Côtes de Nervers

A large plantation program is ongoing with half a hectare per year. Farming is traditional with a plot by plot work. There is no mechanical work, pruning is made following the Guyot method and the harvests are manual.

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Area • 3 hectares

Grape variety • Gamay Noir

Appellations • Brouilly AOP

Distinguishing features • Côte de Nevers has only been in the Dupond family for 4 generations. Philippe Dupond is running the estate. He is also a professor at The University of wine in Suze la Rousse and consulting for the Paul Bocuse Institute.

Their vineyard is perched on very steep southfacing hillsides, at over 400 metres altitude, on diorite and schist soils, same soil as the famous Côte du Py in Morgon.

Here, the temperature range is greater, which makes for concentrated yields.

The vines are tended using traditional methods and the work is managed on a plot-by-plot basis: “Beauvernay”, “Les Quatre Cerisiers”, “Vayolette”… There are no machines used in the vines. They are pruned using the Guyot method and the grapes are picked by hand.

Technical sheet

Brouilly

The wine is made using classic, traditional methods, meaning whole bunches and semi-carbonic maceration that lasts between 12 and 18 days.

Philippe Dupond are from an old caladoise family and were brought up in an atmosphere close to the vineyard thanks to the various family domains.

Hervé Dupond is behind the creation of the Terroirs et Talents association. His brother Philippe is the winemaker of the Estate. He is also a professor at The University of wine in Suze la Rousse and consulting for the Paul Bocuse Institute.

The “Quatre Cerisiers” parcel, where you can still find century-old fruit trees and the extraordinary land at Beauvernay, rich and south-facing. The view of the vineyard from there is magnificent and majestic.

Côtes de Nervers

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