Destemming by hand@Clos Chossay 2009 I was amused to see a story on decanter.com today reporting that Château Angélus, a premier grand cru classé in Saint-Emilion, will be destemming its Merlot by hand this vintage. Clearly Bordeaux here is taking its lead from the Cher Valley – firstly by Junko Arai of Le Bois Lucas, then Clos Chossay (all grapes have been hand destemmed from the first vintage in 2004) and more recently by Jean-François Merieau (Vignobles des Bois Vaudons).
Contacted by Jim's Loire, Michel Prenneur of Le syndicat des egrappistes manuels de la Vallée du Cher commented: "We are delighted that our work in here in the Cher Valley has inspired one of Saint-Emilion's leading châteaux to experiment with destemming by hand."
See reports of Cher Valley hand destemming here and here.
Contacted by Jim's Loire, Michel Prenneur of Le syndicat des egrappistes manuels de la Vallée du Cher commented: "We are delighted that our work in here in the Cher Valley has inspired one of Saint-Emilion's leading châteaux to experiment with destemming by hand."
See reports of Cher Valley hand destemming here and here.
