Bordeaux 2018 revisited: Saint-Emilion 17th March, 2021 by Colin Hay
In the first of a series of appellation profiles to be published over the next few months, our Bordeaux correspondent,
Colin Hay, revisits the 2018 vintage in Saint-Emilion, providing an overview of the appellation in this challenging, heterogeneous yet potentially excellent vintage, and detailed tasting notes on 179 wines. His Pomerol profile will follow shortly, with articles on each of the leading appellations of the Médoc and Pessac-Léognan to be published later in the year.
My overview of the 2018 vintage – enthusiastically drafted, as I recall, on the train back from Bordeaux after
Seguin Moreau Debuts QTT Barrel
Posted on February 23, 2021
NAPA, Calif., After more than ten years of research and development conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV) in Bordeaux, Seguin Moreau is proud to unveil the QTT barrel.
QTT, or the molecules quercotriterpenosides, are a new family of oak compounds found to play a key role in sensory profiles of wines aged in barrels and are responsible for the sensation of “sugariness” and sweetness in dry wines.
The discovery of QTT and of a structurally close sub-family Glu-AB, molecules characterized by their bitterness, provide scientific explanations for oak-aged wines’ taste balance. Previously the volume, sweetness and roundness seen during oak aging wine had been unexplained. Extensive research by the teams of Professor Denis Dubourdieu and Doctor Axel Marchal (ISVV) uncovered new correlations, which were followed by five years of studies and analysis first to determine with certain