After a particularly mild winter, the weather felt tropical from the early season and until July, followed by spectacular weather during the harvest. We will remember that year: an extremely high quality, unfortunately marred by a very small production because of a massive mildew attack. As an exception, this wine comes from grapes bought from a neighbouring friend who was also transitioning to organic farming.

This is a vintage that surprised us in every way. First, three successive frosts caused the buds to curl without almost ever actually freezing them, with only 20% of plots severely affected in early May. This was followed by a pleasant spring and a summer marked by a historic heatwave and drought: almost 60 days without real rain! The grapes were extremely concentrated as the harvest approached, which promised the dreaded imbalance between tannic power and freshness of aromas. Finally, three days before the start of the harvest, heavy rains fell on the vineyard, delaying the harvest and allowing us to finally find our balance. In the end, the harvest was generous and the wine delicious and powerful. A vintage that we can enjoy in its youth, or wait a few years.

2020 was marked by a very mild winter and buds emerging from mid-March, leading to a historic advance that followed us throughout the vintage. The whole summer was hot and very dry, roasting grapes, but the rains of mid-September completely transformed this vintage, allowing us to find the balance between acidity, fruit and structure. It is a very great year, whose wines can be drunk quickly or kept in the cellar, and which will delight the palate in about ten years. After three years of working in compliance with the Organic Agriculture specifications, this is also our first officially certified organic vintage.

2021 was a capricious vintage: first marked by a very strong frost episode (up to -4.4°C in our vines!) and lasting more than fifteen days, the vines held up relatively well against all expectations with around 30% loss of buds. The start of the vegetation was late, and followed by a cool climate with incessant rains which continued to delay the good development of the buds. This very particular weather continued until the harvest with sometimes small episodes of heat, systematically surrounded by rain. Fortunately, a warmer climate set in at the end of August and in September, allowing for good final maturation. The wines are therefore less sunny, fresher and chiseled: in a word, more Loire!

2022 broke all heat and drought records recorded so far: it was an arid and concentrated vintage, which promised low yields. Once again saved by rains in extremis during the harvest, the grapes swelled at the last moment and ended up expressing an intense fruit in all the vintages. An atypical vintage if there ever was one, it is delicious and will continue to surprise us for a few years to come!