Notes & Queries
Average vine age
In the producer profile on Remírez de Ganuza (March 2019 issue), Matt Walls provided tasting notes for the 1994, 2001 and 2010 Remírez de Ganuza Rioja. In each note the average age of the vines is 60 years. As these wines span nearly 20 years I wondered if that would not push the average age of the vines up for the 2010. Had there been replanting to keep the average age down?
Adam Stevens, by email
If we were talking about a single-vineyard wine, you are right that it would make absolutely no sense: if the vines were 60 years old in
