The grape varieties

As the grape of choice, Chasselas is to Switzerland what Chardonnay is to Burgundy. The canton of Vaud is its preferred territory. It takes up 2,700 hectares of the 2,782 of the area's white variety production and represents 70 % of total output.

It was planted on the Dézaley terraces from the Middle Ages by the Cistercian monks of the Haut-Crêt Abbey. A feature of its production in Vaud is that it soaks up the characteristics of each type of soil and produces "crus" of distinctive appeal for each appelation. 

With 75 % of the vines of our estate, the Chasselas is planted on very sunny slopes, with direct southern exposure. For the white wines, our vineyard's vines are completed by a few plots of Pinot Gris (3 %), while for the red wines, Gamay (5 %) keeps to the clayey soils and the Pinot Noir (7 %) the more chalky, so that each one can best express their aromas.

The choice of a quality viticulture