Château Pineau

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Businessman Alexander Grigorievich Obezhnik (died in 2022) bought the family winery for transformation.
Director - Alexander Sidorenko.
For 2024: Chief Winemaker - Olga Aursalidi

Vineyard area. Geography

Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk, p. Fedotovka.
The total area of ​ ​ grape land in the farm:
2022:140 hectares, Fruit-bearing in Fedotovka - 62 hectares, young vineyards - 78 hectares
2023:132 hectares (including new vineyards in the village of Raevskoye 70 hectares)
2024:150 ha, 100 ha fruiting

Terroir

Slopes with different exposures, as well as a difference in heights from 180 to 270 meters above sea level, will allow the production of wines of different styles. Soils are rocky poor, mainly marl rocks and thin-layered limestone. To prevent soil erosion, inter-row pulling is used.

A set of grapes

In 2022, the varietal composition of vineyards is represented by 17 international varieties, these are: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Shiraz, Petit Verdot, Gewürztraminer Cabernet Sauvignon, Marcelan, Viognier, Merlot, Pinot Blanc, Riesling of Rhine, Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese, Semillon, Aligote In 2024, 19 varieties

Tourism

Chateau Pino is an agritourist complex located in the southern part of Novorossiysk, which includes the Gravity Winery, Restaurant, Hotel, Tourism Center, banquet halls, snail farm, retro museum.

History

2024: Ex-mayor of Novorossiysk co-founded Chateau Pinot winery

In mid-July 2024, it became known that the former mayor of Novorossiysk, Vladimir Sinyagovsky, became one of the founders of the Chateau Pinot winery in the Krasnodar Territory. Its share in the authorized capital of the enterprise is 50%. The second half is owned by Maria the Train, daughter of winery founder Alexander the Train.

The Chateau Pinot winery is located in the southern part of Novorossiysk, on the slopes of Mount Koldun, in the village of Fedotovka. The area of ​ ​ vineyards, as stated on the website of the enterprise, exceeds 140 hectares. All seedlings on the farm from eminent European nurseries are Rauschedo (Italy), Mercier (France) and Truant (Italy). Slopes with different exposures and height difference from 180 to 270 meters above sea level make it possible to produce wines of different styles of high quality from various grape varieties. Harvesting is carried out in several stages and only manually.

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Novorossiysk Administration Website

The Chateau Pinot plant is located on the mountainside and consists of five levels cascaded from top to bottom. Such a structure allows you to carry out the entire cycle of wine production under gravity, without the use of pumps. It is claimed that for 2024 there are no more than 10 similar wineries in the world.^[1]

2023

As part of the enotourism development program, the administration of the Krasnodar Territory financed Chateau-Pinot LLC in the amount of 1,980,000 rubles

2022

Opening of the hotel at the winery.

2021

In 2021, they began to develop a new terroir for themselves in the village of Rayevskaya, between Novorossiysk and Anapa, where 40 hectares of vineyards were laid