"The grapes are ripening like they used to. The vines are finishing their cycle quite normally, with no heat stroke either on the leaves or on the bunches." - Gauthier Hugues, farmer
Carried out in collaboration with Société du Canal de Provence, this project is our first demonstrator on vines, and more specifically on one of the most widely planted grape varieties: Grenache. This grape variety is heavily affected by decline problems on a national scale, so the aim of climate protection is to perpetuate this emblematic crop of Provence while maintaining the yield and quality of the wine produced.
A new, more vigorous control zone, located 300 metres to the north, has been selected from 2023 onwards. This will serve as a comparison, with vines of the same age and grape variety as those under dynamic shading.
Cultures : vigne (grenache)
Conduite de culture : conventionnel
Technologie : ombrière translative
Puissance : 84 kWc
Surface : 0,15 ha
Design : 8 rangées plein sud
Zone témoin : 300m au Nord-Ouest, environ 600m²
En service depuis : 2020
The results obtained from this demonstrator on a wine-growing vine, an emblematic variety of the Provence region, confirm our hypotheses on vine-related climate protection.
