Owners: Marie-Francoise and Jean-Claude Vidal
Address: Rue Porte Rouge 35, 84230 Chateauneuf du Pape.
Tel. 04 90 83 72 04 
Direct sale: Yes, but call before to be sure.
Homepage: http://domaine.banneret.free.fr/index.html
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The roots of the family in the town dates back for centuries. On the property they have documents dating back to 1405. The weapon on the label belonged to a famous forefather Jean Gaspard Bertet who was commander of Illinois in 1625 (part of the French colony in America the French Louisiana). There is no point in counting the generations from him to the owner today Jean-Claude Vidal.

Jean-Claude is an architect but when the former owner of the family in 1989 wanted to retire and it was a question if the domain had be sold to someone outside the family Jean-Claude and his wife decided they would take over and keep the domain in the family, and they became wine growers. They have done that with great respect for the traditions. Everything in the fields and the cellar are done strictly according to the way it has been done by generations before. If a grape variety in the fields with old vines need replanting they do it with the same variety even if they have to wait a year or two to got the (maybe rare) plant from the nursery.
The wines are bottled by the help of a pipette, the labels are put on the bottle by hand and so on. The wines are good and the price moderate.

The property has only about 4 ha. Below the nephew Jean-Marc Espinasse tells about the domain:

"Our Estate is a small and very old village family owned vineyard (our archives date from 1405). It has 5 parcels of vines all around the famous Castel ruins. Grape varieties maintain the "13 grapes symphony" tradition and are planted in the same location our ancestors did. Our vines are very old with low yield but rich in quality.
Visitors are kindly received but it is better to call before since we are not always opened. The offerings here are reds made from 60% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre and 20% of the resting 9 grapes. The grapes are not destemmed, fermented all together in concrete tanks and aged in old barrels (coming from Burgundy) for 18 months. This method will give finess, powerness, complex aromas and all it's original tannins. It will the keep all it's richness and all the benefits: Vitamins, rock salt, trace elements and tannins. Then, once bottled, labeled and protected by a long cork, our wine will continue aging. It is a wine for laying down that will evolve into a lighter color and such a typical "bouquet". We do not filtrate, bottle by our own means and even stick the labels with glue by hand.
We can offer the current vintages and, on small quantities, old vintages up to 1989.

We can also offer you seasonal rentals of two lodgings that have each 4 persons capacity. Both open on a terrace with a garden. Don't hesitate to contact the domain for further information."