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The vine is cultivated on Rhodanian sand dunes,on sea sand and sand coming through the wind.<\/p>\n
The landscape is unique between lagoons and salt marshes.<\/p>\n
The biological diversity of the environment is exceptional: more than 1000 species of flora and fauna are listed.<\/p>\n
The sand is very homogeneous, at least 90% is almost free of clay and silt.<\/p>\n
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In order to protect the sandy soil from wind erosion, the vine growers must establish a vegetation cover in during non-vegetative periods.\u00a0From April to November, the foliage of the vine naturally protects the soil from the wind.<\/p>\n
At the end of the harvest, the winemakers sow cereals so that the plant cover benefits from the October rains of October and so that it might be well in place in November when the vine folliage falls. To avoid excessive growth, herds of sheep regularly graze there until budbreak. At the end of April, the grain is crushed and buried in the sand.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2056″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The cultivation of the Little Camargue has been a necessity since the 12th century: drainage and sanitation of this initially salty, wet and regularly flooded environment.<\/p>\n
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From 1863, the parasitic aphid responsible for the phylloxeric invasion destroyed almost all the vineyards (Camargue, and France).<\/p>\n
However, the terroir of Sable de Camargue has natural characteristics that prevent the presence of phylloxera: the sandy texture prevents the formation of galleries colonies galls.<\/p>\n
Thanks to this remarkable originality, our terroir has many plots in which an exceptional vine thrives: the ungrafted vines<\/p>\n
In addition to the historical and patrimonial interest of this national exception, the ungrafted vine has singular characteristics and produces an exceptional wine.<\/p>\n
The vine stock is better fed with nutrients specific to the terroir, favoring the minerality, the complexity and the expressivity of the wine.<\/p>\n
These so-called “pre-phylloxera” vines, witnesses of a vineyard and a historical tradition. They produce an uncompromising gris de gris wine.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the ungrafted vine, the Sable de Camargue terroir has created an exclusive wine, a wine of yesteryear, which typicity is based on unique, local and constant soil characteristics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”496″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeInUp” remove_padding=”no-padding-vc-row”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Salt is a chemical barrier to the water supply to the vine and the extension of the roots.<\/p>\n
The water table is about one meter deep, it is significantly salted to a great depth.<\/p>\n
A fresh-water lens a few centimeters thick floats on the salty tablecloth.<\/p>\n
The vine draws its water supply.<\/p>\n
The good management of this freshwater lens is vital for the good health and sustainability of the vineyard, it is the role of the roubines.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2054″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
A sanctuary for the vine,<\/p>\n
with poor, superficial thin surface and highly permeable soils<\/p>\n
with strong winds that sometimes carry salt spray<\/p>\n
with a random availability of freshwater characterized by:<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”495″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row remove_padding=”no-padding-vc-row”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Viticulture and environment<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n Environmental initiatives are being carried out by the producers of PDO Sable de Camargue.<\/p>\n Our pride is due to the 90% of the vineyard in organic farming and conversion. The rest of the vineyard is made up of 5% HVE 3 and 5% conventional agriculture. We are one of the rare appellations to be able to claim almost the entire surface of the vineyard in organic farming.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” enable_overlay=”enable_overlay_value” overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.7)” overlay_pattern=”transperant” css=”.vc_custom_1531255671323{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/header-terroir.jpg?id=460) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The Terroir [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeInUp” remove_padding=”no-padding-vc-row”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] An Exceptional Terroir between Sea and Ponds The vine is cultivated on Rhodanian sand dunes,on sea sand and sand coming through the wind. The landscape…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3228,"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045\/revisions\/3228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vin-sable-camargue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/pre>\n