Feb

THE HIGHEST VINEYARD IN FRANCE IS IN ROUSSILLON

The highest vineyard in France is in Estavar in the department of Pyrénées Orientales.

This new parcel of the Roussillon vineyard will give its first harvest in 2024. Wilfried Garcia, 29 years old, is the owner of this vineyard which culminates at 1340 meters of altitude.

Located in the hamlet of Bajande, in Estavar, in the Cerdanya region, this is the highest perched vineyard in the whole of France. It revives the first vine plantations that were once made on this land. Named “Domaine Cotzé”, it surpasses the nearby Cerdane ampelographic collection of Sainte-Léocadie, located at an altitude of 1300 meters. Based in Enveitg, Wilfried Garcia planted in 2020 2200 vines of northern varieties, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Gamay, resistant to cold in particular.

Feb

法国海拔最高的葡萄园在露喜龙产区

位于法国东比利牛斯山脉（Pyrénées Orientales）的Estavar，拥有全法海拔最高的葡萄园。如高耸入云般，露喜龙（Roussillon）葡萄园海拔最高达到1340米，形成了非同寻常的一道美丽风景线。年轻有为的德威尔弗里德·加西亚（Wilfried Garcia）是这块葡萄园的庄主，今年29岁，在其悉心照料下将于2024年迎来第一次收成。

Bajande是坐落在Estavar的一个小村庄，而Estavar位于Cerdanya地区，是全法国最高的葡萄园所在之地，庄主在这片陡峭的土地上重新种植栽培葡萄藤，赋予藤蔓蓬勃的生命力，使其发展成为法国海拔最高的葡萄园，并命名为“ Domaine Cotzé”。这里海拔甚至超越了附近1300米高的Sainte-Léocadie村庄。威尔弗里德·加西亚（Wilfried Garcia）定居在Enveitg，他在2020年种植了2200株北方品种的葡萄藤，葡萄品种特别耐寒,包括霞多丽（Chardonnay），黑皮诺（Pinot Noir）和佳美（Gamay）。