Richard Leroy in his Les Noëls de Montbenault vineyard
I had been hoping to be able to post a preliminary 2010 Loire vintage report from Charles Sydney, the Loire courtier based in Chinon.
However, his report has the following confidentiality notice attached:
'CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This communication is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee designated above. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or disclose this to anyone other than the addressee.'
Having taken appropriate legal advice I have decided reluctantly that I cannot post the report, even though Charles appears to be fairly optimistic about 2010. However, when looking at vintage reports from producers I'm reminded that parents are invariably infatuated by their newly born offspring as I understand are Premier League footballers by their latest mistress.
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Instead I'm delighted to provide a link to La Pipette aux quatre vins's Petit bilan des vendanges 2010, en Anjou et Layon, which features Eric Morgat in Savennières, Richard Leroy@Rablay-sur-Layon and Cyril Le Moing, à Fline de Martigné-Briand.
Shame not to have the Charles Sydney update. We were with Pierre-Jacques Druet at the end of last week. His Vaumoreau remained unpicked but that aside he feels that the 2010 vintage is similar to 1990. He picked the Grand Mont the day before and it came in at 13.5-13.9 potential. Overall he says this year has been a 'game of poker'. Many picked straight after the rains a couple of weeks ago while the brave have hung on and have been rewarded with riper fruit and better potentials.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I expect it will be possible to post it later.
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