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Château Malartic la Gravière
The 2007 Harvest
Chronicles at Château
Malartic
la Graviere -
Pessac-Leognan-Graves
 Spring
2007 was rainy and cool resulting in considerable threat to
plant health, and flowering was heterogeneous. Summer was marked
by frequent light rain, and low, even cool, temperatures. So the
magnificent late summer was a true miracle, allowing us to bring
in perfectly ripe grapes in a wonderful sunny dry weather.
With such difficult conditions, the keywords for this vintage are
vigilance and rigour in the vineyards, early leaf-thinning of the
grapes, meticulous and repeated green harvests - up to three
times for some plots - in order to contain the heterogeneity of the
flowering.
2007 A surprising vintage!
The cool spring and summer were beneficial for white varietals, which
are superb at this stage. The weather conditions contributed to
preserve their
aromas. Initial tastings suggest a level of quality never seen
up to now!
As for the reds, the fantastic late summer weather saved the vintage.
The quality
surprises us more every day ! In order to take advantage of the
sunny days, harvesting of the Merlots began very late, on
October the 1st, while the Cabernets were finished on 15th October. The colours are magnificent and the wines are showing great balance
and body. Probably they will be drinking well young as they are very
round and silky, but they have good ageing potential too.
Definitely wines to watch!
Chateau Malartic la Graviere
http://www.malartic-lagraviere.com/
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