{"id":2701,"date":"2025-11-26T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/?page_id=2701"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:24:02","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/en\/the-meaning-of-the-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The meaning of the work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2701\" class=\"elementor elementor-2701 elementor-1131\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d5871 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72d5871\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bb183d e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8bb183d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06ab4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06ab4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The meaning of the work<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332b331 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"332b331\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2364ca5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2364ca5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d824e87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d824e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f54ed0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f54ed0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e743c81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e743c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Symbiotic<br \/>\nand respectful<br \/>\nvineyard management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7e760 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e7e760\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccdcfd3 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccdcfd3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7caa5b7 blocLettrine elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7caa5b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At Ducru-Beaucaillou, excellence is shaped inch by inch thanks to an intimate understanding of what the vines want to offer. Experience, intuition, questioning, for a symbiosis with Mother Earth; humans are only passing through these noble terroirs. Nature being a \u201csubject of law\u201d, every procedure in the vineyard is respectful of the entire ecosystem: herbicides have been abandoned in favour of mechanical weeding and judicious grass cover; chemical fertilisers replaced with manure and quality composts; insecticides with pheromones to fight against grapevine moths or kaolin clay to lure the green leafhopper. Measures to facilitate aeration and sun exposure of the bunches, to avoid Botrytis and, where applicable, bacilli. Before the harvest, constant monitoring of the available nitrogen. Reasoned viticulture, which earned the property ISO 14001 certification in 2016, supplemented since 2017 by HVE3 certification (high environmental value level 3).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d5e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92d5e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nature being a \u201csubject of law\u201d, every procedure in the vineyard is respectful of the entire ecosystem<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8de210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8de210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each year, more decision support tools are added for phytosanitary monitoring. Intense controls of the ripeness of the different grape varieties and of each plot; the grapes are continuously tasted and then analysed &#8211; IBMP, alcohol degree, anthocyanin potential, technological balance (sugar\/acid) &#8211; to determine the appropriate harvest date, sector by sector. The young vines are harvested separately. Meticulous management, even within plots, to gain in precision.<\/p><p>There is no fundamentalism, but a resolutely curious, pragmatic, benevolent approach. A kind of \u201cpositive modernity\u201d adapted to contemporary viticulture: a research and development unit has been created, today managed by two young engineers who pass on their passion and communicate their discoveries to the teams. Use of decision support software, based on powerful predictive models, GPS programming of applications for controlled coverage and full traceability, installation of several weather stations to better understand geospatial variations. Through the work of INRA, notably on the physiology of the vine, its nutrition and its virome, this high-precision viticulture, both qualitative and sustainable, is constantly progressing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216f36a e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"216f36a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578bea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"578bea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chaine-trie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chaine-trie.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chaine-trie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0999de e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0999de\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e0f86 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50e0f86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbdd3de elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fbdd3de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87f9aa e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c87f9aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fdb64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fdb64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Precision<br \/>\nwinemaking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc7f59 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dc7f59\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79be312 blocLettrine elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79be312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An ever more drastic selection policy so that only berries showing no defect are retained. The raw material must be flawless. The volume selected for the first wine of Ducru-Beaucaillou has been severely reduced (from 16,000 cases in 2002 to 8000 in recent vintages). The first selection of bunches made in the vineyard is completed in the vat room with optical sorting of the grape berries. The sorting lines are longer and more efficient\u2026 Ultimately, at the end of vinification, each batch will be tasted several times by the in-house committee under the supervision of the consultant oenologist Eric Boissenot, to consider its status\u2026 selection, selection!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe7efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fe7efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Experimentation with a battery of new-generation (\u201csmart\u201d) conical stainless-steel vinification vats of small capacity (60\/80 hectolitres), has made it possible to work with great accuracy and ultimately to express the identity of each plot and micro-plot. This accuracy is also found in the blends, made with a precision never reached before (down to less than 0.3% in the blend), remarkable for their purity, integrity and clarity.<\/p><p>This quest for perfection bears witness to the human ingenuity ceaselessly at work in both viticulture and oenology in Bordeaux. At Ducru-Beaucaillou, we enthusiastically greet this competitive scientific spirit that nourishes the wine world in general, and Bordeaux in particular.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d8e12 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04d8e12\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c24961 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c24961\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9222e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3d9222e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1eb2e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f1eb2e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c03c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74c03c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meticulous <br \/>winegrowers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742ea8d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"742ea8d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788968f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"788968f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f1be44 blocLettrine elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f1be44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to accomplish the great work, there are fifty pairs of hands, fifty manual tasks that follow one after another, behind each bottle of Ducru-Beaucaillou. A multicultural, well-organised and united team, on a human scale. A community of minds united around the same values: a deep attachment to the land, to rural tradition, to the craft dimension of the trade, to the beauty of the gesture. Intuition, know-how, refinement: as in Satie\u2019s music, the fewest notes for the greatest possible effect. In the end, it is an accumulation of care and attention to detail that makes a great cuv\u00e9e.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8611b4a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8611b4a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a2bb8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23a2bb8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa2615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0aa2615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_focus_bouteille.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_focus_bouteille.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_focus_bouteille-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_focus_bouteille-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_focus_bouteille-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c03bb e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4c03bb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fd91b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23fd91b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ducru-<br \/>Beaucaillou<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf8257d elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bf8257d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com\/en\/ducru-beaucaillou\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meaning of the work Symbiotic and respectful vineyard management At Ducru-Beaucaillou, excellence is shaped inch by inch thanks to an intimate understanding of what the vines want to offer. Experience, intuition, questioning, for a symbiosis with Mother Earth; humans are only passing through these noble terroirs. Nature being a \u201csubject of law\u201d, every procedure in the vineyard is respectful of the entire ecosystem: herbicides have been abandoned in favour of mechanical weeding and judicious grass cover; chemical fertilisers replaced with manure and quality composts; insecticides with pheromones to fight against grapevine moths or kaolin clay to lure the green leafhopper. Measures to facilitate aeration and sun exposure of the bunches, to avoid Botrytis and, where applicable, bacilli. Before the harvest, constant monitoring of the available nitrogen. Reasoned viticulture, which earned the property ISO 14001 certification in 2016, supplemented since 2017 by HVE3 certification (high environmental value level 3). Nature being a \u201csubject of law\u201d, every procedure in the vineyard is respectful of the entire ecosystem Each year, more decision support tools are added for phytosanitary monitoring. Intense controls of the ripeness of the different grape varieties and of each plot; the grapes are continuously tasted and then analysed &#8211; IBMP, alcohol degree, anthocyanin potential, technological balance (sugar\/acid) &#8211; to determine the appropriate harvest date, sector by sector. The young vines are harvested separately. Meticulous management, even within plots, to gain in precision. There is no fundamentalism, but a resolutely curious, pragmatic, benevolent approach. A kind of \u201cpositive modernity\u201d adapted to contemporary viticulture: a research and development unit has been created, today managed by two young engineers who pass on their passion and communicate their discoveries to the teams. Use of decision support software, based on powerful predictive models, GPS programming of applications for controlled coverage and full traceability, installation of several weather stations to better understand geospatial variations. Through the work of INRA, notably on the physiology of the vine, its nutrition and its virome, this high-precision viticulture, both qualitative and sustainable, is constantly progressing. Precision winemaking An ever more drastic selection policy so that only berries showing no defect are retained. The raw material must be flawless. The volume selected for the first wine of Ducru-Beaucaillou has been severely reduced (from 16,000 cases in 2002 to 8000 in recent vintages). The first selection of bunches made in the vineyard is completed in the vat room with optical sorting of the grape berries. The sorting lines are longer and more efficient\u2026 Ultimately, at the end of vinification, each batch will be tasted several times by the in-house committee under the supervision of the consultant oenologist Eric Boissenot, to consider its status\u2026 selection, selection! Experimentation with a battery of new-generation (\u201csmart\u201d) conical stainless-steel vinification vats of small capacity (60\/80 hectolitres), has made it possible to work with great accuracy and ultimately to express the identity of each plot and micro-plot. This accuracy is also found in the blends, made with a precision never reached before (down to less than 0.3% in the blend), remarkable for their purity, integrity and clarity. This quest for perfection bears witness to the human ingenuity ceaselessly at work in both viticulture and oenology in Bordeaux. At Ducru-Beaucaillou, we enthusiastically greet this competitive scientific spirit that nourishes the wine world in general, and Bordeaux in particular. Meticulous winegrowers In order to accomplish the great work, there are fifty pairs of hands, fifty manual tasks that follow one after another, behind each bottle of Ducru-Beaucaillou. A multicultural, well-organised and united team, on a human scale. A community of minds united around the same values: a deep attachment to the land, to rural tradition, to the craft dimension of the trade, to the beauty of the gesture. Intuition, know-how, refinement: as in Satie\u2019s music, the fewest notes for the greatest possible effect. 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