The fruit comes from a single high-branch orchard in the village of Cerqueux. The orchard is interplanted with old heritage pear varieties, some of which have not yet been identified. The predominant fruit comes from one large tree in the orchard, Grises des Lisieux, which is estimated to be around 150 years old.

WINEMAKING & MATURING

Hand-harvested and carefully selected pears, sorted by maturity, are washed and re-selected before pressing. Fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts, followed by natural bottle fermentation using the ancestral method with disgorgement. The keeving process includes 3–4 rackings and gentle filtration before bottling by gravity in January 2021, then undergoes 50 months of ageing on fine lees in the bottle.