<h3 class="p1"><strong>The Vineyard</strong></h3>
<p class="p2">Ch&acirc;teau Monplaisir has a parcelled vineyard of a total area of 15ha. <br />This vineyard is located on the delimited area of AOP Fronton.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p2">One of the main features of the terroir is that the vines are set on the highest terraces of the region of Fronton. Here, the soils are 70% sandy and the rest is made of boulb&egrave;ne and mullet types. The boulb&egrave;ne is a sort of poor and siliceous and sandy-clayey soil, typical of the AOP Fronton and, in a larger part of Southwestern France. On this vineyard many grape varieties are planted: the N&eacute;grette (typical of the AOP Fronton), the Cabernet Sauvignon, the Syrah, the C&ocirc;t, the Gamay, but also the Juran&ccedil;on and the Alicante which are not recognized by the AOP Fronton.<br />On this estate the vines are 25 years old on average.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p2">Along with the years, the yields vary between 50 hl/ha and 60 hl/ha.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">The vine is trained according to the sustainable farming program. It means that the weed-killer treatments against the diseases, the pests and the self-propagating are reasoned and restricted to protect the environment. Another characteristic of the vineyard lies in the practice of the grass cover crop, which is 50% natural and 50% sown, reducing chemical interventions at the vine level against the self-propagating weeds. It leads to the decreasing of interventions like pruning and it helps limit yields by creating a competition for water between the stocks and the grass.</p>
<p class="p2"><em>Since 1982, harvests have<br /></em><em>been entirely by machine.&nbsp;</em></p>