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Showing posts with label Clos de la Poussie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clos de la Poussie. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 September 2017

2017 Loire – Sancerre - some photos of the harvest (18.9.17)


Victory sign from Jean-Laurent Vacheron 
busy shifting palettes of Sauvignon grapes 

 Hod carriers on the edge of Clos de la Poussie (Bué)
(above and below)


 Pickers near Amigny 

 Sancerre in the shade, vineyards in sunshine 
– signs of picking.

White vans rool OK! 

Vincent Pinard: prototype design for the new
– Le Chàteau design by Clément Pinard's 5 year old son
 

Fuller report on 2017 vintage at Sancerre to come shortly.

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

This morning – Sancerre town as an island....


We stayed overnight in Chavignol and were completely unaware that Sancerre and much of the surrounding area was in thick mist as it was Chavignol. It wasn't until we drove up to the viewpoint above Chavignol at the top of Les Monts Damnésthat we were aware of the mist making the top of Sancerre town appear as an island. A little later when we drove across to Pouilly it was thick mist.  

 Looking down the Monts Damnés with Chavignol 
below and islands including Sancerre out of the mist
 

 Les Monts Damnés and Sancerre



 Bright sunshine on the vines above Chavignol – 
often Chavignol is in the mist and Sancerre in the clear

 Mist swirling over the vines towards Amigny 

The row of trees marks the main road from Sancerre to Bourges 
with a flock of birds flying through the white layer of mist 


Other Sancerre photos  

Pierre and Lauriane Martin 
with 2016 Sancerre juice in their glasses  


Picking on the steep slopes of the 
Clos de la Poussie above Bué
 
 The Clos de la Poussie is in a better state than it was 
but there are still many missing vines here 

Pattern of vineyards close to Bué

 Chavignol – harvest over it is time to clean up

Picking may have finished but spiders are still busy

A glimpse of the Loire with Sancerre in the 
distance from above Les Loges (AC Pouilly-Fumé) 

 

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

2013 Loire Vintage: various photos from our vintage travels

Pinot Noir stems being ejected - Henri Bourgeois

 Sorting Pinot Noir@Henri Bourgeois

View from Clos de la Poussie down to village of Bué


 Picnic above Bué: CRM and Chris Kissack
with provisions mainly bought from charcuterie in Bué

Ubiquitous vans to transport pickers: Alphonse Mellot


It takes a lot of water to make wine! 
Cleaning up equipment@Domaine Vacheron

Amphores are definitely trending..
Without one where is your winery cred?

Part of the Clos du Papillon, Savennières 
above the Château des Vaults  (3.10.2013)

 Clos du Papillon (3.10.13): bunches (above and below) from vines inside walled part
As far as I know no grapes yet picked here on this date.
Vignerons in Anjou were just getting started on early varieties: Grolleau etc.
 


Rot has been a feature of 2013 throughout Loire 
but without (to date) rotten tastes or much concentration

Clos du Papillon: vines to right of the track (as u face the Loire) 
that leads past the Moulin de Gué to the Clos du Papillon 
Richard Kelley has a very good map of the AC here 




Château du Nozet, Ladoucette

Following special request from Eric Florkin dog bite on right calf pics taken a couple of days after event (18.9.13) – now healed up, fortunately. 


Beware the badlands of Saint-Georges-sur-Cher also rampaging braques de weimar!  

Monday, 29 July 2013

Sancerre: further photos from 2012 vintage

Looking across Loire to Saint-Andelain (AC Pouilly-Fumé)

More photos from yesterday's brief sort out of pics.
 
 
 Looking across Loire to Château de Tracy

The Loire and Saint-Andelain

Bué

Le  Cul de Beaujeu vineyard from Chavignol
 
 Clos de la Poussie in distance showing parcels in process of renovation


 Hang glider over Clos de la Poussie

 Old railway viaduct near Ménétréol 

 Sancerre

 Stylish vendangeur

 Tractors and trailers on steep slopes



Harvest activity within sight of town of Sancerre

New budget hotel near Amigny 

Sancerre: dusk light on roofs