year 6

Three colours after a hardworking summer

Years are similar without being the same and pass by swiftly. We are already producing our 2026 vintage while I’m realising nothing has been shared about our 2025 one.

Harvest was not abundant, a consequence of a dry and hot summer… nothing changes from a year to another.

Thirsty and hungry boars have well nourished themselves with the grenache that was growing on Oppède-le-Vieux terraces. Despite the great energy spent working on our electric fences system, it was not enough to deter them from entering.

If spring passed by following usual dispositions, a part of the summer was dedicated to fight horseweed, an invasive plant. We had to hand-remove them when they resisted the multiple passings of a specialised tool, dotted with an undervine blade. This job was tiring if not wearing. We sincerely merited this 2025 vintage.

In 2025, we were granted three cuvées of the three colours. The white Ventoux 2025 is a blend that integrates for the first time viognier, of up to 25%. The three other varieties, rolle, clairette blanche and white grenache have the same presence.  

This introduction was greatly appreciated by critics, journalists as well as consumers.

The Luberon rosé 2025 is definitely out of stock. It was vinified with a majority of syrah, blended with a minor part of black grenache. Thanks to its fruity, well-balanced and lively taste, it seduced a public of good rosés amateurs, who seek something different than a slightly dark white wine or a too-clear to be good rosé.

The second innovation of 2025 was our red Ventoux not being aged in vats like the previous ones, but in a second-hand half-almud (a 600-liters barrel), bought from Château de la Nerthe, located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

It will be bottled later, after a long aging process, meant to see how Arnia red vintages develop in a more oxidative environment.