Château de Birazel pursues its ecological vision We are aware of the impact of agricultural and winemaking activities on the ecosystem. We are determined to be among the pioneers of the ecological transition. This is why we are aiming for the most demanding...
Water management at Château de Birazel From the outset, the Boeckx family and the Château de Birazel team ensured that their project was coherent, culturally, commercially, and technically. Therefore it also needed to be sustainable. This is why all attach decisive...
Wines devised plot by plot To work a vineyards means to know every grape, the soil from which it draws its character and vigour, the age and origin of its vine. It means to know where it stems from, and to decide what it will become, in particular by ensuring the...
The Marquelot stream Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille. Below the Château a small brook takes its source at the hollow of a vale modelled in a limestone and molasse bedrock. The Marquelot stream gently ripples through the hills, first between the quiet houses of Les...
A meeting with Jean-Philippe Fort, oenologist at the Rolland cabinet – 2/2 How did you meet the Château de Birazel team ? I met the former owner of the vineyards, Mr Berger, on the occasion of a technical seminar on the integral winemaking method, organized at a...
A meeting with Jean-Philippe Fort, oenologist at the Rolland cabinet – 1/2 On the Estate of Château de Birazel, his speech is golden. Prominent “field oenologist” Jean-Philippe Fort has brought his technical expertise, scientific rigor and knowledge of the...