Posts Tagged ‘2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest’
2009 Branaire Ducru Harvest, Patrick Maroteaux calls 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 [...]
Stephan von Neipperg 2009 St. Emilion is a Historic Bordeaux Vintage!
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 [...]
Paul Pontallier 2009 Margaux Harvest a perfect vintage! Other Chateaux weigh in
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. Paul Pontallier 2009 Margaux is a perfect vintage! Chateau Brane Cantenac owner Henri Lurton stated, “2009 shares similarities with 1989, [...]
2009 Pomerol Harvest, The Pomerol Report Chateaux Owners Comment
2009 Pomerol Harvest – 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 [...]
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