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1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Wednesday 2 February 2011

2011 Saint-Vincent Cravant-les-Coteaux

 Le Saint-Vincent 2011@Cravant-le-Coteaux

(Delighted to have this report from Johan Le Calonnec on this journée de la modération.)

The 2011 Saint Vincent in Cravant les Coteaux on Sunday was beautiful, Hubert Page sang l'"Hymne de Cravant les Coteaux" and we were more than 1100 persons (all people sang with Hubert, very nice!).

Here is the menu (the chef was Bernard Tardivon from Poitiers

Menu Saint Vincent 2011

- Assortiment de feuilletés chauds et Gateaux salés
- Apéritif
- Mise en bouche "Tatin de navet et son foie gras de canard poêlé"

_ Aumônière de St Jacques tiède et Millefeuille de Homard et Langouste "Sur son assise de tartare de petits légumes, vinaigrette balsamique"
Chinon blanc

- Escalope de Sandre poêlée et rôtie, beurre rouge
Cravant 2007

- Sorbe de Poire
Cravant 2000

- Pavé de Boeuf crème de Morille "Brochette de légumes (pomme de terre, carotte et courgette) Poêlée de champignons avec cêpes.
Cravant 2006

- Assiette de Mesclun, vinaigrette huile de noix et ses Fromages (Comté et Ste Maure chaud)
Cravant 2005

- Gourmandise Cravantaise (Croquembouche, Framboisier, pâte d'amande nature cristalline de panacotta de fruits rouge)
Pétillant

Café et son Palet de Chocolat
sur table Rouge et Rosé 2010

After lunch (we finished at 19h30...) we visited the cellars of Joël Bournigault, Baudry Dutour, Guillaume et Jérôme Sourdais and Manoir de la Bellonière.

My best memories were Clos des Marroniers 2008 (Baudry-Dutour), the perfect Château La Grille 2005 (Baudry-Dutour), the 2002 from Jérome and Guillaume Sourdais and the 1996 Chinon (from Moreau, Manoir de la Bellanière).

After that we went to the ball and the cold buffet.

Christophe Baudry, the maire of Cravant-les-Coteaux, was very happy after this party, because that was another succès for Cravant.

Johan during the 2009 vintage at Domaine Huet, Vouvray

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Le Fête de Saint-Vincent Epeigné-les-Bois
A report this smaller but equally perfectly formed Fête at Epeigné-les-Bois is here in La Nouvelle République.

2 comments:

Johan said...

I hope to see you on St Vincent 2012 on Cravant les Coteaux Jim...
and I'm sorry one more time for my bad english.

Johan

Jim's Loire said...

Johan. Thanks. It may be possible in 2012. Your English is fine it just needed a few tweaks!