For 15 years we have been listening
in order to satisfy. To the best of our ability in the face
of both our climate and terroir, we produce wines every year
which are never identical but always good: that's what we
call a vintage. Guaranteed by our charter of production, the
quality of the wines of Château de la Grave constitutes
the bond between you and us.
Respect for the environment
Use of adapted phytosanitary
treatment recommended for production within the framework
of sustainable development.
Use of organic products only;
no chemicals are used.
No chemical weed control between
rows of vines.
No chemical insecticides.
Biological insect control protects auxiliary fauna.
Purification station for the
treatment of all wine-growing waste products.
Quality Control in the Vineyards
Plot-by-plot management and
wine-to-bottle traceability.
Analysis of soil and sub-soil
to bring out the best of the terroir.
New vine plantation: choice
of quality rootstock suited to the terroir.
High density: 5 500 vines/ha.
Yield control of 50 - 60 hl/ha
(controlled pruning, debudding and thinning)
Alternation of ploughing and
grass growth between rows of vines.
Thinning of leaves promotes
a healthier and better-quality maturing of the grapes.
Harvesting by hand and by machine
Control of grape maturity plot
by plot in order to determine optimal harvest date.
Hand-picking using crates for
white and rosé wines.
Repeated sorting: on the vine
and in the cellars.
Machine harvest for red wines.
Sorting of the grapes (double
sorting-tables).
Vinification and maturing in pure Bordeaux tradition
Temperature-controlled vinification
of individual plots.
Variable maceration according to vintage in order to extract individual fruit quality, tannins and colour.
Minimum 2 grape variety blend, as dictated by Bordeaux wine tradition..
Personalised maturing of each
wine, in finest French or American oak barrels.
Fining of wines using organic
egg whites (not genetically modified).
Non-filtration of red wines
thus preserving all organoleptic qualitites when bottled.
Bottling exclusively at the
estate with quality corks, allowing our red wines to
be stored for more than 20 years.
