We know a little more about the data relating to the grubbing campaign which will take place this winter. According to figures from FranceAgriMer, 133 applications were submitted in order to benefit from aid of 4,000 euros for each hectare of vines uprooted. 933 hectares are affected in Lot-et-Garonne, making it the department which, in New Aquitaine, is taking up the most, behind Gironde and Dordogne.
Of the 933 hectares, 811 are cooperative vineyards, including 570 in Buzet, whose vineyard (1,600 hectares) should therefore be reduced by a third of its surface area. In Marmandais, 52 hectares of vines (out of approximately 1,000 hectares) are affected by the definitive grubbing-up bonus. “We are doing not too badly in terms of the market thanks to our policy of diversification into AOP, IGP and French wines,” estimates Sébastien Laffargue, president of Cave du Marmandais.
On the Duras side
If the latter has had little impact, it is because the appellation had already been largely restructured in the early 2000s, with nearly 800 hectares deleted at the time. To avoid further bleeding and maintain volumes, the winery has put in place a financial penalty system of around 1,200 euros for members who decide to uproot more than 20% of their farm during this new award-winning campaign.
On the other side of the river, on the hills of Duras, the permanent uprooting campaign is more massive. Around 150 hectares are estimated at Cave Berticot, according to the indicative declarations of the cooperating winegrowers. But it could be more. Most of them would be at the end of their activity and also without a buyer. “We saw young people who wanted to settle down, but the banks did not follow,” laments Dominique Chaugier, head of the Côtes de Duras section at the Berticot cellar.
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