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BRET BROTHERS & La Soufrandière |
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Technical Notes La Soufrandière (Vineyard Pilosophy)
No compromise, no taboo, this is our « Vineyard Philospohy » for the work we perform in our vines of La Soufrandière .
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Old vines aging from 28 to over 80 years, facing South-East on exceptional clay/limestone terroir |
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No irrigation (in accordance with the applying decree of Appellation) |
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Average yield of 40 hl/ha (in 2001, 2002 and 2003) as opposed to the tolerated 50 hl/ha + 20% legal supplement (PLC ) = 60 hl/ha |
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All our soils have been ploughed since the end of 1999 (without herbicides) |
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Since 2004, a small ultra light caterpillar tractor (700 kg/0.77 US ton) has been used for all ploughing |
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Only products that are accepted by Biological Agriculture since early 2000 are used |
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Progressive conversion to Biological Agriculture since 2003 (certification ECOCERT) |
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Biodynamic Agriculture since 2001 in all our vineyard |
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To avoid tamping down our ploughed soils and to respect their microbiological life, all work (other than ploughing and treatment) are performed by hand in our vines : winter pruning, trimming, de-budding, tying-up, tilling of the soil |
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Treatment in the the vineyard are done by spraying with an ultra-light caterpillar tractor (350 kg/0.385 US ton) between the rows |
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Tiny quantities of natural compost (accepted by Biological Agriculture) are used |
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Dead vine stocks are always replaced using grafted stocks from our own selection (sélection massale). No clones |
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BRET BROTHERS S.AR.L. - La Soufrandière
71680 VINZELLES - FRANCE
Tél : +33 (0)3 85 35 67 72 - Fax : +33 (0)3 85 32 90 10
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