• Domaine Lesuffleur

    • Friardel

    At a Glance

    • Apple Varieties: 49% bitter (Mettais, Frèquin...), 36% bittersweet (Binet Rouge, Bisquet), 15% tart (Rambeau, René Martin)
    • Tree Age: Very old*
    • Terroir: Located in the Friardel commune, low-branched trees, soil of silt, flint, clay with chalk bedrock
    • Agriculture: Lutte raisonnée
    • Cider-making: Indigenous yeast for both fermentations, bottled by gravity. Aged for 12 months on fine lees in bottle, disgorged.

    Additional Info

    *This orchard was acquired by Benoit's grandfather in the 1960s, and even back then, the trees were already considered quite old. Benoit replants this orchard as needed with the goal of keeping a majority of old trees.

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