Harvest In Chinon
While in the Loire in July, I struck up a friendship with a Chinon producer called Domaine du Fossile. They have some excellent vineyard holdings that neighbor well regarded producers you might recognize like Bernard Baudrey in that traditional Napoleonic code patchwork of four rows here, six rows there. Located in Cravant-les-Coteaux , this is considered the sweet spot of Chinon. When an opportunity came up to do harvest AND drag my friend Joe out there after he had introduced us, I didn’t want to pass it up. I had helped my friend Lauren out at Baci Vineyards in Grand River Valley last year, so I knew what I was in for. Despite seeing various “wine influencer” posts over the last couple weeks that present harvesting grapes as some dreamy holistic yoga vibed mumbo jumbo that women in designer clothes do while an angelic chorus sings out above, I’m here to tell you that it’s really just a shitty bunch of yard work that seems to never end. I figured if...
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