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2009 vintage of the century...........again
"IanH" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:54:46 -0000, "JT" > wrote:
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>>http://www.decanter.com/news/291353.html
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>>the French are saying its the blah blah vintage of the century..blah blah
>>again
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> To be fair.. I think they have good reason to be excited. Normally
> sober and sensible winemakers, not given to hyerbole have said to me
> (to whom they are usually pretty honest) that they have never seen a
> year like it. Long summer that was hot but not too hot, and dry but
> without drought. Long autumn with good temeprature variations, giving
> great aromatic complexity.In Saussignac, for example a VERY late
> onset of Botrytis (due to dry autumn) might have led to disasater were
> it not for the perfect maturing conditions right up to early November.
> So as long as nothing goes too wrong in the cellar, I think they might
> find that 2009 tops 2000, 2002 AND 2005. Pretty damn good decade, to
> be honest.
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> As the saying goes. "It's an ill wind as blows nobody any good", and
> this may be a side effect of changes in weather patterns that is
> beneficial for the moment.
> --
> All the best
> Fatty from Forges
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>
Global Warming?
Kent
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