Domaine Didon - Naima & David Didon
Estate of 2ha 77 in Côte Chalonnaise in Chassey le camp.
1.3 ha of old vines 60 to 75 years old mass selection
1 ha of young vines 5 years old mass selection
The rest 35 years in massale.
Name produced by the trade:
White and red Burgundy, Aligoté, Bourgogne Gamay (repli de Julienas), Vin de France Pinot Noir, sparkling wine (traditional method blending of Riesling & Muscat).
Appellation produced by the domain:
White and red Burgundy, Bourgogne Aligoté and Coteaux Bourguignons Gamay, sparkling wine (traditional Aligoté method)
INTENSE organic and biodynamic farming (many herbal teas and other preparations) not certified because the price remains high in view of the surface areas (no decreasing slice) and painful (the control when you clean it is a little annoying, it takes time and it has a limit: my individual freedom…).
Use of sulfur and copper in the vineyard. Small milk for wetting. Different tests on alternative preparations, notably micro-organisms
Low vineyard 10,000 feet ha
Hérody type organic compost amendment
Vine not grassed in season tractor plowing green manure in fall
Manual harvest
Native yeast, stock.
No must cooling
Homeopathic sulfur information on all wines.
Lively pool for the reds.
No sulfur for the moment on the estate's wines
15 mg/l at racking for commercial wines for the moment
Reds: whole harvests, no punching down, pumping over, vertical press
The whites: fairly slow pressing, little rebèche, settling.
No dogmatism: pragmatism and above all “processes and actions” which allow work without sulfur, that is to say, big work in the vineyard of pragmatic agronomy and biodynamics.
Nature in essence does not necessarily do things well. Let it happen? not know.
Be present to what you are doing with awareness if possible.