Vinified without wood, this Cotes du Ventoux emphasizes dark, brooding, black fruit flavors, and displays the unctuous texture of grapes picked at optimum ripeness. The vines grow on the Eastern face of the Dentelles, facing Mont Ventoux to the southeast. The soil is very stony shell-limestone above a deeper layer of clay-limestone. The grapes are picked at extreme ripeness levels, usually at the end of September or the beginning of October, and are destemmed before vinification. Fermentation takes place in concrete tanks with gentle extraction through both punching down and pumping over. The wine matures in concrete for 7 months, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.