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Terroir
At the heart of the La Clape massif
Ideally exposed, the La Négly and Boède vineyards stand out for the diversity of their soils.
Boède’s soil is mainly sandstone, while La Négly’s is clay-limestone and sandy silt, giving the wines from these vineyards a broad aromatic range.
La Clape offers a wealth of soils in which every grape variety thrives. Here you find stretches of flat, sharp-edged stones, red earth rich in oxidised iron, grey or yellow marl, and red or white sandstone.
La Clape is one of the sunniest places in France. Thirteen winds cross in its sky; the climate is dry and harsh.
The vine grows stronger in contact with the water that both feeds and cleanses it. The wind dries and airs it, the sun nourishes it and fills its grapes with sugar.
The harshness of this climate is a guarantee of great quality.
vineyards
vineyards
and winemaking
The harvest
The grapes are picked entirely by hand in 10 kg crates.
Once harvested at optimum ripeness, they are taken quickly to the cellar to prevent any oxidation.
They are then systematically sorted on a table by 8 to 10 people who literally operate on each bunch, removing berries that are underripe, botrytised or overripe so that only perfectly healthy fruit remains.
Sustainable farming is a major goal: nothing is left to chance, from disbudding and leaf removal to trellising and green harvesting.
The vines
The vineyard is farmed sustainably and has been HVE3 certified since 2020.
The soils are worked regularly to aerate them and encourage microbial life.
The vines are mostly short-pruned in the traditional way, 90% of them as trellised bush vines. This spreads the bunches better for optimum ripeness.
The grape varieties
The wines of our terroir are renowned for their saline character, great freshness and minerality.
The white wines of La Négly are subtle, with great aromatic finesse.
We grow Bourboulenc, Clairette, Marsanne and Roussanne, and more recently Vermentino.
The reds are generous, dense and complex.
The main red varieties are Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah, which predominates at La Négly.
The complementary varieties are Carignan and Cinsault.