Meet the wine maker……Pascal Amoreau From the mythical Bordeaux estate Chateau Le Puy! – Wed 25th Sept – 7pm
MEET THE PRODUCER TASTING - A very special one!
WEDNESDAY 25th September 7PM - AT THE SHOP
A fantastic opportunity to meet Pascal Amoreau, part of the 400 year old dynasty of wine makers at the amazing biodynamic Bordeaux estate called Le Puy. You will taste 5 exceptional wines and discuss natural production and the world of BORDEAUX wine from his point of view. We will serve the wine with an array of cheeses and nibbles from the courtyard dairy. There will also be plenty of delicious sour dough bread from Lovingly Artisan.
THE VERY SPECIAL LINE UP OF LE PUY WINES
Marie Cecile Blanc 2023 (New Vintage, UK allocation 120 bottles) - £69.00
Rose Marie 2021 (Uk allocation 120 bottles) - £64.00
Chateau Le Puy Emilien 2020 - £49.00
Chateau Le Puy Emilien 2019 - £58.00
Chateau Le Puy Barthelemy 2017 - £170.00
We are delighted to be able to show these special wines to a select group of customers at an exceptional price, there are only 12 places available for the tasting, so please book early.....
£49 per person
(for those of you who sadly can't make the tasting, see the fantastic mixed cases below for a taste of Bordeaux by Buon Vino)
The History
Owned by the Amoreau family since 1610, Château Le Puy overlooks the Dordogne valley on the same geological plateau as Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, once called the ‘Plateau of Wonders’.
The Château was originally built at the beginning of the 17th century and later extended in 1832 by Barthélémy Amoreau. There are 35 hectares of vines spread over three plots with soils made of clay, limestone and silica. It’s quite common to find some sharpened flints between the vines as some parts used to be battlefields in medieval times. The vines are 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% of very old Carménère. There is also a small patch of old vines of Semillon from where they make their delicious un-sulphured white Marie Cecile.
The current crop of family wine makers, Jean-Pierre, Françoise and Pascal are the 15th generation and winemaking methods have barely changed in all that time meaning that Chateau Le Puy Claret has a taste reminiscent of the 1940’s and 1950’s (so i am told) truly reflecting the terroir, the moderate climate and the finesse of the grapes varieties.
They work using biodynamic principles, no chemicals, low yields, no yeasting nor chaptalization, long ageing and very low added sulphites if any. These are rare bottles in Bordeaux. They are not trying to impress wine critics or grab headlines, not trying to fetch mind boggling prices on the international markets (although the older they get, the pricier they become) and not trying to express anything other than what they can produce in their vineyard.
They are bottles of Bordeaux that made me like Bordeaux again and although we have rarely had the opportunity to taste the very old vintages, we know these wines age majestically and would make a fabulous addition to the cellar of any Bordeaux enthusiast.
A wine maker according to Jean Pierre Amoreau…
‘Being a wine grower is being an artist with method, audacious with reflection, enthusiastic with meditation, ardent with patience, stubborn with imagination, thrifty with generosity.’
Watch the Video about Barthelemy, Le Vrai Grand Vin du Biodynamisme - Le Puy - Barthélemy on Vimeo
BROWSE LE PUY WINES ON OUR SITE
THE MIXED CASES
LE PUY MIXED CASE - 4 BOTTLES
Marie Cecile 2023
Rose Marie 2023
Emilien 2020
Emilien 2013
9% discount - £225 -BUY ONLINE
This is not just a case of wine, it is a box of pure joy, love and emotion captured in 4 bottles of special wine. Le Puy is a genuinely unique vision of a wine estate and should always be considered as such. Wines like these have a huge amount of history, prestige and of course command not insignificant price tags but we do not feel we have to explain them or build them up too much. No, these are wines which if they speak to you, will be with you throughout your wine drinking life. It is bottles like these which you should bring out and serve to those you love at the big moments and occasions when really fantastic wine can add so much pleasure to the room. This case brings together the main 3 wines of the estate, sadly no Barthelemy in the case as the price is quite serious and we wanted our Le Puy experience case to be just about affordable as wine for a special occasion.
BUON VINO DOES BORDEAUX - 6 BOTTLES
Chateau Le Puy Emilien 2020
Les Jardins d'Edina Riviere 2022
2 x Cotes de Blaye Rouge Mattieu Cosse 2020
2 x Cotes de Blaye Blanc Mattieu Cosse 2020
8% discount - £155
Buon Vino Bordeaux Mixed Case – 6 bottles, a mixed case of natural Bordeaux wines from three celebrated producers. This is a fantastic delve into natural Bordeaux wine, a region which up until recently has not had a lot to offer the natural wine lover. Here we have put together three experienced natural growers, two of which made their names in other regions but who have recently started new projects in Bordeaux. Read more about the case HERE.