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In praise of screwcaps
 


Closures: Part 2 - In praise of screwcaps
18 September 2012  by Patrick Schmitt, thedrinksbusiness.com
Following yesterday’s story about Château Margaux, today we look at what motivated one Chablis domaine to adopt screwcaps over 10 years ago, and why it’s extending their use to elsewhere.
In 2001 Domaine Laroche in Chablis became the first Burgundian producer to switch to screwcaps, even for its grand cru wines. At the time Michel Laroche said the move was motivated by problems with the natural cork supplied to his winery, commenting that as much as 10% of his wines from the 2000 vintage were affected by closure-related problems, whether that was TCA or so-called random oxidation. 

Speaking last month to the winery’s technical director, Grégory Viennois (pictured, left), it’s clear Viennois believes the decision to switch to screwcaps for the Domaine Laroche wines from Petit Chablis to grand cru, was the... read on
 
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