Château Guiot
Château Guiot is a French estate located in Gilles, in the Costières de Nîmes area. The origins of viticulture in this region are ancient. The Phocaeans founded Marseille around 600 B.C., and later the cultivation of the vine spread throughout southern France during the Roman colonization. Since 1976, the estate has been managed by the Cornut family with great respect for a territory capable of producing great wines. Françoise and Sylvia Cornut, as soon as they purchased the estate, decided to redo the facilities, planting noble grape varieties suitable for producing great wines. After setting up the vineyards, they dedicated themselves to renovating the cellar, which has been expanded and equipped with small temperature-controlled tanks to carry out parcel vinifications, in order to best enhance the nuances of the terroir.
included in the menu of his restaurant. The consecration came with the flattering reviews from the Gault-Millau guide and later also from Robert Parker, which confirmed its definitive success. The estate expanded in 2007 with the purchase of Enclos de la Chance, intended for the production of white wines. In 2011, nearby territories were acquired to the original core of the estate, and the cellar was also enlarged to make room for a new barrel room and to create new spaces to vinify separately the grapes from the old vines.
The vineyards currently cover about one hundred hectares, located in a beautiful hilly area bordering the Petite Camargue and the Alpilles. The soils are predominantly composed of galet roulés, pebbles of alluvial origin transported by the Rhône River over the millennia. The stones accumulate heat during the day and release it at night. The climate is sunny and Mediterranean, mitigated by sea breezes that rise into the interior of Provence. The cultivated grape varieties are the classic ones
Château Guiot is a French estate located in Gilles, in the Costières de Nîmes area. The origins of viticulture in this region are ancient. The Phocaeans founded Marseille around 600 B.C., and later the cultivation of the vine spread throughout southern France during the Roman colonization. Since 1976, the estate has been managed by the Cornut family with great respect for a territory capable of producing great wines. Françoise and Sylvia Cornut, as soon as they purchased the estate, decided to redo the facilities, planting noble grape varieties suitable for producing great wines. After setting up the vineyards, they dedicated themselves to renovating the cellar, which has been expanded and equipped with small temperature-controlled tanks to carry out parcel vinifications, in order to best enhance the nuances of the terroir.
included in the menu of his restaurant. The consecration came with the flattering reviews from the Gault-Millau guide and later also from Robert Parker, which confirmed its definitive success. The estate expanded in 2007 with the purchase of Enclos de la Chance, intended for the production of white wines. In 2011, nearby territories were acquired to the original core of the estate, and the cellar was also enlarged to make room for a new barrel room and to create new spaces to vinify separately the grapes from the old vines.
The vineyards currently cover about one hundred hectares, located in a beautiful hilly area bordering the Petite Camargue and the Alpilles. The soils are predominantly composed of galet roulés, pebbles of alluvial origin transported by the Rhône River over the millennia. The stones accumulate heat during the day and release it at night. The climate is sunny and Mediterranean, mitigated by sea breezes that rise into the interior of Provence. The cultivated grape varieties are the classic ones
