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François Lurton

Languedoc-Roussillon, Vayres, Ranska

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Historia

François Lurton represents the fifth generation of grape growers in this large family that has been vigneron in Bordeaux since 1897. In 1985, having finished his studies François Lurton had an initial experience as commercial and marketing  director of his father’s wine company, André Lurton.

In 1988, in partnership with his brother Jacques, they set up a consulting firm. From Moldavie to Mendoza and from Spain to Australia, they were constantly on the lookout for wine producers, wine merchants and retailers able of replying to the recurring demands of their consumers and clients : Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Hardy’s, Sainsbury…

 

As a result of their endless discoveries, they chose to settle down and produce their own wines in five different countries. In 2007, they decided to reorganize their respective patrimonies and François became the major shareholder in the company, which was renamed François Lurton SA.

This new direction allowed him to go back to his own roots and spend more of his time in the vineyards and in the cellars so as to be even more implicated in the making of his wines, through all the stages of their production and so as to guarantee high quality levels.

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The climate is Mediterranean with hot dry summers and mild winters. Rainfall levels are extremely low and mostly fall in the winter months leaving the vines to suffer in the arid soils from hydric stress during the hot summers. The vineyards are constantly buffeted by the wind, either the cold, dry “Tramontane” wind coming from the North West, or the hot and humid “Marin” wind coming from the Mediterranean Sea.

 

The planting density is low at around 3600 vines per hectare. The vineyards are planted with 50 years old vines of Grenache (60%), Carignan (30%), Syrah and Mourvedre. The vines are gobelet (bush) trained to help the vines combat the dry conditions. They are planted on sunny steep south-facing slopes and are surrounded by ‘la garrigue’ scrubland. Yields are very low of concentrated grapes of around 25 hl/ha. The vineyards are planted in squares (1,75m by 1,75m), as was customary in the past, long before the arrival of mechanisation, as the horses and ploughs were able to work the vineyards in both directions.

 

The «terroir» is exceptional, composed of stones from the slow erosion of the Corbières hills. Thanks to the varied schists, shale, sands and large limestone rocks, the grapes are able to reach perfect levels of ripeness.

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We believe that every decision we make has an environmental impact, so we have set up an internal “think-tank” group within our company made up of representatives from each Department (packaging, marketing, sales, production) to come up with an environmental charter which details targets specific to our company that help to reduce the effect of what we do on the environment.

 

VINEYARD

No herbicides used in any of our vineyards (cultivation and use of ‘intercep’ machines)

Uniquely natural fertilizers used in our vineyards

Trials on sexual confusion on our estate “Mas Janeil” (Roussillon, France)

Biodynamic cultivation on our estate in Chile, being transferred to Argentina, organic certification in 2012

Reduction of treatments “agriculture raisonnée” across the board

“Terra Sana” wines (Vin de France) made from organic grapes

 

RECYCLING

In the offices all paper, glass bottles, capsules, plastic bottles and caps, corks, batteries, print cartridges and coffee capsules are recycled

All internal printing is done in black and white where possible and paper is used twice (both sides of the page)

In the warehouse, all cartons, glass bottles, paper are recycled

Car share between employees

Minimisation of heating, electricity (lights), water by staff

Electricity provided by “green” supplier

Our own purification treatment station to recycle waste

 

PACKAGING

Move towards lighter bottles across the range (to improve carbon footprint)

75% bottles used are made from recycled glass

Pioneers of Bag-in-Box (recyclable, low carbon footprint)

Screw caps used in preference to corks for 70% of wines produced (low carbon footprint)

Synthetic cork (“Normacorc”) used 100% recyclable

Label printer registered as “Imprimvert” (sustainable practices)

Wine samples sent in boxes without polystyrene

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