Love is the driving force!

4.8 ha in Organic Soil Conservation Agriculture

Vineyards cultivated in agroforestry systems, where trees, brambles, and meadows coexist in a more or less orderly (but very deliberate) way with the vines, in order to work with living soils. The aim is to obtain in the wines the most unique expression possible of each plot.

Most of the work is done by hand. Tractors are permitted for the few treatments that are carried out when necessary and for the annual mowing between the rows of vines before the harvest.

We practice physiological pruning with strict adaptation of the load to the vigor, early disbudding up to the flower, braiding, permanent natural ground cover throughout the year.

The grape varieties are centered around our beloved Cabernet Franc on a fragmented plot of old vines which occupy most of our time although two replantings and a small plot of old Chenin have been added recently.

The wines are crafted with passion, without sulfur or mechanization in the cellar. From harvesting to barreling, everything is done by hand. Pressing is relatively long (between 48 and 72 hours) and bottling is done by hand with care and using gravity.

A small trading structure allows us, in some years, to indulge ourselves by buying grapes from other winegrowers or supplementing a harvest that wasn't bountiful enough. The grapes are cultivated according to the rules of Organic Agriculture, the vines are always over 60 years old (before the advent of cloning), the cuvées are single-vineyard, the yields are relatively low (averaging 17 hl/ha in 2021, 2022 and 2023), and the wines are made with the same love as those of our vines.

In order to differentiate the négociant cuvées from those of the estate: the " La Ronce Bleue " logo is put on the labels of the estate's vines, the " La Sauvagère " logo corresponds to the négociant cuvées.

Land parcels of the estate:

Véron (between the Loire and Vienne rivers):

- La Vieille du Rez de Chaussée : 0.50 ha / Alluvial sands on shale / 1942 / Cabernet Franc / Savigny-en-Véron
- Perrée Mouton : 0.28 ha / Limestone sands on Millarge / 1949 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- Puy de la Bate : 0.64 ha / Limestone sands on Millarge, White Tuffeau and Sylex / 1954 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- Galippes : 1.16 ha Windblown sands on Millarge / 1959 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- La Haute Rue : 0.48 ha / Sandy clay on Millarges / 1959 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- Le Pau : 0.38 ha / Sandy clay over white tuffeau / 1959 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- La Roche Bobreau : 0.33 ha / Millarges Clay-siliceous / 1966 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron
- Vallières : 0.41 ha / Limestone Sands on Millarges / 1980 / Cabernet Franc / Beaumont-en-Véron

Left bank of the Vienne:

- Orchard plot : 0.27 ha / Clay over sylvite and sandstone / Planting date unknown / Cabernet Franc, 5455 / Cinais
- Lilibertad Rosé : 0.24 ha / Clay with Silex / 2010 / Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin, Sauvignon / Saint Germain sur Vienne
- Les Morineaux : 0.10 ha / Clay with Flint and Sandy Limestone / 1950 / Chenin / Candes Saint Martin