Elodie Balme.
Wines
CDRV "Champs Libres": (1.5HA): a single plot of mostly Grenache located in Roaix, on a plateau of red, ferrous marls and big galets on the surface, like the soils in garrigues. The vines are 55 years old. Through 2009, Elodie could not make a CDR Villages Roaix out of this plot, because the AOC imposes 50% Grenache minimum and a complement of Syrah and/or Mourvèdre coming from the same plot. In 2010, she got a small crop of Mourvèdre and will be able to make a CDR out of this vineyard. In Roaix, the sandy soils are either pure sand or have a sub-soil of safres, which are compacted layers of sand that retain water and keep the soil cooler.
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VdP Vaucluse: made with 50% Grenache vines of about 40 years of age (1 HA), on sandy soils in Roaix in CDR A.O.C area. 20% of the blend comes from 8-year-old Merlot (not allowed in CDR blend) and 30% from 40-year-old Carignan grown along the river, outside of A.O.C area. 
A.O.C Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau: 80% Grenache (20 years), 20% Syrah (18 years) The Grenache grows on white clay slopes looking south-west, the Syrah on richer, gravelly soil lower in the village. 
A.O.C Côtes du Rhône: 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% Carignan (over 4 HA), from vines located in the village of Buisson (North of Rasteau), with northern exposure, on clay sub soil and gravelly sandstone on top soil (sedimentary rock made up of agglomerated sands bound by limestone): these are the old vines of the estate: some of the Grenache and Carignan vines are 80 years old.