Château Haut Lignières

Empreinte Carbone Blanc 2022
Faugères AOP

Empreinte Carbone Blanc

Estate bottled

The slopes of Faugères and the schist soil

In 2007 Jérôme Rateau bought the property with its two cellars, and twelve hectares of vines. He had initially planned a career in sport, but was forced to rethink following an injury. He also enjoyed science, particularly biology, and that led to a degree in oenology at Bordeaux.

His first job was to work for a large Bordeaux estate on the right bank, which produced 10,000 hl a year. There he learnt a lot, mainly what not to do, and then he worked as a consultant oenologist. Soon Jérôme realized that what he really wanted to do was to make his own wine. He wrote a business plan, enlisted support from his parents, and after a lot of looking, he eventually came to Faugères and bought Haut Lignières in time to help with the 2007 harvest.

He was taken by the terroir, the slopes of Faugères and the schist soil.

Wine

Soil

Wine

Making

Drinking

Advice

Hills at 350 m altitude. Broken schists.
Yield : 25 hl/ha,
Young vines, 13 years old.

Grenache Blanc 34%
Roussanne 33%
Vermentino 33%

Entirely done by hand, no mechanical tool, to respect nature completely. Hand harvesting.
Vinification : direct vertical pressing.
Fermentation : indigenous yeasts in new French oak barrels.
Maturing in vat, 10 months on lees with regular stirring. Bottling without fining or filtration.

Serve at 14 – 16°C.
Colour : Pale yellow, limpid and brilliant.
Nose: Fresh notes of pear and lemon.
Palate : Beautiful, ample and elegant mouth, with a nice liveliness.