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Jo Pithon of Domaine Jo Pithon |
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A glass of Coteaux du Layon in the
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Much of Jo Pithon's wine is aged in
new or old oak barrels |
"Les Bergères" - Isabelle et Jo
Pithon |
The "Chateau Pithon" |
A piece of land recently acquired and
replanted, from having been left abandoned for many years |
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The patch of land in the front was
planted in 2000, 10 ares (0.1 hectare), and the rest in 2004. 2.5
hectares planted in total on this newly acquired parcel. (Pithon had to
buy 70 distinct pieces of land from 25 different persons to create this
7 hectare plot!) |
A sculpture by Eric Dietman, a Swedish-born sculptor living in France.
It is called "Les cloches protègent les vignes, les fromages et les
hommes, même sous l'eau" (The bells protect the vines, the cheese and
mankind, even under water) |
"Pouding" - one common soil type in
the area - like concrete with embedded rocks |
Spilite |
id. |
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Jo Pithon |
Newly planted vines |
This parcel is called "Les Treilles",
owned by Jo Pithon at Saint Lambert |
The Jo Pithon Winery. No not really.
Actually, an abandoned shed that has been renovated by Pithon |
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"Erinose". This is caused by spiders and you
get it when spring is cold. It does
not do any real harm and can be eliminated by spraying. The only problem
is if it affects a very large portion of the leaves, since then the
total effective foliage is too much reduced |
Domaine Pierre-Bise, the property of
Claude Papin |
Chateau de la Soucherie, a neighbour |
There's a lot to do in the vineyard
in June |
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For example 'epamprage' - removing
the 'pampres', the undesired branches coming from the foot of the vine |
Soucherie |
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Soucherie |
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Another neighbour, the Chateau de Breuil |
Claude Papin in his vineyard... he has 45
hectares |
Very thoughtful and observant |
Explaining the importance of
geology, topology and concave or convex land |
The soil is not much more than rock
and bulldozers can be needed to break the ground to plant vines |
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A discarded 'pampre' lying on the
ground on some of the typical 'spilite' rock |
Claude Papin point out the "ouverture
d'horizon" - one of the important factors for the quality of the
wine. |
"Est laudare domum longus quae
prospicit agros" on the house of Domaine Pierre-Bise |
Claude Papin tasting a sweet Coteaux
du Layon |
In the tasting room |
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A visitor considering how soil types
are expressed in the wine... |
Madame Papin |
Madame et Monsieur Claude Papin |
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