GOLDEN AGE IN BURGUNDY DUE TO BIODYNAMICS
Posted: 02 May 2013, 07:35
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“We have found out that it is the viticulture that is critical, and once you have good grapes you can make good wine,” he told the drinks business during a tasting of the domaine’s wines in London on Monday this week.
Looking back, he said that the widespread and heavy-handed use of chemical fertilisers in Burgundy during the 80s had produced slightly “diluted” wines, which was then followed by a stylistic swing to highly extracted Pinot Noirs from the Côte d’Or in the 90s.
Today, however, a combination of attentive approaches in the vineyard, particularly biodynamic farming techniques, along with gentle winemaking practices, is yielding wines of quality.
As a consequence, Devauges stated, “We are reaching a golden age”.....
“We have found out that it is the viticulture that is critical, and once you have good grapes you can make good wine,” he told the drinks business during a tasting of the domaine’s wines in London on Monday this week.
Looking back, he said that the widespread and heavy-handed use of chemical fertilisers in Burgundy during the 80s had produced slightly “diluted” wines, which was then followed by a stylistic swing to highly extracted Pinot Noirs from the Côte d’Or in the 90s.
Today, however, a combination of attentive approaches in the vineyard, particularly biodynamic farming techniques, along with gentle winemaking practices, is yielding wines of quality.
As a consequence, Devauges stated, “We are reaching a golden age”.....