Francis Ford Coppola to return Inglenook to 'lower alcohol'
Francis Ford Coppola to return Inglenook to 'lower alcohol'
Jun 2, 2011 6
Francis Ford Coppola is actively working to produce more elegant, lower-alcohol wines at his re-named Inglenook winery, he told Decanter.com yesterday. The film director and owner of the legendary Inglenook estate in Napa has employed Chateau Margaux winemaker Philippe Bascaules as his managing director to work alongside Bordeaux-based consultant Stephane Derenoncourt, who has been with Coppola since 2008.
Speaking at the Ledbury restaurant in London’s Notting Hill, Coppola said, ‘I want to return to elegance. I will go for the [old] Inglenook style – lower alcohol, more freshness, balance, more restrained tannins – and less oak: Stephane hates oak.’
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