Looking for grape-picker (august 2007)

The Domaine is looking for grape-picker ; grape-picking will start around the 1st sept. (must be confirm) and will last about 6 days. Lunch is offer, no hosting possibility.

Registrations by mail or by phone.

Canada (febuary 2007)

The Domaine takes part in February in tastings of the BIVB in Canada. The wines will be presented in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Saint-Vincent tournante (january 2007)

Flowery preparations with Thomas. The “Nuits-Saint-Georges” is produced on the aera of Nuits and Prémeaux-Prissey.

Le millésime 2006 (october 2006)

Once sorted and scratched, the grapes are brought in the fermentation tank. Harvest, in small quantity, asked for a careful sorting. Maturity was very good (between 13 and 13,5) which lets predict one year more than interesting in the Côte de Nuits !

Good luck (october 2006)

Our ex apprentice, Jean-Charles Girard-Madoux, fly from now on of its own wings to Savoy where it creates his exploitation.

Autumn colors (october 2006)

For its first harvest, le Clos Saint Marc provided beautiful grapes but in limited quantity (29hl/ha). The wine, currently in barrels, seems promising…

La veraison (august 2006)

In August, "veraison" occurs when red grapes turn from green to violet. This marks the beginning of sugar accumulation in the grapes and the final stage of ripening. At the same time, the vines themselves lignify, with the shoots turning from green to a woody brown.

Vineyard work during the summer (august 2006)

The summer team after hedging the Domaine's vineyards....

Spraying (july 2006)

In July, we sprayed with out new ultra-light tractor, which moves through the vines without compressing the soil, thus facilitating the helpful activity of the aerobic bacteria which live there.

To prune and to tie the branch (april 2006)

Pruning must be adapted to the age of the vineyard : short prune for vines of less than 30 years, longer prune for the old vines (to choose later the best grapes). Attaching the branches is the next step after pruning...

New plantation (april 2006)

When a vine stock died, we need to replace it by a young shoots which takes few years to grow.

2004 millésime (january 2006)

The 2004 millésime is relatively traditional for Burgundy. The vegetative year was more usual than 2003. The good weather returned 3 weeks before the grape harvest and largely improved quality of the grapes. The selection work during the grape harvest was this time fundamental. Our sort system was particularly effective. 25% of the grapes were isolated on average, which is very significant.However, this effort enables us to offer well fruity, net and fresh wines, with a rather constant color. We are not in "the Great" year but that remains completely satisfactory, and personally we are very pleased.

Bottling (january 2006)

We are currently, at the Domaine, setting out of bottle the 2004 millesime. It will be soon available...

The "Clos Saint Marc" (december 2005)

At the end of 2005, we bought the "Clos Saint Marc" vineyard on the slope right across from our winery. Beginning in 2006, we will make this Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru wine as a "monopole" (we're the exclusive producer).

New trellising (november 2005)

We changed all the stakes in our new vineyards this autumn, which will raise the height of the trellised vines and increase the leaf surface exposed to the sun. This will lead to greater photosynthesis and riper grapes.

Les "Terres Blanches" (october 2005)

Our 2005 wine list will be longer, as our Domaine grows. We are now the owners of 1.3 hectares of Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Terres Blanches (1er Cru white wine made of 3/4 chardonnay and 1/4 pinot blanc).

Harvet is ending (september 2005)

2005 will be a particularly wonderful vintage. The weather was perfect, very sunny through September (if a bit dry), but the lack of rain forced the vines to send their roots ever deeper in search of water, thus revealing even more flavors from our vineyards' terroir in very high-class wines. The entire crop was healthy, with no problems from either pests or diseases.