‘I have been travelling the world for nearly 25 years, and I do not remember a year in which the weather patterns have been so disruptive to the vintage as in 2016.’ That was François Lurton in May 2017. By then the wild rollercoaster year of 2017 had already started to out-disrupt 2016. But it’s obvious that climate change has been on Lurton’s mind for more than just a couple of years.
At a tasting of François Lurton wines last year (see tasting notes below), a masterclass primarily designed to examine the differences between the Malbec clones he found growing in...