Once the grapes have arrived at the winery, the winemaker immediately gets down to work.
It's important to remember one thing: TERRA BURDIGALA has followed very closely the progress of the vine since the spring and is therefore in an ideal position to undertake the vinification with extreme accuracy.
The date of the harvest, decided by regular tasting of the berries, is the first step in making the wine.
The fruit is the soul of our wines
Employing vinification methods which respect the grapes - limited pumping-over, gentle extraction, temperature control - results in wines which are balanced, true to their origin and where the fruit expresses itself.
According to how the wine tastes, the vinification is carefully monitored on a daily basis, by Stéphane DERENONCOURT and his team.
Maturation in barrel is used as a means of allowing the wine to reveal itself. Other wines are matured in vat, thereby conserving all their aromatic freshness.
TERRA BURDIGALA's aim is to retain and express the true identity and charm of the wines of Bordeaux.
Simplicity and common sense as guides
Like it is in the vineyard, common sense remains TERRA BURDIGALA's guideline when it comes to vinification.
Therefore, technology (from sorting tables to micro-oxygenation) is seen as a mean to express, a working tool, rather than an end in itself.
Technology is there, from start to finish, to serve a natural product.
Maturing a young wine means making it great, not holding onto the technical successes of the vinification at all costs.
It's important to remember one thing: TERRA BURDIGALA has followed very closely the progress of the vine since the spring and is therefore in an ideal position to undertake the vinification with extreme accuracy.
The date of the harvest, decided by regular tasting of the berries, is the first step in making the wine.
The fruit is the soul of our wines
Employing vinification methods which respect the grapes - limited pumping-over, gentle extraction, temperature control - results in wines which are balanced, true to their origin and where the fruit expresses itself.
According to how the wine tastes, the vinification is carefully monitored on a daily basis, by Stéphane DERENONCOURT and his team.
Maturation in barrel is used as a means of allowing the wine to reveal itself. Other wines are matured in vat, thereby conserving all their aromatic freshness.
TERRA BURDIGALA's aim is to retain and express the true identity and charm of the wines of Bordeaux.
Simplicity and common sense as guides
Like it is in the vineyard, common sense remains TERRA BURDIGALA's guideline when it comes to vinification.
Therefore, technology (from sorting tables to micro-oxygenation) is seen as a mean to express, a working tool, rather than an end in itself.
Technology is there, from start to finish, to serve a natural product.
Maturing a young wine means making it great, not holding onto the technical successes of the vinification at all costs.