Soil: limestone, clay, silt
Average Age of Vines: 25 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: destemmed, 15 day spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 6-8 months in concrete tanks

Antoine’s family has run the estate since the early 1970’s (his grandfather was a beekeeper in the area and his father Pierre returned to live a more simple life after his involvement in the Parisian student riots of 1968). Pierre was a pioneer of organic viticulture in the Rhone and the vineyards have been certified since the 1980s, although he sold most of the grapes to the local co-op when he started. Antoine and Laurence took over in 1999 and, since 2003, have vinified 100% of the harvest themselves.