The Vineyard

At Château Durfort-Vivens the constant search for a natural balance between the vines and the terroir is reflected in traditional growing techniques.

All procedures are carried out by hand at the earliest stage in the vegetative cycle: pruning is adapted to the relative vigour of the vine, with the removal of excess buds, shoots and leaves bringing richness, concentration and complexity to the grapes. This balance is preserved by ploughing and moderate fertilizing, necessary for the maintenance of the microbiological life in the soil, and a minimum use of pesticides approach to the vines, that respects the environment.

“The constant search for a natural balance between the vines and the terroir.”

The management of the vines and vinification respects the qualities of the terroir to the greatest possible degree. Sustainable viticulture, plot selection, vinification and ageing adapted to the characteristics of the harvest all enable the production, through a series of very precise and rigorous controls, of a deep wine with a fine tight tannic structure, in which one often finds notes of violet, black cherry and truffle.