2015 Fêtes des Vins de Bourgueil: 21st March 2015 (3rd post) + preferred 2014s

Benoît Amirault, Domaine Yannick Amirault

Tasting Bourgueil in the rain of Saturday

   

Nathalie Omasson (above and below) 

Bertrand Nau, Nau Frères

 Domaine les Pins – Pitault-Landry

 Christophe Blot, Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

 Hervé Menard, Domaine Menard 

 I wonder how lomg Guillaume can talk 

without drawing breath?!

 Guillaume Lapaque, Vins de Bourgueil

 Philippe Pitault,  Domaine les Pins – Pitault-Landry  

 Emmanuel Caslot, Domaine de la Chevalerie

2014 Bourgueil

Unfortunately tasting conditions on Saturday were far from ideal – it was cold under 10˚C and it rained for part of the time heavily enough for drips to come through the wooden slats of the huts, so it wasn't a lot of fun tasting cold 2014 Bourgueil with cold hands and feet. However, it had to be done. 

The majority of the Bourgueil producers present (around 40 in total) were showing some of their 2014s, although there were a few producers with just previous vintages. Some of the 2014s are already in bottle but many are samples of unfinished wines. 

My preferred wines from the 2014s I tasted

2014 Domaine de la Petite Mairie 

2014 Petit Mont, Domaine du Petit Bondieu (Thomas Pichet)

2014 Vieilles Vignes, Nathalie Omasson 

2014 Vieilles Vignes, Nau Frères

2014 Jeunes Vignes + Vieilles Vignes, Audebert 

2014 La Vigne aux Alouettes, Domaine Ménard

2014 Chévrette + Cuvée du Grand Clos, Michel, Joëlle, Jérémy Lorieux  

2014 Cuvée les Rochettes + Vieilles Vignes, Pitault-Landry

2014 Pied de la Butte + Haut de la Butte + Mi-Pente, Domaine de la Butte

2014 Jean-Marie Amirault

2014 Clos de l'Abbaye

2014 Cuvée les Chesnaies, Lamé Delisle Boucard

2014 La Perinelle, Domaine des Raguenières 

2014 La Petite Cave, Yannick Amirault

2014 Rouge de Minière, Château de la Minière

2014 Tsoin Tsoin, Laurent Herlin

2014 Sur les Hauts + Closeries, Aurélien Revillot

2014 Cuvée Santenay, Jean-Marc Breton

    

Bourgueil's 13th invasion of Tours: Saturday 21st March 2015 (part 2)

Jérémy Lorieux (Domaine Michel, Joëlle et Jérémy Lorieux)

Delphine Delanoue (la femme d'Armel)

Armel Delanoue

 Fine umbrella for miserable conditions 

Giant dish allows the chef to warm his hands!

 Claude Vidal wondering when Jim is going to send 

the photo he took at the end of January in Angers  

Séverine Godefroy, la soeur de Jérome (Domaine GODEFROY Jérôme)

 Michel Lorieux, Clos de l'Abbaye 

Thierry Boucard, Domaine de la Chanteleuserie

 Jean-Marie Amirault: the event is not 

just about tasting but selling too!

Cyril Langlois, gérant de "La Loère" (http://www.laloere.fr)

Paul Breton – nouvelle géneration à Domaine Pierre et Catherine Breton

 

Laurent Herlin

(above and below) 

Aurélien Revillot: 2 ha in Bourgueil, 0.25 in Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil

His 14s are looking promising 

Maeva Mabileau, Domaine de la Closerie

Third set of photos to follow tomorrow or Tuesday. 

Bourgueil's 13th invasion of Tours: Saturday 21st March 2015 (part 1)

Unfortunately the original forecast for today led us astray – it was supposed to be dry, sunny but cold. Instead it was certainly cold and instead of the sun it rained – hard enough for it to start dripping through the wooden huts used to house the vignerons. I tasted just the 2014s on show  – hard going not because of the vintage but because the wines were cold. I wasn't going to try warming them up with my hands that were already cold. 

Despite this, tasting the 2014's Bourgueil showed again their promise and it looks like the vintage will be one to enjoy early, although probably with a potential to age. 

Fortunately the weather cheered up a little in the early afternoon when some English sunshine made an appearance!  

Some photos from today – more to follow:  

Philippe Boucard wasn't fooled by a 

favourable forecast – he came prepared 
plus he very kindly gave a present of 
a book on Turner in the Loire

 Preparing the sausages and frites 

 Vincent le Cuisinier preparing oeufs en meurette au Bourgueil

 Serge Babary, the mayor of Tours – last year it was Jean Germain

(above and below)

Adrien Gozillon, neveu de François Delaunay

 (Domaine de la Lande)

Jean-Jacques Martin

– well wrapped up against the weather 

François Audebert

@La Galette Bourgueilloise

Marie France Lefevre

Jacky Pitault (left) Robert Viemont et Marie France Lefevre

Philippine Delachaux du Domaine des Raguenières

(above and below) 

Eric Roi, chef de culture du Domaine des Raguenières

Thierry Boucard, Domaine de la Chanteleuserie

 

The  clock @the Gare de Tours