chateau richard, chateaurichard, Château Richard: le vignoble.

 GEOLOGY and SOILS
 Early Tertiary rocks of the sennosian period; alternating layers of hard white lacustrine limestone with layers of marine clays,marls and some friable beach limestones.
  The vines are on a gently sloping plateau with some steeper slopes.Mainly shallow limey soils some deeper clayey soils and a few superficial silty-clay soils .



 Our VINES
 Average age in 2003 37years old;,the oldest were planted in 1932
  Our soils are ploughed; no chemical or outside fertilisers are used, so the fertility and character of the grapes comes from the vines and the living soils


White : . Sauvignon
. Muscadelle
. Sémillon
2.88 ha
1.26 ha
5.85 ha
9.99 ha
Red : . Merlot
. Cabernet franc
( . Cabernet Sauvignon
 		5.29 ha
1.80 ha

0.31 ha

7.40 ha

    
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