The Wine Project

Presentation

How to draw the best out of the terroir ! Since 2015, Grotte Saint Marcel has become a natural cellar where wine is aged. Uniform temperatures and humidity, total darkness, its carbon dioxide level … the ideal conditions for exceptional wines !
  • wine sampling saint marcel cave eperrin - © E. Perrin
Saint Marcel’s winegrowers initiated the project and have taken to ageing their best vintages in Grotte Saint Marcel for around 2 years, notably their Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint Andéol. Comparative tasting sessions of the same vintages raised above ground on their estate and down in the cave leave no doubt: the wines matured underground gain in subtlety, freshness and minerality and their spicy and fruity flavours are more intense.
Don’t miss this amazing sensorial experience !
 
  • oenology saint marcel cave maturing wine sampling cotes du rhone - © Diana Siemiradzka
  • speleology oenology wine sampling grotte saint marcel - © Diana Siemiradzka
  • wine sampling underground saint marcel cave - © Diana Siemiradzka
  • speleo oenology absolut black wine sampling saint marcel cave - © Joris
La Cave Naturelle des Gorges de l’Ardèche®  created in 2015 is an underground maturing cellar right in the heart of Grotte Saint Marcel.
 
Here are a few figures:
  • 3,000 bottles stored underground
  • The largest underground network in Ardèche with 62 km of galleries
  • A constant temperature of 13.8°C
  • 86% humidity
 
Several registered designation of origin wines (AOC) are represented : Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages et Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint-Andéol. 


7 wine estates on Saint Marcel d’Ardèche territory age their wines in this natural wine cellar, la Cave Naturelle des Gorges de l'Ardèche® :
  • Cellier des Gorges de l’Ardèche
  • Cellier du Moulas
  • Domaine Champs Vermeil
  • Domaine du Chapitre
  • Domaine de Couron
  • Domaine Notre-Dame de Cousignac
  • Domaine Saladin
 
Come and discover the wines at Grotte Saint Marcel’s shop.
If you want to experience first hand the fascination of sampling wine underground, then choose either our Epicurean or Spéléoenologie tour.