Manual harvest with small crates.
After harvest, direct press then cold settling. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in stainless steel vats. Aging in 800 l sandstone jars for 6 months + a second batch with 5 months of ageing. Racking one month before bottling. Natural vinification without oenological inputs. Indigenous yeasts. Lightly filtered with cellulose plates. Low dose of sulphites added after pressing and before bottling.
The name also comes from the movie “La Belle Verte” from the french producer Coline Serreau from 1996, with Marion Cotillard , Vincent Lindon, Yolande Moreau.