Aigle Royal Chardonnay

Winegrower's note The Domaine de l'Aigle is a 47-hectare estate magnificently located in the most northern part of the Haute Vallée de l'Aude winemaking region, ranging between 250 and 500 meters above sea level. Here we grow Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes of great elegance and finesse. L’Aigle Royal is a wine produced from the fruit of a plot of Chardonnay vines in the highest reaches of the estate, rooted in claylimestone soil and facing directly south. Winemaker's note The vines of Aigle Royal received particular care and frequent manual interventions, according to practices preserving the environment: pruning, destemming, thinning, thinning out, grape harvest vintage. The vineyard is established on espalier to produce an optimal illuminated leaf area for grapes maturing. The vine stocks are planted with a relatively high density of 5.000 or 6 000 stocks / Ha, which enables to control and obtain high quality wines, at low yield. The vineyard is tended in such a way as to obtain a