A Miracle ! As early as April, the wine was sold En Primeur, as futures. Phew: without this, we wouldn’t have been able to go on, for lack of means. In any case, we still had to work, on the side, to earn our daily bread. Reassured, our bank granted an additional loan. It was the beginning of a long series…
This year was marked by turning the garage in our house into a cellar. We poured a concrete slab, installed three-phase current, moved the vats and bought two new ones, in stainless steel. Without any cooling system, we pumped fresh and pure water from the wash-house across the street, during the vinifications. When you lack the means, you better be creative…
We expended a bit our vineyard to 7 hectares (17.3 acres) in production, but only produced 15,000 bottles. We better get used to it, as low yields are part of our destiny. 75% of our wines are aged in new barrels, especially a new cuvee vinified in wooden half-puncheons. The number of cuvees grew. The success of the wines from the Domain exceeds our expectations and confirms our confidence that we are sitting on a huge terroir.