Joe Dressner
Joe Dressner
Drank, not tasted, a 1988, 1998 and 2001 Domaine de Roally Mcon-Vir last night.
The week before I had a 1994 Mcon-Montbellet from the same producer.
All four bottles where showing beautifully in different ways.
The former producer, Henri Goyard, was not organic. But he did not use herbicide, he always plowed, his vines were always predominantly selections masale. The vineyards always looked like a garden, and continue to do keep that look under the stewardship of the Thevenet family. The vines and soil have spent several generations being worked and kept alive.
Goyard thinks the problems of premox are the problems of estates that screwed up their soil. Strangely, older vintages of white wines from estates which kept their soils alive continue to drink vibrantly as they age.
Odd, no?
The week before I had a 1994 Mcon-Montbellet from the same producer.
All four bottles where showing beautifully in different ways.
The former producer, Henri Goyard, was not organic. But he did not use herbicide, he always plowed, his vines were always predominantly selections masale. The vineyards always looked like a garden, and continue to do keep that look under the stewardship of the Thevenet family. The vines and soil have spent several generations being worked and kept alive.
Goyard thinks the problems of premox are the problems of estates that screwed up their soil. Strangely, older vintages of white wines from estates which kept their soils alive continue to drink vibrantly as they age.
Odd, no?