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Dear Friends,
We will finish the grape harvest the September 25, 2008.
The quality of the grapes was
very good.. The cold, the frosts of this winter and the dry summer 2008 lowered the production by
approximately 30% in our Guinot vineyards. We obtained a very good
concentration of flavors in
the fruit juice, there fore certainly also in the wines.
As in the past, we
fermented at low temperature (13°C) in order to conserve the subtlest flavors, which are also most
volatile. The additional vineyard that
we bought this year has added also a very good quality of Mauzac grape.
Being exposed to the
South/Northeast, it will bring a savor complementary to our other fields
and soils which are exposed to
the South/Southwest.
The maturity of the grapes is very good: the sugar
density is 1092 - 1095, which
corresponds to 12.5 % alcohol. We split into batches during the pressing
the production of each of the 3
vineyeards (Domaine TAICH, Domaine St Jean and Domaine LAGASTE) as well as
various type of
grapes: CHARDONNAY, CHENIN and MAUZAC.
This provides us with the most possibilities for the assembly before the
bottling.
As every year, the
bottling will begin as of January 2008. Of course, we preserved wines from
the harvest of 2006, in order
to balance the tastes of our vintages.
SORRY : We prepared from the harvest of 2001 a special
bottling of Cremant
Imperial . This Cremant is made with only
"top of the vintages", composed
with a significant proportion of hardonnay, and aged in oak. The vineyards
used are old vines classified
"grand cru". Its aromas are powerful, direct and very subtle. It is a dry
Brut, worthy to be in competition
with Grand Champagnes any methodes champenoise wine. This special vintage
will be produced in
limited series in a
special bottle.
All this vintage is reserved by Finland Monopole.
Quality and distinction: our Cremant Imperial Guinot has again just been
given 2 stars by the
Hachette Guide 1999, 2001...2006 "coup de coeur" (these days the best guide of the wines in France) and
is also listed in the Parker
guide The Wines of France. Dito for 2000,2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005and 2006.
Thank you for your interest in our news.
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