{"id":3347,"date":"2019-08-13T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T07:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genuinewines.com\/en\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2021-03-25T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:31:14","slug":"visiting-marie-thibault-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuinewines.com\/en\/blog\/visiting-marie-thibault-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Marie Thibault – August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Entrance to Marie’s cellar now with new doors!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marie Thibault:\u00a0Tour of the vines<\/h1>\n

6 August, 2019<\/p>\n

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Azay-le-Rideau<\/p>\n

Since we were last at Marie’s new cave in Summer 2018, she had just moved in a few months earlier with her partner, Montlouis-sur-Loire winemaker Frantz Saumon. The space was raw\u00a0with beautiful potential that these two have since realised very quickly.<\/p>\n

Doors have been installed\u00a0on\u00a0the Cellars, new concrete foundations were poured to create a functional harvest reception area, the\u00a0labelling room is currently under construction, and the development of a wine cellar to stock their inventory are just a few of the new additions they have made to the Domaine.<\/p>\n

Of course we can’t forget the hard work in she has\u00a0done in the vines! \u00a0Marie spent her Spring fighting episodes of frost, planting 0,5HA of Chenin, and then surviving\u00a0the two heatwaves that passed through in late June\u00a0and then again late July.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Marie remains ever-resilient and joked that now vintage\u00a0is much-less stressful in comparison to the months of April & May! \u00a0She\u00a0predicts\u00a0harvest 2019 to officially start mid-September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo 1 : The forest effect – rows next to forest didn’t have frost damage<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Pine forest below vines cut down by neighbours = potential for frost in 2020<\/em><\/div>\n
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Vintage 2019 : The Cost of Frost<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Extreme climate changes have become the new normal here. \u00a0Marie explained that these two particular frost periods – first one April 4th, second one May 6th – happened over the weekend between 3am-5am. \u00a0She put candles in the vines to increase temperature, and burned hay bales to create a smoke cloud and shield the vines from the sun’s piercing rays when the sun rises.<\/p>\n

4 April \u2013 First Frost<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0-4\u00b0C, lots of humidity, 10% lost, but because Marie has begun to prune very late (in March) to push the vines to bloom later, the buds still hadn\u2019t come out.<\/p>\n

6 May \u2013 Second\u00a0<\/sup>Frost.<\/strong>\u00a0-4\u00b0C, 30-50% damage on parcels without candles were lost (Gamay & Grolleau). \u00a0Marie had to make a choice, and she chose to protect the Chenin which was at a greater risk of exposure.<\/p>\n

For a small winemaker like Marie, it is impossible to protect all the vines. \u00a0To be effective, you need 300 candles per HA. \u00a0At\u00a010\u20ac per candle, with only 2 hours of autonomy each, you must choose the right time to light them. \u00a0It takes time and labour to place them in the vineyard, to light them, and then to remove them as soil work cannot be done in the vines with candles in the rows. \u00a0This year Marie lit the candles 5 different nights! \u00a0The math is easy.<\/p>\n

The project for 2021 is the serious investment (45 000\u20ac) for a Fan installation that potentially could protect upto 5HA of vines from frost.<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 : Sun damage from the heatwave<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Uneven fruit-set due to poor flowering season from frost episodes<\/em><\/p>\n

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Vintage 2019 : Heatwave Episodes x2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The frost pushed the flowering season a little bit later to the third week of June, however it was during a cool period with lots of humidity. \u00a0Thus there is a bit of millerandage (bunches of small and large grapes) in the grape bunches.<\/p>\n

While there was no pressure of mildew this year, it was at the end of June during the first heatwave when\u00a0the grapes started to come out. \u00a0Marie wisely hadn’t de-leafed so the vines were mostly well-protected, that is until the second heatwave came through in July.<\/p>\n

Despite being away from the Domaine on vacation during Heatwave #2, there was nothing that could be done. \u00a0The temperatures and sun exposure on both the East-facing, and even more on the West-facing clusters toasted the Chenin into burnt clusters of raisins. \u00a0Counting frost & heatwaves, the loss for Chenin is about 10-15% in some parcels, the loss for the Gamay and Grolleau is 30-50%.<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 : Marie in Summer 2018 showing her future planting of Chenin<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Marie in Summer 2019 – 0,5HA of Chenin planted!<\/em><\/div>\n
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New Vines Planted – 0,5 HA Chenin!<\/strong><\/div>\n
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When touring Marie’s vines last year, she showed us her future plot for Chenin. \u00a0What was just a field of covercrop cereals to rejuvenate the soils last year, has now materialised into a parcel of 0,5 HA of Chenin.<\/p>\n

Planted in May, the heatwave made things challenging for the newly-planted vines as they required a lot of extra watering (1.5L each plant). \u00a0To ensure the vines were well-hydrated, it took two people 10 hours to water the new plantation of .5 HA \u00a0\u2013 this was done 4 TIMES.<\/p>\n

The parcel is a bit of an experiement with a unique twist divided into three parts:<\/p>\n

Two thirds of the vines are planted on two different types of rootstocks to test which is the better match for her Massale Selected Chenin.<\/p>\n

The third second of vines have been on their own roots – not grafting on American rootstock. \u00a0The soil of this particular 0,5HA plot is quite sandy, so while Marie is aware of the threat of phylloxera, she was willing to take the risk. \u00a0And it seems to be working – the 1\/3 of Chenin planted on their own roots are the healthiest of all the baby vines and are sending out big, leafy shoots!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Photo 1 : Marie evaluating the big task she has for Winter 2020<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Crabgrass has spread everywhere between the vines<\/em><\/div>\n
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Winter 2020 Project : Conversion 1,5HA of Conventional Gamay<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Marie’s had her eyes set on her neighbour’s gamay for a while now, and she has finally signed a contract to manage the vines and buy the fruit. \u00a0The challenge is that these vines have been farmed conventionally, with herbicides, etc.<\/p>\n

While she is thrilled to have the vines, the actual task is daunting. \u00a0Due to the application of herbicides, only the strongest weeds have survived, meaning that invasive crabgrass has spread throughout the soils, aggressively thriving on the water resources that the vines desperately need.<\/p>\n

This is a big project for Marie starting in January 2020 – volunteers are welcome!<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 : Gamay in v\u00e9raison<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Grolleau in v\u00e9raison<\/em><\/p>\n

Transhumance, Crop Covers and Soil Tilling<\/strong><\/p>\n

After harvest, Marie seeds her rows with various oats, sarrasin, flaxseed and other cereals to regenerate the soils, develop good root channels for water penetration, and encourage earthworms.<\/p>\n

From the months of December to January, a mobile enclosure is installed around Marie’s vines, and a shepherd installs 40 sheep that are left in the vines with a dog-keeper to eat the crop covers, weeds, and herbs that come out after vintage.<\/p>\n

The benefit is two-fold. \u00a0The sheep fertilise the soils, and they eat the grasses, which will sprout even more vigorously after they have been grazed.<\/p>\n

When the sheep leave, the crop covers continue to grow until about March. \u00a0This is when Marie has to be careful to monitor the humidity and frost warnings as the crop covers and extra grasses can trap moisture which could be detrimental to the vines during a frost spell.<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 : Amphore of 1er Nez<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : 1er Nez in barrel & stainless tank<\/em><\/p>\n

Preview of Wines to Come – Winter 2020 release<\/strong><\/p>\n

1er Nez 2018<\/strong>
\nChenin Blanc was directly whole cluster pressed, and then split into three different ageing vessels. \u00a0One third of 1er Nez 2018 Chenin are in amphore, still fermenting. \u00a0The second 1\/3 of 1er Nez is in barrel, and the last 1\/3 in stainless tank, still fermenting. \u00a0Bottling predicted for Winter 2020.<\/p>\n

Why such a slow fermentation? \u00a0Marie thinks that it is due to the heatwaves. The ambient yeast that is normally in abundance in the cellars and among the vines is not present as usual, burnt off from the sun.<\/p>\n

Les Grands Vignes 2018<\/strong>
\nThis 100% Gamay is has just finished it’s 9 month maceration under skin cap. \u00a0It has been racked, without pressing, into a concrete tank, until Marie expects to bottle it in Winter 2020.<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 : Despite 35\u00b0C outside, the cave is a nice 18\u00b0C all year round<\/em>
\nPhoto 2 : Teamwork! Marie and Frantz discussing the racking of Les Grands Vignes<\/em><\/p>\n

Available Wines : Marie Thibault<\/h3>\n

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Grolleau 2018<\/strong>
\nA native variety to the Loire region, Marie has truly come to master this grape.
\nThe wine is made of 100% grolleau grapes that have been de-stemmed. \u00a0After a short 10-day ferment, it is moved to concrete tanks to ferment and age for 6 months. \u00a0This wine has no additives or sulphites added at any step of the winemaking process. \u00a0Bottled March 22.<\/p>\n

Tasting: <\/strong>The nose is perfumed with a mix of Christmas cake spices – cinnamon, clove, nutmeg. \u00a0The palate is full of smoky black plums, blackberries, black currants, garlic, sausages. \u00a0Despite the 13,5% alc, the wine is very well-balanced on the palate. \u00a0Pairs well with roasted and grilled meats.<\/p>\n

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La roue qui Tourne 2018 Ros\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

This pet nat is a base of 100% gamay grapes and is a rather serious sparkling at 4 bars of pressure, with a fine and precise mousse, and a dry, raspberry-like acidity. \u00a0Tarte red currant, quince, pomegranate and underripe strawberries make this a refreshing wine on the pallet.<\/p>\n

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La roue qui Tourne 2018 Blanc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Released in June 2019, this wine has still a few grams of residual sugar that nicely balance the wine’s acidity and fine mousse. \u00a0The hallmark baked yellow apple and wet-wolly notes of Chenin are well presented in the nose, but juicy white and yellow peaches, just ripe-pineapple and Asian pear fruits are lusciously ripe on the palate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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