Winery & Vintage Info
The story of four generations of winemakers so in love with their land that they want to express its very essence, it’s the hard work and skill of the people and their willingness to give the very best of themselves every day of the year.
As the head of a 52 acre/21 hectares family-owned operation, ValérieDagueneau's work ethic builds on the past, perpetuating the know-how passed on to her by her elders, and leads them to the future, by integrating new agricultural and wine growing techniques with a caring respect for the land.
Be seduced by the rarity of our hundred-year-old Pouilly-sur-Loire vines and the aromatic diversity of the Pouilly-Fumé.
Clay/chalky soils and Kimmeridgian marl “terres blanches” (conglomerate of marine mud and tiny oyster shells).
Surface: 16 ha of vines on the dominant slope of the Loire. Principal exposure is south, south-east. The average age of the vines is 35 years.
After the harvest, the grapes are de-stemmed and immediately pressed. The must is cold-settled for 24 hours and then vinified in our thermo-regulated tanks. This allows us to maintain the temperature of alcoholic fermentation at 18-20°C in order to extract maximum aromas. The wine is matured on fine lees until it is racked. It is then fined with bentonite, then we make a light filtration before bottling.
