div dir=»ltr» style=»text-align: left;» trbidi=»on»div dir=»ltr» style=»text-align: left;» trbidi=»on»div style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»/divdiv class=»MsoNormal»span style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Krug has confirmed a last minute decision not to release its 1999 Clos du Mesnil.»Krug ha confirmado una decisión de último minuto, no sacará a la venta su Clos du Mesnilnbsp;/span1999./b/span/divdiv class=»separator» style=»clear: both; text-align: center;»a href=»http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hI03pYhfdK4/T4mhVQtvaRI/AAAAAAAAELI/Q1OwMWefPJ8/s1600/Krug-350×350.jpg» imageanchor=»1″ style=»margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;»span style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bimg border=»0″ height=»400″ src=»http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hI03pYhfdK4/T4mhVQtvaRI/AAAAAAAAELI/Q1OwMWefPJ8/s400/Krug-350×350.jpg» width=»400″ //b/span/a/divdiv class=»MsoNormal»/divdiv style=»text-align: justify;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»Krug has confirmed a last minute decision not to release its 1999 Clos du Mesnil.»Fuente:nbsp; span style=»background-color: white; line-height: 27px; text-align: left;»Gabriel Savage/spannbsp;/span/bbr /b style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»The 12,000 bottles produced from this 1.84 hectare Chardonnay vineyard had already been bottled and labelled in line with the original plan to release the Champagne at the end of 2011.»Las 12.000 botellas producidas de este viñedo de 1,84 hectáreas de Chardonnay, ya habían sido embotelladas y etiquetadas de acuerdo con el plan original para liberar la champaña a fines de 2011.nbsp;/spanspan title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»Sin embargo el gerente principal de la bodega, Eric Lebel explicó que, después de haber seguido la evolución del vino durante los últimos 12 años, esta tanda «no estaba al nivel que esperábamos»./span/b/div/div/divspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»/span/b/spanbr /div style=»text-align: justify;»span style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»/span/b/span/b/spanbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»span style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»Haciendo hincapié en «no hubo ninguna falla en el vino», sino que «su expresión es tímida, no logró el carácter esperado» y «el vino no ha evolucionado como esperábamos para esta parcela particular; fue una gran cosecha pero no para Clos du Mesnil», se/span/span/b/span/b/spanb style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»span title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»nbsp;decidió entonces que un número de botellas de Clos du Mesnil 1999 será utilizado en la bodega para catas internas, y el resto se devolverá a los tanques de acero inoxidable para ser utilizados en el vino Reserva de la casa./span/span/b/span/b/span/bbr /b style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»span title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»/span/span/b/span/b/span/bbr /a name=’more’/ab style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»span title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»span title=»A number of bottles of the Clos du Mesnil 1999 will now be kept back for in-house tastings, with the rest being returned to stainless steel tanks to be used in the house’s reserve wine.»br //span/span/b/span/b/span/b/div/divspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Emphasising “there was no fault in the wine,” Lebel elaborated on his recommendation that the wine should not be released, saying: “It was very shy in expression, there was not a lot of character.»/span/b/span/b/span/divspan style=»font-family: inherit;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;» title=»However cellar master Eric Lebel explained that, having monitored the wine’s evolution over the last 12 years, it “was not at the level we expected”.»/spanspan title=»Since it was bought by LVMH in 1999, Krug has focused on expanding these stocks of reserve wines.»/span/b/spanbr /div style=»text-align: justify;»div class=»separator» style=»clear: both; color: #b45f06; text-align: center;»a href=»http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YL1HSz-YWPU/T4oHhQlUTxI/AAAAAAAAELQ/ZxO1OCtUPTE/s1600/krug-clos-du-mesnil.gif» imageanchor=»1″ style=»clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;»img border=»0″ height=»293″ src=»http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YL1HSz-YWPU/T4oHhQlUTxI/AAAAAAAAELQ/ZxO1OCtUPTE/s400/krug-clos-du-mesnil.gif» width=»400″ //aspan style=»font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Since it was bought by LVMH in 1999, Krug has focused on expanding these stocks of reserve wines.»/span/b/span/divdiv style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Since it was bought by LVMH in 1999, Krug has focused on expanding these stocks of reserve wines.»span title=»Since it was bought by LVMH in 1999, Krug has focused on expanding these stocks of reserve wines.»Desde que fue adquirida por la compañía de lujo LVMH en 1999, Krug se ha centrado en la expansión de estos stocks de vinos Reserva.nbsp;/spanspan title=»The house now holds 150 individually vinified tanks of reserve wines at any one time, some holding parcels as small as 2,000kg-worth of grapes.»La casa tiene ahora 150 tanques individuales de vinos para destinarlos en cualquier momento a su Reserva. nbsp;Algunos guardan parcelas de uvas de menos de 2.000 kgs y son utilizadas para ser mezcladas con los 200 vinos individuales de cada nueva cosecha. nbsp;Lebel describe este nivel de stock como «perfecto para volumen que Krug puede darse el luno de hacer, mientras mantiene su calidad».nbsp;/span/span/b/spanbr /span style=»font-family: inherit;»bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span style=»color: #990000;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»A pesar de la decepción de la cosecha 1999, Krug nbsp;lanzó recientemente su Clos du Mesnilnbsp;/span/b/bb style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»b2000/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/span/b/b/spanbr /span style=»font-family: inherit;»bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span style=»color: #990000;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bbr //b/span/b/span/b/b/span/span/b/b/spanbr /a href=»http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uh4io_XuYpE/T4oL3HC3wcI/AAAAAAAAELw/ptDzcAEeAhc/s1600/2000.JPG» imageanchor=»1″ style=»clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;»img border=»0″ height=»300″ src=»http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uh4io_XuYpE/T4oL3HC3wcI/AAAAAAAAELw/ptDzcAEeAhc/s400/2000.JPG» width=»400″ //a/divdiv style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»Sin embargo, aunque este pequeño viñedo de Chardonnay, -junto con el aún más pequeño de nbsp;Pinot Noir destinado para elnbsp;/span/b/span/b/b/span/span/span/span/bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»Closnbsp;/span/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/span/span/bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»D’/span/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/span/span/bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»Ambonnay- , son importantes para el prestigio de la casa, Lebel insiste: «Nuestra prioridad sigue siendo lanbsp;/span/b/span/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/span/span/bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»/b/span/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»Grandenbsp;/span/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/span/span/b/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/divb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Lebel described this stock level as “perfect for the volume that Krug can afford to make while still keeping its quality.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»b style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»Despite the disappointment of the 1999 vintage, Krug has recently released its 2000 Clos du Mesnil.»bspan title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»Cuvée»./span/b/span/b/span/b/span/b/span/b/b/span/b/span/span/span/span/span/b/bbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»De hecho, destacó que «Krug es la única casa que prioriza lanbsp;/span/span/b/span/bbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»cuvée por sobre la cosecha (vintage).nbsp;/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/bbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»However, while this small Chardonnay vineyard, together with the even smaller Pinot Noir-focused Clos D’Ambonnay, are both important for the house’s prestige, Lebel insisted: “Our priority is still the Grande Cuvée.”»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»span title=»It’s a very different philosophy that is our main point of difference.”»Es una filosofía muy particular, que nos diferencia de los demás».nbsp;/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/bbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»Indeed, he stressed: “Krug is the only house putting cuvée above vintage.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»It’s a very different philosophy that is our main point of difference.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»The historic depth of this approach was reinforced recently with the discovery of a notebook written in 1848 by the house’s founder, Joseph Krug.»span title=»The historic depth of this approach was reinforced recently with the discovery of a notebook written in 1848 by the house’s founder, Joseph Krug.»La profundidad histórica de este enfoque se vio reforzado recientemente con el descubrimiento de un cuaderno escrito en 1848 por el fundador de la casa, Joseph Krug.nbsp;/spanspan title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»»Fue algo muy emotivo», recuerda Lebel cuando leyó por primera vez el libro, que establece los principios básicos de la casa./span/span/b/span/span/span/b/div/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»/span/bbr /table align=»center» cellpadding=»0″ cellspacing=»0″ class=»tr-caption-container» style=»margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;»tbodytrtd style=»text-align: center;»a href=»http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vopTcsyUKlk/T4oH0uAV4lI/AAAAAAAAELY/a9wSvLbbj5g/s1600/HK.jpg» imageanchor=»1″ style=»margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;»img border=»0″ height=»400″ src=»http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vopTcsyUKlk/T4oH0uAV4lI/AAAAAAAAELY/a9wSvLbbj5g/s400/HK.jpg» width=»266″ //a/td/trtrtd class=»tr-caption» style=»text-align: center;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»bHenri Krug/b/span/td/tr/tbody/tablebspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»/span/bbr /div style=»text-align: justify;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»“Everything I learned about Krug was from Henri Krug when he contracted me 15 years ago.»/span/span/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»text-align: justify;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»“Everything I learned about Krug was from Henri Krug when he contracted me 15 years ago.»span title=»“Everything I learned about Krug was from Henri Krug when he contracted me 15 years ago.»»Todo lo que aprendí sobre Krug lo aprendí de Henri Krug cuando me contrató hace 15 años.nbsp;/spanspan title=»It had all been orally transmitted, but we found it written here,” Lebel confirmed.»Todo me lo había transmitido oralmente, pero apareció este escrito aquí «.nbsp;/span/span/span/span/b/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»“Everything I learned about Krug was from Henri Krug when he contracted me 15 years ago.»/span/span/span/b/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“It was a very emotional thing,” recalled Lebel of his first sight of the book, which sets out the core principles of the house.»/spanspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»It had all been orally transmitted, but we found it written here,” Lebel confirmed.»/span/bbr /div style=»text-align: justify;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»It had all been orally transmitted, but we found it written here,” Lebel confirmed.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»It had all been orally transmitted, but we found it written here,” Lebel confirmed.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»Al describir las ideas expuestas en el bloc de notas como «muy vanguardista», Lebel destacó en particular la decisión de Joseph Krug de introducir un estilo vintage, manteniendo al mismo tiempo un enfoque prioritario en la cuvée.nbsp;/spanspan title=»“The idea of vintage didn’t exist at the time this book was written,” he pointed out, adding that its introduction “received a lot of criticism from other growers.”»»La idea del ivintagenbsp;/ino nbsp;existía en el momento de escribir este libro», señaló, y agregó que esta introducción «recibió una gran cantidad de críticas por parte de otros productores.»/span/span/b/span/b/div/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»It had all been orally transmitted, but we found it written here,” Lebel confirmed.»/spanspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/bbr /div class=»separator» style=»clear: both; color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»a href=»http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXT3B1_fczg/T4oIRDfsxPI/AAAAAAAAELg/pZWIok8odwI/s1600/Krug.JPG» imageanchor=»1″ style=»clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;»img border=»0″ height=»300″ src=»http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXT3B1_fczg/T4oIRDfsxPI/AAAAAAAAELg/pZWIok8odwI/s400/Krug.JPG» width=»400″ //a/span/b/divbspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/bbr /div style=»text-align: justify;»div style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»/span/span/span/b/divdiv style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»font-family: inherit;»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span style=»color: #b45f06;»Sin embargo, insistiendo en que esta innovación de estilo fue «complementaria, pero no la más importante», Lebelnbsp;/span/span/span/span/span/bb style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»color: #b45f06;»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»señaló el objetivo detrás de la creación denbsp;/span/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/b/span/span/b/span/b/span/bbr /bb style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important; font-family: inherit;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important; font-family: inherit;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bb style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»color: #b45f06;»bspan title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»la Grande Cuvée de Krug:nbsp;/span/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/b/span/span/b/span/b/b/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/divbb style=»text-align: left;»/b/bbr /bb style=»text-align: left;»/b/b/divdiv style=»font-family: inherit;»bb style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span style=»color: #b45f06;» title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/b/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06;»/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/span/b/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/span/b/divdiv style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»“At the time there were complaints about other houses that the quality of the non-vintage was not consistent,” he explained of the issue which originally inspired Krug to set up his own house in 1843.»»En ese momento había grandes quejas sobre otras casas porque no producían calidad en sus vinos de guarda, no tenían consistencia», y eso produjo lanbsp;decisiónnbsp;de Krug de abrir su propia casa para alcanzar esa calidad en 1843./span/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/b/span/b/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06;»/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»span title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»/span/span/span/span/b/span/b/span/b/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/span/b/span/b/div/divdiv style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bb style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»/span/b/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»bb style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»text-align: left;»span style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»However, insisting that this innovation of a vintage style was “complementary but not the most important thing,” Lebel pointed to the aim behind the creation of Krug’s Grande Cuvée.»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»“You can use average quality grapes once, but any more than that and you risk losing your reputation”, he summed up as a principle at the heart of the house’s foundation»span title=»“You can use average quality grapes once, but any more than that and you risk losing your reputation”, he summed up as a principle at the heart of the house’s foundation»»Puedes usar las uvas de calidad media, una vez, pero no más que eso y se arriesga perder la nbsp;reputación que has logrado», resumió sobre el principio que acunó Krug para fundar su casa./span/span/b/span/b/span/span/b/b/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06;»/span/b/div/div/div/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“You can use average quality grapes once, but any more than that and you risk losing your reputation”, he summed up as a principle at the heart of the house’s foundation»/span/bbr /div class=»separator» style=»clear: both; text-align: center;»bspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“You can use average quality grapes once, but any more than that and you risk losing your reputation”, he summed up as a principle at the heart of the house’s foundation»a href=»http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mk4IkwACj94/T4oIqKyQKyI/AAAAAAAAELo/JMvZoXRBK-o/s1600/KRUG2.jpg» imageanchor=»1″ style=»clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;»img border=»0″ height=»400″ src=»http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mk4IkwACj94/T4oIqKyQKyI/AAAAAAAAELo/JMvZoXRBK-o/s400/KRUG2.jpg» width=»266″ //a/span/b/divbspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»“You can use average quality grapes once, but any more than that and you risk losing your reputation”, he summed up as a principle at the heart of the house’s foundation»div style=»text-align: justify;»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»While the Grande Cuvée is disgorged around 25 times each year, with the recent addition of ID codes to help consumers keep track of the age of its components, the next vintage release anticipated by Krug is likely to be either 2002 or 2003.»/span/spanbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»While the Grande Cuvée is disgorged around 25 times each year, with the recent addition of ID codes to help consumers keep track of the age of its components, the next vintage release anticipated by Krug is likely to be either 2002 or 2003.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»As for his early outlook on the prospects for Krug’s 2011 harvest, Lebel emphasised the house policy of only declaring a vintage “if there is something special to say in a year” before suggesting: “There is a different story to tell in 2011”,»/span/span/span/spanbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»While the Grande Cuvée is disgorged around 25 times each year, with the recent addition of ID codes to help consumers keep track of the age of its components, the next vintage release anticipated by Krug is likely to be either 2002 or 2003.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»As for his early outlook on the prospects for Krug’s 2011 harvest, Lebel emphasised the house policy of only declaring a vintage “if there is something special to say in a year” before suggesting: “There is a different story to tell in 2011”,»span title=»As for his early outlook on the prospects for Krug’s 2011 harvest, Lebel emphasised the house policy of only declaring a vintage “if there is something special to say in a year” before suggesting: “There is a different story to tell in 2011”,»En cuanto a su previsión inicial sobre las perspectivas para la cosecha 2011 de Krug, Lebel hizo hincapié en la política de la Casa de sólo declarar una vendimia «si hay algo especial que decir en un año» antes de sugerir: «por ejemplo, la 2011 es diferente», aludiendo al alabado Pinot Noir, en particular.nbsp;/span/span/span/span/span/divspan style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»While the Grande Cuvée is disgorged around 25 times each year, with the recent addition of ID codes to help consumers keep track of the age of its components, the next vintage release anticipated by Krug is likely to be either 2002 or 2003.»span style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»As for his early outlook on the prospects for Krug’s 2011 harvest, Lebel emphasised the house policy of only declaring a vintage “if there is something special to say in a year” before suggesting: “There is a different story to tell in 2011”,»/span/span/span/span/divspan style=»text-align: -webkit-auto;»span title=»While the Grande Cuvée is disgorged around 25 times each year, with the recent addition of ID codes to help consumers keep track of the age of its components, the next vintage release anticipated by Krug is likely to be either 2002 or 2003.»/span/span/div/spanspan style=»color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;» title=»praising in particular the Pinot Noir.»div style=»text-align: justify;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»/span/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important; font-family: inherit;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»span style=»color: #b45f06;»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»Recordando el calor que obligó comenzar la cosecha temprano -21 de agosto- seguido de intensas lluvias, el ejecutivo resumió la cosecha 2011 como inusual al ofrecer «una acidez que parece surgida del calor pero con bajo azúcar, como se espera de los años fríos». Recalcó la capacidad de maduración del vino, «/span/span/span/span/bb style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»/span/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important; font-family: inherit;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»span style=»color: #b45f06;»bspan style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»span title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»es demasiado pronto para saber. Vamos a tener que esperar 10 años más»…/span/span/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/span/span/b/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/spanspan title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»div style=»text-align: justify;»div style=»font-family: inherit;»div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»span style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»text-align: left;»span style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»b style=»font-family: inherit;»span title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»/span/b/span/b/span/span/span/b/div/div/divdiv style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»span style=»color: #b45f06;»b style=»text-align: left;»span style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»b style=»font-family: inherit; text-align: left;»span title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»/span/b/span/b/span/divspan style=»color: #b45f06;»br //spanbr /div style=»font-family: inherit;»/div/divspan style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»span style=»color: #b45f06;»/spandiv style=»text-align: justify;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»span style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»/span/span/span/bbr /div style=»display: inline !important; text-align: justify;»div style=»display: inline !important;»b style=»text-align: left;»span title=»Describing the ideas set out in the notebook as “very avant-garde”, Lebel highlighted in particular Joseph Krug’s decision to introduce a vintage style, while retaining a priority focus on the cuvée.»span title=»Recalling the heat which prompted the harvest to begin early on 21 August, followed by rain, Lebel summarised 2011 as being unusual in offering “acidity that looks like a very warm year but low sugar like you would expect in a cool year.”»span style=»font-family: inherit;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»span style=»color: #990000;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»Para finalizar esta nota, los dejo con un video de la cosecha de Clos du Mesnil, una realización fílmica muy expresiva, por cierto./span/span/span/span/b/div/div/divdiv style=»text-align: justify;»span style=»color: #990000;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»br //span/divdiv style=»text-align: justify;»span style=»color: #990000;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»Silvia Ramos de Barton/span/divdiv style=»text-align: justify;»span style=»color: #990000;» title=»However, he stressed of the wine’s maturation potential, “it is too early to tell; we will have to wait 10 years.”»Directora/span/div/span/span/b/diviframe allowfullscreen=»» frameborder=»0″ height=»315″ src=»http://www.youtube.com/embed/ujtZOzNQtks» width=»560″/iframe /divdiv class=»blogger-post-footer»El Blog de Vinos es propiedad de «EL Arte del Vino»img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5368831709782011722-7055948260264988988?l=www.elartedelvino.com’ alt=» //div
