Crous St Martin

Crous St Martin is a wine estate in the north-east of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, with origins dating to 1879. That year marked the restoration of St Martin’s Cross, which monks had erected to indicate the road to Châteauneuf; “Crous” is the local word for cross.

Its soils include alluvial clay mixed with fine sand and rounded quartzite pebbles known as galets roulés. The layer of pebbles can reach several metres in depth. Its wines include Hommage à l’an 1879, named to commemorate both the estate’s origins and the wine vintage of that year.