Most of Bain’s vines grow on a Portlandian limestone subsoil of 135 million years, with very shallow, poor and stony topsoil: a warm terrain where grapes ripen well. Almost 2 HA are on Kimmeridgian lime (140 million years old, a type of marl with small compressed oysters), with richer clay as a topsoil. Although these plots are harder to work, they bring the wine its structure.
Bain works his land organically and bio-dynamically and plows most of it with his horse Phénomene. This has been particularly useful for his two first summers, which were quite wet: it is difficult, sometimes dangerous and always detrimental to the soil to use tractors on soaked earth. His goals are to grow his crop cleanly, make real and healthy wines, and also create a circle of all people involved in his efforts: vine-workers, suppliers and buyers.
The 2007 crop was vinified in a garage, and now Bain has built a functional and spacious facility to work comfortably and to his specifications. There are no oenological additives in the cellar, except for SO2, which is used sparingly in order to block the malolactic fermentation and before bottling.
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A.O.C Pouilly-Fumé
A.O.C Pouilly-Fumé "Mademoiselle M"