Vineyard vandals attack Clot de l’Oum in Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon's
Clot de l'Oum winery has seen its vineyards vandalised, with damage set
to total tens of thousands of euros, according to its owner.
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A vandalised vine at Clot de l'Oum in Roussillon. Credit: Eric Monné, owner of Clot de l'Oum |
Vines belonging to Clot de l’Oum, in Agly Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, were cut into pieces during the night of 1 April.
The plots were part of two parcels of old Syrah, 32 years old and 18 years old respectively.
Clot de l’Oum owner Eric Monné told Decanter.com that the damage would cost him €25,000 in lost wine this year, and this figure will increase if the vines cannot grow.
‘This act of vandalism represents 15 to 20% of my turnover. If it
happens again, we will not be able to cope, and we will be forced to
stop our activities,’ Monné added.
He said it appeared the vandal, or vandals, had wine knowledge.
Those damaged were facing south on gneiss terroir in the middle of
the woods 2 kilometres from the nearest village. The cuts were on the
upper parts of the vines.
‘The pruning system for these vines was Guyot,’ said Monné.
‘This is a voluntary, premeditated act because those vines are the
only plots with this pruning system. With goblet-trained vines, they
would have to cut four different places instead of one cut with Guyot.’
This story has moved the world of wine since it was announced on
Twitter. ‘I received a lot of support from all over France but none from
the CIVR [the Roussillon wine body],’ said Monné.
A police inquiry was underway, but there had been no arrests at the time of writing.
When bad behaviours are common and even justified, as recent attacks to
Spanish wine truck, this leads to general bad acts all people thinking
they can do what they want and only seeing his own interest.
All my endorsement to Eric Monné from Catalonia in Spain
Did the vandals maybe speak Spanish? Why would French wine producers
think that they could tip thousands of litres of Spanish wine into the
road with impunity - just because the French police would do absolutely
nothing?
I don't think Spanish people were the origin of this attack
evidently. Probably Eric has an idea as it seems whem talking on the
lack of support from some people.
But in the pesimistic world we
are creating (refugees, wars, poors, ,...) we must all put acts of
collaboration and not of confrontation
Wines Inform Assessors
Did the vandals maybe speak Spanish? Why would French wine producers
think that they could tip thousands of litres of Spanish wine into the
road with impunity - just because the French police would do absolutely
nothing?
Thankfully, only you think that a small, successful high-quality
vigneron like Clot de l'Oum would be involved in the vandalism of the
bulk Spanish wine imports.
Especially given that his vineyard was damaged 3 days BEFORE the wine-spilling action.
I don't think Spanish people were the origin of this attack
evidently. Probably Eric has an idea as it seems whem talking on the
lack of support from some people.
But in the pesimistic world we
are creating (refugees, wars, poors, ,...) we must all put acts of
collaboration and not of confrontation
Wines Inform Assessors
Jonathan mentioned that the dates were wrong. I admit that I did not
check these. My comment was not entirely serious, although a vineyard
out of sight is a better target than one visible from a public road.
I
cannot imagine why anyone would wish to vandalise a vineyard except as
part of a dispute. If it is not the Spanish, then a relative or
neighbour would seem to be a reasonable bet. That does not fit with
earlier attacks elsewhere, as in Bordeaux.
Unfortunately, I suspect that we will never learn the answer.
Origin information: Decanter
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