Description
For four generations, winemaking has set the rhythm of life for the CHAPELLE family. For them, each wine is the story of an alliance between the terroirs that bear them, inherited from their elders, and the people who work them and bring them to life. This alliance is symbolised in the DOMAINE CHAPELLE logo.
Every great wine begins in the vineyard, where everyone puts their experience and know-how into practice. By choosing organic viticulture, the current members of the CHAPELLE family and their team are committed to farming practices that respect nature and the environment.
Their approach to farming
From the early 1980s, Roger Chapelle noticed a significant rise in spider mites, pests unknown in such large numbers in his youth, as well as the selection of certain weeds resistant to herbicides. He also noted a downward trend in acidity in the wines.
- 1989: Weedkilling stopped on an experimental basis on some of the estate’s plots
- 1992: Jean-François set up the first integrated pest management group in the village of Santenay
- 1993: Reintroduction of typhlodromid mites on various plots
- 1995: Weedkilling stopped altogether across the whole estate, and the first hydraulic ploughs acquired
- 2001: Yannick Jacrot hired as vineyard manager, with experience in organic and biodynamic farming.
- 2003: Synthetic products eliminated for the first time on a 3-hectare plot
- 2006: All of the estate’s vines are farmed organically
- 2008: Qualité France, the organic certification body, authorises us to communicate about the estate’s conversion to organic viticulture
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