According to "The Times" (The Times), affected by The end of April frost, Bordeaux (Bordeaux) 60% of The vineyards are affected by varying degrees of frost disaster, a total of up to 65000 hectares. The annual output of bordeaux wines is expected to fall to 300 million litres this year compared with the previous average of 540 million litres. Experts predict the economic damage will be between 15 and 2 billion euros (about 11.5 billion yuan to 15.3 billion yuan).
However, it is debatable whether the data is objective enough to be relevant for other areas where frostbite is affected. Therefore, bordeaux grape growers and winemakers Jeff queenie (Gavin Quinney) questions about bordeaux frost on jerry Robinson sith personal website (Jancisrobinson.com) and the London international wine exchange (liv-ex) published articles on the website. Based on his personal observations and data from the Chambre d 'agriculture DE la Gironde, he draws three conclusions:
First, Bordeaux, on the right bank of the situation than on the left bank, including Bordeaux hill (Cotes DE Bordeaux), wave the hou (Pomerol) and st. Isaac's (Saint Emilion), large areas of crops damage is as high as 80%. By contrast, saint-estephe, Pauillac and saint-julien in the left bank are only slightly impaired. And parts of Moulis, Listrac, Margaux, pessac-leognan and Sauternes have been hit hard.
Second, the damage to vineyards in the worst-affected areas is different. As an example of his own winery, he stresses the importance of focusing on the geography and orientation of the vineyard. , he said, "all grow on top of the mountain, near the housing distribution vine" are healthy, and below the top of the hill toward the east, south, and toward the west who planted vines are plagued by frost destroyed, branches are frost condensation frozen solid, "as if being frozen time". According to queenie analysis, many of the finest bordeaux wine should have similar lighter vineyard or planting plots, the damage of the top 150 in the top chateaux are expected to be 80% of the chateau to survive.
Third, grape varieties should also be considered. Still with Jeff queenie own winery, for example, in the frost disaster comes, than Cabernet Sauvignon (main) and Sauvignon Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc) sprout early Merlot (Merlot), damage is also the most serious.
Overall, "wine production in bordeaux will drop by at least 30 per cent this year compared to last year." "Jeff quiney concluded.
