At a Glance

  • Apple Varieties: Pears: De Curé, Petit Blot, De Cloche, De Branche, Grise de Lisieux
  • Tree Age: Planted in 1994
  • Terroir: From Benoit's uncle's high-branch orchard, Cerqueux is the name of the village, on the Meulles plateau, on deep (7-8 m) mostly silt soil with some clay over a chalk bedrock, high water retention, humid site.
  • Agriculture: Organic (AB)
  • Cider-making: Hand picked based on maturity, washed, ambient yeast fermentation, ancestral method, aged for 24 months on the lees in bottles, Keeving method disgorgement, racked 3-4 times, lightly filtered, bottled by gravity.