We’re celebrating Nationwide Wine Day with Nicolas Seillan, seventh technology vigneron and winemaker for Château Lassègue.
Be part of us in elevating our glasses right this moment in honor of Nationwide Wine Day and with congratulations to Seillan and his winemaking group at Château Lassègue, for incomes Stage 3 Excessive Environmental Worth (HVE) certification.
“We determined to use for the certification because it is a crucial recognition of the sustainability protocols which have been in apply on the property for years,” feedback Seillan. “Farming in a sustainable method protects our outdated vines, the group that surrounds Château Lassègue, and the land for future generations.”
Château Lassègue, the historic 36-hectare Grand Cru property situated in Saint-Émilion, has been granted Stage 3 Excessive Environmental Worth certification. Stage 3 is essentially the most stringent tier of the voluntary certification course of. The “Excessive Environmental Worth” degree relies on efficiency indicators which might be verified by an exterior auditing course of throughout 4 key areas: rising biodiversity, reducing the detrimental affect of their plant safety technique (measures to manage ailments by decreasing using pesticides and fungicides), managing fertilizer inputs, and bettering water administration.
The French Ministry of Agriculture and Meals awards the distinguished certification to agricultural properties that promote and assure these environmentally pleasant farming practices.
Developed in 2001, the three-tiered system encourages farms and vineyards to concentrate on the 4 key areas. At Château Lassègue the topics are addressed via a number of totally different protocols:
Biodiversity Conservation
- Hedge plantings alongside a stream that runs via the property to guard towards erosion and contamination; Château Lassègue is a part of a neighborhood effort to enhance the creek ecosystem
- Reintroduction native species of timber and bushes with the intent to take care of and enhance the native ecosystem of the world
- Total tree upkeep
Plant Safety Technique
- Decrease vine therapies; early on Chateau Lassègue selected very gentle merchandise and was in a position to create a really environment friendly program of therapies to do the minimal all through the rising cycle whereas additionally avoiding compacting the soil
- No herbicides
Managed Fertilizer Use
- Chateau Lassègue features a program of pure fertilizer from soil cultivation reminiscent of plowing below the rows to return pure nitrogen to the soil from the grasses
- Cowl crops are maintained between the rows
Water Useful resource Administration
- The property employs a water remedy program of wastewater from cellar cleansing.
The property’s dedication to environmentally pleasant farming practices meets Stage 3 standards, essentially the most stringent tier of the certification.
Starting with Château Lassègue’s 2020 classic, each of their wines (Lassègue and the property’s second label, Les Cadrans de Lassègue) will carry the HVE seal on each bottle.
