The Vineyard
In conversion BIO since 2017.
The soil
11 Ha of vines in A.O.P Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil
The majority of the soils are made up of ancient alluvium and particularly here where we are on sandy soils which brings to the wine suppleness and elegance.
4 Ha for the A.O.P Bourgueil
There are 3 types of soils, clay-limestone in majority then gravels, sands and silts. This gives the wine more character.
Soil work
Since 2016, the work of the soil is 100% mechanical for the respect of our nature. That's why we don't use chemical weedkillers anymore.
Our approach
The management of the vines is different according to the terroir:
1) Grassing one row out of two.
2) 100% tillage.
3) Natural grassing one row out of two
Organic fertilizers
- Shredding of vine shoots, contribution of marc etc...
- Correction of soil acidification by liming
- Ploughing, which allows the soil to be decompacted and aerated, and then to bury the organic matter (leaves, vine shoots, pomace, etc.)
Works in the vineyard
Pruning: simple guyot and also manual disbudding, an important work that helps determine the yield and quality of the grapes.
Winter Shoveling: This technique consists of taking a small mound of earth to cover the base of the vine and the grass that is there. In these conditions, we protect the base of the vine from big frosts, as well as we destroy the grass without having to use weed killers...
Thinning : consists in cutting the still green bunches before the harvest to optimize the quality.
Leaf removal: consists in aerating the area of the bunches to avoid rotting and thus increase the quality of the wine.
Phytosanitary treatments: Big change in 2017. Indeed, we do not use any more chemical products of synthesis.
The wine making
It is carried out in thermo-regulated vats, which allows us to work in good conditions.
We have several very important parameters to personalize our wines:
- The vintage effect: each wine is vinified differently.
- The duration of vatting
- The fermentation temperatures which allow to extract and fix the tannins.
- The pumping over which is beneficial for the aromas, the color and the structure of the wine.
And finally,
- The maturity of the grapes varies considerably from year to year. It is essential to take this into account so as not to extract too much tannin with vegetal organoleptic characteristics.
Max Cognard takes care of the roughing filtration in December on white earth (with a small flow and a low pressure) as well as for the rosé.
Maturing
First of all, in stainless steel tanks for the Estelle cuvée in order to respect the terroirs and the Cabernet Franc grape variety. However, the cuvées " Les Malgagnes ", " Caudalies " and " Les Tuffes " are much more tannic, they deserve a partial maturation in barrels for certain vintages or even total.
Domaine viticole familial dans l'AOP Bourgueil et Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil en agriculture biologique,
About
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1379 route du Carroi Taveau Lieu-dit Chevrette
37140 ST NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL - vins.cognard@orange.fr
- 02 47 97 76 88
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