Posted On November 10, 2009 at 4:41 pm in Loire
One of the wine blogs I regularly read is Jim’s Loire. Written by Jim Budd, a photographer and contributor to Decanter magazine. His blog is an excellent resource for Loire wine producers and for visiting the Loire valley.
He reviewed the Domaine Bouchie-Chatellier and had this to say about 2006 “Premiere Millissime”: Much the most interesting of the three wines (admittedly the richer 2006 vintage not 2007) with richer, softer fruit, spice and complexity. This is a Pouilly-Fumé to drink with food and should age well over the next four or five years.
Jim’s Loire
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Posted On November 6, 2009 at 8:50 pm in Languedoc
The hard work in the vineyards that Stephanie Chanot and her team have done over the past four years is starting to show results. When Bernard Kohler bought the estate both the winemaking facilities and the vines had been neglected for years. The vines had not been properly pruned and many were over-productive. Thankfully, rather than pulling them out as was recommended they kept many of the old vine parcels including one 60 year old parcel of Mourvedre.
The summer heat continued well into September in the Languedoc. Despite the lack of rain yields were average this year. Grapes were perfectly healthy when harvesting began on August 28th. Due to the favorable weather and excellent quality of the grapes harvesting was able to continue to October 13th.
1792: The new cuvée:
Chateau Moyau has its origins from the Middle Ages. Legend has it that the original settlers were pirates whose leader answered to the name Moyau. Another story claims that Moyau is derived from the word marais or marsh. A 1792 map documents the presence of a village called Moyau then called Mautÿa in the Occitan language. Some of the buildings at Chateau Moyau date to this time.
1792 is a Grenache based cuvée: full-bodied, soft nose with notes of woody undergrowth, truffles and black fruits. Its starts with a freshness in the front of the mouth and releases fine complex aromas and powerful tannins
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