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NOUVELLES NEWS
DE BOISSET
WINTER 2020-2021

An innovative vineyard

for premium sparkling wines

A chilly morning in the Bresse

Since 1980, this wine house has been producing premium sparkling wines and breaking all the rules
with regard to its blends. Ensuring a mastery of the grapes, the quality and the diversity of the crop
are essential to achieve the house’s sought-after style, comprising wines with freshness and finesse.

Faced with the difficulty of finding base And so this ambitious and innovative to AOC regulations do not apply here, The young vines are now three years old
wines that meet its requirements and to project came to life, driven by a desire to allowing for the testing of new techniques. and this winter were hand-trained into
maintain better control over the quality ensure a secure supply of French grapes These sandy clay-silt plots were planted a cordon. The plants are bent at right
of its grapes, the wine house decided for the brand. The project was supported with the white grape varietals of Ugni angles, all pointing in the same direction
to move its supply chain as close as by a range of agricultural stakeholders Blanc, Colombard and Chardonnay. This and at the same height, with the canes
possible to the winery by creating its brought together under the banner project also includes an experimental plot winding around the wires to facilitate
very own vineyard. of the Vignobles Innovants du Val de planted with 11 different grape varieties, mechanized maintenance and pruning
Indeed, the 2016 relaxation of the European Saône (VIVAS), comprising a dozen or both white and red, which are typically in particular. The canes were attached
Union’s planting rules has now made it so “agri-winegrowers”, Dijon Céréales, grown in other regions of France, in order to the wires with rubber ties so as not
possible for French vineyards to be planted the Bourgogne du Sud cooperative, and to determine whether or not they will to injure the young plants.
outside protected appellation zones. Charles de Fère. flourish on this terroir. By creating a vineyard close by the winery
A more northerly region would be well- In 2018, 65 hectares were planted on Vine management has been designed to that is specifically designed for sparkling
suited to meet these criteria, and the the fertile soil of the Saône plain. This optimize the expression of the different wines, whilst being respectful of both
natural choice was the Saône valley innovative environmentally responsible varietals while minimizing production people and the environment, Charles de
between the Jura and Burgundy, which vineyard was designed as a “wine orchard” costs. There is no trellising, the rows Fère continues its quest for excellence
until now, has been perhaps better known for the production of high-quality grapes. are grassed, and fertilizer is drip-fed in the art of blending premium French
for its cereal farming than for its vines. Such an innovative approach was only to ensure better water and fertilization sparkling wines.
possible because the constraints linked management and boost strong growth.

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