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Truffle: gastronomes’ Black Diamond, is the fruit of an underground mushroom called Tuber melanosporum, better known as Black Truffle or Périgord Truffle. In order to develop and bear fruit, this mushroom must grow on the roots of a tree: oak, hazel, lime… called truffle tree. In the Gard department, amateurs can buy fresh truffles from December to March on the market of Uzès every Saturday morning, and on the 3rd Sunday in January, during “Truffle Day” in Uzès.
The Picholine olive from Nîmes: one of the latest Gard AOCs (obtained in 2006) and one of the flagships of agriculture in the department. The edible olive from Nîmes is a fresh and fleshy fruit, simultaneously firm, juicy and crisp, with a characteristic butter-hazelnut taste.
      
Olive oil from Nîmes : classed as AOC in 2004, a pure gustatory wonder! A top of the range product obtained naturally via cold pressing within the Gard mills. Its originality comes from its aromatic intensity, together with a particular fieriness and bitterness.

 
WINES

 

Costières de Nîmes (A.O.C). This vineyard of Roman origin is one of the oldest in Europe. The soil consists of rolled pebbles. The climate is an exceptional asset for these wines. Wind, rain and generous sunshine that warms up the pebbles by day, which then give out their heat to the vines by night. Of mediterranean origin, their range is rich in variety: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, for red and rosé wines, White Grenache, Roussanne, Marsanne... mainly for white wine varieties.

 

Les Côtes du Rhône (A.O.C). The terroirs and vine varieties are what makes the typicity of Côtes du Rhône wines. A terroir rich in alluviums from the Rhone river which, combined with a Mediterranean climate and diverse winds, allows the vines to develop in the best possible manner. The Côtes du Rhône vineyards in the Gard department have the special feature of being represented by three main wine families: Regional Côtes du Rhône, Village Côtes du Rhône (Chusclan, Laudun, Saint Gervais, Côtes du Rhône) et local appellations (Lirac, Tavel).

 
Vins de Pays du Gard: they are made according to a rigorous process of selection. They are the result of a know-how that has been passed on and improved for generations. Rolled stones from the Costière, calcareous garrigues, sand dune along the coastline: a wide variety of soils that give our vineyards their richness and diversity.

 

"MILITANT DU GOUT ", Defender of Taste :

An authenticity charter for traditional Gard products, a unique signature that guarantees consumers the origin, quality, the respect of seasonality and therefore the best possible flavours.

 

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