Dan Bosence's Geological Tour de France

Professor Dan Bosence accompanied our wine-tasting trips in February 2004 and 2005. Click below to read his comments on the geology and wines he came across on each trip:

February 2004 trip February 2005 trip

Syrah vines near Chateauneuf du Pape growing on early river Rhone terraces with rounded

Stratigraphic relations around Chateauneuf du Pape. Background hills and quarry in Cretaceous limestones. These are onlapped by Miocene sands that form the gently sloping vineyards in the foreground. These are classified as Cotes du Rhone. Chateauneuf du Pape comes from the slopes in the middle distance that are an early river terrace from the River Rhone that also onlap onto the limestones.