Ampelidae is born in 1995, in the family domaine where Frederic just started a few years before to produce his first wine at the age of 11 with only 2 small tanks, 3 oak barrels and a bucket!
Don’t be fooled by appearances. An intelligent air, a touch of « top of the class », a piercing gaze, an encyclopaedic knowledge and a whiff of academia... Wouldn’t he be better placed onto a university chair? He flirted for a while with the idea of ...
Our vineyard is split in 2 main parts, surrounding both the Manoir of Lavauguyot and the Château des Roches spread over 30 Km (18,70 Miles) around Marigny-Brizay. Each year are vinified over 115 Ha, among them 75 Ha belong to the estate. All the different kind of "terroirs" are as much expressions of the grape varieties which make our range of wines so rich and diversified. Thanks to the geological structure of the vineyard, we can work with v...
Frédéric Brochet’s attack of conscience over the question of conventional farming methods in viticulture coincided with the birth of his children and his realisation of a duty to pass things down for the future. But he had always had a passion for ecology ever since the day when he first bought a book about winemaking (Nature et progrès)… and bottled organic wine with his schoolfriend Matthew (that was in 1988!) At Ampelidae, being organic is...
2014 harvest, what a surprising vintage! After a rainy and cold summer, September is now superb with hot and sunny days. Nicely balanced grapes are being picked in perfect conditions. All the winemaking team, swimming in intense flavours of tropical fruits make their best for producing the very best, motivated also by new tools and new cuvees to come...
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