Jean-Marc Bourgeois@Hotel La Côte des Monts Damnés, Chavignol
Jean-Marc with the chef and owner of la Côte with his wife Karine
Jean-Marc Bourgeois@the hotel bar with a glass of very young 2011 Sancerre (24th September)
Tagliatelle with fresh chèvre: Jean-Marc's irresistible signature dish
Looking down on Bué from Le Clos de la Poussie
Le Clos de la Poussie – difficult to see the extent of the erosion problems from a distance
Small village of Champtin between Bué and Crézancy
Claude and Laurent Champault, producers in Champtin
Laurent Champault
4 comments:
'A very young 2011 Sancerrre' sounds like an understatement. Had it stopped fermenting?
Probably not JT – I can't remember, although it might have been one of the first to have finished.
A triple comment, my friend.
First, lovely pictures again. Ever since I started my regular blog myself (July 2011) I have tended to always travel with at least a small camera in the car, and a reflex whenever feasible. But I haven’t got YOUR “eye”. Shame.
Second: Sancerre has stopped fermenting the natural part of its sugars. Now, they’re all down to the chaptalized part, and that takes a while ...... Naughty, naughty.
Third: last time I visited the appellation as a wine-writer – must be around turn of the century - we were all accommodated at a “Soviet style” hotel in the village. You know: alloy frames to the windows, long halls with concrete staircase, neon lights. All comfy and clean, no problem. Don’t remember the name. At night, I went out with the younger local winemakers to a local pub and found out they were all rugby fans. They had all had a gym teacher at school who trained Bourges’ first squad, and had enrolled them in the club. I myself was at the end of my “Scottish period” and liked the game. So it ended up pretty late and ... utterly pissed. I crawled back to the hotel only to find the door locked and I didn’t possess the access code (4 a.m.).
By lucky chance, a window was still ajar at mid-staircase height and I could make my way to the inside ... just. Lovely anecdote, that one. And long live Sancerre’s rugby !
Merci Luc. Yes always worth carrying a camera.
The Soviet style establishment might have been the Panoramic, now owned by Guy Saget. If you have the option stay at Jean-Marc and Karine's establishment in Chavignol.
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