François Crochet

Carine & François Crochet ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une grande dégustation
le lundi 29 novembre 2010
dans leur nouvelle cave à Bué
de 10 heures à 17 heures

avec:

Domaine Pierre-Luneau Papin: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

Pierre-Marie Luneau et Marie Chartier  

Domaine Grosbois: Chinon
Nicolas Grosbois

Domaine Horiot: Champagne 

Olivier Horiot

Domaine Ogier Côte Rotie

Stéphane Ogier

Domaine de la Graveirette: Châteauneuf-du-Pape et Côtes du Rhône
Julien Mas

Tel: 02.48.54.21.77 email: francoiscrochet@wanadoo.fr

2009 Sancerre, François Crochet

I have already posted about the 2009 Sancerre from François Crochet – it was one of my top white Sancerres from the tasting at the Bureau du Centre in early June. See here. We drank a bottle of it with friends in Pauillac on Friday night and again it showed brilliantly. It is always impressive when people recognise how good a wine is spontaneously without any prompting at all. This was the case with François' 2009 Sancerre – lovely mineral character and precision of fruit.

Marcigoué
18300 Bué

Tél. 02 48 54 21 77
Fax 02 48 54 25 10

E-mail : francoiscrochet@wanadoo.fr

 Pinot Noir@Sancerre 2008

Day one of my two days spent in Sancerre tasting at the Bureau du Centre in early June concentrated on whites from Pouilly-Fumé, Quincy and Sancerre. On the second day it was the turn of reds from Menetou-Salon, Reuilly and Sancerre with those from Sancerre making up the majority. The wines were tasted blind.   

There were 25 red Sancerres – all from the 2008  vintage, except for one 2009. Of the 25, 13 were matured in tank and 12 in wood. It was evident from the tasting that at least for the 2008 vintage producers had two options. Either to make a very light cuvée, concentrating on the fruit and extracting very little tannin or to make a more serious concentrated wine which needs to mature in wood to soften the tannins. Otherwise you may well end up with a wine that has severe tannins, at least in its youth. All of the best noted wines here were matured in wood.

 François Crochet

My top wine

2008 Reserve de Marcigoué, François Crochet
From a  small parcel of vines (0.5ha) with a yield of between 35-40 hl/ha and picked by hand. matured in demi-muids (500 litre) for 12 months. This has excellent concentration of black fruits allied with a freshness that gives balance. 

Well noted (all 2008)

Bernard Fleuriet, Anthocyane (30 hl/ha, hand picked)
Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy, A Nicolas (35hl/ha, hand picked) 

Noted (all 2008 - matured in tank)

Roger et Didier Raimbault (50 hl/ha, machine picked)
Serge Laloue (43 hl/ha, hand picked)