Bordeaux winemakers cheer quality of 2017 harvest
While the year's frosts reduce the quantity of grapes available for winemaking, they do not necessarily affect the quality of those that escape damage
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BORDEAUX winemakers harvested healthy, ripe grapes this year even after the worst frosts in a quarter-century hit vineyards in April and significantly reduced the amount available for bottling, according to vintners interviewed this month.
Chateau Angelus, a Saint Emilion estate whose bottles have been featured in James Bond films and top vintages sell for US$500, indicated earlier this year that up to 20 per cent of plots devoted to its main wine had been affected by frost. Now it estimates that the drop in output is more like 15 per cent.
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