Mas de Sainte Croix

Jacques Coipel worked in the petrol industry until 2002, when he changed careers and bought an exceptional site in Valréas, the Côtes du Rhône village cru in the papal enclave. The vineyards sit at around 1,200 feet on clay, limestone and gravel, and cooling winds from the north give the wines a crispness that is rare in the southern Rhône.

Passion d'Une Terre and Tendresse d'un Climat are the Valréas reds; Pure is a varietal Syrah.