The Quiot family, who have extensive vineyards in the Rhône and Provence, recently announced on their blog that due to one of their workers applying the wrong product to vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape seven hectares are now virtually dead with no grapes. Experts are unable to say if and when these vines will recover.
From the Quiot family blog:
‘Un mois après l'application, les experts ne savent pas nous dire si le vignoble s'en remettra, et quand ? Nous savons que les années qui viennent seront compliquées.
Compliquées et ingrates.
Nous allons devoir apporter tous nos soins à ces parcelles qui ne donneront aucun fruit. Nous allons essayer de « ranimer » un vignoble aujourd'hui presque sans vie, sans aucune certitude que nos vignes réagissent.’ Plus ici.
‘The Vignobles Famille Quiot have been badly hurt by an employee's mistake who have pulverized 7 hectares of Chateauneuf-du-Pape with a wrong product. The consequences are catastrophic.
One month after the application, experts can't say if the vineyard will stay alive and when it will give grapes anew. We know that the years to come will be difficult.
Difficult and thankless.
We will have to bring all our care to this plot which won't give any fruits. We will try to save a vineyard which is today almost dead, without any certainty that the vines will react positively.’ More here.
They estimate that 35,000 bottles have been lost.
From the Quiot family blog:
‘Un mois après l'application, les experts ne savent pas nous dire si le vignoble s'en remettra, et quand ? Nous savons que les années qui viennent seront compliquées.
Compliquées et ingrates.
Nous allons devoir apporter tous nos soins à ces parcelles qui ne donneront aucun fruit. Nous allons essayer de « ranimer » un vignoble aujourd'hui presque sans vie, sans aucune certitude que nos vignes réagissent.’ Plus ici.
‘The Vignobles Famille Quiot have been badly hurt by an employee's mistake who have pulverized 7 hectares of Chateauneuf-du-Pape with a wrong product. The consequences are catastrophic.
One month after the application, experts can't say if the vineyard will stay alive and when it will give grapes anew. We know that the years to come will be difficult.
Difficult and thankless.
We will have to bring all our care to this plot which won't give any fruits. We will try to save a vineyard which is today almost dead, without any certainty that the vines will react positively.’ More here.
They estimate that 35,000 bottles have been lost.
