The Ethics of the Vineyard

Out of concern for the environment and the quality of our wines, we use “reasoned protection” in our vineyard. We use natural means to protect the vineyard from pests and diseases.
This consists in decreasing the use of phytosanitary products according to risks, by observation and modelling, by analysis of parasitic biology. Reasoned production is subject to the charter of the Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture.
 

Controlling the yield per hectare, respecting the environment, harvesting grapes at their optimal maturity, using exacting blends and aging, each step is the fruit of every moment’s work.
Our generous wines of character are born from this passion.


The Work in the Vineyard
The vines are trained to maintain the framework and the fruiting wood, and to space out the foliage and grape clusters.

The soil is worked every other row as needed, using a circular spike harrow, a disc harrow and teeth.

The vineyard is managed using the “reasoned struggle” technique, which lets us reduce the use of phytosanitary products:
- Mechanical de-suckering
- Weeding only underfoot
- Thinning
- Removing excess foliage to prevent botrytis


Wine making is carried out in a modern wine warehouse
- Stainless steel fermentation vats: 304 for red wines and 316 for white
- Isothermal vat for malo-lactic fermentation and aging
- Pneumatic wine press
- Hot-cold apparatus that regulates the temperature for all the vats in the wine warehouse