Reds from the Centre Loire: Sancerre, Menetou-Salon, Reuilly, Coteaux du Giennois and Châteaumeillant
The Centre Loire is best known for Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, but it also does some very interesting
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Exploring the Centre Loire (4) Domaine Villargeau, Coteaux du Giennois
Website: https://www.domaine-villargeau.fr/ Villargeau is an impressive producer based in the Coteaux du Giennois in the Centre Loire. I visited with
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Highlights: Domaine Roche Bleue L’Orée de la Berterie 2022 Coteaux-du-Loir
Domaine Roche Bleue L’Orée de la Berterie 2022 Coteaux-du-Loir, Loire13.5% alcohol. This is Chenin Blanc from 30 year old vines.
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Clos Galerne: mastery of Chenin in some great Anjou terroirs
Website: https://closgalerne.com/ Cédric Bourez is the dude behind Clos Galerne, and exciting and relatively new producer in Anjou. His background
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A Centre Loire study: seven wines, red and white
Tasted these Centre Loire wines together. It’s an interesting region and there are lots of good terroirs here. I visited
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Highlights: Laura David L’Insolente Montlouis-Sur-Loire 2022
Website: https://laura-david.com/fr/ Laura David established her domaine in 2017 at the age of 25 with 7 hectares of vines in
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Exploring the Centre Loire (3) Domaine Daniel Chotard, Sancerre
Website: https://www.chotard-sancerre.fr/en/ Chotard is in the small village of Reigny, and it was a beautiful October afternoon when we visited,
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Exploring the Centre Loire (2) Domaine Bernard Fleuriet, Sancerre
Website: https://www.fleuriet-sancerre.com/ Bernard Fleuriet is one of Sancerre’s most interesting producers in the region, and we met with Matthieu Fleuriet
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Exploring the Centre Loire (1) Domaine La Croix St-Laurent with Fabien Cirotte
The Domaine La Croix St-Laurent is run by Joël et Sylvie Cirotte and their son Fabien (pictured above), so you
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Curetage: vine surgery for Esca in action, with François Dal
Curetage (also referred to as curettage) is the name for a special sort of vine surgery that was invented in
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