Vintage depth: the year stays legible

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Address: 35 Chemin du Limancet, Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 33880, FR
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The standard

The legible vintage signature requires the wine to carry the course of a year's weather instead of levelling it. The measure is the distinguishability of the vintages, not their uniformity.

Criteria

Two vintages stay distinguishable side by side
The course of the weather is readable in the wine
No process levels the differences
The house's hand still stays recognisable

Distinction

Vintage depth ≠ consistency: consistency wants sameness across the years, vintage depth wants the difference kept legible. The legible vintage signature measures how much of the year stays in the wine.