Technical facts

Area :

18 ha (44 acres) A.O. C. Sauternes, 16 ha under cultivation

(soil argillaceous-gravel).

 

Planted grape varieties :

Sémillon 80% and Sauvignon 20% (6 666 vine plants per hectare, about 2 700 per acre).

 

Harvest :

Grape by grape, in successive pickings (3 to 10). Botrytized grapes (noble rot) approximately 20% potential alcohol.

 

Ageing :

3 years in barrel made of hand-split oak staves.

 

Production and average age of the vineyard :

8,5 hectoliters per hectare - 35 years.

 

Annual average production :

60 - 70 barrels (20,000 bottles).