An attentive vinification
The harvest
- We harvest during fresh nights.
- We use a harvesting machine and place the grapes in small boxes of 880 lbs to protect the grapes.
- All the grapes are manipulated with attentive care.
- There’s never more than 15 minutes from the deposit of the grapes to the refrigerated tank to avoid oxidation.
- Cold chain from the harvesting machine to the tank.
- Pneumatic press: long cycles of 3 to 4 hours for a gentle pressing.
Vinification
- Application of the national organic vinification charter.
- Optimisation of the dose of SO2.
- Very few yeast addition, natural yeast is used for the red wines.
- “Natural” vinification, no yeast nutrient is added.
- We are very careful with the natural evolution of the wines. We let the wine follow its own way. We help the wine to develop without forcing its nature.
- Regular laboratory analysis.
- Grape varieties are aged separately before blending
- The red wines are aged in oak barrels (25% of new wood) with a long maceration.
- The white wines are vinified and aged in new oak barrels.