Appellation : Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Surface area : 37 hectares
Soil : limestone plateau (asteria limestone subsoil) dating back to the upper Oligocene; limestone and clay slope (limestone soil on clay-limestone molasse) dating back to the upper Eocene and Oligocene.
Grape varieties : 85 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc, 5 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Average age of vines : 35 years
Planting density : 6,000 vinestocks/hectare
Cultivation and harvesting : "guyot double" pruning, plowing and inter-row grassing, debudding, leaf-stripping and thinning by hand, manual harvesting using trays, sorting tables, with one for optical sorting.