{"id":2914,"date":"2018-10-02T09:32:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T08:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2018-10-02T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T08:36:40","slug":"2018-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/2018-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>At Ch\u00e2teau Brown, the 2018 vintage is raising high hopes.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2907 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG_7449-382x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG_7449-382x287.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG_7449-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG_7449-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At Ch\u00e2teau Brown, the 2018 harvests got off to a promising start on<strong> 31 August<\/strong>. In just a few days, we brought in the white grapes, with the <strong>Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong> followed by the <strong>Semillon<\/strong>. The first tastings of the juices suggest some fine (and indeed very fine) prospects, with <strong>aromas of rare intensity<\/strong>, backed up by good acidity and a fresh edge for the Sauvignon Blanc, and a very rounded sensation for the Semillon.<\/p>\n<p>The whites are just easing their way towards the end of their fermentation in barrels and we will soon be able to start stirring the lees.<\/p>\n<p>There can be no doubt that <strong>quality levels are high<\/strong> for whites and reds alike! The climate conditions since July have allowed the grapes to become concentrated and ripen nicely.<\/p>\n<p>The weather has remained fine through the end of the summer and harvesting resumed just a few days ago for the red grape varieties, beginning by the <strong>Merlot<\/strong>. We should finish in around mid-October for the <strong>Cabernet-Sauvignon<\/strong>. The vinification of the first Merlot grapes has revealed <strong>outstanding fruit character,<\/strong> deep colours, rare <strong>aromatic power<\/strong> and <strong>silky tannins <\/strong>with very high polyphenol concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>The outstanding feature of this vintage is that the (sometimes extreme) weather conditions have caused a <strong>\u201cnatural\u201d reduction in yields<\/strong>. For example, the drought that has continued on into September has contributed to a reduction in the volumes of reds.\u00a0 Although the heat naturally reduces the yields, however, the positive side is that it makes for more concentrated, powerful wines.<\/p>\n<h4>An <strong>extraordinary vintage <\/strong>is therefore in preparation at Ch\u00e2teau Brown\u2026!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Ch\u00e2teau Brown, the 2018 vintage is raising high hopes. At Ch\u00e2teau Brown, the 2018 harvests got off to a promising start on 31 August. In just a few days, we brought in the white grapes, with the Sauvignon Blanc followed by the Semillon. The first tastings of the juices suggest some fine (and indeed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2918,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions\/2918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}