RIP Catherine Roussel

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Mike Evans

Mike Evans
I learned today from Josefa Concannon on Facebook and confirmed on Jim Budd’s post (https://jimsloire.blogspot.com/2022/09/farewell-inspirational-catherine.html?m=1) that Catherine Roussel has passed away. Unlike others here, I never had the honor of meeting her, but the wines that she and Didier made influenced me profoundly, opening my eyes to a form of greatness in wine of which I had been unaware and bringing me immeasurable joy through the years, particularly when sharing her wines with others. The light of the world has grown a little dimmer. My condolences to all who knew her.
 
We visited in 2010 and were received very graciously by Catherine (we saw Didier, but he didn't come by to say hi). We walked the vineyards, her dogs by our side, chatting about Joe D. Later we tasted a few barrel samples. She apologized for the cellar being a bazaar, French slang for mess, a term which struck Marcia as particularly amusing (and she has never forgotten). We kept fond memories of Catherine's geniality, and were sorry to hear, as Mike says, that the world has grown a little dimmer.
 
I put a very brief Story up on Instagram yesterday. Nothing super deep. It’s a sad loss of someone who I think was instrumental in our understanding that great soulful wines can come from unexpected sources and inspiring others to widen their views of where great wine comes from.

See here if inclined.
 
By sheer coincidence I opened a 2014 Pif on Monday and have been drinking it since. Even nearly a week later it is a life affirming joy to drink.

She brought great joy to many people. It's hard to think of a better epithet.
 
When the personality of the maker matches the personality of the wines, it brings un "je ne sais quoi de sublime".
Merci Catherine.
With all my admiration.
 
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This was no coincidence.

A way of remembering, celebrating, and paying tribute to a great person and a master of her craft or, as this bottle of astounding purity and depth would suggest, her art.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
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This was no coincidence.

A way of remembering, celebrating, and paying tribute to a great person and a master of her craft or, as this bottle of astounding purity and depth would suggest, her art.
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❤️
 
Dimmer, indeed. I hadn't heard, so thanks, Mike for bearing sad news; been busy with work and have not been on in a while. It will be poignant to open one of the few remaining bottles in the cellar tonight, and will make the others even harder to pull from the rack.

Time is wonderful and powerful and cruel.
 
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