“Our principles: Respect of the terroir, vinification by gravity, indigenous yeasts, direct soft press in whole bunch grapes, champanese Coquard press.”

Shaley soils derived from silurian layers and Permian red sandstone.

After a dry autumn and winter, bud burst started on March 27. The months of May and June were very rainy. Flowering began on May 17. Summer was dry with a particularly hot month of August during the second fortnight. The harvests have started on August 21. The grape pickers began on 3 a.m. due to oppressive heat. We finished the harvest on September 13. Traditional, mechanical and manual tillage, without herbicides. Seeding of green manures after the harvest. All grapes are harvested manually, sorted, not de-stemmed and directly loaded into an hydraulic Champenois Coquard press without crushing. The grapes are lightly pressed so as to obtain optimum delicacy and flavour from the very heart of the grapes. Wines ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, gravity-fed cuves. The Pétale de Rose is exclusively made of 1st quality juices. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and is bottled at the Châteaula Tour de l’Evêque.