The Caillasse

We are La Caillasse, an agricultural collective of 4 people based in Cucuron in the southern Luberon and 2022 is our 3rd vintage.

We cultivate 4 hectares of vines located on the slopes of the southern Luberon. We work according to organic farming standards, but we are not certified by any label. Therefore, we do not use chemical fertilizers, and weeding is done solely by mechanical tilling. Our harvest is, of course, done by hand and is a festive occasion. In the cellar, we treat the grapes without any additives. We carefully monitor the development of fermentations and the survival of our indigenous yeasts. Our grapes undergo no chemical yeasts, fining, filtration, or additives. In exceptional cases, and only if necessary, we add 1 gram per hectoliter of SO2 at bottling. The plots we work are rather old vines, so we do not produce many bottles (8,000 bottles in 2022). We are also part of the Qui l'eut Cru winegrowers' collective, which also organizes a natural wine fair in the southern Luberon in July. We have considered ourselves natural winemakers since the beginning of our winemaking adventure and wish to remain so!