Vineyards sizeTotal 40.40 ACRES:
24 acres Sancerre white
8 acres Sancerre red
6 acres Coteaux du Giennois white
2.4 acres Coteaux du Giennois red
14 miles between the 2 extreme of the vineyards. A Long time on a tractor!
Farming Of course she makes a work a replacement of vines due to some degenerations, (a large situation in Sancerre and around) and age. A study of adaptation to the global warming is also done; change of pruning, plowing, timing, organic products, beats…
She chose passionate workers at the domaine all the time, and calls a team of employes if she needs more peoples.
The top value of the domaineHaving vineyards on 8 Villages and 29 single vineyards She is lucky having the 3 sub-soils possible there;
-30%Terres blanches (more calcar and chalky),
- 35% Caillotte (broken little rocks),
- 33 % Silex (flint) which gives her a chance to produce her “ Cuvée Pierre à Feu”.
- And very rare: 2% Griottes subsoil
Harvest :Mostly done by machine, with some slope and vineyards by hand. Having vineyards in the plateau but also on the side slope of various valleys, she can extend picking to optimize ripeness.
In Sancerre, historically, the estates own vineyards in different valleys to reduce the risk on thunderstorms which follow very often one or tow valleys each vintag.
Facilities:Different press to control timing, as well quality of juice in relation with sub-soil.
They vinify in small tanks, to follow the size of each vineyard, and they blend these vineyards in February/March (the week before Easter!), or later with the quality and evolution.
