Vacqueyras and Gigondas are two of the best appellations in the southern Rhone. Both are located in the Department of the Vaucluse, just east of the Rhone River and north of the Durance River. The Vaucluse takes its name from the latin/Roman vallis clausa - “closed valley,” a refeerence to the cliff-walled valley that envelops the Font de Vaucluse… one of the world’s largest karst springs and the source of the Sorgue River.

In 1717, the Count François de Castellanne, de Lauris, de Vassadel, de Gérard, Chevalier marquis of Ampuis, de Lagneroux, Vacqueyras and its territories universal and direct landlord, gave a vineyard to Pierre Bovis, an ancestor of the Arnoux family. over the past 3+ centuries, the Arnoux family domain has expanded its holdings to about 85 acres of choice land on the Plateau des Garrigues. In 1936, paterfamilias Aime began contracting with neighbors to expand access to nearby appellations, including Gigondas and Chateeauneuf. These wines, made by the Arnoux family for nearly a century, are made with the same care and from vines of the same quality as the family’s personal holdings. Aime was succeeded by his sons Jean-Maris and Régis. Today the the family business is managed by Jean Maris’ sons with Marc and Jean-François.

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