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The vine, definite starting point
Our energetic and highly competent team gets the best out of the land
by closely following each step in the growing season. Constant observation, understanding the plant,
anticipating and decision making are all essential to producing a great wine such as Fleur Cardinale.
From the mid-November winter pruning to the wine harvest at the end of September, we are relentlessly attentive.
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Ensuring everything is in place to obtain ripe grapes
The Fleur Cardinale team relies on observation and common sense to improve all our
types of vine and ensure their maturity. Understanding the local soil is a
fundamental stage. Substratum pedological analysis of all the plots of land is essential
(exploring subsoils to a depth of 2.5 metres) so as to adapt cultivation. Choosing the right rootstock,
identifying possible wetlands for drainage purposes (water stagnating on the surface) means the vine
can be managed in a rational way. Controlling the natural invasion of grass in a constant endeavour
to preserve the flora that is adapted to the local soils, also enables vine roots to explore the substratum.
Increasing foliation adapted to the various plots of land according to their robustness, age, desired load and
vine orientation plays a roll in this essential and on-going reflection as to how best to run the property.
Winter pruning, disbudding (at the budbreak stage), vine trunk unearthing and
cautious treatment of cryptogamic diseases go hand-in-hand with this thought process.
Topping, stripping of leaves, and green harvesting the more prolific plots of land, are also part of our on-going care.
For these plots, mid-July thinning removes the undesirable bunches to lighten the load on the trunk and
to give preference to grape ripening. Harvesting by hand using crates helps preserve the grapes and
avoids any oxygenation of their juices.
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