Pre-Phylloxera Vineyard Gets Protected Status in France

[MLipton]

News item here.

Mark Lipton

 

[mlawton]

I think Rene's hat should be protected too, it does look to be pre-phylloxera as well.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Anybody ever have a wine from that region?

 

[MarkS]

40 acres! That is a huge plot of old vines.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by MarkS:
40 acres! That is a huge plot of old vines.

Shame it seems to all go into some co-op wine.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by MarkS:
40 acres! That is a huge plot of old vines.

Shame it seems to all go into some co-op wine.

At least there's a move afoot to bottle it separately in celebration. I'd love to get a taste of Franc de Pied Fer Servadou.

Mark Lipton

 

[Steve Edmunds]

there only seem to be 600 vines, so the acreage involved is miniscule, and NOT 40 acres. Probably less than a ton and a half of grapes, I'd guess...

 

[Brian C]

"40 acre plot, ... 600 plants". At least they have lots of room to live out their old age.

 

[BJ]

Awesome stuff.

 

[Zachary Ross]

Wow, total winegeek porn.

 

[Yixin]

It's 20 ares, or 0.2 ha, or approximately 2 0.5 (Jeff, thanks for correcting my arithmetic) acres. Bad translation.

Article in French

 

[Jeff Connell]

Half an acre.

 

[Mike Hinds]

This one in English from Decanter, with additional interesting details and a photo of the younger grower in short shorts.

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www.decanter.com

There's no shame in the co-op angle: Paul Strang writes highly of the Producteurs Plaimont co-op in his "Sount-West France," and they do bottle several domaine-specific wines, with the Monastere and the Sabazan his favorites of the latter. http://www.plaimont.com

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Yixin:
It's 20 ares, or 0.2 ha, or approximately 2 0.5 (Jeff, thanks for correcting my arithmetic) acres. Bad translation.

How much wine might that produce?

 

[Jeff Connell]

At 40 hl/ha, 800 litres - or about 88 cases.