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๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผย ๐ฐ.๐ฏโญ๏ธ
Our Storyย
When we bought the vineyard in 1997 we wanted to make the best wines in the Languedoc while working in harmony with nature โ that is without applying pesticides or other chemicals. We looked at natural ways of rejuvenating the soil using compost.
First we carried out an experiment. Biodynamic preparations were added to one organic compost pile and another was left alone. After a while we discovered that the biodynamic pile contained far more living organisms and there was no doubt about the right course of action for the vineyard as a whole.
Thanks to biodynamic methods, our vines are now healthier and grow longer โ and the quality of grapes is better.ย
Chateau Maris is now a 79-acre estate divided into a multitude of small vineyards on the hillside above the village of La Liviniere, the first Cru Classe of the Minervois, in the Languedoc region.
We have been certified by Ecocert since 2002, Biodyvin since 2004,Demeter since 2008 and BCorps since 2016.
A Biodynamic Philosophy
Biodynamic agriculture works with nature not against it and hence is beneficial for the environment. Just as importantly, we find it also enables us to produce better wines.
Chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other modern farming methods increase grape yields but they also poison the soil and mask the true terroir of the vineyard. To put it more simply: they strip the wine of any true flavor.
Biodynamics takes a radically different approach. It could be described as a holistic, โsupercharged organicโ approach to winemaking.
Vines do not work in isolation. The soils, the organisms that live within them and all the living things that surround our vineyards are all part of a highly complex ecosystem that ultimately influences the quality and flavors of the grapes. It is our role to enable this ecosystem to work as effectively as nature intended because when it does, we are all able to enjoy the well-balanced, expressive and individual wines that are the result.
We believe that our methods produce the finest possible wines in the very best environment. We were the first estate in the AOC Minervois La Liviniere to be fully certified biodynamic and we are proud that our way of working will help secure the beauty of this place for generations to come.
Sustainability
"Producers confronting climate change head-on: Chรขteau Maris has taken green winery construction to a new level, building an entire facility out of lightweight, organic hemp-straw bricks that continue to capture and sequester carbon dioxide over many years as they harden."Dana Nigro. The Wine Spectator
The Change We Seekยฎ
From the beginning, Chรขteau Maris focused on sustainable winemaking practices in both the vineyard and the cellar. The process began with the conversion of unhealthy vineyards that had been farmed using traditional practices into organic and biodynamic vineyards. The next step was building an environmentally friendly carbon neutral hemp brick cellar, the first of its kind in the world. The most recent accomplishment was joining the B Corps community.
Through B Corp, Chรขteau Maris has sought out a community of like-minded people, working with businesses that inspire thinking differently about solutions to environmental and social issues. The B Corp community helps reinforce Chรขteau Marisโ drive toward continuous improvement. Chรขteau Maris seeks to inspire other wineries and businesses to pursue sustainable farming practices and socially responsible business policies.
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๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌย ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ดย ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐คย ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดย ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏย โย ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณย 96๐ฑ๐ต๐ด๐
ใ๐๐ฉรข๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ถย ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด,ย ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉย ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณย ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณย ๐ฐ๐งย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆย ๐ฅ๐ข๐บย ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉย ๐ช๐ต๐ดย ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆย ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ:ย ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ค.ย ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย ๐ข๐ฏย ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆย ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆย ๐ฐ๐งย 96ย ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ดย ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎย ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณย ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จย ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด,ย ๐ช๐ตย ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ต๐ฐย ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆย ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณย ๐ช๐ต๐ดย ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บย ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆย ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ,ย ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌย ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณย ๐๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉย ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ,ย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉย ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐บย ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌย ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บย ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ดย ๐ฐ๐ฏย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆย ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ,ย ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จย ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉย ๐ขย ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉย ๐ฐ๐งย ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐บย ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต๐บ,ย ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บย ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ,ย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆย ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ตย ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌย ๐ช๐ฏย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆย ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.ย ๐ย ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ,ย ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญย ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑย ๐ช๐ฏย ๐ช๐ต๐ดย ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ,ย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตย ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐย ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ข๐ฏย ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ดย ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.ย ๐๐ดย ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ปย ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ถ๐ฑย ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ตย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆย ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ,ย ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ,ย ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น,ย ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย ๐ฐ๐ฏย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆย ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ.ใ
(Source:ย https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/07/the-results-in-full-from-2019s-organic-masters/)
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๐๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ดย ๐ถ๐ปย ๐ป๐ฒ๐ย ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟย ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐บ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐,ย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒย ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ย ๐๐ฎย ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ถรจ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐย ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ย ๐ถ๐๐ย ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐ฏ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ย ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ย ๐ถ๐ปย ๐ฎย ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐ผ๐ณย ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ดย ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐,ย ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ย ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ดย ๐ถ๐ย ๐๐ผย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ย ๐ผ๐ณย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐๐ฒ๐ย ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.ย ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ย ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ย ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธย ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ตย ๐ฎ๐ย ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น,ย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ย ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒย ๐ถ๐ย ๐ฎย ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ย ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ปย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐๐ฒ๐ย ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐.ย ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒย ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ย ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บย ๐๐ผย ๐ณ๐๐น๐น-๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒย ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐นย ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธย ๐ถ๐ย ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ย ๐ฑย ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ย ๐ผ๐ฟย ๐๐ผ.
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๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ย ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ย ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐๐ถ๐๐ตย ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐ต๐ผ๐ย ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒย ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ย ๐ถ๐ปย ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ย ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ,ย ๐ณ๐๐น๐น-๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑย ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ,ย ๐๐ถ๐๐ตย ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ย ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ย ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ดย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ,ย ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐๐ฒ๐ฎย ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ย ๐ผ๐ปย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต.
