Salon de Vins de Loire + La Levée de la Loire: Monday 2nd February 2015

  Laurent Herlin, Bourgueil

Marie Chartier-Luneau et Monique Luneau 

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Spot that!!

 New joint stand featuring Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin (Muscadet), Clos des Quarterons (Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil and Bourgueil), Nicolas Grosbois, Domaine Le Rocher des Violettes, Henry Pellé

 

Unusually serious Pierre Luneau of Domaine de Pierre Luneau-Papin

 

 Entrance to the Press Room

 Pierre Ménard, Le Quarts des Noëls, Anjou 

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2013 Le Quarts des Noëls, Anjou, Pierre Ménard  

On the basis of his first release – the 2013 Le Quarts des Noëls – Pierre Ménard is an exciting new producer in Anjou. This was one of the wines that stood out in the tasting of Anjou Blancs at the Salon. It is from a small parcel of old vines from the beginning of the 1920s planted on schist in a vineyard (0.2 ha) at Faye d'Anjou that overlooks the Layon. Pierre's 2013 is attractively saline, very clean and precise. It spent 12 months in second-use 225 litre barriques bought from Haut Brion.  

Emmanuel Ogereau taking over from his parents

@Domaine Ogereau   

Yannick Amirault, Domaine Amirault, 

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil and Bourgueil

 The Wine Sleuth, journalist Denise Medrano

Journalist and writer Carolyn Henry

Vincent Roussely, Domaine Roussely, Touraine 

Richard Desouche, Château de Chaintres, Saumur-Champigny 

Young Bernard Sirot, Vino Magazine