Francis Boulard
The vines of the Francis Boulard & Fille estate are mainly to be found in Cormicy, to the north-west of Reims in the Saint-Thierry hills nicknamed "la Petite Montagne de Reims".
The estate's vines are also to be found in Paradis (the Belval hamlet in the Marne valley), in Cuchery, in Cauroy-les-Hermonville and in Mailly-Champagne, a village of the "Montagne de Reims" classified as Grand Cru 100%. The vines mainly face east-north-east, and south in the Marne valley.
The estate's orientation towards organic cultivation goes back several years. Wanting to make Champagne wines of character and as natural as possible, a goodly proportion of the vines in Cormicy have been cultivated without weedkillers or synthetic chemicals since 2001. This conversion has been controlled by Ecocert since 2004. Since then, they have been cultivated biodynamically (see below) and certified by Ecocert. Now that the Francis Boulard & Fille Estate is well established, the objective, naturally enough, is to see 100% of the estate certified as cultivated organically and the conversion of those which are not yet certified was immediately set in motion
Biodynamics allows a greater complexity of the wines to be achieved, and encourages an attractive minerality to appear in Champagne wines. It goes without saying that biodynamics (like organic cultivation) allows all the negative effects of the use of synthetic chemicals on the environment and health to be avoided.
