Vintus

Though the video is in French, there are some lovely images of the property, and if you do speak French, an interesting few sentences on what defines a modern Bordeaux wine, as well as what these wines need to retain – namely, balance and acidity.

Decanter has a quick interview with Jean-Guillaume Prats, in which he discusses the vineyard work that Château Cos d’Estournel carried out in 2007.  The vines needed to be stressed, leaves needed good exposure, and basically a lot of work had to be done in the vineyard to adapt to conditions.