2001 Branaire-Ducru
France
Saint Julien
Bordeaux
Red
72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc, 2.5% Petit Verdot (2024 vintage)
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According to President Patrick Maroteau, the key to the vintage was the well-timed rains in August that revived the vines' leaves and restarted photosynthesis. "We had seven millimeters of rain on August 16th that ended the heat wave, then another 14 millimeters four days later. Still, at the beginning of September, we thought the fruit lacked structure and polyphenols, and that color would be hard to extract. The 40 millimeters of rain we had between September 2 and 6 was critical to the quality of the vintage, although by the 8th we were afraid that the rather fragile merlot skins were on the verge of rotting. But at that point we were saved by a wind from the east that dried the grapes." The very small grapes produced a yield of just 31 hectoliters per hectare, compared to 37 in 2002 and 48 in 2000. As evidence of how much lower yields are today at Bordeaux's more serious chateaux, Maroteau noted that production here was 64 hectoliters per hectare in 1989, a vintage that's widely considered to be an outstanding one for Branaire.
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Two thousand two brought the smallest crop here since 1991, with production down to just 35 hectoliters per hectare. Part of the merlot was not at all affected by coulure, said President Patrick Maroteaux, whose family owns Branaire, but there was a lot of coulure in the cabernet. The result is a blend that includes more merlot than the estate's 2001. "Today we smell a lot of fruit in the wine, almost like at the time of the harvest," said Maroteaux. "We consider the 2002 among the three or four best vintages of the last 15 years."
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Branaire had its latest harvest since 1993, picking during the first half of October, with no rot until the very end, according to director Philippe Dhalluin. In fact, he adds, the cabernet sauvignon came in with higher potential alcohol on average than the fruit in 2000 ("the weather after October 9 was great"), and the pH of the 2001 is actually a bit higher than that of the 2000. Dhalluin describes the young 2001 as "a rich, deep, fruity wine, analytically very much like the 2000. We were careful about extraction: we'd much rather do a long and gentle maceration than a lot of pumping over."
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