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Claude Kolm

Claude Kolm
Vincent Girardin has bought 20 ha of vines from La Tour du Bief in Chnas (not clear if he bought the estate or just the vines). According to his press release:

"All parcels of the twenty hectares of the estate La Tour du Bief are in the village of Chnas with lieux-dits Les Caves, La Rochelle, Les Vrillats, Le Bief and La Tour du Bief. A rigorous, impeccable farming plan allowed us to find an exceptional genetic reserve, with some of the vines being more than 80 years old. What more can be expected when the ambition is to restore life to this estate by producing exceptional wines? Today, my goal is to continue the tradition of the production of great Moulin--Vent wines that, in the last century, competed with the great villages of the Cte de Nuits. With their structure and complexity linked to a potentially important capacity for ageing, wines from Moulin--Vent were always cited as examples and with age, its said that they 'Pinotent', meaning getting closer to their Burgundian (Pinot) neighbors by evoking aromas of cherry, matured fruits, spices and truffle.

"A project of classification of the best soils as 'Premier Crus' as in Burgundy is about to be studied to return this great wine to nobility. The parcels of the estate will be affected by this classification.

"Winemaking is traditional, followed by ageing partly in wood foudres of 50hl and then in Burgundian barrels of 228 liters. Wines are neither fined nor filtered in order to give them as much complexity and life as is natural."
 
Interesting. I'm confused, though, did he buy Chenas or MaV vines? Is this the estate Dubouef gets its MaV Tour du Bief from?
 
Chnas is a commune (as well as an appellation); Moulin--Vent is an appellation, but not a commune. Some vineyards of Moulin--Vent are in the commune of Chnas (some in Fleurie, some in Romanche-Thorins).
 
Ah, ok, makes sense, and now that you say that I guess I knew that about MaV.

So this would be the Dubouef MaV - very interesting. A very good wine; to me their best along with Quatre Vents. I am a little dubious about what he will put out though, not sure whether he would go for a new oak approach with the barrels. I don't think he uses new oak in his Maranges or Santenay though so who knows. My guess though based on the write up is that he won't be able to resist and follow the prestige crap path lingering there.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Related, FWIW, I just read on another board that Faiveley bought Chateau Moulin a Vent.
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Interesting. Jadot and Bouchard had already bought in earlier, so of the major negociants, that leaves Drouhin still without any Beaujolais ownership, and on next level down, Latour, Chanson, Bichot. One wonders, too, if that will spark some of the Beaujolais negociants such as Duboeuf to plunge in. And how many Bojo producers are now dreaming (realistically or not) of selling out for more money than they ever thought possible?

It's also curious that only Faiveley has a really major presence on the Cte Chalonnaise, although Drouhin has a little, too. Rodet has a big presence there, of course, although all or mostly through working agreements and not ownership.
 
didn't burg producer thibault ligier buy land in morgon or moulin a vent? i believe their first wines will be released shortly.
 
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
didn't burg producer thibault ligier buy land in morgon or moulin a vent? i believe their first wines will be released shortly.
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I think he did, and I think that Jacques Prieur may have a connection in the Beaujolais, too.
 
originally posted by Tom Glasgow:
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Steven Spielmann:
Also I heard that LVMH was going to pick up Foillard and Coudert.
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That enough of that, troublemaker.
Best, Jim
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Not enough volume for LVMH. (or us when comes to Coudert).
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No problem -- it's just a brand. Duboeuf will sell them enough to fill out the volume requirements under that label.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Tom Glasgow:
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Steven Spielmann:
Also I heard that LVMH was going to pick up Foillard and Coudert.
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That enough of that, troublemaker.
Best, Jim
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Not enough volume for LVMH. (or us when comes to Coudert).
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No problem -- it's just a brand. Duboeuf will sell them enough to fill out the volume requirements under that label.
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Just let us know what the AP numbers are for the real stuff.
 
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
didn't burg producer thibault ligier buy land in morgon or moulin a vent? i believe their first wines will be released shortly.
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Yes, I've spoken to Virginia retailers who are carrying this wine.

I take it Drouhin's Beaujolais are all negociant-purchased.
 
Yes, the wine is good; the question is: does Drouhin own their Beaujolais vineyards, or buy the wine from growers? Claude implies the latter.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Yes, the wine is good; the question is: does Drouhin own their Beaujolais vineyards, or buy the wine from growers? Claude implies the latter.
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Drouhin does not own any vines in Beaujolais (according to the Drouhin website). To the best of my knowledge, Drouhin buys grapes or must and ferments the wines itself. I'll try to remember to check when I taste there in November.
 
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