The estate was created in 1986 and currently has 7.5 ha planted with Chenin Blanc (85%) and Cabernet Franc (15%). It is located on slopes facing south-south-west, all located in the Coteaux-du-Layon-Faye appellation area. The vines are on average more than 40 years old, the oldest dating from 1911. They share the soils of “Churelles”, rhyolite on a carboniferous subsoil, and “Quarts”, composed of gray-green and purple schists, and spilite, veined with phtanite, and covered with a clay layer of 20 to 40 cm.
The vineyard has been cultivated in biology since 1994 (certified since 1999) and in Biodynamics, labeled BIODYVIN, since 2007.
The yields are very low: from 30hl / ha for dry wines, to 15hl / ha for sweet wines, see 5hl / ha for sweet wines. For the dry one seeks a maximum of maturity, without botrytisation. While for the sweet and sweet, grapes are selected with a maximum of botrytis cinerea and concentration. The harvest, manual obviously, is done in small boxes, and generally in 4 to 8 sorts.
Slow pressing (min. 24 hrs) follows in small vertical presses. Then fermentation in oak barrels, without yeasting or chaptalisation. The dry ones are aged on fine lees for 12 months in barrels and 6 months in vats. The mellow and sweet wines remain in barrels for 18 months, new for the "La Passion" and "La Quintessence" vintages.
