Vineyard

• Type of soil : Clay and limestone with gravel
• Age : from 20 to 30 years old
• Pruning : Simple Guyot
• Harvest : By hand
• Average Yield : 45 hl/ha
• Density of planting : between 4400 and 5400 vine plants/ha
• Elevation : 250m
• Climate : Mediterranean with oceanic influence

Vinification

No skin maceration; pressing with Bucher pneumatic press. Juice selection is done at the press. Cold settling of the juice. Slow fermentation in oak at low temperature (16°C). 60% of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in oak barrels and then 100% of the wine is aged in oak barrels during 9 months (1/3 of the barrels are new oak and 2/3 are 2 years old). Half of the barrels are French oak, the other half are American oak.