XMon Winemaker

Located on the edge of Lake Neuchâtel, the estate currently markets the production of around 60 ha of vines. If the Caves of Château d'Auvernier actually own 16 ha of vines, they cultivate 24 more and buy the harvest of an additional 20 ha from winegrowers, with whom the links have sometimes lasted for several generations. In 1559, Blaise Junod, governor of the seigneury of Valangin, had the Château of Auvernier built. Since then, captains in the service of France, Savoy and the United Provinces, governors of the principality of Neuchâtel, chamberlain of the King of Prussia and friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Councilors of State have succeeded one another without ever the wine ceasing. to be the soul and the reason of the Château. It is in the spirit of the Caves of Château d'Auvernier to ensure the longevity of this tradition.

Winemakers Notes-

These are young vines that are still not very productive. The harvest is limited to 800g / m2 in AOC and carried out by hand. After a cold skin maceration, in order to extract the aromas, the bunches are delicately pressed. Fermentation takes place at a temperature-regulated temperature of 14 ° C to 16 ° C.