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The amazingly concentrated juice from the old vines, part of which is located in the Raverettes vineyard, is vinified in old demi-muids (600lt) 10 years old, perfectly traditional as a reference to the winemaking style of the past and their great-grandfather. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in demi-muids also for a year where...
"Champ-Rond" is the largest vineyard plot of the winery (25 acres) which runs along a gentle slope from the forest at the top to the base of the slope and the fence built by Pierrette and Marc. The soils are the classic limestone soils of the region although there are variations from piece to piece of the vineyard. 'Retour à la Terre' comes from a section...
Le Prieuré de Saint-Céols was founded just 20 years ago on the remains of an old monastic convent of Benedictine monks of the 13th century by Pierre Jacolin. In 2020, the baton was passed on to Marie and Joseph de Maistre who took over the estate and cultivate it with organic farming principles and great care. For 15 years, no herbicides have ever been...
The movement was so natural, so exquisite in its gentleness, it wasn't until I opened my eyes that I understood my limbs were touching only air. I was not far off the ground - no more than an inch or two- but I hung there without effort, suspended like the moon in the night sky, motionless and aloft, conscious only of the air fluttering in an out of my lungs. I can't say how long I hovered like that, but at a certain moment, with the same slowness and gentleness as before, I eased back to the ground.
