Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha
Exposure: East-facing
Training style: Guyot
Vineyard news: Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Biodynamic preparation of 500 and 501 at the end of the winter and of 501 in spring before the flower. Suckers removed in spring.
Beaune 1er Cru Clos du Roi
Soil and subsoil: clayey soil, rich in iron, slightly calcareous. Lots of gravel.
Rootstock: 50 % of massal selection and 50 % of clones.
Organic agriculture. Received official approval ECOCERT in 2000.
Bio-dynamic agriculture since the 2001 campaign.
Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves
Soil and subsoil: highly calcareous soil. Pure silt.
Rootstock: massal selection only.
Organic agriculture. Received official approval ECOCERT in 2000.
Bio-dynamic agriculture since the 2001 campaign.