• Domaine Lesuffleur

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    At a Glance

    • Apple Varieties: 9 acidic and sharp varieties including: Rambeau, René Martin, Locard Vert, Locard Blanc Petit Jaune etc.
    • Tree Age: La Folletière planted in 1996, Friardel- average of 55 years (as of 2025)
    • Terroir: From La Folletière and Friardel. La Folletière: low-branch, brown flint, silt and clay over chalk. Friardel: high-branch, blue flint, silt and clay over chalk.
    • Agriculture: Organic (AB, 2023)
    • Cider-making: Hand picked based on maturity, washed, ambient yeast fermentation, ancestral method, aged for 30 months on the lees in bottles, Keeving method disgorgement, racked 3-4 times, lightly filtered, bottled by gravity.

    Additional Info

    When the Friardel orchard was acquired by Benoît's grandfather in 1964 the apple trees were already old, at least 50 years old at the time. These high-branched trees are planted at a much lower density than the other orchard, just 100 to 150 trees per hectare. Benoît re-plants trees as needed in this vineyard (especially after storms like the one in 1999) so there is quite a large range in age of the trees.