tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post1569749996266184685..comments2024-03-27T10:25:04.934+01:00Comments on Tales from Languedoc Wine Country: Harvest time at Château IBJJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09922795081368708574noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post-65138448722629655212011-09-26T14:35:15.338+02:002011-09-26T14:35:15.338+02:00To a woman has truly chosen her direction ... ! Co...To a woman has truly chosen her direction ... ! Congratulations and wishing you every success.Gee Backhousehttp://www.rockwaterstudio.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post-60991767349757201612011-09-24T22:25:34.273+02:002011-09-24T22:25:34.273+02:00Thanks C, JW, H, RMThanks C, JW, H, RMJuliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922795081368708574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post-3002373495949796962011-09-24T22:23:02.740+02:002011-09-24T22:23:02.740+02:00Graham,
The vineyard is tied to the co-op until 20...Graham,<br />The vineyard is tied to the co-op until 2013. They know that we are doing our own thing with some of the production and are cool with that.<br /><br />We bought the vineyard too late in the season to do major changes to trellising and pruning so this year was all about observing the vineyard in terms of vigour, yield etc. When we were trimming the shoots in June/july is seemed that rows in the centre of the vineyard had less vigour (Syrah is v vigorous and the canes grow long v quickly) yet still had a healthy leaf canopy and good fruit set. The vines seemed more balanced here than vines in other parts of the vineyard that had a denser canopy and where we had to trim and leaf pluck more to open up the fruit. <br />Originally we were only going to harvest 2 rows but when we re-did out sums the day before the co-op harvest we decided we needed 3 rows to make 500 litres of red plus some rosé. I chose the other row on the edge of the vineyard because the grapes tasted particularly good.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922795081368708574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post-76092408935495263692011-09-24T15:19:29.995+02:002011-09-24T15:19:29.995+02:00Exciting times - do keep reporting on progress.
Pr...Exciting times - do keep reporting on progress.<br />Presume the vineyard is tied to the coop for a number of years.<br />Did you do anything different in the vineyard with the 3 rows destined for your garage?Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282937250538290233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623083145078615960.post-26866664445123564802011-09-24T03:44:40.655+02:002011-09-24T03:44:40.655+02:00Nice to be your friends. Your blog contains useful...Nice to be your friends. Your blog contains useful information. Many thanksChivas, Johnnie Walker, Hennessy, Remy martinhttp://ruoucaocap.net/noreply@blogger.com