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Tuesday 19 January 2010

Domaine de Bablut - Vignobles Daviau

A few words from Christophe Daviau concerning the 2009 vintage.

'En ce qui concerne l'actualité viticole, l'année 2009 nous laisse un grand millésime. L'été a été très sec mais la vigne, qui est une plante formidable, a su gérer ces conditions particulières. Je suis intimement persuadé que la plante doit etre heuresue là ou elle croit, c'est pourquoi nous apportons une importance primordiale à la concordance terroir/cépage.
Le seule déception est sans doute les quantités récoltées faibles (surtout pour les cépages rouges), mais la richesse et l'harmonie des vins nous contentent pleinement. '

Roughly translated this reads as: 'the year 2009 should be a great vintage. The summer was extremely dry but the vine, which is an amazing plant, knew how to manage these particular conditions. I am absolutely convinced that the plant has to be happy where it is, where it believes, that's why we feel the relationship between terroir and grape variety to be absolutely crucial.
The only downside is without doubt, the tiny quantities harvested (particularly for the red grape varieties), but we are completely satisfied with the richness and harmony of the wines .'

So, good news from Domaine de Bablut and also for many other growers - 2009 is looking like a great vintage.

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