The vineyard is planted on an east-facing hillside at 250m altitude, on calcareous – tufaceous clays that offer excellent drainage with the Mas de Tara, the estate’s beautiful house, standing right in the middle of the vines.
The
vineyard,
which
covers
11
hectares
(about
30
acres),
comprises
the
following
varieties:
Reds:
Syrah
2.5
ha,
Red
Grenache
1
ha,
Carignan
1
ha
Whites:
Roussanne
2.4
ha,
White
Grenache
2.35
ha,
Clairette
0.9
ha
New
plantations
(mostly
Syrah):
0.85
ha
The
vines
are
planted
4,000
to
the
hectare,
trained
on
wires
and
the
paths
between
the
rows
are
grassed,
thus
naturally
limiting
the
yield
which
never
exceeds
40
hl
per
hectare.
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