An Exceptional Terroir
Present throughout much of the Beaujolais appellations, our wines embody the richness of their soils. By respecting the soils and grapes, the unique terroir of our parcels expresses itself in their distinctiveness.
The work in our vineyards is exclusively manual and performed by us. For us, every intervention on the vine stock (pruning, debudding, tying, grass mowing, trimming, health monitoring, harvesting…) respects the soil and its surrounding biodiversity.
Embracing the local and natural environment is essential for us. Hedges, borders, flowerbeds, and nearby trees are integral parts of our vineyards.
Likewise, they are protected and preserved to provide nesting and breeding areas for birds, bats…
We always prioritize the maintenance and conservation of these unique habitats for wildlife.
We commit ourselves to preserving the terroir and the vines, in order to safeguard the future of our vineyard landscapes and ensure the quality of tomorrow’s wines.
Beaujolais appellations on the map
In the Vineyards Through Every Season
The winemakers in our family have always clearly respected this notion of terroir. Our wines reflect our terroirs: expression and authenticity. Our wines breathe the elements of their surrounding diversity.
All our parcels are cultivated with respect for the terroir and vines, with a constant concern for preservation.
The identification and promotion of environmental practices such as respect for biodiversity, the use of appropriate plant protection products, personal management of fertilization, and proper water resource management are the foundations of our estate.
Each vintage faces climatic uncertainties and vineyard-related decisions. We then strive to honor traditional work. We support our vines by regularly adapting to the weather and the progression of the vegetative stage, which only Mother Nature will decide.
The long winter period devoted to pruning, tying, and summer trimming, as well as the sanitary monitoring of the plots, is entirely carried out by us.
This regularity of tasks is our daily routine and passion. We serve our vines to ensure the very best for them.
Hand Harvesting at the Perfect Moment
During the harvest and the following festive and joyful weeks, the estate welcomes around forty men and women. All are trained to harvest the new vintage and replicate the ancestral gestures of grape picking, the fruit of a year's work.
Picked at full ripeness by the hands of our harvesting team, the fruit is neither altered by waiting nor by machines. Just picked, the grapes take less than an hour to reach our cellar where the clusters are meticulously sorted before joining all the fermentation tanks.
Our vinifications are inseparable from respect for our environment upstream of the process. Indeed, a beautiful harvest with healthy and fully ripe grapes benefits vinification and aging.
All oenological stages are enhanced by a clean and precise harvest.
The start date of the harvest is an alchemy between sugar richness and the phenological and aromatic maturity of the different parcels. This anchoring is the reference for the future quality of our wines.
Winemaking in the Cellar
After a few days, here it is! The "Paradise": the first pressed juice from whole grapes, fruity and low in tannins, leading to the joy and indulgence of our vineyards. For us, the traditional "Beaujolais" winemaking is emblematic, offering fruity, aromatic, and crisp wines.
It involves a semi-carbonic maceration: harvesting whole clusters to preserve the integrity of the berries and placing them in vats without prior destemming. We produce authentic wines, terroir wines with rich gustatory and olfactory qualities.
A Maturation Suited to Each Wine
In the cellar, the wines continue their maturation and will rest until at least the following spring before bottling. Some of our vintages are stored in barrels and large casks for a period of 9 to 12 months. This aging gives roundness and intensity to our wines.
A family heritage from a grandfather cooper, we put great care into working our barrels. We do not seek to "oak" but rather to soften our wines thanks to micro-oxygenation between the barrel wood, the cellar atmosphere, and the stored wine.
Long hours of patience and observation are necessary to determine the right moment to rack.
Bottling and Packaging at the Estate
All our wines are bottled and packaged on site, in our cellars and by our own hands. The different steps: placing bottles one by one on a receiving belt, filling bottles, corking, crimping the capsule, and dressing the bottle with label and back label are performed with precision and care.
Then, the beautifully dressed bottles are boxed, packaged for sale and delivery. They will then find their way to your table for our greatest pleasure…
