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 of geography at the University of Bordeaux. He was considered an eminent specialist in wine geology, whose expert opinion frequently overlapped into the fields of oenology, 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 of Mas 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 that Albania, the Ionian Islands of Greece, and southern Dalmatia in present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina may have been the last European refuge of the grape vine after the Ice 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 and Saint-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 the Bordeaux 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 the Pomerol wine region derived from the memoirs of estate owners as well as official reports and the documentations from notaries. On item that was noted was the early presence of Cabernet franc and Malbec in Pomerol in the mid 18th century at Château Trochau (now Château Haut Tropchaud) when the grapes were known under the synonyms "Bouchet" and "Noir de Pressac" as well as a "Cabernet" vine that may be an early mention of Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux on the Right Bank long before it would establish itself in the Left Bank estates of the Médoc and Graves. 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 estates Château Pétrus, Château Trotanoy, Château La Conseillante, Château Nenin, Vieux Château Certan, Château Gazin and Château Beauregard. H. Johnson "Vintage: The Story of Wine" pg 263 Simon and Schuster 1989 ISBN 0671687026 ]

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