Arriving just as yesterday’s Renaissance tasting opened its doors – in fact I think I got there ten minutes early – was a real advantage. There are some tables where the crowds are usually three deep, but this early in the day the hall was nearly empty, save for the growers themselves, many of whom were still scurrying about bringing in their last few boxes of samples. And so I kicked off with Richard Leroy, who was pouring his 2012s, as was Virginie Joly (pictured below, sharing a joke on a mobile with Thierry Michon – you could submit your own captions for this but I propose “Look at what that Kissack idiot has said about your wines“). It was nice to see the Joly wines down to just 14% (!!) and seemingly free of significant botrytis on the nose and palate. After tasting with Virginie it was then onto Marc Angeli, followed by the Muscadet domaines of Jo Landron and then Domaine de l’Ecu, with Frédéric Niger van Herck, with Guy Bossard hovering somewhere close by (pictured further down the page); it was interesting to learn of (and taste) new experimental wines from these two domaines, both Melon de Bourgogne fermented in amphorae, but being 2013s these wines are stll embryonic). By the time I finished here the hall was really filling up, and I was glad to have had the chance to chat with these growers before the full assault began. thewinedoctor/blog/2014/02/renaissance-2014-day-1-amphorae-and-more/ I report on a day of tasting in Angers, as I chew the cud with Richard Leroy, Marc Angeli, Frédéric Niger Van Herck, Virginie Joly, Sébastien David, and quite a few more. [free to read]
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:04:19 +0000
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