2013 Pepiere Monnieres Saint Fiacre?

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Ian Fitzsimmons

Ian Fitzsimmons
Saw a flier for this wine recently, first I've heard of it. Review by Stephen Rheinhardt says it is raised in concrete eggs.

Has anyone here tried it?

More generally, what's the community's take on Pepiere's 2013s overall?

Cheers.
 
I'm surprised there's no response here, especially about the St. Fiacre. I'll order a bottle shortly and report.

Vaguely related, I just saw a flyer about pinot wines from Domaine de l'Ecu (Bossard); 'Ange.' Any local encounters with this one? I'll try to find a reasonable way to get a bottle of this to try, too; but it may be a more difficult quest.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
I'm surprised there's no response here, especially about the St. Fiacre. I'll order a bottle shortly and report.

Vaguely related, I just saw a flyer about pinot wines from Domaine de l'Ecu (Bossard); 'Ange.' Any local encounters with this one? I'll try to find a reasonable way to get a bottle of this to try, too; but it may be a more difficult quest.
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Yes, Fred passes through Chicago once a year or so and he's poured the Ange for me a few times. (Sharon, Lars Makie and I shared a bottle of the '09(?) a while back as well.) It's nice enough, although I generally balk at the price tag when presented with the option to purchase. I've not tried the '14 yet. I generally prefer his amphora cab franc.

IIRC, SF Joe's last Loire report had some commentary on the Ecu reds.
 
originally posted by fillay:
Fred passes through Chicago once a year or so and he's poured the Ange for me a few times. (Sharon, Lars Makie and I shared a bottle of the '09(?) a while back as well.)
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Nice! I hope we'll get a chance to share some wine again—maybe 2016 will be propitious for that?
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by fillay:
Fred passes through Chicago once a year or so and he's poured the Ange for me a few times. (Sharon, Lars Makie and I shared a bottle of the '09(?) a while back as well.)
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Nice! I hope we'll get a chance to share some wine again—maybe 2016 will be propitious for that?
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So let it be said, so let it be done.
 
I tasted this at the LDM tasting in NYC back in October. Gwenaelle Croix told me it was grown mostly on gneiss. No mention of concrete eggs, but I might have just missed it.

It had an interesting licorice-like note on the nose which I found unusual for Pepiere wines. It was very dense and stony. I liked it quite a bit.

I also tasted the 2013 Clisson which I found more savory than other recent vintages. It had great texture.

I enjoyed plenty of 2013 classique and Briords while they were still around so overall a good vintage I think.
 
originally posted by fillay:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by fillay:
Fred passes through Chicago once a year or so and he's poured the Ange for me a few times. (Sharon, Lars Makie and I shared a bottle of the '09(?) a while back as well.)
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Nice! I hope we'll get a chance to share some wine again—maybe 2016 will be propitious for that?
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So let it be said, so let it be done.
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Give me a heads-up and I'll show for such an auspicious occasion.

Mark Lipton
 
Last night we drank a 2015 Pepière Monnières-Saint Fiacre. A bit shut-down, with subdued florals, a touch more sweet than acid before food, balanced afterwards. Good texture and weight, but nothing to particularly write home about. Must be the curse of the 2015s, which brings to mind the curse of the 2005s.

From the CSW write-up: Domaine de la Pépière has produced this superb Cru Communal in the new appellation Muscadet Monnières-Saint Fiacre from old vines on gneiss terroir with top-soils of sand and gravel, formerly part of the Cuvée Eden and Gras Moutons. Slow two-month fermentation followed by 24 months of aging on the lees.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
So, you're saying it wasn't so gneiss?
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This homonym has been so oft abused, it's just gnot fugngny agny more.

Not sure whether to smile or weep, reading this thread from the top down - absent friends.
 
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