Love is the driving force!

4.8 ha in Organic Soil Conservation Agriculture

Vineyards in agroforestry where trees, brambles and meadow coexist in a more or less orderly way with the grapes on living soils always covered by natural grass.

Although the vines are in the Chinon appellation area, we have chosen to present all of the wines as Vin de France .

Most of the work is done by hand . Tractors are tolerated 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 .

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 us with care and using gravity.

A small trading structure allows us, in some years, to indulge ourselves or supplement a harvest that might not have been bountiful enough. The grapes are cultivated according to the rules of Organic Agriculture (certified or not), the vines are always over 60 years old (before the advent of cloning), the cuvées are single-vineyard , the yields are relatively low (average of 17hl/ha in 2021, 2022 and 2023), the wines are made with the same love as those of our vines .

The " La Ronce Bleue " logo is placed on the labels of the estate's wines.

The " La Sauvagère " logo is placed on the labels of the négociant wines.

Land parcels of the estate:

Between the Loire and Vienne rivers:

Beaumont en Véron

- Perrée Mouton : 0.28 ha / Millarges with clay soil / 1949 / Cabernet Franc
- Puy de la Bate : 0.64 ha / Limestone sands over Millarges, White Tuffeau and Sylex / 1954 / Cabernet Franc
- Galippes : 1.16 ha Calcareous aeolian sands on Millarges / 1959 / Cabernet Franc
- La Haute Rue : 0.48 ha / Sandy clay on Millarges / 1959 / Cabernet Franc
- Le Pau : 0.38 ha / Light tuffs / 1959 / Cabernet Franc
- La Roche Bobreau : 0.33 ha / Millarges with clay soil / 1966 / Cabernet Franc
- Vallières : 0.41 ha / Clay-siliceous Millarges / 1980 / Cabernet Franc

Savigny en Véron

- La Vieille du Rez de Chaussée : 0.50 ha / Ancient sandy alluvium / 1942 / Cabernet Franc

Left bank of the Vienne :

Candes Saint Martin

- Les Morineaux : 0.10 ha / Clayey sand on weathered yellow tuffeau, chalky with white patches / 1950 / Chenin

Saint Germain sur Vienne

- Lilibertad Rosé : 0.24 ha / Sables du Sénonien / 2003 / Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin, Sauvignon

Cinais

- Orchard plot : 0.27 ha / Flint clay / Planting date unknown / Cabernet Franc, 5455