2016 Loire: photos from Sancerre today celebrating a memorable vintage

Machine harvesting at Henry Natter (Montigny)

He used to harvest by hand but found it impossible to get pickers

 Henry Natter 

 

 2016 Sauvignon Blanc – Henry Natter

 Sancerre in late afternoon sunlight 

Towards Verdigny and Sury-en-Vaux from Sancerre 

Looking southward from Sancerre 

towards Pouilly and Saint-Andelain

 

 Looking southward from Sancerre 

towards Pouilly

(above and below)

 

 

Autumnal colours

 

 

Jean-Yves Delaporte at the sorting table  

Jean-Yves Delaporte's mother (left) mother-in-law (right)

 One of the Bulgarian pickers keen to take 

photos of the wine-making process 

Matthieu, Jean-Yves and Natalie Delaporte 

Domaine Vincent Delaporte

Vincent Matthieu's grandfather died a few months ago

This is the first harvest without him 

Pinot Noir tumbling onto the sorting table 

Chavignol: some recent photos

 

Vines and posts near Chavignol 

 Domaine Delaporte shop in centre of Chavignol

 Au P'tit Goûter – new restauraut/bistro/tapas bar in Chavignol

 Dubois Boulay: the traditional chhesemaker in Chavignol that was bought by a larger company recently. However, the cheese remains excellent

 Part of Les Monts Damnés

 A roof and a red speck of a brazier for burning prunings on the slopes of the Monts Damnés

(above and below)

 A roof and Les Monts Damnés

 

Looking up through Chavignol to the church and the Henri Bourgeois winery above 

 Street in Chavignol

 Thomas Labaille shop in centre of Chavignol