhone-Villages-Laudun and Cotes-du-Rhone at all. The winery also produces high quality IPG wines, reds and whites. About ten diferent grape varieties are cultivated on the vineyard ; mainly grenache noir, syrah and mourvedre for the reds and grenache blanc, clairette, viognier and so many for the whites