Henri Enjalbert

Henri Enjalbert (January 20, 1910[1] – June 19, 1983[2]) was a French professor of geography at the University of Bordeaux. He was considered an eminent specialist in wine geology, whose expert opinion frequently overlapped into the fields of oenology, and wine and terroir history, within the Bordeaux region and beyond.[3][4] Among other credits, he has been called "Bordeaux's most diligent geologist"[5] and "the discoverer of Mas de Daumas Gassac.[6] Among his contentions are that Albania, the Ionian Islands of Greece, and southern Dalmatia in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina may have been the last European refuge of the grape vine after the Ice Age.[7]

  1. ^ Death on June 19, 1983 in Naucelle, Aveyron, Occitanie (France)
  2. ^ sciencespobordeaux.fr Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Alain Huetz de Lemps (in French)
  3. ^ Peppercorn, David (2003). Bordeaux. London: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 530–532. ISBN 1-84000-927-6.
  4. ^ Wine & Dine Daumas Gassac, the Birth of a Grand Cru by Alastair Mackenzie
  5. ^ winepros archive Oxford Companion to Wine - St-Emilion Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Broadbent-wines.com. "Mas de Daumas Gassac". Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  7. ^ winepros archive Oxford Companion to Wine - Albania Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine