As announced today, other inside the bottle after three years of work:
Frederique de Lamothe, Director of c Alliance des Cru bourgeoisie du Medo told decanter.com today that she was happy at last announce results of three years work.
There were a lot of power, ' "she said."Three years ago we were more or less work in secrecy without the ability to know everything we do. "
The Alliance has made clear that registration of the annual quality assessment, classification of chateaux or terroirs like classification of 1855.
Had been mired in the original ???????? Cru classification bourgeoisie since this 2008 in 2003, when he was annulled after certain publishers 78 bitterly their exceptions.
Http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/500749/cru-bourgeois-new-listing-launched
New registration of vintage 2008, fine, it took three years to come together, mixed the bourgeoisie Allliance des Cru, under the Presidency of Thierry Gardinier of Chateau Phelan Segur, months of tastings.
Since the presidential Gardinier has resigned, he explained that as he was as cru bourgeois Phelan Segur as he felt it would be her him continue President – transfer the scepter and Frédéric de Luze of Chateau de Luze Paveil in Margaux.
For a new classification of wine experts Board fee – but with no selected wine chateau-' quality benchmark ' which is standard for all wines for the bourgeoisie 290 application Cru.
Benchmark – what consitutes a minimum level of acceptability for cru bourgeois-adjusted each year according to the quality of the vintage and the poor in vintage expected to get the number of labels.
"But we expect the relative stability of the percentage of estates with the registry," said the Director of the publication of the United States Claudine Nony.
Each cru bourgeois chateau apply be; all wines re-tasted from March to April every year for the news listing. wine barrel, they were with the percentage of re-tasted after bottling selected randomly ???????? ' of the shelf tests — meaning that the wine you are from retailers ' shelves.
Also be made clear that Nony not cuvees special list: after you apply, only to be eligible for the vineyards of chateau cru Bourgeois State.
New registration is selected all democratic, chateaux grouped without Cru Exceptionnnels or Superieurs bourgeoisie.
Indeed, a group of former Exceptionnnels bourgeoisie Cru, including Chateau Chasse Spleen, Chateau Les Ormes de Pez, Chateau de Pez, Chateau Potensac, Chateau Poujeaux and broke away from the Chateau Siran Alliance in May this year, with the intention of are forming their own group.
Steven Spurrier said the new flat structure becomes perfect sense having different hierarchies. only confuse people."
However, this is certainly a classification will remain in its current state for more than a few vintages.
Will probably vote of each Member to decide whether chateaux re-instate a hierarchy within the registry of any kind, she said to the bottle.
Full list of the new bourgeoisie Cru is here
Special greetings to members of our "must have" at her wine. Fleur la Mothe Ch, for making their wines are list! very deserving recognition as finding out when we visited them in June.
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