the terroir
the vineyard
Our vines are planted on two terroirs :
- The clay-limestone plateau :
This is the extension of the Saint Emilion plateau, with its famous starfish limestone, but at a higher altitude. The plateau culminates at 117 m (second highest point in Gironde). Our vines are situated between 100 and 106 m in altitude.
Calcisols and medium thick calcosols on hard limestone (upper Oligocene). - The slopes :
Our vines are situated between 58 and 90 m altitude, on the Fronsac molasses and the limestone scree of the plateau.Clayey-silty Calcosols on clayey-silty molasses and sandy-clayey on sandy tuffs.
Our two terroirs are among the latest in Saint Émilionnais, which allows us to preserve a lovely freshness in the wines.
two communes
- Puisseguin
- Saint Cibard
two appellations
- Castillon (red)
- Francs (white)
red varieties
- Merlot : 80 %
- Cabernet franc : 5 %
- Cabernet sauvignon : 15 %
white varieties
- Sémillon
- Sauvignon blanc
- Sauvignon gris
- Muscadelle
- Ugni blanc
- Colombard
- Gros Manseng
The vines are planted at densities ranging from 5300 to 5600 vines/ha.
The surface of the vineyard is 6 ha, including :
- 5,4 ha in appellation Castillon – red
- 0,3 ha in appellation Francs – white
- 0,3 ha in Vin de France – white