Philippe Faure, President of AOC Saint-Andéol, in vineyards overlooking one of its four communes, Saint-Marcel-d’Ardèche

 

Most of the soil in the appellation consists of galets roulés on hillsides. The winery with the cylindrical tower in the background is Domaine Saladin

 

Roland Terrasse of Château Rochecolombe

 

There is a small zone of clay limestone soil in AOC Saint-Andéol – these are the lower terraces at Château Rochecolombe…

 

… and these are the higher ones, where the limestone is closer to the surface

 

Frédéric Dorthe of Domaine du Chapitre

 

Looking towards the commune of Bourg-Saint-Andéol