tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post8026241425479453895..comments2023-12-18T15:03:52.326+00:00Comments on Jim's Loire: Chinon and Bourgueil: two items – Richard Kelley MW on Chinon + video of Bourgueil 2011CRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356808627188214016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-28355762788641857472011-09-25T13:06:09.185+01:002011-09-25T13:06:09.185+01:00Although I think Richard makes some interesting an...Although I think Richard makes some interesting and trenchant points, I don't go along fully with his analysis. <br /><br />In my experience the tendency of the best growers now is increasingly towards single vineyard/single terroir wines and this is a general tendency in the Loire. I think this works in good quality vintages. In more difficult vintages I think there is a good argument for reducing the number of cuvées released and concentrating on making a really good domaine wine and this may mean mixing terroirs.<br /><br />Again there has been a big change over the past 15-20 years in the work done in the vineyard. Visiting Chinon last Monday the Cabernet Franc remained healthy with little sign of rot despite the difficult weather conditions during the summer. <br /><br />I'm not convinced that a village and cru system whould do much apart from introduce more bureaucracy and probably fat fees for lawyers. As ever the best guide is the name of the producer. <br /><br />I have been trying to check without success the potential area classified as Chinon. Certainly the area planted has increased over the last ten years but I doubt if this is greater than the potential zone delimited in 1938 and 1966.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-22228506364649851152011-09-25T10:29:13.865+01:002011-09-25T10:29:13.865+01:00Very good text. Nice analysis.
But give me one goo...Very good text. Nice analysis.<br />But give me one good example of a consistent AOC.<br />Château Grillet, maybe?<br /><br />Solutions? Send the brett police, as Mr Kelly says, and also the high yield police, the pesticide police, the unripe harvest police; and reshape the AOC base, shedding half the vines.<br />Funny to see that the AOC was given to a vine area corresponding to a very small proportion of today's vineyard... "La multiplication des pains" applied to wine. And meanwhile, the wine consumption has been steadily dropping. Cherchez l'erreur...Hervéhttp://hlalau.skynetblogs.benoreply@blogger.com