Les Perrières
The vines’age (over 70 years) and its terroir of hillside from clay-sandy grounds make of Les Perrières the flagship of our wines. The regularity due to the low yields and our involvement on this terroir offer a basket full of red berries on a bed of straight but charming tannins. « When decanted, this wine suggests its full dimension, tasty (note of clafoutis) with a vibrant chalky frame. Great wine. »Extract R.V.F.
Aromatic style: the regularity due to the small yields and our complicity with this terroir give a bit of time in decanter allows the wine to reveal all its dimensions.
Definition of Perrières: old vineyards on the hillside of Bourgueil, produces very structured wines for ageing. The most beautiful slopes of Bourgueil. Clay-silex terroir.
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Cepage
Cabernet franc -
Harvest
Manual, carefully sorted in small 20 kg crates. -
Vinification
Grapes are destemmed before three weeks of alcoholic fermentation, juice and skins in the presence of native yeasts and without the addition of SO2. Malolactic fermentation follows. -
Culture
70 year old vineyards on siliceous soil at the surface, followed by clay-limestone beneath Hillside of Bourgueil. Exposure to the South. Certified organic. -
Elevage
In barrel between 20 and 36 months according to the vintage wines.
The work
in the vineyards
At the domaine our work philosophy centers around various criteria:
The wine which we make benefits from a history, a culture, our traditions and especially our passions. So many small gestures from the vineyard to the bottle, the result of artisanal and manual daily work.
It is our pleasure to propose to you flawless natural wines, with the concern to perpetuate the culture of our terroirs, and their benefits, for generations to come.
