{"id":4683,"date":"2021-05-04T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuinewines.com\/en\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:24:09","slug":"organic-terroir-study-champagne-louise-brison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/genuinewines.com\/en\/blog\/organic-terroir-study-champagne-louise-brison\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Terroir Study: Champagne Louise Brison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Digging in\u00a0Organic Kimmeridgian Soils\u00a0with Vigneronne Delphine Brulez<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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26 April, 2021
No\u00e9-les-Mallets
Champagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of March, we were in Champagne, at the Louise Brison<\/a> estate located in the C\u00f4te des Bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, Delphine Brulez welcomed us with generosity and talked to us about her vineyard with all the passion that drives her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her energy is entirely focused on understanding her Terroir, and interpreting in such a way that her Champagnes best express the place from which they come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2012, Delphine uses only surface treatments of sulfur and copper to protect her vineyard, and since 2020, the entire estate is certified organic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virtual Visit to Champagne with Delphine Brulez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through the following videos, Delphine speaks about her soils, the grape varieties planted and the aromatic profiles of the resulting wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Presentation of the Pinot Noir plot<\/li>
  • Aromatic profile of the Pinot Noir of the Louise Brison estate<\/li>
  • Presentation of the Chardonnay plot<\/li>
  • Importance of a soil rich in micro-organisms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Parcel of Pinot Noir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We are in a group of coherent micro plots on a total surface of 8 ha facing South East. The vines are planted with Pinot Noir on the lower part of the hillside, and Chardonnay on the upper part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The subsoil here dates from the Kimmeridgian period, a geological stage dating from the Upper Jurassic (about 150 million years ago). The characteristic is the alternation of marls (soils rich in clay) and limestone banks rich in fossils. One of them is the Exogyra virgula, a characteristic fossil of the Kimmeridgian stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The clays present in the soils of this parcel play an important role as a water bank, very helpful during the hot and dry summers (especially in the last vintages). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Delphine works her soils lightly, so as not to disturb the life of the soil, but just enough to avoid spontaneous vegetation between the rows that would compete with the roots of the vines for water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Delphine regularly measures the life of her soils and the rate of mycorrhization, which allows her to know the capacity of the roots of her vines to feed on the minerals of the soil.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n