Created in 1936 by twenty or so voluntary winegrowers, the cooperative winery grows continuously in the forty’s and fifty’s. It reaches its maximum size with a capacity of 90 000 hectoliters. At this period, the production of white wine is very important in Maransin. The varieties grown change progressively as winegrowers start planting red varieties (Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon) that make the fame of Bordeaux wines. The production area decreases during the last part of the XXth century. Guitres winegrowers join Maransin winegrowers in 2011 in order to slow the loss of winegrowing land and gather their production and sales forces. The new cooperative enters U2VBA Union during harvest 2012. |
KEY FIGURES67 winegrowers 300 hectares of vines 13 000 hectolitres of wineVignerons des Coteaux de l'Isle 1 Landournerie 33230 Maransin T. 05 57 49 41 07 |
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Equipments : The winery inherited from its golden years a great capacity of concrete tanks, more than 20 000 hectoliters, which is ideal to store wines at a constant temperature. It also uses about 10 000 hl of winemaking thermo regulated tanks. Coteaux de l’Isle has invested recently in a « pre-fermentation maceration at warm temperature » unit. This equipment heats the harvest at 70°C and then cools it around 20°C. The fermentation then happens in solid phasis, which means that the juice ferments with the must (formed by the skins and the pips). This innovative technique brings a round body and smooth structure to Maransin wines. |
Coteaux de l’Isle is the northern winery of U2VBA group. It is situated on the village of Maransin, North of Gironde department. |
Alliance Aquitaine was created in 2009 by the union of 3 production sites situated in Le Fleix, Saint Vivien and Bergerac. It is, just like U2VBA, the collective project of winegrowers who wish to forge ahead to ensure the future of their estates, and set the service of their clients as a priority.
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Equipments : Alliance Aquitaine has a storage capacity of 195 000 hectoliters. This capacity represents the volume of two harvests, so it enables a separate winemaking of the grapes coming from different appellations and châteaux. The winery owns an “Inertys” press that protects the white and rosé wines from oxydation thanks to the addition of nitrogen. An equipment of pre-fermentation maceration at warm temperature is also used to extract fruity aromas and colour to get modern-type red wines. The use of new techniques, as far as they improve the quality of the wines, does not exclude the respect of some traditional practices. It is the case of the ageing in oak barrels developed at Bergerac winery. |
FIGURES150 winegrowers 1 400 hectares 75 000 hectoliters of wineAlliance Aquitaine 24130 Le Fleix T. 05 53 24 64 32 www.cave-bergerac-le-fleix.com |
SCA Landerrouat-Duras-Cazaugitat Winegrowers is a cooperative winery that gathers 3 production sites : two for the appellations of Bordeaux and one for Duras and Bergerac appellations.
Wineyard: Les Peyrières is an atypical winery. Its vineyard is situated at the crossroads of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne and Dordogne departments. Its terroirs are therefore very diverse : “boulbènes” in the plains ; marls, limestone and chalky-clay on the heights. |
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Equipments : The winery got equipped with a second very modern cellar in 1996, built to enable movements of the wine by gravity flow in order to minimize the manipulation of the grapes and preserve their tasting potential. A 800 m2 semi-subterranean barrel cellar was built at the same time to elaborate top-end wines in Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur appellations. Les Peyrières also benefits from a recent warm-maceration equipment to get modern-type wines. The alliance of modern techniques and traditional practices sets the wines up to the qualitative foreground in the region. |
les FIGURES180 winegrowers 2 400 hectares (1400 hectaers on Bordeaux appellations and 1000 hectares Duras & Bergerac appellations) 140 000 hectoliters of wineLes Vignerons de Landerrouat Duras Cazaugitat "Les Peyrières" 4 Route Vignerons 33790 Landerrouat T. 05 56 61 31 21 |
The winery is located at the entrance of Monségur, a fortified town founded in the XIIIth century by Eléonore de Provence, who was married to the king of England and Duke of Aquitaine, Henri III Plantagenêt. The former particularly enjoyed this city where she used to rest after long journeys, and eat and drink to excess the good food and wine produced in the region.
Vineyard: Situated at the Southern end of the Entre-deux-Mers region, the vineyard extends over an undulating area of hillsides and plateaux mainly made of clay and limestone. |
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Equipments : Improvement and technical investments have been constant over the last thirty years. Among the state-of-the-art equipments of the winery, we can mention the temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, the 3 pneumatic presses, the oak barrels cellar. The cellar reaches a capacity of 150 000 hectoliters. In particular, the winery modernized the winemaking cellar in 2010 with: - The creation of a self-emptying cellar of 10 000 hl to carry out the winemaking of Châteaux ; - The purchase of a pre-fermentation at warm temperature unit with capacity of 30 000 hectoliters, to elaborate modern-type wines. |
FIGURES185 winegrowers 1 400 hectares 70 000 hectoliters of wineLes Vignerons Réunis de Monségur 1 Grand Champ 33580 Le Puy T. 05 56 61 61 85 www.cave-de-monsegur.com |
La Girondaise winery was created by a handful of winegrowers with the aim of providing commercial outlets for their whole production.
Vineyard: The vineyard is located in the South of the Entre-deux-Mers region in the Dropt valley. |
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Equipments: The historical wine cellar is based on the laws of gravity; the grapes are tipped from above and fall through 4 floors, throughout a long maturation and transformation process. A much more modern cellar was built in 1999, with double floor tanks adapted to the height of the building. The tanks capacity represents 6 million liters. The winemaker works among other things with an equipment of warm pre-fermentation maceration for the red wines, and with three performing pneumatic presses. |
FIGURES47 winegrowers 440 hectares 26 000 hectoliters of wineCoopérative Vinicole La Girondaise 5 Saussier 33190 Gironde-sur-Dropt T. 05 56 71 10 15 |
St Pierre d’Aurillac winery was born in 1920 from the will of winegrowers coming from 10 surrounding villages to define and control the production rules of their white wines from Côtes Supérieures de Bordeaux Saint Macaire. This handful of winegrowers were at the cutting edge of the creation of controlled appellations.
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Equipments : The winery owns 36 000 hectoliters of tank capacity, entirely temperature-controlled. Regarding environment, it has a performing covered treatment station for winemaking waste. Another remarkable asset is the 3 cold rooms still present in the cellar, that were used to store fruits. Indeed, big orchards were on the banks of the Garonne river in the 70’s along with the vines. |
FIGURES35 winegrowers 250 ha of vines 13 500 hectoliters of wineCAVE DE SAINT PIERRE D'AURILLAC 1 rue des coopératives 33490 Saint Pierre d'Aurillac T. 05 56 63 54 84 www.cavedesaintpierre.com |
Cellier de Graman was born in 1967 from the will of four winegrowers to create a common cellar in order to face the crisis in the wine business. That year, the harvest was good and the quality of the wines convinced the producers and the surrounding consumers. A group of about forty winegrowers therefore was set up over the years and the success of Langoiran winery is now fully achieved.
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Equipments : Cellier de Graman winery has a storage capacity of 30 000 hectoliters, with mainly stainless steel tanks, entirely equipped with a temperature control system. Among the interesting equipments, we can mention the vibrating reception platform that preserves the quality potential of the harvested grapes, as well as the nitrogen production plant. | FIGURES34 winegrowers 170 hectares 9 500 hectoliters of wineLe Cellier de Graman 25 Route Créon 33550 Langoiran T. 05 56 67 09 06 www.cellierdegraman.com |