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
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
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