Founding owner · 2026 vintage
DOMAINE DU CROC DU MERLE
41500 Muides-sur-Loire, 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 du Croc du Merle, nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, embodies the rich winemaking traditions of the region. The vineyard benefits from a unique terroir characterized by its gravelly clay loam soils over limestone bedrock, providing excellent drainage and contributing to the complex flavor profiles of its wines. With a focus on sustainable and organic farming practices, the estate produces wines that reflect the natural beauty and biodiversity of the region. The winemaking philosophy at Domaine du Croc du Merle emphasizes minimal intervention, allowing the distinctive characteristics of each varietal and vintage to shine through.
- Region
- 41500 Muides-sur-Loire, France
- Soil
- Gravelly clay loam over limestone bedrock with excellent drainage
- Climate
- Continental climate with warm summers (75-85°F) and cold winters (30-40°F), 200 sunny days annually, 25 inches rainfall evenly distributed
- Elevation
- 100-150 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 41500 Muides-sur-Loire 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.
60% humidity · wind 29 km/h
865 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Tue
26°
17°
85%
Wed
22°
9°
Overc
Thu
23°
8°
Overc
Fri
20°
13°
Light
Sat
25°
14°
Overc
Sun
28°
10°
Overc
Mon
32°
12°
Clear
Hemisphere
Northern
Right now
Harvest
Harvest
September · ~6d
Target ripeness
~25°Brix
Pick called for dawn — fruit sampling at 25° Brix
3h ago
First bins in the cellar; cold soak started on the home block
8h ago
Crew vote open: whole-cluster fraction for the top lot
Yesterday
Juice numbers logged — pH 3.4, TA on target
Yesterday
Owners invited to watch crush, live from the cellar
2 days ago
Sample activity. Your crew’s live feed from 41500 Muides-sur-Loire 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 41500 Muides-sur-Loire 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 41500 Muides-sur-Loire 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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