| Delas
Owner: Louis Roederer (Champagne Deutz)
Manager: Fabrice Rosset (since
1996)
Chef winemaker: Jacques Grange (since 1997)
Showroom: Allée de l'Olivet, 07304 St Jean de Muzols. (Tel. 475 089 297)
Direct sale: 9.00-12.00 and 15.00-19.00
Web: http://www.delas.com
Negociant firm, producing Chateauneuf du Pape, Tavel, Vacqueyras,
Gigondas, Cornas,
Côte Rôtie, Hermitage, Crozes Hermitage, St-Joseph,
Condrieu, Cotes du Rhone Villages, Cotes du Rhone, Cotes du Ventoux,
Coteaux du Tricastin.
14 ha. is owned by the company in the northern Rhone, 8 of them in Hermitage.
The firm was founded in 1836, when Charles Audibert and Philippe Delas
purchased a negociant firm in Tournon-sur-Rhône. They renamed the firm Audibert & Delas.
Around 1920 two brothers Delas married two sisters from the Audibert family, and
when they took over in 1924 the name became Delas Frères. During
the period 1960-1977 Michel Delas was the manager. In 1977 he sold the firm to Champagne
Deutz, This firm was in 1993 purchased by
Roederer.
The firm is run as an independant firm by the Roederer empire which also owns Roederer
Estate and Scharffenberger
in California, Ramos
Pinto in Portugal and in France Champagne
Deutz , Maison
Delas , Domaines
Ott, (Provence), Chateau de Pez, Haut Beauséjour, Pichon
Longueville Comtesse de Lalande and Bernadotte
(Bordeaux).
Wines from the south of Rhone:
Chateauneuf du Pape Haute Pierre
90% Grenache and 10% Syrah. Aged in foudres for about 14 months.
Gigondas Les Reinages
80 Grenache and 20% Syrah. Aged in tank.
Vacqueyras Domaine des Genets
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre.
30% aged in barrels. From a single domain in Vacqueyras.
Tavel La Comballe
70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Picpoul and 5% Cinsault.
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise La Pastourelle.
Ventoux
Production about 200.000 bt.
Cotes du Rhone Saint Esprit
30% aged shortly in. Production about 450.000 bt.
Cotes du Rhone Rosé Saint Esprit
Production about 10.000 bt.
Cotes du Rhone Blanc Saint Esprit
Production about 60.000 bt.
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