Press release from Benoît Roumet, director of the Bureau du Centre - 19th September 2009:
2009 en Centre-Loire
'Avec une semaine d’avance par rapport à 2008, les vignobles du Centre-Loire ont
Les observations du réseau des parcelles de SICAVAC (laboratoire interprofessionnel des Vignobles du Centre-Loire amènent à des équilibres sucres/acides très proches de 2002 ce qui laisse augurer une belle qualité aussi
Reuilly a, comme à l’accoutumée, dégainé ses sécateurs en premier dès le 12
Lundi 21 septembre c’est Sancerre et les Coteaux du Giennois qui devraient
Les vendanges devraient s’étaler sur près de trois semaines sous une météo annoncée clémente pour ce début d’aurtomne.'
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Denis Vacheron, Domaine Vacheron (Sancerre): We will be starting on Wednesday with the Sauvignon Blanc. Our vines that weren't hit by hail look good but it will be a small harvest. This is partly because of the hail. Also there wasn't a grosse sortie and we had difficult conditions for the flowering in June, which provoked coulure. The Sauvignon is around 12.5% potential with the acidity still a little high but the figures aren't really important for us – it is the flavour that counts and the Sauvignon is not quite full ripe.
"We'll wait for the Pinot Noir as the skins are still tough – just needs a little more time. Probably all right for making Champagne but not for red Sancerre. We had a small amount of rain this week, hardly enough to wet the ground. An Englishman wouldn't even call it rain." Always the joker – Denis Vacheron!
Denis confirmed that parts of Menetou-Salon have been so badly hit by the successive hailstorms that 95% of the crop and been destroyed and that there will be some producers who make nothing at all this year.
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Jean-Marie Bourgeois (Domaine Henri Bourgeois) reports that they will be starting picking their Sancerre Pinot Noir, which is looking very promising, on Monday.
3 comments:
"An Englishman wouldn't even call it rain"
Love the Quote hah, Its like in Vancouver Canada sometimes people saying it raining out side umbrellas out and im like WTF that isn't rain!
Weston~
Weston, I laugh when the Brits complain about the snow. They should visit Edmonton when its minus 30 and it`s snowing all day!
Bob from Alberta.
Yeah Gotta love when you hear reports of Snow in September.
My mom lived in Edmonton for 3 years that was enough for her.
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