Ferme des Soins - Mathias Barralon
The estate is made up of 2.5 hectares of hillside vines located on the south-facing slope of the commune of Désaignes, in northern Ardèche, 30km from Tournon-sur-Rhône.
The entire estate was planted, from 2018, on land which was under vines until the 1950s and which had been abandoned following the rural exodus.
The terroir is granitic and the vines are planted between 500 and 600m above sea level, which brings freshness to the wines.
The grape varieties planted are: Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chenin and Syrah.
The vines are pruned in gobelets for the pinots noir and Syrah, in cordon de royat for the Chenin and the Gamay. The vines are farmed organically, limiting as much as possible the use of copper in cultivation, through preventive operations and the use of fermented plant extracts (Nettle, Horsetail, etc.). The yields obtained are low (less than 40hL/ha) to preserve the quality of the grapes.
The ground works are carried out with a crawler, all the other operations are carried out by hand.
The harvest is manual.
In the cellar, vinification is carried out using indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats. The musts are pressed in a ratchet press then aged in stainless steel vats.
Oenological interventions are reduced to a minimum and if sometimes a slight sulphiting occurs at bottling, it is not systematic but only occurs if the wines seem fragile.
All the wines are made from grapes from the estate.