

This year was made rather challenging due to rain at the end of the growing season. The wine is fairly concentrated and still enjoyable to drink.


This year was made rather challenging due to rain at the end of the growing season. The wine is fairly concentrated and still enjoyable to drink.
Conditions climatiques
Températures et précipitations
Temperatures were close to average all year long, except for September, which was cool and wet. Rainfall was lower than average from April to July, but plentiful from August to October. It was especially wet during the harvest.

Régime hydrique
In order to grow well, the vine needs for water stress to set in slowly so the grapes to ripen well and become concentrated. The water deficit was great until the month of August thanks to the dry weather from the start of the growth cycle until September. However, the situation changed due to September rain and the harvest was then ruined by a number of days with heavy rain.

Cycle de la vigne
Picking started late because of the disturbed weather conditions leading up to the harvest (rain and cool temperatures) that did not allow the grapes to attain optimum ripeness.
Begin | End | |
1974 harvest dates | September, 30th | October, 14th |
Average harvest dates: 1946-2014 | September, 24th | October, 8th |
Particularité du millésime
Maturité des raisins et rendement
1974 yield (hl/ha) | Average yield: 1946 to 2014 | |
51.3 | 33.9 |
Assemblage
Degree of alcohol | 12 |
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Total acidity (g H2 S04/L) | 3.14 |
Volatile acidity (g H2 SO4/L) | 0.52 |
pH | 3,50 |
Free SO2 (mg/L) | – |
Reducing sugar content (g/L) | 1.1 |
IPT (DO280) | 58 |
La dégustation

Une année prometteuse gâchée par les pluies abondantes de septembre qui perdurent pendant les vendanges en octobre. De la quantité (47 hl/ha), mais la qualité n’est pas au rendez-vous.
Le vin possède une couleur intense et est étonnamment tannique et concentré. Malgré sa constitution, il manque un peu de corps. Peu aromatique, le vin est ingrat à cause des arômes herbacés qui le dominent. Cependant, quelques bouteilles sont bien conservées, il faut les essayer sans plus tarder car le vin a dépassé son apogée.