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To be a winemaker is to be an artist... Our art will please some and make others sulk. But as an artist I am free and that is the most important thing for me!
In the fight against intensive chemistry, and overproduction without taste or smell...I also aim to recreate more biodiversity in my vineyard, by planting trees each year :)
The minimum in the vineyard ! Pruning is very gentle with 100% of the vines in Royat cordons , pulling the wood placed on the ground (which will decompose naturally to provide organic matter), tying and braiding. No trimming, no big tractors passing by, just my feet and hands. We also have the particularity of having planted Gamay in Alsace but also of having recovered old plots of Alsatian hybrid grape varieties !
Concerning treatments: herbal teas and decoctions , a little Bordeaux mixture, sulfur (all in homeopathic doses ), the minimum! Because I study the micro-climates of the plots and measure the risks by never giving in to the pressure "of others" announcing the worst....
More than 30% of the surface area without any treatment in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, another part left fallow voluntarily.
During the harvest, the grapes picked by hand are transported in small crates and these will be pressed by hand and arm power in two old ratchet presses (made of wood).
The juice is then filled directly into the bucket into the old barrels of buried Georgian amphorae, into 60L glass carboys or sometimes into stainless steel tanks.
Ultra natural fermentation and breeding of course, no filtration or any other intervention and no input !!! Bottling by gravity by hand and without machine. Then the bottles are waxed one by one again by hand as well as the application of the label, bottle after bottle.
We welcome you to our home to taste our wines on simple contact. (direct sale!) or via our website: UNDER CREATION
We also have a small accommodation above the cellar to enjoy the peace and quiet of our house: La Grange Rénovée - Eichhoffen
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