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Would you like to know the recipe behind our wines?
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Take 50 hectares of vines spread over five communes at the foot of Mont Ventoux, between 200 and 400 metres above sea level. Add a generous handful of lush vegetation, mix in the peace and quiet of a natural paradise, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that is home to 2,500 species of insects, would you believe!
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Care for them lovingly: no chemicals allowed (no insecticides, no herbicides, etc.), just good, honest manual or mechanical work, and organic treatments only. Nature is the real tool here and we treat it with the respect it deserves.
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Let the vines live their best life on a fabulous cocktail of limestone, clay, ochre, silt, sand, marl, rocks, and pebbles — straight from the great shaker of geological history.
Each grape variety is planted where it can draw out the very best from each type of soil.
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Turn up the heat with 2,700 to 2,900 hours of sunshine a year - full blast, no holding back!
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Add a splash of water, but just a splash — no more than 700 mm a year!
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Dry everything out nicely with some powerful gusts of Mistral wind to keep diseases at bay.
And if the Mistral gets a little too rowdy and kills the vibe? No worries, Mont Ventoux will step in like a bouncer and calm things down quickly!
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Top it off with the microclimate of Le Limon - a high plateau in Mormoiron – surrounded by hills that lock in extra freshness.
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Pay close attention to the ripening of the grapes - check and double-check in order to pick them at just the right time.
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Harvest the finest bunches, perfectly ripe, nice and early in the morning, while it’s still cool to preserve the quality of the fruit.
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And then? Well… now you make the wine.
So, what happens to all those beautiful grapes?
Okay, heads up - we’re about to get a little technical. But don’t worry, we’re not going to tell you everything — that would take forever. If you’re curious, just ask Niels — he loves explaining.
In the meantime, here are the five most important things to know about how we make our wine…
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We don’t put all our grapes in one basket:
Some vineyard plots are specially selected for our top wines, and of course, each grape variety is sorted separately for our single-varietal wines.
We protect the harvested grapes from the vine to the vat:
The grapes are picked when slightly overripe to obtain rich, concentrated wines that are ready to drink early because the tannins are already smooth. That’s why it’s super important to avoid oxidation after picking. That's why we harvest at dawn, when it's still cool, and the grapes go straight into a press operated in an oxygen-free environment to lock in the freshness and preserve all those delicate aromas.
We watch over fermentation like milk on the stove:
Since fermentation starts gently and naturally - thanks to the unstressed grapes - we can extend the maceration to extract every last drop of their hidden treasures.
Every day, we check the temperatures, monitor the progress and taste from each vat, one by one.
We’re big fans of precision work:
Each vat contains a single grape variety and a specific plot (or plots), opening up endless possibilities for expressing the essence, diversity and identity of the Ventoux terroir and grapes.
We wait for the right moment:
During the ageing process (in barrels or vats, depending on the wine), we regularly taste each cuvée, patiently waiting for the moment when we know it's ready to leave the domaine and be enjoyed by wine lovers everywhere.
Complicated?
Well, yes - good wine doesn't happen by accident! And to be honest, we'd probably be bored without a little complexity. You have to master that complexity to create wines that are simply easy to love.
So that's the big picture - if you want the full story behind how each wine is made, visit our online store!
Style matters — even when it comes to wine!
The Domaine's wines offer a range of different drinking experiences, but they all have one thing in common: they are wines made for drinking, with subtlety, balance and a delicious character. Our wines are ready to drink (you can’t hold down a good thirst!), but some can also age beautifully for years (the wait is hard, but trust us, it’s worth it). At MUR•MUR•IUM, we love wines with real character. Red, white or rosé, we strive for maturity and freshness, with body, harmony and liveliness.
In short — real wine!
Mur•Mur•Ium, proud member of Team AOC Ventoux
The Ventoux AOC covers 53 communes in the southern Rhône Valley, including Mormoiron, where our domaine is located. It is a dynamic, purpose-driven AOC that definitely has the wind in its sails - and around here, that’s no joke! The Ventoux wind is the real deal. We’re proud of our AOC - and even
prouder to help it make its mark!
If you love wine, you’ll love AOC Ventoux. Click here to learn more about it.
Some of our wines, and especially our single-varietal ones, are produced under the IGP Vaucluse designation. You can check it out here.
And if you really love reading AOC rulebooks tucked under the covers at night, feel free to dive into this one (yes, really - it’s fascinating!).