lwoodbloo | (no subject)

It's been one of those days.

So, this morning my supervising teacher for fieldwork caught me reading a magazine during his class. Fucking dumb of me. But oh well, what's done is done, I apologized, and I hope all is well. Just a crap morning.

Had a fun day, though, emailing with

sisterred, who taught me WHY chateau petrus wine is so expensive. Check THIS shizznit out.

During the 19th century, the domaine belonged to the Arnaud family. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Arnauds founded the "Societe Civile du
Chateau Petrus", the shares of which Madame Loubat began to acquire in 1925. By the end of World War II, Madame Loubat was the sole proprietor of
Chateau Petrus. At this time the establishment of Jean-Pierre- Moueix, a company of wine merchants from Libourne, had the monopoly for its
distribution. In 19! 61, Chateau Petrus went to Madame Loubats nephew and niece: Madame Lacoste and Monsieur Lignac. Since then, Jean-Pierre Moueix
has bought Monsieur Lignac's shares.

Under the direction of Jean-Pierre's son, Christian, and their oenologist, Jean Claude Berrouet, Petrus receives the care of a pampered child. The
grapes are picked only in the afternoon, when the morning dew has evaporated, so as not to risk even the slightest dilution of quality.
Vinification and aging: The composition of the topsoil and the subsoil at Pet! rus is almost all clay (whereas in adjacent properties the soil is a
mixture of gravel-sand or clay-sand). Merlot flourishes in this soil and for this reason, Petrus' vineyard is planted with 95% Merlot. The vines are
unusually old and are only replanted after they reach 70 years of age. Replanting takes place plot by plot, instead of vine by vine, in order to
guarantee that the average age of vines is maintained at a high level. Fermented in cement vats, the wine is aged in 100% new oak barrels for
22-28 months. Clarified with 5 fresh egg whites per barrel. Never filtered for fear of removing some of its remarkable richness

Kinda psycho about this, so the source is: http://www.internetwines.com/rws28457.html