Loire visit advice needed

[maureen]

A colleague at work has just reached out asking for advice. He reached out to several estates requesting appointments and the following all said to come in the morning of the same day - Joguet, Couly-Dutheil, Amirault and Pallus. He is visiting with Baudry and Raffault in the afternoon.

What is your advice on the two he should try to visit that morning?

And if there are any other "don't miss" visits - or restaurants - feel free to offer those as well.

 

[Josh Fontaine]

Enfin du Vin in Candes Saint Martin for riverside daytime drinking.

Café de la Promenade in Bourgueil for a hambourgueil.

 

[Yixin]

It's not a long drive but Amirault (I assume you mean Yannick and Benoît) is a but further away from the other three (and Raffault and Baudry are not that close together either).

I work with a few of these folks so will refrain from commenting on relative quality, but all of them make whites and/or rosés worth trying, something that's often forgotten.

 

[maureen]

originally posted by Yixin:
It's not a long drive but Amirault (I assume you mean Yannick and Benoît) is a but further away from the other three (and Raffault and Baudry are not that close together either).

I work with a few of these folks so will refrain from commenting on relative quality, but all of them make whites and/or rosés worth trying, something that's often forgotten.

So if you were scheduling the morning based strictly on logistics what would you suggest including setting himself up for getting to afternoon apts?

 

[Yixin]

originally posted by maureen:

originally posted by Yixin:
It's not a long drive but Amirault (I assume you mean Yannick and Benoît) is a but further away from the other three (and Raffault and Baudry are not that close together either).

I work with a few of these folks so will refrain from commenting on relative quality, but all of them make whites and/or rosés worth trying, something that's often forgotten.

So if you were scheduling the morning based strictly on logistics what would you suggest including setting himself up for getting to afternoon apts?

Joguet, then C-D or Pallus, depending on how much oak he likes in his Chinon. The sunrise over the original Joguet domaine is worth the early start, and if Baudry is last, the sunset over Croix Boisée.