The vineyard
The domaine was created in 1984 by Didier Montchovet with 0,5ha of vines.
The principles of bio-dynamics were applied from the outset.
1989: another 2,5ha of vines taken under lease, permitting the real launch of the estate's activities:
Leasing of two cellars and a vat room.
The 1989 vintage was the first to be bottled, with sales beginning in the summer of 1990.
I all but abandoned my previous occupations of consulting oenologist, responsible for courses of wine studies and tasting.
Since 1990: We have added to the Domaine two more large plots of land: 4ha in “CRAS” and 5ha in “BIGNON”.
These two plots will progressively be planted with vines. Leaving 3ha aside, these two plots have not nurtured vines since phylloxera.
1993: Construction of a complex of buildings with a cellar, vat room, house and accommodation for grape-pickers. The cellars have been
conceived to make the maximum use of gravity, so as to avoid having to use pumps for moving the wines.
2001: We finish the construction of an equipment hangar which allowed us to recover rainwater for use in our bio-dynamic treatments. It gave us shelter for our first animals: donkeys and horses, helping us to manage our composting better.