The slope of Montplaisir
Again a quick report as my day finished late – getting back around 11.30 pm after seven visits and I'm off again this morning with a remaining half day in the Roannaise and then down to the Côtes de Forez for the afternoon.
Jean-François Pras
Eric Villeneuve: Domaine du Pavilon
A half bottle@the Domaine du Pavilion
Ambierle
Sheep in the vineyards of Château 'Mouton-Palais'!
Stéphane Sérol in Les Blondins (above and below)
Les Blondins
The Côte Roannaise is also the southern limit
for the Charolais appellation
A 'fast vat'@Domaine Sérol
The Oudan Vineyard (above and below)
Domaine de la Paroisse: very old vines planted in 1878
Jean-Claude Chaucesse: Domaine de la Paroisse
in his old vines (1878)
Eric Désormière
Vines: Domaine Désormière
Jean-Marie and Philippe Vial pruning (above and below)
Boutheran
Vincent Giraudon's vines in Villemontais
Vincent Giraudon
One can never be sure about « very old vines ». I know nothing of this area, not any more than in many others. But I can confirm that old vines need not have a HUGE trunk, as many people imagine. Our own old carignan, still a good 40 years younger than the plants you exhibit, is not impressive either, as far as its diameter is concerned. What is the yield? Does he need to prune a lot, I mean severely?
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