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Loire-heads, changes at Domaine de l` Ecu!
- Thread starter Bob Parsons Alberta
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originally posted by Bob Parsons Alberta:
Loire-heads, changes at Domaine de l` Ecu!Informative write-up from Chris plus a link to new website>
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www.thewinedoctor.com
... which includes a nice shout-out to our own Yixin, it should be added.
Mark Lipton
There are a lot of changes in Muscadet. I think SFJoe noted the presence of Rémi Branger at Pépière and Fréd Niger at l'Ecu; A-M. Brégeon also has its own Fréd (Lailler), and the dynasty continues at Luneau-Papin with Pierre-Marie (and Marie is now on maternity leave).
I'm personally hopeful that the Cru Communaux moves will help lift prices and make winegrowing there sustainable for the new generation.
I'm personally hopeful that the Cru Communaux moves will help lift prices and make winegrowing there sustainable for the new generation.
Attentive readers will have noted a somewhat covert link to the Ecu site near the bottom, as well as other spurious comments.
Thanks for the link, Bob.
Thanks for the link, Bob.
I am of two minds on this. I think the lift needs to come from a quality extreme, and I fear that at least some of the Crus may not push as hard as they will need to for the difference to be perceived in the market. I don't get to taste enough Clisson or Ch. Thebaud, but I wonder how much of it is as good as Marc's?originally posted by Yixin:
I'm personally hopeful that the Cru Communaux moves will help lift prices and make winegrowing there sustainable for the new generation.
Fred Niger is a skeptic on the CCs, and Taurus is his alternative answer to the problem. That, and he thinks the Domaine's wines are already standouts, which is certainly true.