In order to obtain quality wines, we have at our disposal production equipment that is modern and performing and several vinification centres, such as the site in Puy Notre Dame, owned directly by Ackerman - Rémy Pannier or their shareholders.
This facility, with a potential of 80.000 hl is our biggest one, with sophisticated technological equipment (to receive and press the grapes, and for the fermentation process), notably:
- hermetically sealed stainless steel bins for transferring the harvest which protect the grapes from the problems of oxidation which are detrimental to the quality
- an inclined slide to supply the destemming machine, avoiding the transfer by conveyor belt
- a modern destemming machine which ensures the grapes remain intact and a rotor pump that supplies the presses
- pneumatic presses to carefully extract the best quality juices using a very low pressure
- inerting systems along the whole chain of production to protect the grapes primary aromas and avoid oxidation
- a system of refrigeration for the vinification process
Certain technical measures are taken to reinforce the colour of the wine while retaining both its fruity qualities and especially its elegant balance which was sometimes missing from the traditional Loire Valley red wines.
It is now possible to extract the natural characteristics of the different " terroirs " which were difficult to express using the traditional techniques.
An ultra modern bottling site with a total production capacity of 75 millions bottles per year situated at Chacé (near Saumur), is dedicated to the bottling and maturing of still wines and the production of the sparkling wines.
The current production lines for still wines (8000 and 10000 bottles/hour) have been remodelled allowing additional productivity. Two new lines (3000 and 6000 bottles/hour) have also been installed with the possibility of accepting both still and sparkling wines.
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