Domaine Alain Graillot is located in the northern Rhone Valley. Founded in 1985 and released its first wines from rented vineyards. The winery quickly gained renown, and just three years after its founding, Glelot purchased the vineyards he had been renting. It has about 22 hectares (54 acres) of vineyard land, mainly planted to Syrah, and about 3 hectares (7 acres) of the white varieties Marsanne and Roussanne. Plant in well-drained soil consisting of sand, gravel and alluvial stone.