ature, in its uncultivated state, is often magnificent, but it is sterile for man. It must therefore be fashioned with the greatest care if it is to be generous. The most perfect example of harmony between nature and culture can be appreciated in the vine; on the condition, obviously, that man knows how to tend it with all his love, time and considerable patience. And this is what inspires us in our cultivation of the soil at Saint-Émilion. The stock used for the wine production is cultivated by specialists and remains at least two years in a hothouse before being transplanted to our land. It is not until after the fifth year that the vine will begin to give its first fruit and, after the tenth year, that it will be fully mature . It takes 10 years before the vine produces to its full capacity

In 1759, in his treatise on nature and on the culture of the vine, M. BIDET said " The southern slopes of Saint Émilion, with an average production, exposed as they are to gentle winds and to an ideal air temperature, receiving the sun’s rays obliquely and not perpendicularly, produce a firm, warm, lasting wine to be preferred to any other."