NEWS LOUIS CHÈZE SEYSSUEL’S VINEYARDS THE WINES NEWS CONTACT US SEYSSUEL’S VINEYARDS At the beginning was … The Roman Empire Did they settle in Vienne because of the nearby Rhône, the beauty of the location, or because of “Saxeolum optimum vinum”: “Seyssuel, the tiny rock with a great wine”? Many great Roman and Greek authors, from Pliny the Elder to Plutarch and the poet Martial, wrote about the wine of Vienne in their works. N.F. Cochard wrote in 1789 : “The so famed Vienne’s wines under the Romans were harvested in Seyssuel” From the Middle Age to the end of the 19th Century, the vineyard of Syssuel had covered a hundred hectares. The following Wars of Religion and the harsh winter of January 1563, during which vine stocks were burned, led to a decrease of the used surfaces. In 1883, the phylloxera almost completely destroyed the vineyard. And yet … everything pushed to the reborn of winemaking in the slopes of Seyssuel ! At the beginning was … Passion These beautiful slopes of Seyssuel urged the desire to create a great wine. Louis Chèze, Laurent and Pascal MARTHOURET and Georges TREYNARD, winemakers at heart, deeply bonded to the land, chose to unite their skills and their passion to give birth to this project within a common structure : “Les Vignobles de Seyssuel” CONTACT US S.A.R.L Louis Chèze, Pangon - 07340 LIMONY - FRANCE Phone. : +33 (0)4 75 34 02 88 - Fax : +33 (0)4 75 34 13 25 Contact us RUBRIQUES Reds Whites About us Imprint Copyright © 2016. Louis Chèze - Tous droits réservés.

NEWS LOUIS CHÈZE SEYSSUEL’S VINEYARDS THE WINES NEWS CONTACT US TERROIR At the beginning was … The Terroir The terroir, which can also be found in the right bank of the Rhône, is a rocky one. It’s a light soil, shallow, made of quartz schist and mica schist. With its 700 meters wide, the valley is at its tightest at Seyssuel. This singular entrenchment strengthens the wind system, dries both the climate and the soil, and increases the temperature. This remarkable configuration offers a unique climate. It’s common to discover on these slopes a flora and a fauna normally seen in the South. CONTACT US S.A.R.L Louis Chèze, Pangon - 07340 LIMONY - FRANCE Phone. : +33 (0)4 75 34 02 88 - Fax : +33 (0)4 75 34 13 25 Contact us RUBRIQUES Reds Whites About us Imprint Copyright © 2016. Louis Chèze - Tous droits réservés.