We took over Château Les Hauts de Caillevel just before the 2018 harvest. Seduced by the beauty of the place, and aware of the potential of the Caillevel terroir, we settled down with our 4 young children and a lot of enthusiasm in this new life! Pierre-Etienne was a logistics engineer in Aeronautics and was looking to take over a company on a human scale and above all a production that made sense... Coming from a family of arborists, he sought his way in agriculture and meeting after meeting, he became interested in and trained in organic and biodynamic viticulture and winemaking. The particularity of the estate comes from the diversity of the grape varieties planted and the intelligence of the former winegrowers in choosing the right planting area and the right rootstock/scion pair. We will find in the Whites, the Sauvignon gris, the Sauvignon Blanc, the Ugni blanc, the Chenin, the Muscadelle and the Sémillon a varied and rich palette of indulgence as much as freshness. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec will be the cornerstones of the Domaine's reds – racy as well as fruity. The terroir of Caillevel, formed in one piece, is composed to the north of a plateau of Karstic rocks sometimes outcropping and to the south of clay-limestone slopes. This limestone dominance and these well-balanced soils in terms of grain size give each of the wines a particularly mineral and fruity structure. An interest that very quickly turned into a real passion. Charlotte was ready to follow him in his project and make it her own! Pierre-Etienne's enthusiasm was quickly contagious! The operation has been running at full speed for more than 3 years now, the projects are taking shape. Life is sometimes difficult, hard work, but each success is a victory that we are lucky to share as a couple! Work in the vineyard: The entire farm has been cultivated according to the specifications of organic farming since 2010. These specifications are very important and provide a good basis, but we do not find them sufficient to obtain a perfect balance between the production of our grapes and the development of biodiversity (fauna and flora) fundamental for the maintenance of life on Earth... This additional requirement of rigor, listening and observation does not prevent us from producing wines with singularity, substance and aromas. On the contrary ! So why go private! We also take into account as far as possible the cycles that give rhythm to life on Earth (solar and lunar cycle). We develop agroforestry on the vineyard. We have planted melliferous hedges at the edge of our plots, made up of fruit trees and various bushes, shrubs in order to promote biodiversity and use natural protection against diseases and bad weather. On our empty plots we plant flowered fallows. We treat the vines with natural mineral products such as copper or sulfur that we use in infinitesimal doses. Indeed, thanks to the observation, to the speed of intervention and to the association of these products with natural plant-based preparations (nettle, comfrey, orange peel...) their action is much more effective and allows us to drastically reduce the doses. Work in the cellar: We want to preserve the benefits of our initial work on the vine and its environment. This is why we work the wines with a minimum of input, only sulfur and natural yeasts used with sparingly and only if it is necessary or judicious, while taking care to stabilize it to bring the balance between pleasure and naturalness. We work with our Oenologist Mr Thierry Heydon. We adjust our wines according to the vintage and we prefer not to make a cuvée if the year is not favorable. Our wines are all less than 15mg/L of free SO2. So it doesn't cause headaches. We produce an average of 45,000 bottles.