Appellation Fronsac
Town Saillans
Size of the estate 8 hectares
Average age of the vines 40 years
Planting density 5,500 to 6,600 vine stocks depending on the plots
Average yield: 40 hl/ha
Soil Clay and limestone hills and sloping plateaux

Aspect
The majority of the hillsides and sloping plateaux are South/South-East facing.

Grape varieties 90% Merlot - 10% Cabernet Franc

Cultivation
Adapted to each plot, leaf-stripping, crop-thinning and work of the soil.

Vinification 
Grapes picked by hand when they are fully ripe and put in baskets. Sorted minutely before and after full destemming. Fermentation in concretetankswith built-in thermoregulation which guarantees better control of the fermentation process. Long vatting period (3 weeks) for a slow and gentle extraction of the phenolic agents. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. 

The ageing process
12 to 15 months in new barrels (having matured 1 or 2 barches of wine). 20% of the barrels are replaced every year and toasting levels are selected for optimum enhancement of our wines's fruit flavors.