Working in the vineyard
Good wine can only be made from high-quality grapes. That is why we place so much importance on the cultivation of our vines. Our vines are selected by massal selection and their careful maintenance year after year guarantees their durability. Our vineyards are more than 60 years old, and the oldest was planted more than a century ago, in 1906.
Our work in the vineyards is punctuated by the seasons. The high planting density of around 10,000 vines per hectare and the configuration of the Mont Brouilly site make the work difficult to mechanise. So it’s essentially manual work on the hillside.
Spring
Soil maintenance: ploughing and nutrient inputs
Budding (bud burst and first leaves appear)
Disbudding (conservation of the most fruit-bearing shoots)
Flowering (flower apparition)
Summer
Leaf care : Leaf removal, lifting and trimming
Fruit-set (transformation of flowers into fruit)
Bunch closure
Maturation & Veraison (change in berry colour)
Autumn
Maturity (sugar and aroma concentration of the berries)
Harvest
Leaf fall
Winter
Dormancy (vegetative rest)
Vine maintenance: Pruning
Vine maintenance: Pruning