Grape harvest date : is set for each plot according to three factors (sugar and acidity levels, and tasting the grapes).
These parameters determine the optimum harvesting date.
Sorting the grapes :
- In the vineyard, manually
- While loading the press.
- The must is also selected according to the first analysis.
Terroirs : Classified into two categories to obtain perfect harmony.
Tradition and new techniques enable the production of a wide range of cuvées. The standards of excellence required by foreign countries
are rigorously applied during the bottling process and in the laboratory by our oenologist.
As well as the experience handed down by four generations of vinegrowers, all the members of the family
have been trained in great wine estates.
When Bernard Bouchié left the village school he already knew
how to prune vines, but he wanted to learn more. He thus went to study wine in
Beaune and worked
in the Hospices de Beaune vineyards. Then he worked for a well-known Champagne House before
heading for the vineyards of the
South of France. He came back from the School of Agronomy in
Montpellier as a qualified oenologist. Arnaud, Bernard's son, also spent a few years in
Burgundy studying
oenology and the wine trade. Now he is as passionately devoted to the family business as his father.
The family's working
methods give the wines their unique character
which distinguishes them from other Pouilly-Fumés.
special reserve
variety : 100% Blanc Fumé (Sauvignon)
origin : selection of grapes golden on the sunny sidehand picking
soil : shelly flint clay of the kimmeridgian period, located
on SAINT-ANDELAIN hill, overlooking the Loire river.
Traditional vine management, land cultivation
Vinification : separately
- Gravity feeding (screwless bin)
- Progressive pneumatic pressing
- Static must settling
- Skin maceration
- Thermo-regulated fermentation for 3 weeks
- Selection on fine lees after homogenization
- Special “seduction” bottle
- Cork: 49x 24, vintaged natural cork
- Short sealing cap showing the vintage printed on the cork
- One year maturation to perfect finesse
- Volume : 10 000 bottles
Variety : 100% Blanc Fumé (Sauvignon)
Surface area : of the estate 12 hectares
Origin : family owned estate for 3 generations
Soil :
shelly flint clay of the kimmeridgian period located on SAINT-ANDELAIN hill, overlooking the Loire river.
Traditional vine management, land cultivation
Rootstocks :3 309-SO4 and 161-49 (low yield)
Production : 50 Hl/Ha average
Average of 30 year old vine stocks
Vinification:
- separate for each plot according to grape maturity
- Gravity feeding (screwless bin)
- Progressive pneumatic pressing
- Static must settling at low temperature
- Thermo-regulated fermentation for 3 weeks
- Three-level underground cellar with air-conditioning
- Selection on fine lees after homogenization
- Burgundy bottle, russet colour
- Natural cork
- Export sale 60%
- Staff : 7 people
Distributors throughout France and all over the world
BOUCHIE CHATELLIER - scea - LA RENARDIERE - 10 RUE DE LOIRE - 58150 SAINT ANDELAIN - France
Tél. : 0033 (0)3.86.39.14.01 - Fax : 0033 (0)3.86.39.05.18 - Email :
pouilly.fume.bouchie.chatellier@wanadoo.fr
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