Catherine & gilles verge
viré-class, mâcon, bourgogne

Catherine and Gilles farm 3 hectares of old-vine Chardonnay near the village of Viré in Mâcon. As heads of Les Vins S.A.I.N.S – Catherine (President) & Gilles (Vice President) they are passionate advocates for natural wine, committed to producing wines with zero additives and farming with great sensitivity, strictly following biodynamic practices. They’ve been cultivating this land since the 1980s,with a collection of vines aged between 94 and 138 years, planted in soils of active clay and Jurassic limestone.

In the winery, the fruit is carefully sorted and pressed into stainless steel vats. The fermentations are cold and slow, typically lasting two to three years. Catherine and Gilles are firm believers in allowing their wines to undergo several seasons of elevage (at least four years), allowing active bacteria to perform all necessary natural conversions before bottling. The wines are then aged an additional 4 to 5 years in bottle before release. The result is wines of extraordinary stability and complexity.

- from our importing partner Soil expedition