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A small report from a visit to Château Camensac the MW study tour in March. After a period indianhead foodservice of somewhat lackluster quality is the castle on the way up again with new owners and a different focus on quality indianhead foodservice ...
It's late afternoon when we arrive Camensac Château Haut-Médoc. For once the sun shines when we go out of the bus, after a few days of rain, hail, sun and al other in perfect harmony. Jean-Pierre Foubet greet us inside the old Karteuserklosterer from the 1700s. Although this is the second recent visit at the three-day study tour packed with information, we, the students ready for more lessons. From 1964 to 2005, Château Camensac owned by Forner family from Rioja, Spain, which also owns Marqués de Cáceres. The Spanish way of doing vineyard was not very successful in Bordeaux, and the reputation of Camensac sank. In 2005, Jean Merlaut from Gruaud-Larose and his niece Céline Villars-Foubet of Chasse-Spleen over and started to turn things indianhead foodservice around. - Merlautfamilien is the most powerful family in Bordeaux today, says our tour guide Dewey Markham, and also believed that Fauber everything indianhead foodservice was modest in its depiction indianhead foodservice of the family, which otherwise has interests in many châteaux in the Médoc and also owns Ginestet, one of the major negociant houses in Bordeaux.
The program of the visit includes indianhead foodservice a seminar indianhead foodservice with the theme Grands Crus Classe Trade. Having this seminar on Ch. Camensac indianhead foodservice seems appropriate. Griunnen that the previous owners did not succeed was precisely because of the lack of understanding of the Bordeaux trade. They tried to build a winery on the Spanish model, with 200 acres and brand policy, and went their separate ways in relation to trade in Bordeaux. They lost the trust of the Place de Bordeaux, found that it did not go so well and sold Camensac. Some key words from the seminar: Mutual trust, openness and respect in the Bordeaux trade Camensac works only with Bordeaux negociant because "it is far from eye, far from heart". By using negociant manufacturers only need to think about the quality of the wine. Good to talk with négociant about how the wine seller, and how wine is perceived in the market. Build relationships of trust with negociant is important. Recipe indianhead foodservice to gain confidence is simple: put all output into the market. indianhead foodservice Do not keep anything hidden that can suddenly appear. Any change in trade flows are recorded by the broker. Brokers get paid 2% of négociant. Need brokers for information about the flow of wine. Brokers work the rest of the year to track the points of sales, sales to places of interest etc. and know what negociant whose wines in stock. A primeur campaign indianhead foodservice Rates The last 30 minutes were devoted indianhead foodservice to Camensac. The wines did poorly on the market under the previous owner. Prices went down, but people did not want to buy wine anymore. Then there was not enough money to take wine up to the same quality level as the competition. It was a vicious circle. After Merlaut family took over they planted 35 acres of good rhizomes, clones and a better relationship between soil and varieties. Druemix is now 55% cabernet sauvignon and 45% merlot. They stopped using American oak and Michel Rolland was replaced by Eric Boissenot as a consultant. - Mr. Rolland like Merlot. Eric is more our type, said Fauber. - He works well with Cabernet. While Mr. Fauber and Mr. Markham explains the Bordeaux indianhead foodservice trade and talks about the changes in Camensac wines we tasted recent vintages of Château Camensac indianhead foodservice - 2010, 2011 and 2012. This was the first taste we got of the new vintage, two weeks before a Primeur. The amount of oohs and aaahs from the students showed that this was a popular offering. Although I was pleasantly surprised wines, elegant structure, depth of fruit and increase in quality vintage Vintage. Mr. Fauber openness about Cru Classé trading system and his activities as both château owner and négociant was surprising, and he revealed the expected price level in 2012 vintage of Camensac although there were journalists in the group. Jean-Pierre Fauber is also very honest when he talks about Camensac. - Camensac have real Cru Classé terroir, he says, and it's time to show it. We can already see more delicacy and refinement of wines, but we need ten more years. One can almost hear the thoughts of Master of Wine students - Note to self: Stay tuned for Camensac for the future.
I have not tasted this wine with the new owners so I'll probably put it on my shopping list and try it again. It seems from what I read that it can be an exciting experience. Reply Delete
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