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The
Domaine's vineyard currently covers ca. 15 hectares
which fan over the hills surrounding the village, and
which benefit from an extremely advantageous south,
south-west exposure.
The property is all in
one piece and includes outstanding parcels like the
" Clos du Papillon ", a geological spot in which the
soil is of extreme complexity : the schist is particularly
well enriched with volcanic stones : spilites (green)
, rhyolites, basalts, phtanites and a vein of quartz.
This plot produces a wine with an exceptional complexity
and lingering fragrance
Other parcels have given
their names to our cuvées like Les Caillardières . The proportion
of phtanites ( black coloured sedimentary siliceous
rock from the primary era) , quartz (sparkling white
rocks) and rhyolites (volcanic stones) varies to a considerable
extend from one parcel to the other, at the same time
as the depth of the arable land , creating thus different
soil effects (effets terroir). We are enhancing this
by making different cuvées. A prevailing geological
diversity accompanying the beginning of transformation
of the mother rock is a factor of enrichment for the
complexity of the wine.
The altitude of the appellation's
summits range between 55 and 70 m. The landscape is
very open. The top of the hillock is totally exposed
to natural ventilation. The Loire plays the role of
thermic regulator.
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