Arrivage Signature - 14 février 2013

Vincent Messier-Lemoyne a écrit:Quelqu'un sait à quoi ça ressemble 2011 en Sancerrois?

For the sauvignons in the Touraine, things were clearly not easy either – with the word ‘compliqué’ on every grower’s lips and serious choices needing to be made on how best to work the grapes as problems of rot and géosmine were widespread, not sparing growers in Sancerre or Pouilly either – while Quincy had to cope with yet another harvest decimated by hail.

For some growers, hand picking with a severe ‘tri’ selective picking was the answer – in others, I’d say quality was better assured with the new generation of machines like the Pellenc, which with their built-in tri assured a fine harvest with the ability to pick rapidly as grapes reached ripeness.

Despite the obviously difficult vintage, the results are good – big, easy-going wines with loads of fruit, lowish acidity (which may upset the fans of minerality but which will most certainly please the average consumer) and plenty of concentration and flavour.

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