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Our philosophy It is not about applying a technique to better control life and produce better wines : it is all about being inspired by and having faith in the dynamics of this living thing, to learn to truly live ! This calls for a collaboration between thoughtful attention paid by people and what nature offers. It takes us back to observing and understanding nature’s ability to be an enchantress of such great diversity. This is not a simple laisser-faire approach – a living wine is not an untamed one. This is about the civilized wine, the wine of emotion. Forget all the fussiness and snobbery. Today the 4th generation, Laura, is immersed in the activities of the winery, preparing to carry on this work.

Our approach from the vine to wine The biodynamic approach, brought in progressively since 1999, is now used throughout the vineyards. Soil maintenance is carried out mechanically, with no use of chemical herbicides in order to preserve the soil’s microbial life. We compost our own marc, mixing it with manure, for a year, before resetting it to our vines. We are intensifying our efforts on pruning methods and sprouting to keep our vines healthy and so helping them to age longer. We no longer use insecticides, thus allowing the return of natural predators. Products used to protect the vineyard are limited to Bordeaux mixture, sulphur, biodynamic preparations and infusions made from plants like nettles, horsetail and yarrow.

We rigorously quality-sort our grapes while they are still on the vine. They are harvested manually.

This approach that respects the soil, plant and people allows the character of our wines and terroirs their best expression.