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Thurel (Domaine Julien)
Location : Loury (45) Verger: 17 ha in certified organic
Located on the edge of the Orleans forest, Julien produces typical ciders and pearies of a forgotten local terroir, as well as its mellicidre and cydromel (wedding of cider and honey) also produced on the estate.
Caves and young cidricoles orchards are anchored in the town of Loury. He works according to the precepts of agroecology and has been engaged since his beginnings in 2013 in organic farming since his debut. His laber aims to put a forgotten and unknown cidricole terroir on foot, but he is also keen to produce peasants and ciders like others before him produced good wines.
Harvests only by hand, in several passages and by variety on orchards aged 30 to 60 growing mainly in flint clays.
Classification of varieties in wooden checkout and overmature adapted to each variety before pressing.
Sweet and slow grating and pressing by varieties. Fermentation in native yeasts in thermoregulated stainless steel tank for most of the cuvées. Bottle natural foam intake for all vintages. The cuvées are worked without sulfur from pressing to bottling.
Only disgorged vintages can have a sulfur intake at the time of the bottle supplement. The practical area Agroecology (no plowing of the soil for the implantation of orchards, late mowing of the meadows under naturally sowed orchard, implantation of diversified hedges and composed of melliferous species, enrichment of soil humus, implantation of nest boxes For cave birds, bats, and insects ...).
What does the name organize mean?
This can be so diverse depending on the personality of their sire, that it is easier to define what it is not. An author wine is anything but a standard, stereotypical wine, made to please as many people as possible. It is therefore rarely produced in millions of copies, copying itself from vintage in vintage.
An author wine is therefore a wine that does not look like that of the neighbor. Which from year to year will evolve according to the vagaries of the weather and the mood of the author - the two that can be linked. Because the author does not rely on market studies to carry out his boat. He makes his wine as he feels, as he likes, as he can, sometimes ... and too bad if he does not please everyone.