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September-October 2014 at Ch\u00e2teau Malartic-Lagravi\u00e8re <\/i><\/p>\n 2014, the spring brought pleasant conditions to Malartic, with a good, fairly even flowering; July was reasonable, despite some rain that interrupted periods of fine weather. But August was catastrophic, starting out hot and humid and then becoming very cool. As the harvests approached, we feared for the health of the grapes because of a significant risk of mildew in early August and some outbreaks of botrytis on the white grapes at the end of the month. Our teams waged a constant battle throughout the growing season to compensate for the very unusual conditions. \u00a0The decisions were fast and well-managed thanks to an experienced, reinforced team:<\/p>\n The white grapes benefitted from the cool weather in August which helped to preserve their flavours and acidity. The white 2014, Sauvignons as S\u00e9millons, are absolutely superb: Flesh and straight, racy and very aromatic, with good acidity (pH 3.10\/3.15). An Indian summer that was crucial to the vintage\u2019s quality, enhanced by our growing techniques. So the 2014 vintage is looking very promising as it is transferred to barrels to mature slowly in our cellars. This vintage seems likely to be equal or even to surpass recent most successful years at Malartic. And it has not finished revealing all of its charms\u2026<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September-October 2014 at Ch\u00e2teau Malartic-Lagravi\u00e8re Complex weather conditions that ultimately resulted in great quality. Our knowledge of the vineyard: meticulous work carried out by our teams, with sustainable canopy management taken further. A comprehensive expression of a blend of terroirs and grape varieties. Weather conditions 2014, the spring brought pleasant conditions to Malartic, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\nComplex weather conditions that ultimately resulted in great quality.
\nOur knowledge of the vineyard: meticulous work carried out by our teams, with sustainable canopy management taken further.
\nA comprehensive expression of a blend of terroirs and grape varieties.<\/strong><\/div>\nWeather conditions<\/h2>\n
\nFortunately, on 27 August, a period of superb weather arrived that was to continue throughout the harvests. It was one of the most exceptional Septembers that we have had for a very long time. Ripeness progressed exponentially, and we were able to harvest very concentrated grapes that produced powerful, aromatic musts, enlivened by very good levels of acidity. The perfect balance!<\/p>\n\n
\nFor the red grapes, green harvests midway through the ripening stage (for the Cabernet and the Merlot) further improved their uniformity, that was already very reasonable thanks to a good flowering. The Indian summer and tailored canopy management enabled us to smooth out August\u2019s deficiencies. The harvests ended on 21 October under sunny skies.<\/p>\nThe wines<\/h2>\n
\nThe Merlot is dense, rounded and rich, with lots of volume. Very uniform due to intensive upstream work on the plots, their quality goes beyond a simple expression of the vintage and presents a real Malartic style.
\nThe Cabernet is also excellent: very clean, pure and long, with bright, almost sunny fruit, and a noticeable sweetness. The tannins present volume and flexibility. Remarkable!
\nThe Cabernet-Franc has very elegant floral notes, while the Petit-Verdot displays a very characteristic spicy, pepperiness, with notes of Morello cherries.<\/p>\nMalartic 2014 has benefited from two significant factors:<\/h2>\n
\nThe mastery of our terroirs: the enhancement of techniques begun in 1997; rigorous \u201ceco-dynamic\u201d methods in which sustainable farming is taken as far as possible. A knowledge of the plots that enables us to refine the work on achieving optimal ripeness for each type of terroir, both during the growing season and the harvests. Successive passes for the white grapes and intra-plots for the reds.<\/p>\n