Blockage of ripeness

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In the regions affected by chronic water deficits, the C/N (Carbon/Nitrogen) ratios are getting higher and they provoke nutritional locks, mainly between the flowering and the harvest.

Carbon Balance

It consists in measuring the quantity of carbon produced by a company for its entire activity. The measurements are perfomed on specific positions belonging to the inside activity of the company but also on the outside activity performed by companies having economical and technical links with this one.

Yearly report for 2012

After an early bud in March –April followed by a cool and rainy spring, the vines have gone through a vegetative stop in May. We observed vines in slow activity with a green-yellowish foliage showing a sudden stop of photosynthesis.

Ripeness can be affected under certain climatic and varietal conditions, especially in Mediterranean climates. It is not rare to see ripeness with high alcohol levels, with to the contrary, delayed and problematic phenolic ripeness.

Grape quality is thereby reduced. These anomalies can be overcome by a yearly plan.

In the case of blockage of sugar metabolism, a common occurrence among late-blooming mourvedre or petit verdot varieties, a leaf-oriented solution will allow for an effective response to the problem encountered.

Response method Cousinié®:

By hectare: for a spraying of approximately 200 liters of water per hectare
Schedule two applications two weeks apart.

5 liters Cousifolia® SQ0810 or Dorefruit®
2 liters Cousifolia® Z or Fortifruit®

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Château Landure (Mailhac)

Carried out on the property since 1987, the Méthode Cousinié has made it possible to show the consistency of harvests from both a quantitative and qualitative standpoint, by means of adopting varieties to the terroir.

Château St Jacques d’Albas (Minervois)

After I acquired the Château St Jacques d’Albas in Minervois in 2001, I decided to call in Jean-Pierre Cousinié.

Château Tayac (Margaux)

In 1995, through the intermediary of a winegrower friend, we became acquainted with Mr. Jean-Pierre Cousinié and his method.
At our first meeting, we were won over by the conduct of this method, based on observation and highly-focused analyses, from the soil to the grape bunch.