Vineyards are divided into 38 plots, which in turn are divided into smaller sections, 4 ha each.

Gael Brullon - quality manager - monitors data on grapes development and maturing from each vineyard section on daily basis.

Vine shaping

Vines are pruned so that grape bunches develop evenly along the row and all the grapes mature simultaneously. The vines are tied to espalier to be exposed to the sun as much as possible to accumulate more sugar in each grape.

As the grapes mature leaves are removed from one side of each plant. Vines are open to the soft morning light and wind and kept dry and well aired but still protected from the hot afternoon sun.

Starting from the last week of August grape samples are analyzed in laboratory several times a week to set the harvesting date for each plot.

Harvesting

During the harvest around 200 workers and employed in Château. Samples from each lot of grapes are tested for sugar and acidity.

Detailed records are kept for each lot of grapes and at any moment we know where or when each lot was harvested and which wine it was used for.