Ch�teauneuf du Pape is a village overlooked by a ch�teau built by Pope John XII, the second pope in Avignon.The AOC terroir has three soil types. At the base, very pure white chalky deposits are sedimented by sand then red clay. Then the Rh�ne River built pebbles by agglomerating quartzite and silica from the Alps that we call Galets roules.