Our story The Dauré family acquired Château de Jau, in 1974, one of the most beautiful viticultural properties in Roussillon. Founded in the 12th century by Cistercian monks, the château has had a number of owners who have restored the original buildings over time. The chateau itself, today the home of Sabine and Bernard Daure ́ , was built at the end of the 18th century. In 1983, the family decided, to clear the garrigue-covered slops and plant Grenache Noir and Carignan on a plateau of 26 hectares. Rocks were broken and ground down to create land for vines, Bernard Dauré remembers with amusement the lines of onlookers who came on successive Sundays to “have a look at the cemetery.” Today, these vines, at times influenced by the sea, at other times “cleaned” by the north wind, enjoy an ideal exposure that favors the full maturity of the grapes. Jau Château de
FRANCE Our Vineyards Our vineyards are situated in the heart of the Agly Valley in the Roussillon, 20 km from Perpignan. Today the estate has 100 hectares of vines and 500 hectares of garrigue. In the plots that run along the Agly valley and in those that cling to the slopes up to 150 metres in altitude, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet, Muscat à Petits Grains, Vermentino and both red and white Grenache which drive their roots deep into soils of clay, clay- limestone, marl, and dark schist. LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON Those parcels that occupy the former garrigue clamber up to 300 metres in altitude where Carignan and Grenache Noir occupy a bed of white limestone. PERPIGNAN CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON
2 2 , 0 0 0 h e c t o l i t r e s o f c a p a c i t y T h e J a u h a r v e s t The cellar too is the work of Bernard and Jean Daure ́ The harvest begins in the last week of August with the who have always pursued a policy of installing the Muscat à Petits Grains and finishes in the middle of most efficient equipment: stainless steel vats, rotary October with the Mourvèdre. The harvest is hand vats, pneumatic presses ... The entire cellar is air- picked for the steepest parcels and by machine for the conditioned, as is the storage cellar with a capacity of others. Increasingly at Jau, mechanical harvesting is 1,200,000 bottles, and the barrel cellar (600 square used as this allows both the picking of grapes at metres) that houses up to 1,700 barrels. perfect maturity and harvesting at night when temperatures are at their coolest. By these methods, the highest quality results are assured. All the wines at Jau are matured exclusively in vats in order to preserve their fruit. Once bottled, they spend time in the air-conditioned cellar and are not released until they have achieved the required maturity.
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