Founding owner · 2026 vintage
Domaine de l'Ours Bleu | Vin saumur
49730 Montsoreau, France
What you receive
A year of the vintage, in your hands.
Samples all season
Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.
A vote at every fork
Pick date, fermentation, barrels, and where the blend lands. The real calls, with your input.
Watch it live
Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.
Your bottles at release
Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with the crew's name on the back label next to yours.
The place
Why the wine tastes like here.
Domaine de l'Ours Bleu is nestled in the picturesque Loire Valley, renowned for its rich history and exceptional terroir. The vineyard embraces the natural beauty of Montsoreau, crafting wines that reflect the unique limestone-rich soils and the gentle maritime climate of the region. With a focus on sustainable and organic viticulture, Domaine de l'Ours Bleu combines traditional winemaking techniques with modern innovation to produce wines of elegance and character.
- Region
- 49730 Montsoreau, France
- Soil
- Limestone-rich soils with gravelly clay loam, providing excellent drainage and mineral complexity.
- Climate
- Maritime climate with mild temperatures, averaging between 75-85°F during the growing season, with cool nights and moderate rainfall distributed throughout the year.
- Elevation
- 50-100 meters above sea level
- Varietals
- Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc
Vine to bottle
You’re there for the whole year.
Jan
Dormant pruning
Feb
Cane tying
Mar
Bud break
Apr
Shoots grow
May
Flowering
Jun
Fruit set
Jul
Canopy
Aug
Véraison
Sep
Harvest
Oct
Cap punch
Nov
Barrel down
Dec
Barrel samples
Follow the season
The 49730 Montsoreau growing year, by the numbers.
Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your crew’s readings once farming begins.
57% humidity · wind 21 km/h
896 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Tue
24°
16°
93%
Wed
21°
10°
Overc
Thu
22°
11°
Overc
Fri
23°
13°
Overc
Sat
25°
13°
Fog
Sun
27°
12°
Overc
Mon
31°
12°
Clear
Hemisphere
Northern
Right now
Véraison
Harvest
October · ~36d
Target ripeness
~20°Brix
Véraison ~60% across the home block — color coming on fast
5h ago
Brix sampled at 15° — tracking on pace for harvest
Yesterday
Crew vote opens Friday: pick-date window
2 days ago
Light leaf-pull on the morning side for even ripening
4 days ago
Deficit irrigation dialed back to concentrate flavor
5 days ago
Sample activity. Your crew’s live feed from 49730 Montsoreau appears here once the vintage begins.
BarrelLogicSeason progress
Typical · Apr–Oct
Typical ripeness
Typical · véraison to harvest
Beyond the bottle
Your vintage, end to end.
One vine, three rooms — own it here, steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. It’s all one ecosystem.
SplitVineyards
Your vines at 49730 Montsoreau and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.
You're hereBarrelLogic
Track your vintage bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.
Visit BarrelLogicBarrelTaster
Not ready to own a whole vintage? Taste finished wines from across the world first.
Explore at BarrelTasterWhat you’ll actually decide.
We farm it; the calls are yours. Over the vintage your crew votes the real forks — tracked and tallied in BarrelLogic.
Pick date
Call harvest by the ripeness numbers and the forecast.
Fermentation
Whole-cluster or destemmed, native or inoculated yeast.
Barrels & oak
New vs. neutral wood, cooperage, and time in barrel.
The blend
Where the final wine lands — lot by lot, with the crew.
Buy with confidence
Owning a vintage, without the worry.
You’re among the first owners of this estate’s crews. Questions about delivery, duties, or how a season is handled where you live?
Talk to us firstRefundable block deposit
Reserve a whole block with a fully refundable deposit — no commitment until you decide.
Secure checkout
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
Real provenance
Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your name on the back label at release.
Ships worldwide or free pickup
We ship to you, or you collect at the estate for free — your call.
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.
Make the 49730 Montsoreau vintage yours.
Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make every call and the wine is yours.
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