LE PARCELLAIRE DU CHÂTEAU DE BÉRU
CLOS BÉRU
LOCATION: Altitude 300 m, around the castle. Plot surrounded by a wall dating from the 12th century.
South-South-West orientation.
SOIL: Tertiary clay-limestone soil dating from the Kimmeridgian. The bedrock surfaces.
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plot planted in the 1980s. Planting density: 6500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.
CLOS DE L’ORANGERIE
LOCATION: Altitude 300 m, around the castle. Plot surrounded by a wall dating from the 12th century. Surface of 50 ares.
SOIL: Kimmeridgian bedrock plunging under an island of clay on the surface.
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plot planted in the 1980s. Planting density: 6500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.
VAUCOUPIN
LOCATION: Near the town of Chichée. Altitude: 260 m. Vine planted on a slope facing South, South-East.
Surface: 30 ares.
SOIL: Clay-limestone soil dating from the Kimmeridgian punctuated by veins of blue marl.
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plot planted in the 1960s. Planting density: 6,500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.
CÔTE AUX PRÊTRES
LOCATION: Near the town of Béru. Altitude: 300 m
Vine planted on a dome facing East-West.
Surface: 1.9 ha.
SOIL: CSmall limestone scree dating from the Kimmeridgian, eroded by the wind and the rain which affects this very exposed plot.
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plot planted in the 1980s. Planting density: 6,500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.
MONTSERRE
LOCATION: Near the towns of Chichée, Fleys and Béru. Altitude: 400 m. Plateau on top of a hill.
Surface: 3 ha.
SOIL: soil dating from the Kimmeridgian, composed of “serres” (limestone geological formation shaped as extremely draining plates).
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plot planted in the 80s / 90s. Planting density: 6,500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and of old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.
TERROIRS DE BÉRU
LOCATION: Near the town of Béru. Blend of the domain's plots located on the Béru hill, between 300 and 400 m.
SOIL: various clay-limestone soils dating from the Kimmeridgian, representative of the different plots of the estate.
THE VINE: Chardonnay. Plots planted in the 1980s. Planting density: 6,500 vines / ha. Massale selection of clones and of old vines from the Chablis area.
PRUNING SYSTEM: Vine conducted in double-shoot Guyot-Poussard, respecting the sap flow.