{"id":728,"date":"2020-11-10T09:20:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaujaldesaintbon.com\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2020-11-28T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T10:45:38","slug":"les-chais","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gaujaldesaintbon.com\/en\/les-chais\/","title":{"rendered":"The cellars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The heart of the Estate is split in two by the evolutionary chronology of the buildings over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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* the part bicentenary<\/em> preserved "religiously" with nostalgia is the memory of the presence of the Chapter of Agde with the alignment of the great thunderbolts, always present which seduce visitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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* the part Ancient<\/em>, built in 1900<\/em>, to the cathedral framework, has been renovated and updated to allow \u201cfeminine\u201d work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work in the cellar is as much physical as it is intellectual. Also the adaptation of the buildings to an effective female presence required a very particular reflection to take into account ergonomics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soul of the Domaine will be expressed in the time of the harvest where the work of a whole year is orchestrated by the preparation and transformation of the harvest under the direction of A-Virginie, a true conductor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the grapes return to the cellars, the must, carefully cooled, is kept cold during fermentation, with the help of stainless steel flags and tanks surrounded by coolers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to know how to wait when the vats sing, displaying their magnificent colors from red to brown, from gold to green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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