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Thanks to his training as an agricultural engineer-oenologist and endowed with wine-producing experience gained in France as well as abroad, he made the carefully considered decision to pass Château Fonroque over to “organic” methods as of 2002. Verifications to obtain certification began in 2003.
From then onwards, an adapted supervision of each plot of the vineyard began to be established, knowing that this was a long and difficult task of observation and analysis that would last for several years.
In 2005, as a logical progression of all the procedures undertaken by Alain Moueix and his team, biodynamic methods were implemented for the entire vineyard (gradually established since 2002).
For Alain Moueix, this type of viticulture brings more coherence to his commitment to ecological and high-quality winegrowing. His motivations take into account the environment, the durability of the soils and an aim to bring out the best expression of the terroir as well as the intensity and fine balance of the wines.
“Biodynamic viticulture represents an approach that seeks to respect living organisms. It makes us aware of the potential of our vineyard and enables us to express this better. In this way, biodynamic methods help a winegrower to stay in the background and put his terroir in the forefront, which is a wonderful recompense. Biodynamic viticulture is demanding, but extremely rewarding.” Alain Moueix
Considering that nature is an entirety in which there are many interactions, biodynamics take into account the overall environment of the vine.
Biodynamic treatments for the vine and terroir are therefore completely natural: they enable soils to be vivified; they help the vine ward off disease and insects, encourage better balances and contribute to re-establishing nature's cycles.
The vines at Fonroque now react to biodynamics, and this means the wines produced are more authentic.
Beyond ecological motivations, the aim of this approach is also to seek a different kind of balance in the wines and so achieve the very best the terroir can yield.