Will the producers vote for this?
The Syndicat des Quarts de Chaume meets tomorrow to decide whether to permit the use of cryoextraction to concentrate the grapes/must. Two producers – Baumard and Laffourcade – have requested that cryoextraction should be allowed.
Along with Bonnezeaux, the Quarts de Chaume is the Loire top sweet wine appellation. There should be no place for cryoextraction here. I hope and trust that the Syndicat will reject this demand.
Couldn't agree more, Jim. I never could understand the holier than thou refusal of the Chaume request for 1er cru status from a grower who seemingly makes moelleux this way. Weird!
ReplyDeleteCharles. Took a very instructive look at the vines in the Quarts de Chaume today. See my latest post on this blog.Jim
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