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Aging room, Chateau Labegorce
| Here we see the aging room at Chateau Labegorce. You can see the entire 2001 vintage in this picture--it's in all those French oak barrels, aging away. Interestingly, we learned that they use at least 5 different types of French oak barrels (from different regions); each type of barrel imparts its own distinct flavor, so they age different cuvees of wine in different types of barrels and make a final blend at the end that best enhances the character and flavor of the wine. It's a very complicated optimization problem! |
Thu Apr 25 2002 02:06:06 PM
Technical data: Canon EOS D30, EF28-135/3.5-5.6IS at 28mm (44mm equiv), 1/30 sec. at f/3.5, ISO 1600, +0 EV