The Story
Method of culture / Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, decanting over 24 hours, then racking and running into cask of the must.Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 20% new (maxi 1/3 Vosges, mini 2/3 Allier). Maturing: after 12 months in cask, the wine is aged 6 months in tank where it is prepared for bottling.Homeopathic fining and very light filtering if necessary.
3 parcels in the "Les Folatières" appellation.
"la 4": 4.5 ouvrées (0.48 acre) planted in 1983.
"la 6": 6.2 ouvrées (0.66 acre) planted in 1962.
"la 18": 18.6 ouvrées (1.97 acre) planted in 1969 and 1999.
Surface: 1ha 26a (3.11 acres).
Wine making /Biodynamic.Manual harvesting with grape sorting and optimisation of choice of date through parcel-by-parcel ripeness monitoring.