History Since several generations, the Alary family is linked to Cairanne. It was during the reign of Louis XIV that the story of the wine estate starts. 1692, André Alary settled in Cairanne for cultivating land. Mix farming was essential in the wine estate in the last centuries: silkworms, grace, wheat, and arboriculture. However, at the be beginning, the vines had a considerable place. The first agricultural land-register of the commune dates back to 1414, when there were already 100 parcels of vineyard. The other crops have all, at a given time, dwindled and disappeared from the local landscape for various reasons. If the vine have almost disappeared with the phylloxera at the end of the 19th Century, it is become, since the 20the Century, the backbone of the village. The recognition of the wines of Cairanne has contributed to the development of the viticulture on a favourable territory. Associated to exceptional terroirs, the vine fills all the hills until the plains. The diversity and the characteristics of the Cairanne’s terroirs offer fine white and red wines. Tasting note: Close your eyes and get ready to travel. An atypical wine that will take you on a Burgundy journey. The grape variety “Counoise” is one of the traditional grape varieties of the Southern Rhône Valley, also called “Pinot de la Vallée du Rhône” because of the light, shiny and pale reddish color. It is a fruity and gourmet wine with fresh and intense aromas of crushed strawberries and fresh tobacco underlined by sweet spices of white pepper. On the palate, the tannins are melted and silky with a good length on the palate. Food pairing: Perfect for the hot summer days. You can drink it chilled or at room temperature, this wine will suit both meat and fish dish. Also great with an appetizer. Creative and inventive dishes only ! In 1981, Denis Alary catches up his father Daniel after oenology studies in Montpellier, in the South of the France. Tenth generation on the wine estate, he manages a human-scale domaine, in which the winegrowers' spirit has always been the cornerstone. The Alary wine estate affirms its convictions in shifting toward organic viticulture at the beginning of the 2000’s. The wine estate is certified “organic agriculture” in 2009. Wine passionate, Jean-Etienne, the Denis’s son, has naturally integrated the wine estate in 2016, after a journey in Australia and in New-Zealand. Together, they ensure the management, marketing, including sales directly from the cellar, vinification and viticulture, assisted by two employees. The results of this cooperation are wines whose quality is steadily improving: the freshness, the lightness and spicy and fruity aromas of a beautiful maturity are detected.