Angela Quiblier from Jura and Hugo Foizel from Champagne, both from wine-growing regions but without a family estate to take over.
We have both been passionate about wine for many years and it is this common passion that brought us together in Chénas to set up our OBORA estate in 2021.
We are certified in organic farming on 5 hectares and we plow the vines with a tractor, winch and horse. For treatments, copper sulfur and plant decoctions (to reduce the previous two) are our allies.
In 2024, we will farm vines in the Chénas, Juliénas and IGP Saône et Loire Blanc appellations (Chardonnay and Viognier).
We harvest all the vines by hand and then vat them in whole clusters after cooling overnight. There then follows a period of around two weeks of monitoring and light pumping over in order to stimulate yeast activity without causing significant extraction. The devatting takes place on sugars and the alcoholic fermentation ends in vats before aging in barrels or enameled steel. The whites are cooled, pressed, and aged on total lees in barrels. The wines are neither fined nor filtered before being bottled.

Information

Domain Name:
Obora
Winemaker's Name:
Hugo Foizel & Angela Quiblier
Country:
France
Region:
Beaujolais
Appellations:
Vin de France, Chénas, Juliénas
Farming:
Organic (Bureau Alpes Controles)
Grape varieties:
Chardonnay, Gamay, Viognier

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<div>Angela Quiblier originaire du Jura et Hugo Foizel originaire de Champagne, tous deux de r&eacute;gions viticoles mais sans domaine familiale &agrave; reprendre.</div>
<div>Nous sommes tous les deux passionn&eacute;s de vins depuis de nombreuses ann&eacute;es et c'est cette passion commune qui nous a r&eacute;unie &agrave; Ch&eacute;nas pour monter notre domaine OBORA en 2021.</div>
<div>Nous sommes certifi&eacute;s en agriculture biologique sur 5 hectares et nous labourons les vignes au tracteur, au treuil et au cheval. Pour les traitements, cuivre soufre et d&eacute;coctions de plantes (pour r&eacute;duire les deux pr&eacute;c&eacute;dents) sont nos alli&eacute;s.&nbsp;</div>
<div>En 2024, nous exploitons des vignes sur les appellations Ch&eacute;nas, Juli&eacute;nas&nbsp;et IGP Sa&ocirc;ne et Loire Blanc (chardonnay et Viognier).</div>
<div>Nous vendangeons toutes les vignes &agrave; la main pour ensuite encuver en grappes enti&egrave;res apr&egrave;s une nuit de refroidissement. Il s'en suit alors une p&eacute;riode d'une quinzaine de jours de surveillance et de l&eacute;gers remontages afin de stimuler l'activit&eacute; levurienne sans engendrer une importante extraction. Les d&eacute;cuvages se font sur sucres et la fermentation alcoolique se termine en cuve avant l'&eacute;levage en fut ou acier emmaill&eacute;.&nbsp; Les blancs sont refroidis, press&eacute;s, et &eacute;lev&eacute;s sur lies totales en fut. Les vins ne sont ni coll&eacute;s, ni filtr&eacute;s avant d'&ecirc;tre embouteill&eacute;s.</div>

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