The Vineyard of Chavignol: Journey through a Landscape (French Edition) By Thibaut Boulay (Foreword by Jean-Robert Pitte)

The Vineyard of Chavignol: Journey through a Landscape is much more than a tourist guide. It is a passionate tribute to the viticultural heritage of Chavignol, including the Hillsides are among the oldest in Europe..

Since the 10th century, the vine shapes the landscapes, the economy, and the local culture. Thanks to the preservation of the ancient parcel mapping and in the absence of land consolidation, the vineyard landscape preserves today a rare authenticity, a true open book on agrarian history of the territory.

Richly documented and prefaced by Jean-Robert Pitte, this book by Thibaut Boulay propose five routes to explore the most prestigious terroirs of the Chavignol vineyard:
• the Damned Mountains,
• the antique Clos de Beaujeu,
• the Amigny Coast,
so many names that thrill enthusiasts of Sancerre and of Great white wines from Centre-Loire.

🟨 A Geological and Historical Journey

Each step on these trails reveals a geological heritage Fascinating. The soil of Chavignol retains the memory of the last days of the Jurassic, when the region was still a tropical sea. This diversity of outcrops has offered winemakers terroirs of exceptional richness.

The vineyard landscape itself is a work of art shaped by centuries of human activity: the fragmented cadasters, the Crop rotations, , Stone walls and hedges testify to an ancestral agrarian organization.

🟨 Remarkable biodiversity

The book also highlights the biological diversity of Chavignol. The Calcicolous dry grasslands, overlooking the village, host precious flora and fauna, often unknown but essential to theBalance of the vineyard ecosystem.

🟩 For whom ?

• For the wine and terroir enthusiasts
• For the enthusiasts of rural history
• For the hikers curious about nature and heritage
• For the vine and wine professionals looking for a model of sustainable and integrated viticulture

🟩 Author's presentation

Thibaut Boulay, geographer and passionate about vineyard landscapes, offers us a work of Heritage valuation as precise as it is poetic. His writing combines scientific rigor with environmental sensitivity.

🟩 Item Features

• Title : The Chavignol vineyard: journey through a landscape

• Author : Thibaut Boulay (foreword by Jean-Robert Pitte)

• Format : Paperback

• EAN13 : 9782862667379

• ISBN : 978-2-86266-737-9

• Editor : Loubatières

• Collection : Itinera Minora

• Publication date February 9, 2017

• Number of pages : 112

• Dimensions : 19.5 x 12.5 x 1 cm

• Weight : 225 g

• Language : French