2009 Cabernet Franc
This year the final of Bourgueil's annual wine competition – Le Concours de Saint-Vincent – will be held in Tours on the eve of Bourgueil's invasion of Tours on Saturday 27th. The organisers have decided to widen the range of judges in order to get a broader perspective and have invited journalists, sommeliers and others to be part of a super jury. I'm delighted to have been invited to be a judge.
Le Concours de Saint-Vincent judges Bourgeuils from the latest vintage, so these will be 2009. There are three categories: vin de garde (suitable for aging), vin de printemps (wines bottled young to be enjoyed young) and vin rosé.
Following the judging there will be a tutored tasting of Bourgueils from previous '9' vintages: 1999, 1989, 1979, 1969 and 1959. Périco Légasse, journalist, broadcaster and wine producer in Azay-le-Rideau, and probably Jacques Puisais (www.institutdugout.fr/) will be commenting on the wines.
Glass, grapes and vineyards@roundabout to west of town of Bourgueil
