The spirit of a place, the soul of a winemaker

[Introduction to the estate: the family, the place, the ambition. Copy to come.]

Photo: the family and the first plots

Origins

[Origins, paragraph one: the acquisition of the estate, the family and the first vintages.]

[Origins, paragraph two: what the family set out to do in Lalande-de-Pomerol.]

Terroirs

[Terroirs, paragraph one: soils, exposures and the plots of the estate.]

[Terroirs, paragraph two: grape varieties and the way the vineyard is worked.]

Photo: gravel and clay soils between the rows

Photo: the gravity-fed vat room during harvest

Technical craft

[Technical craft, paragraph one: gravity-fed vinification and the inverted truncated-cone vats.]

[Technical craft, paragraph two: ageing, barrels and the choices made in the cellar.]

The winemaker’s spirit

[The winemaker’s spirit, paragraph one: the intention behind the wines.]

[The winemaker’s spirit, paragraph two: the people who make them, year after year.]

Photo: portrait of the winemaker in the cellar

Photo: the Lab, trials and micro-vinifications

The Lab

[The Lab, paragraph one: the experimental cellar and what is tried there.]

[The Lab, paragraph two: what these trials bring back to the grands vins.]