Château Peyrabon

Investment and Modernisation

Since 1998, Millésima has invested just under 2 million Euros in modernising the property.

Since only good grapes make good wine, the majority of this investment has gone into the vineyards, in order to:

Ensure the efficient drainage of almost all the individual plots
Replace 15 hectares of vines, selecting the best quality grafting stock (early fruiting, less vigorous) and the best compromise of vine type, planting soil and planting density. As a result, 36% of Peyrabon vines and 16% of those of La Fleur Peyrabon are between 3 and 10 years old. Conversely, 43% of Peyrabon and 68% of those of La Fleur Peyrabon were planted more than 20 years ago
Efficiently protect the soil from overdoses of chemicals by using the ‘culture raisonnée’ approach to viticulture, which advocates ploughing rather than the use of weedkillers and recommends extensive pre-harvest care, such as regular thinning, trimming, de-leafing and green harvesting
Protect the environment by on-site waste management. Château Peyrabon now has its own integrated purification plant and is able to use the minimum quantity of anti-pest and anti-disease treatment, thanks to the Réseau Optivigne mathematics model that actively tracks changes in the weather.

The cellars have also undergone a massive refurbishment programme that includes:

Doubling the number of temperature controlled fermentation vats, which permits rigorous individual plot management. There are now 53 vats, with a capacity of between 50 hectolitres and 250 hectolitres for 42 plots, that are all managed individually from the moment the vines are pruned to the time the wines are blended
The construction of a partly underground, temperature-controlled barrel cellar, which can house 1,500 barriques