Domaine Francois Millet

Wine Information
Our philosophy aims to listen to the living and the plant to align our terrois, our vineyards and our wines.

We work our soil (hoeing, weeding) and make only organic amendment for the best structure possible ground.

Some plots are grass, or other we try new farming techniques such as planting green manure.

In the cellar, the work is done in the greatest respect for grapes and wine. For example, racking and bottling are done by gravity without using pumps.

With a South / South East exposure, The Millet Francois And Monique vineyard is located all around the village of Bué en Sancerre, on two different soils :

The « Caillottes » : a very stony soil mainly composed of limestone (from the Oxfordian era) ,it represents the biggest part of the domaine. There’s not much clay in it.

The « Terres blanches » : chalky clayey  soils, containing a lot of clay. The piles of stones that can be found there, are fossils dating back to the Cetacean era.

They are called « Terres blanches » because of the whitish colour they have when they dry after the rain.

The « Silex» : Well known as "stone gun", this soil gives angular siliceous rocks . A really demanding soil.