This 2.6 hectare parcel was planted in 1956. Its climate, ‘Les Lavières’, comes from the word lava, which here refers not to volcanic stone, but to the large slabs of hard limestone that were once used to cover the roofs of our houses. This vineyard is located mid-slope, facing south. The soil is clay on the surface, with the famous limestone at a depth of around 30/40 cm.
It is this limestone that gives the wine its strong minerality on the palate, a saline and therefore sapid feel on the finish and, above all, a magnificent floral bouquet on the nose.
The soil is cultivated exclusively with our four Comtois horses, and treatments are carried out with our caterpillar ploughs, so that no tractor enters the plot. Vinification is carried out without the use of pumps or sulphites, and the grapes are harvested whole, except in years of frost or hail. 90% of the cuvée is matured in Burgundy barrels of several wines, and 10% in new barrels, for 14 to 18 months.