Archive for the ‘2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest Reports’ Category
2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest in St. Julien – Patrick Maroteaux called the vintage unique.
Chateau Branaire Ducru St. Julien owner Patrick Maroteaux explained what makes 2009 special: “It was the unique weather conditions. Most of the time, you need to pick earlier than you might like to avoid the rainy season. But in 2009, the Indian summer continued through October, allowing our team to pick when they wanted. This additional [...]
2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest Pauillac; At Pichon Lalande Gildas D’Ollone & Thomas Do-Ch-Nam compared 89 with 09
Clerc Milon previously shared both harvest teams and technical teams with Mouton. Not anymore. Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy heads up his own team, allowing him to focus on the nuances and details needed to produce the best Bordeaux wine possible. According the Danjoy, “The effort starts in the vineyards”. Danjoy explained, “Starting with 2009, Clerc Milon [...]
2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest, St. Emilion, Pt 2. Gerard Perse of Pavie was recalled the long hang time.
Cheval Blanc started picking merlot September 15. For 2009, they harvested over a longer period of time than usual, seeking to achieve the best possible levels of ripeness in the seeds, skins, tannins, and stems. In some ways 2009 reminds the chateau of 2005. To them, 2009 is a better vintage because the tannins are more elegant, [...]
2009 Bordeaux harvest in St. Emilion, according to Stephan von Neipperg, “was historical”!
Angelus owner Hubert de Bouard, in his pursuit to obtain the finest possible wine, for Angelus as well as for Bellevue added a line of 60 people to manually destem berry by berry. It was amazing watching two rows of destemmers, each 30 deep, working on the fruit, one berry at a time. Hubert [...]
2009 Bordeaux Harvest in Margaux Pontallier “Dream Like”
The 2009 Bordeaux harvest in Margaux proved to be one of the best and longest harvests in decades! In fact, Chateau Margaux employed over 300 pickers, taking over five weeks to complete their longest harvest in history. Chateau Brane Cantenac owner Henri Lurton stated, “2009 shares similarities with 1989, although in 1989 the vines suffered more stress. [...]
2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest. The Pomerol Report with Producer Comments
The producers in Pomerol were thrilled with the unexpected September rains. Pomerol, with its unique clay soils and heavy merlot plantings, is usually the first major Bordeaux appellation to harvest. By early September, some Pomerol wine makers were worried about 2009 because of the lack of moisture in the soils. That changed for the better September [...]
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