The Vineyard
The Premier Cru Les Fourneaux is located in the village of Fleys and faces the estate. The plots are very steep and face directly south, on a Kimmeridgian soil made up of clay-limestone marls with shallow soil and very stony ground. The vines were planted in 1990.
The Winemaking
After a light settling, the juice is racked into barrels for one-third of the cuvée and into vats for the remaining two-thirds. From there, it undergoes alcoholic fermentation thanks to the naturally occurring yeasts on the grapes, and its malolactic fermentation also starts naturally. The wine fermented in oak barrels begins its aging in barrels for about 8 months, then it is racked and blended with the other cuvée to continue aging in vats. Afterward, a bentonite fining is carried out to remove the proteins, followed by cold stabilization to eliminate tartar crystals, and then a tangential filtration. The wine is bottled 16 months after the harvest.
