• Domaine Lesuffleur

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    At a Glance

    • Apple Varieties: About 7 different acidic apples (Rambeau, René Martin)
    • Tree Age: Due to re-planting after storms, average tree is 55 years old
    • Terroir: One low-branched orchard (La Folletière), one high-branched (Friardel), silt, flint, clay soil with chalky bedrock
    • Agriculture: Lutte raisonnée
    • Cider-making: Indigenous yeasts fermentation, 3 rackings. Aged for 10 months on fine lees in bottle, disgorged.

    Additional Info

    When the Friardel orchard was acquired by Benoît's grandfather in 1964 the apple trees were already old, at least 50 years old at the time. These high-branched trees are planted at a much lower density than the other orchard, just 100 to 150 trees per hectare. Benoît re-plants trees as needed in this vineyard (especially after storms like the one in 1999) so there is quite a large range in age of the trees.

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