It is said that the traditional pruning of the Marco de Jerez, called Vara y pulgar, is like a simple Guyot; however, it would be correct to say it the other way round: the Guyot pruning is like the Vara y pulgar, since the documentary records are much earlier. The pruning was invented and perfected [...].
I don't know when the Palomino grape was vilified. I suppose it was in the 1970s when chemicals and tractors were introduced in the vineyards of the Marco del Jerez. This caused the production per hectare to triple -because the Palomino is a variety that can reach a maximum of three times the yield per hectare.
This year it has been 10 years since David Léclapart and I met. It was on a trip -which I consider an initiation- to France. I knew nothing about the world of wine or biodynamic agriculture. At that time I was in the middle of writing my doctoral thesis.
Until very recently, only the bodegas in the Marco de Jerez were talked about. The uniqueness of the criaderas and soleras system, and the complexity of the biological (under flor) and oxidative ageing methods, made this possible. The bodegas of the Marco de Jerez have been able to safeguard
Dear friend of Lumière : On 21 March 2021, spring began, and with it, an explosion of life and colour. We have left behind a winter that has been very good for us, despite the waves of the pandemic. In terms of communication, we have continued to receive
I love to tell this anecdote, because I think it symbolises very well the figure of the “vigneron” that I learn with David. -Vigneron would be translated into English as winegrower; however, in French it has another symbolic meaning. In the French wine world, vigneron means to take a step forward, and to pass on to the next generation.
When we started looking for plots where we could apply biodynamic agriculture and make our dry white wines, it was clear to us that we wanted to find old palomino vines. The main reason is that the old palomino vines are of massal selection; that is to say: they did not come from nurseries, nor did they
I like to think of vineyard treatments as messages we send to the vines. Biodynamic agriculture itself limits our use of minerals such as copper or sulphur to a huge extent compared to conventional agriculture: possibly to a tenth of what we use in conventional agriculture. Conventional winegrowers sometimes talk about
The three basic principles of good winemaking are cleanliness, cleanliness and cleanliness. David is strict about very few things, and cleanliness is one of them. When you work with minimal sulphur in the winery, and you don't want to intervene in anything, and you want to get clean wines, you have to be clean.
After two very dry autumns (2018 and 2019), we have finally enjoyed some rainy weather. The vines needed it to recover and be more vigorous. As we often say, in dry farming the most important thing, water, does not depend on us; it depends on the sky. And that, although
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