{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 391: \u00c9douard Miailhe - Dynamic leader of the Margaux AOC & 5th Generation Owner of Ch\u00e2teau Siran","description":" Ch\u00e2teau Siran is an historic and innovative estate on the Left Bank of Bordeaux, in the commune of Margaux. Once owned by the painter Toulouse-Lautrec\u2019s great-grandmother, in the mid-1800s Siran was purchased by ancestor of \u00c9douard Miailhe\u2019s family and today he is the 6th generation to run Siran.   Miailhe, like many of the most interesting people in the wine industry, had an entire career doing something other than wine (in his case finance and real estate in the Philippines) until his mother and father retired about 15 years ago and he decided to move back to France to run the Ch\u00e2teau. He likes to stay busy (and take on challenges) because in addition to being the leader of Ch\u00e2teau Siran in 2018, he took the difficult job of running the winegrowers association of Margaux, a post that was held by his predecessor for decades! Photo: Team at Ch\u00e2teau Siran, Marjolaine Defrance, oenologist on the left, \u00c9dourard Miailhe center, Jean-Luc Chevalier, vineyard manager, right. In this show \u00c9douard does double duty \u2013 telling us first about Margaux and then about the spectacular, very classic wines of Ch\u00e2teau Siran, which are an insane value and should be sitting in your cellar to age right now! We discuss the Margaux AOC: the location, the climate, the (slight) elevation, the soil and the typical style of Margaux, plus how it differs from its close neighbors like Pauillac, St-Julien, Listrac, Moulis, and parts of the Haut-M\u00e9doc \u00c9douard shares a bit of the political landscape of the Margaux appellation, its long history (he is amazingly and refreshingly honest about this \u2013 Margaux hasn\u2019t always been fancy, glitzy and glamorous!) and talks about how Bordeaux was a very different place 35 years ago. We talk about the grapes in Margaux and what each brings to the blends in the appellation (with special attention given to Petit Verdot). Then we discuss Ch\u00e2teau Siran \u2026 We learn the history of the ch\u00e2teau and how the property wound up in the Miailhe family\u2019s hands in 1859. \u00c9douard tells us about the fine gravels and subsoils of the region, the proximity of Siran to the river and its unique place in the Labade commune.   The blend and the role of Petit Verdot is featured -- they use up to up to 11% of the grape in some years. We also discuss Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. We discuss the importance of sustainability \u2013 \u00c9douard\u2019s father never sprayed chemicals in the vineyard so it has been free of pesticides for more than 40 years. His vines are old, healthy and full of character. We talk about the Grand Vin \u2013 Ch\u00e2teau Siran \u2013 the blending, vinification, and aging. Then we discuss the other wines: S de Siran, the second wine Ch\u00e2teau Bel Air de Siran (Haut-M\u00e9doc) Ch\u00e2teau Saint-Jacques (Bordeaux Superieur) We really get into the limitations of classifications and why Siran originally opted out of the 1855 Classification and why they recently decided to opt out of the Cru Bourgeois classification. We close talking about how Ch\u00e2teau Siran is one of the few estates in the M\u00e9doc that people can visit. Let\u2019s visit!!! Photo credit: Ch\u00e2teau Siran Other notes... Chateaux mentioned: Ch\u00e2teau Giscours, Ch\u00e2teau Dauzac, Ch\u00e2teau Prieure-Lichine, Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Lalande, Ch\u00e2teau Palmer, Ch\u00e2teau Margaux \u00c9douard also mentions Professor Denis Dubourdieu as wine consultant from St.-\u00c9milion Here\u2019s a link to the video of Marjolaine Defrance, the enologist at Chateau Siran   _____________________________________________________ Thanks for our sponsors this week: Wine Access: Access to the best wines for the best prices! For 15% off your next order, go to www.wineaccess.com\/normal   To become a member of Patreon go to www.patreon.com\/winefornormalpeople       To register for an AWESOME, LIVE WFNP class with Elizabeth go to: www.winefornormalpeople.com\/classes ","author_name":"Wine for Normal People","author_url":"http:\/\/winefornormalpeople.libsyn.com","html":"