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a vineyard grown in the old way

 

All the vineyards belonging to Sumeire family are regularly plowed.

Any chemical weed killers, fertilizer or systemic product are never under any circumstance used.

The only fertilizers are natural, animal dung and crushed vine-shoot.

The lands are treated with sulfur and Bordeaux mixture, products used for Biological agriculture.

In case of needing to pull out vines, the important size of the vineyards allows us to do so without having to disinfect the soil with chemical treatments. Instead the plot is let to rest for several years until it is ready to be replanted.

The harvest is done exclusively by hand
, which is very important for the quality, notably because of the high age of our vines, which averages at around thirty years.