Domaine Faury

It was mainly the Romans who were responsible for the development of steep vineyards in this part of the Rhone Valley. Well aware that the steep hillsides that wind along the Rhone were best suited to producing wines with a pronounced character, it is a real agricultural and architectural heritage that persists today.

But having the chance and the opportunity to work these hillsides today does not allow us to escape the difficulty and the demands of the work that these steep terroirs entail.

The gestures of the men who work the land then take on their full meaning, as soon as we understand that there is singular attention paid to each vine.

Leaving the banks of the Rhone River in 1950, Jean Faury settled in the hamlet of La Ribaudy, on the heights of the village of Chavanay. He cultivated fruit trees and vines and also had a few animals. The fruit was sold in the markets of the surrounding villages and sometimes further afield. The wines were delivered in bulk to the bistros in the area but especially around St-Etienne, intended for the coal miners.

The estate is located in the northern part of the Rhone Valley, approximately 50 km from the towns of St-Etienne, Lyon and Valence.

Geologically located on the foothills of the Massif Central, it is however mainly the Alps that can be seen to the east, with the Vercors, Chartreuse and Belledonne ranges.

The Pilat massif where we are located and the regional natural park that is attached to it, presents multiple facets of agriculture: market gardening and arboriculture on the banks of the Rhône, viticulture on the first slopes of Pilat, Pilat apples on the first plateau and finally goat breeding (AOP Rigotte de Condrieu), pigs and cattle at altitude. Products that you will find both at the producers and on the menus of the surrounding restaurants.