{"id":20758,"date":"2019-09-26T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateau-calissanne.fr\/chateau-calissanne\/haute-valeur-environnementale\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:17:47","slug":"haute-valeur-environnementale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-calissanne.fr\/en\/chateau-calissanne\/haute-valeur-environnementale\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Valeur Environnementale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider show_arrows=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Curseur de d\u00e9filement plein \u00e9cran&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;15em||10em|&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; 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More than 150 beehives are installed at the foot of the cliffs, across three named locations on the upper reaches of the estate, nestled among the garrigue and rocky escarpments.<\/p>\n<p>We carry out only one vine treatment per year and use a product bearing the \u201cBee-Friendly\u201d label.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three years, the planting of large-scale crops around the vineyards has ensured rich eco-diversity, fostering the vitality and good health of the bees.<\/p>\n<h1>Bonelli\u2019s Eagle<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pairs of Bonelli\u2019s eagles are the true stars of our territory. And like all stars, they are closely watched\u2014their appearances are rare, and their nesting sites even more so! They dislike paparazzi-like observers and prefer to take refuge in the hidden corners of the Calissanne hillside.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Sheep<\/h1>\n<p>Transhumance was once a long-standing tradition at Calissanne, and we have chosen to reconnect with these ancestral practices.<\/p>\n<p>While it can no longer truly be called transhumance or that great journey\u2014since the sheep now arrive by truck\u2014they nevertheless live peacefully in the heart of nature, just as they once did.<\/p>\n<p>The 2,000 sheep arrive at the beginning of spring and remain for four months, grazing the southern plains or the northern plateaus of the Calissanne estate.<\/p>\n<p>These scenes evoke the timeless image of sheep flocks in Provence.<\/p>\n<p>They convey a powerful message of harmony between nature and animals, and of respect for the well-being and good health of the sheep.<\/p>\n<h1>Truffles at Calissanne<\/h1>\n<p>The truffle\u2014rabasse in Proven\u00e7al\u2014the \u201cblack diamond,\u201d is a mycorrhizal fungus that requires a host tree, in this case the kermes oak at Calissanne. 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