700 years of wines and history

The official seal with the coat of arms of the Chartreuse de Bonpas first appears in archive documents dated 1320. Inspired by this, an adaptation is now engraved on the winery’s bottles.

In 1318, Pope John XXII, the second pope ruling from Avignon, gave the Carthusian monks a fortified monastery not far from the city at a strategic spot to cross the Durance river. Hence the name of the wine house, since “bonpas” comes from Latin “bonus passus”, meaning good passage.

Bonpas wines offer an interpretation of the Rhone Valley, each appellation providing a link to a chapter in the history of this prestigious place: Croix de Bonpas Côtes du Rhône Villages, Réserve de Bonpas Côtes du Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Bonus Passus, Vacqueyras Grand Cartulaire, Gigondas Grand Prieur, Plan de Dieu, Costières de Nîmes Les Hauts de Bonpas, Grande Réserve des Challières Ventoux, and lastly, Les Portes de Bonpas IGP Méditerranée.

These are all wines made with grower-partners, with a style that tends towards spicy and velvety, mainly produced from selected older vines of Grenache grown on soil covered with the famous large pebbles known as galets roulés. They stand out for their fruity character underscored with smooth tannins.