Our vineyard

The Estate Jean-Claude Courtault possesses 18 hectares of vineyard, 17.60 hectares of which are in production, the remainder being composed of young vines.

A widely-dispersed vineyard

Our vineyards are dispersed over 5 different parishes in the Chablis area.
The majority of plots are located in the parishes of Lignorelles and Beines. A few plots are sited in the parishes of Chablis, Fyé and Villy.
The furthest-removed plots are 13 km from the main estate.

A special vineyard

The estate’s vines are planted in accordance with the tradition of the Lignorelles area, in other words, every 5 rows, sufficient space is left for a tractor to pass.

Planting density is on average around 6000 to 7000 vines per hectare, roughly equivalent to the mean for the Chablis wine-growing region.

This vineyard is sited on relatively hilly ground. Some plots have required considerable work on them before planting, with gradients of up to 1 in 2.5 (40%) possible. The oldest plots have 35 year-old vines.

Towards sustainable wine-growing

The vineyard is carefully managed with respect for the environment in mind.

Vine cultivation is based on both the observation of the vineyard and of meteorological data. We pay particular attention to the advice given by experts from the Chamber of Agriculture and the SRPV (Government plant health agency) in order to ensure the correct application of fertilizer and anti-vine parasite products. We favour ploughing and cover planting of headland and the tractor paths. We use an alternative technique against the larvae of the grape berry moth and the vine moth (sexual confusion control techniques) in some plots.


As it is always possible to improve on cultivation techniques, we provide the Chamber of Agriculture plots on which different techniques may be tested or observations carried out (the trapping of grape berry moths or vine moths, for example).