Isabelle Fort
Classy Right bank Bordeaux Winemaker
- Isabelle Fort loves her job, she quotes Confucius...'Choose a job that you like and you will not have to work a single day of your life'
- Isabelle's Ch La Fleur Grand Landes, is a Right bank Bordeaux of great class
- She works hard and has given up the quiet life purely to seek an optimal quality whatever the vintage
Isabelle Fort's Story
Isabelle Fort's Story
"My family owned this estate before the French Revolution (1789) and I have always wanted to keep this asset. Therefore, I chose to do agricultural studies and obtained a National diploma of oenology in Bordeaux and have taught oenology and winegrowing for 10 years.
I love the diversity in my job, as Confucius the Chinese philosopher once said 'Choisissez un travail que vous aimez et vous n�aurez pas � travailler un seul jour de votre vie' or to translate 'Chose a job that you like and you will not have to work a single day of your life'
My Key Winemaking philosophies are patience, self-abnegation and abandonment, courage, love and listening. We are green because being a winegrower, it is being first and foremost a FARMER and keep sensible with common sense, we do not spoil the land because it MAKES US LIVE.
We green harvest leaving 8 bunches by plant Filtration and we maintaing regular racking to eliminate the lees, during the ageing and slight filtration before bottling for an optimal presentation of the wine
I couldn't do my job without my husband Jean-Philippe Fort (consultant-oenologist for over 70 great growths of Bordeaux) for his precious advice. I work hard and have given up a quiet life purely to seek an optimal quality whatever the vintage."
