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Vinography Images: Winter Cobbles

With the vines bare of leaves, the famous galets roulés (also known as cailloux) of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region are exposed to the diffuse light of a low winter sun in view of some ruins the distance. Most wine lovers have heard of these rounded river cobbles and strongly associate them with the region. Many people, however don’t know that these distinctive stones are only three of the four main types of soils in Châteauneuf, the others being sharp shards of limestone, a clay mixed with smaller river pebbles, and the least common, velvety soft sands.

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