Jacques Genet, owner of the domaine, for more than a decade, he has spreadheaded the domain's efforts to improve the quality of its wines, year after year. He became Charles Joguet's partner back in 1985. At the time, they created a farming company (société civile d'exploitation agricole, SCEA) in order to develop, organize, and above all perpetuate the work accomplished until then by Charles Joguet.
In addition to a couple of acres of...
The terroir of Beaumont-en-Véron
The 10 ha of vines planted in 1988 on this siliceous plateau located between the Loire and the Vienne form the estate's most consistent plot. Average yield: 45 hl/ha (or 1,820 litres per acre).
The left bank of the Vienne river
On this tight stretch of what was once the Vienne riverbed and hence on alluvial soil, the 12 ha of vines that were planted between in 1969 and today, lie between the commu...
A thermostat-controlled vathouse, partially equipped with special vats for "punching the cap" (pushing the solid matter, or cap, at the top of the vat back down into the juice), allows us to control each vinification in accordance with the identity of the wine, as 7 or 8 very different styles of wine are produced each year according to their soil, the age of the vines, the plot's exposure, vinification method and maturing option adopted.
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