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2001 Girolate

Wine Details
Producer

Girolate

Place of Origin

France

Bordeaux Supérieur

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Bordeaux Blend

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Among the interesting new wines I tasted from owner/enologist Jean-Louis Despagne is this experimental wine, simply labeled Bordeaux, made from densely planted four-year-old merlot vines pruned to just two or three bunches per vine. The uncrushed grapes go directly into the barrel for the fermentation. "But it's not really carbonic maceration because a good percentage of the berries are partly split," points out Despagne. To facilitate extraction during the fermentation, Despagne merely rolls the barrels. Although this is a very labor-intensive way to make wine, Despagne will be able to offer 20,000 bottles of this 2001.