Collection: Chateau Simone

Its location on the north-facing slopes of the Montaiguet massif in a natural bowl-shaped formation protected from the winds and crossed by the Arc river give it a special microclimate. It is influenced by the biodiversity of the nearby forest, the humidity coming from the river with its mass of greenery, its exposure and the fact that the force of the winds is broken. The soil consists essentially of limestone scree formed in lakes in the Tertiary Era combined with clays, pebbles and gravel.

It is a mosaic of plots in a wooded setting. Reconstituted by the Rougier family after the phylloxera crisis, it is of an exceptional average age, some plots are more than 125 years old! The replacement of missing feet has always been rigorously practiced. A very large variety of grape varieties is represented there. Cut into cups and tied on stakes, the vineyard is cultivated with tillage without weed killers or chemical fertilizers.