Harvesting
by hand
During the harvest, the challenge is to pick the grapes at the right time. Observation and detailed knowledge of our plots, together with measurements and analyses of ripeness, enable us to decide on the right day for harvesting.
The proximity of our plots means that we can bring the freshest grapes back to the winery. We harvest by hand in buckets and then in racks, so there’s no need to crush the bunches, which are sorted directly in the vineyard.
Our working space offers us numerous possibilities for direct pressing with or without settling or maceration.
Native yeasts
We work to ensure the life and health of our vines. This energetic environment allows us to produce a healthy, dynamic wine. The week before the harvest, we pick beautiful bunches of grapes from all over the estate, as we move around the plots. The grapes are destemmed and vatted, fresh. Fermentation starts spontaneously and after a few days, we draw off the fermenting grape juice: this is the leaven.
Like a baker, we take a portion of this boiling juice each day to seed our vats. The leaven is supplemented with fresh juice to maintain and restart the fermentation process.
This artisan choice is motivated by the desire to make the most of our terroir.
Cellars
Our winery is in the Nantes tradition: most of the vats are underground. Their capacity ranges from 23 hL to 95 hL. The floor is dotted with hatches giving access to the concrete vats, which have tiled or glazed walls. This configuration frees up a great deal of space, enabling the wine to be matured on its lees in the most appropriate and high-quality way.
600-litre demi-muids are used for vinification and ageing of our Folle Blanche and red wine macerations.
Our 500-litre stoneware jars, white because they are rich in Limoges kaolin, are used for our exceptional cuvées, for which micro-oxygenation throughout the maturing process is essential.
Finally, the winery is completed by stainless steel and concrete vats, modern and perfect for the vinification and ageing of our red wines.
Ageing
Once fermentation is complete, we close the vats and let time do its work. The yeasts have finished their work and slowly settle to the bottom to form the lees. We sometimes stir the lees in a vat during the winter, in other words, put the lees back into suspension to enrich the wine.
Throughout the ageing process, which lasts from 6 months to over 2 years, we intervene regularly … by tasting! It’s our way of keeping a close eye on our wines and getting to know them well.
Bottling
From the spring following the harvest, the wines are bottled one after the other. When the tasting confirms it, and sometimes after long discussions and reflections on the blends, we decide on the bottling date.
This crucial stage is the final act in our work as artisan winemakers. With the greatest respect for the wine, bottling takes place on the fruit day or the flower day, under inert gas and in good spirits!
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🇫🇷 Quand la vigne s`élance, la terre se prépare.
Alors que nos vignes poussent à toute allure, il est important pour nous de bien les accompagner dans leur développement.
En agriculture biologique, cela passe par un travail du sol continu, qui permet d’éviter la pousse de plantes invasives tout en respectant la biodiversité de nos terroirs. Les tracteurs deviennent alors un élément indispensable !
Plusieurs instruments permettent à nos vignerons de passer entre les rangs pour gratter et retourner la terre, à la fois entre les ceps et entre les rangs. Ça secoue un peu, mais ça fait du bien quand même 😉
🇺🇸 The vine take the lead and the soil plays its part.
As our vines grow at full speed, it’s important for us to support them properly through their development.
In organic farming, this means continuous soil work, which helps prevent the growth of invasive plants while respecting the biodiversity of our terroir. Tractors then become an essential ally!
Several tools allow our winegrowers to move between the rows, scratching and turning the soil both between the vines and between the rows. It shakes things up a bit, but it feels good all the same. 😉
#lestroistois #vertou #winemaker #vigneronindependant #domaineviticole #agriculturebiologique #naturalwine #vinsnaturels
🇫🇷 Là où le vin mûrit, les œuvres aussi prennent vie.
Nos portes s’ouvrent et nos murs accueillent l’univers de Jean Fléaca, qui dessine, peint et écrit sur papier, carton ou toile. Par son approche singulière et raffinée, il mêle images, mots et objets avec une sensibilité rare, faisant de lui une figure à part dans le monde des plasticiens-poètes.
De précis assemblages témoignent ici des rêveries « Plain-Chant » de ce promeneur singulier en pays de vignes sur le temps qui passe et les saisons qui changent.
Ouverture de l`exposition le samedi 24 mai en présence de l`artiste à partir de 11h00.
📍 Domaine Les Trois Toits
51 rue du Champ de Pie - 44120 Vertou (La Nicolière)
🇺🇸 Where wine matures, art also comes to life.
Our doors open and our walls welcome the world of Jean Fléaca, who draws, paints, and writes on paper, cardboard, or canvas. Through his unique and refined approach, he blends images, words, and objects with rare sensitivity, making him a distinctive figure among visual artist-poets.
Carefully crafted assemblages here bear witness to the ""Plain-Chant"" reveries of this singular wanderer in wine country, reflecting on the passage of time and the changing seasons.
Exhibition opening on Saturday, May 24th, with the artist present from 11:00 AM.
#lestroistois #vertou #winemaker #vigneronindependant #domaineviticole #agriculturebiologique #naturalwine #vinsnaturels #chai #exposition #exhibition #art
📍 Domaine Les Trois Toits
51 rue du Champ de Pie - 44120 Vertou (La Nicolière)"
🇫🇷 La vie suit son cours au Domaine Les Trois Toits 🌿.
Plantées il y a à peine trois semaines, nos jeunes pousses profitent pleinement des doux rayons du soleil printanier, et leurs premières feuilles commencent déjà à émerger.
Les cépages Villard, Selenor, Abouriou, ainsi que le traditionnel Melon de Bourgogne, s’épanouissent peu à peu dans le parc agroécologique de La Ville au Blanc, en pleine transformation et porteur de promesses pour des cuvées d’exception.
🇺🇸 Life goes on at Domaine Les Trois Toits.
Planted just three weeks ago, our young shoots are taking full advantage of the mild spring sunshine, and their first leaves are already beginning to emerge.
The Villard, Selenor and Abouriou grape varieties, as well as the traditional Melon de Bourgogne, are gradually blossoming in the agro-ecological park of La Ville au Blanc, which is undergoing a complete transformation and holds great promise for exceptional vintages.
#lestroistois #vertou #winemaker #vigneronindependant #domaineviticole #agriculturebiologique #nantes #cepages #villeaublanc #agricultureresponsable @les_extra_terrestres @vertou
🇫🇷 Le domaine a la grande douleur de vous faire part du décès de sa vigneronne, Cécile.
Son aura, son énergie et sa force irrigueront les vignes pour toujours.
🇺🇸 The estate is deeply saddened to announce the passing of its winemaker, Cécile.
Her aura, energy, and strength will forever nourish the vines.
#lestroistois #vertou #winemaker #domaineviticole #agriculturebiologique #nantes #vigneronne @villedevertou
🇫🇷 Le Selenor, kézako ?
Vous n`avez jamais entendu parler de ce cépage ? 🍇
Normal, il est planté pour la première fois et c`est aux Trois Toits que cela se passe !
C`est un cépage dit résistant qui est inscrit au catalogue national officiel des variétés de vigne depuis 2021. Il offre une résistance à de nombreuses maladies sources de nos insomnies (mildiou, oïdium, black rot). Nous l`avons choisi pour ses qualités organoleptiques proches de nos cépages ligériens, offrant une aromatique légère avec des notes florales.
Nous lui offrons un habitat exceptionnel sur une des parcelles centrales de notre secteur de La Ville Blanc. C`est également lui que nous avons choisi pour faire nos premiers essais de conduite de la vigne mariée (vigne dans l`arbre).
Suivez-nous et dans trois ans, vous serez les premiers à le déguster !
🇺🇸 What is Selenor?
You`ve never heard of this grape variety?
Well, it`s being planted for the first time at Les Trois Toits!
It`s a so-called resistant grape variety that has been registered in the official national catalog of vine varieties since 2021. It offers resistance to many of the diseases that cause our insomnia (mildew, powdery mildew, black rot). We chose it for its organoleptic qualities, similar to those of our Loire grape varieties, offering light aromas with floral notes.
We offer it an exceptional habitat on one of the central plots in our La Ville Blanc sector. It`s also the one we`ve chosen for our first trials of married vine training (vine in tree).
Follow us and in three years` time, you`ll be the first to taste it!
#lestroistois #vertou #winemaker #vigneronindependant #domaineviticole #agriculturebiologique #nantes #cepages #villeaublanc #agricultureresponsable @villedevertou
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