- Henri Enjalbert
Henri Enjalbert (1910 –
June 19 1983 [sciencespobordeaux.fr [http://www.cean.sciencespobordeaux.fr/outremer_geographes.pdf Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer] Alain Huetz de Lemps fr_icon] ) was a French professor ofgeography at theUniversity of Bordeaux . He was considered an eminent specialist inwine geology, whose expert opinion frequently overlapped into the fields ofoenology , and wine and "terroir " history, within the Bordeaux region and beyond.cite book|last =Peppercorn |first =David |title =Bordeaux |publisher = Mitchell Beazley |date =2003 |location =London| isbn= 1-84000-927-6|pages =p.530-532 ] ["Wine & Dine" [http://www.winedine.co.uk/page.php?cid=215&PHPSESSID=ab36202350b5 Daumas Gassac, the Birth of a Grand Cru by Alastair Mackenzie] ] Among other credits, he has been called "Bordeaux's most diligent geologist" [winepros archive [http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=2803 Oxford Companion to Wine - St-Emilion] ] and "the discoverer ofMas de Daumas Gassac .Cite web|last= Broadbent-wines.com|title=Mas de Daumas Gassac|url=http://www.broadbent-wines.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category_detail&category_id_int=12143] Among his contentions are thatAlbania , theIonian Islands of Greece, and southernDalmatia in present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina may have been the last European refuge of the grape vine after theIce Age . [winepros archive [http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=52 Oxford Companion to Wine - Albania] ]Publications
Enjalbert's publications range from studies on
Château Latour ,Château Haut-Brion andSaint-Émilion , to book titles such as "Les Grands Vins de St-Emilion, Pomerol et Fronsac" (English translation: "Great Bordeaux Wines"), [winepros archive [http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=1338 Oxford Companion to Wine - Geology, bibliography] ] "L'Origine de la Qualité" ["Wine & Dine" [http://www.winedine.co.uk/page.php?cid=88&PHPSESSID=ab36202350b5 Red Mayor Saves Mondavi Money] ] and "L'histoire de la vigne & du vin" ( _en. The History of Wine and the Vine) with his son Bernard.cite web|last =Prial |first =Frank J. "The New York Times" |title = Wine Talk |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DB103FF934A25751C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |date =February 17, 1988 ] The latter book launched a revised perspective on theBordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 , and for which he posthumously received the "Prix littéraire de l'Académie du Vin de Bordeaux" in 1984. [academie.vins-bordeaux.fr [http://academie.vins-bordeaux.fr/prix-lit.asp Littérature / Prix littéraire] ]History of Pomerol
While a professor of
geography at the "University of Bordeaux ", Enjalbert completed his work "Les Grands Vins de St-Emilion, Pomerol et Fronsac" which included an extensive history account of thePomerol wine region derived from thememoir s of estate owners as well as official reports and the documentations fromnotaries . On item that was noted was the early presence ofCabernet franc andMalbec in Pomerol in the mid 18th century at Château Trochau (nowChâteau Haut Tropchaud ) when the grapes were known under thesynonym s "Bouchet" and "Noir de Pressac" as well as a "Cabernet" vine that may be an early mention ofCabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux on theRight Bank long before it would establish itself in theLeft Bank estates of the Médoc andGraves . Enjalbert also discovered that white wine grapes were prevalent throughout the Pomerol region in the mid-18th century but were just then started to be pulled out in favor of red grape varieties. His work also included the early history of the Pomerol estatesChâteau Pétrus ,Château Trotanoy ,Château La Conseillante ,Château Nenin ,Vieux Château Certan ,Château Gazin andChâteau Beauregard . H. Johnson "Vintage: The Story of Wine" pg 263 Simon and Schuster 1989 ISBN 0671687026 ]References
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