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| 2002-2003 | Château du Champ des Treilles | ||||||
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The
« Haute Couture » direction we envisaged
went a step further with the harvest by
hand-picking in small boxes (cagettes).
Beyond the obvious interest of manual
harvest, we are proud to perpetuate the
tradition, almost forgotten, of the crew of
pickers and the traditional lunch at the end
of the harvest, called
“Gerbebaude” around our small city, Sainte-Foy-La-Grande.
The last
touch, to give us more variety in our wine
offerings, was to get “Muscadelle”. It is a
white grape variety, looked at critically as
it is very hard to grow, but that with love,
will make wonderful wines. It was not a new
planting but a re-grafting.
The
tedious aspect of this operation has been
erased by the tasting of the few magnificent
berries present at the first autumn harvest.
Concerning
the buildings, the big step has been made.
After many months to prepare official
documents, we had the privilege to get into
debt until retirement (!!) in order to
construct the buildings that allow us to
make our wine in quality surroundings.
We have
decided to honour the old local style. We
are very proud of the results. Above all,
wines have now place enough for a quality
work, bottles are stored in optimum
conditions, the materiel is protected and
the fuel tank is no more a free service for
ill-intentioned people !
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