Outstanding terroir
Terroir
The soils are made up of fast-draining gravel which, combined with the quick-
warming air of the surrounding urban environment, brings about an early start to the
vine-growing season
The fast-draining nature of this terroir allows the vines to delve down into a healthy,almost infertile sub-soil that enables a deep rooting system.
The best exposed plots are planted with the Cabernet-Sauvignon variety, which can attain high levels of ripeness here.
Vineyard
Soil and sub-soil: a layer of Gunz-type Pyrenean gravel.
- - 20.50 hectares (49.5 acres) planted with red grape varieties: Merlot 35% / Cabernet-Sauvignon 60% / Petit Verdot 5%
- - 2.70 hectares (4.94 acres) planted with white grape varieties: Sauvignon Blanc 80% / Sémillon 20%
Average age of the vines: 25 years
Density of plantation: 6,900 vines/hectare to 10,000 vines/hectare.
Vine-growing methods
- - Traditional ploughing.
- - Bordelaise pruning, with 2 canes of 3 buds per vine
- - De-leafing on the east-side of the row at end of June/beginning July
- - Crop thinning end July/beginning August, leaving 5 to 7 bunches in the Merlot and Sémillon and 6 to 10 bunches in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc.
- - Hand-harvesting spread out over a period of around 6 weeks.
- - Red varieties : manual sorting table over a harvesting bin.
- - White varieties: harvested in small crates.
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