Growing Conditions
Limestone plateau
Organic viticulture, with limited tillage and grass cover
Single spur pruning (guyot)
Planting density : 5 263 vines / ha
Use of sulphur, copper, biodynamic preparations, herbal infusions (nettle, horsetail...), talc
Harvest
Hand and mechanical harvesting between 1st and 19 October
Bottling
Fining with egg whites
Light filtration before bottling
Glass bottles manufactured within 30 km the lightest possible: 450g for the 75 cl
Natural cork from Portugal with no plastic componants inside
Unbleached kraft cardboard boxes with minimal ink
Winemaking
Destemed maceration for 16 to 21 days
Indigenous yeasts
Light pumping overs by hand mainly at the start of fermentation
Slow pressing with a vertical press
Aging
1/3 in wooden vats - 2/3 in tank for 20 months
