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2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Friday 25 December 2009

A few photos for Christmas Day

Azay-le-Rideau in early January 2009

Cabernet Franc in Saumur-Champigny mid October 2005

Château de Chaintres, Saumur-Champigny: mid-October 2005

7 comments:

Jean said...

Wonderful photots. Can't wait to see it again for myself...not long now !

Happy Christmas Jim.
And we wish you a great New Year.

Jean and Nick

Jim's Loire said...
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Jim's Loire said...

Many thanks Jean. Happy Christmas to you both and best wishes for the New Year,

Jan-Tore Egge said...

Nice photos, and the Cabernet Franc reminds me that I just bought a Bourgueil the other day (Yannick Amirault's La Coudraye 2007). Merry Christmas, and thanks for drawing our attention to the garden of France. I've been meaning to visit the valley for a few years. Who knows: I might actually do it one day.

Jim's Loire said...

Merry Christmas JT. Hope to see you in the Loire sometime. Jim

Colin Thorne said...

Best wishes for Christmas and New Year Jim - among our wines this year we had a 1989 Coteaux du Layon Faye from Chateau du Fresne; a very odd oyster shell smell to it, medium sweet, lacked a bit of definition but had lovely mouth filling texture and a toasty, creamy finish. The 2002 Vouvray Le Mont demi sec from Huet was vibrant and rather fine with our Devon crab - half a bottle left for Boxing Day too!
All the best for 2010, keep up the good work.

Jim's Loire said...

Thanks Colin and all good wishes to you. 2002 is a lovely vintage. It is interesting tasting some sweet 1989s now. Potentially a wonderful vintage but some of the wines are not as good as they would be if one had the same conditions today because of the progress that has been made in sweet wine making over the last 15-20 years.