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Chablis Needs To Tell Its Terroir Story
Chablis Needs To Tell Its Terroir Story
"Speaking to the drinks business during a recent visit to Chablis, Grégory Viennois, technical director at Laroche, said: "'It’s great that Chablis is a strong brand like Champagne, but we’re selling ourselves short in not telling the story of our different terroirs.' "'A lot of people think Chablis is a simple, unoaked white wine from Burgundy but at Laroche we’ve been working hard to differentiate the characteristics of the premier and grand cru climats.' “'...People are starting to take Chablis more seriously as a region for terroir-driven, quality wines so there needs to be more focus on the different vineyards...
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Masters of Chablis
Masters of Chablis
"Dating back to 1850 and since 2009 an integral part of the AdVini group, Domaine Laroche is one of the most traditional, 'purist' wine houses in Chablis, virtually synonymous with this region, but also one of the most progressive. In the cellar, under Technical Director Grégory Viennois, wines from each of the domaine’s individual plots—including nearly a dozen premier crus and three grand crus—are assigned to an individual 'tâcheron,' who sees the wine through to completion and ensures that it is a true expression of its terroir. I recently tasted these highly impressive wines from the 2012 vintage. Kudos to...
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Chablis 2012/2013
Chablis 2012/2013
"The tasting room of Laroche is tucked away opposite the abbey of Saint Martin de Tours in a former monastery known as the Obediencerie. Laroche's premier and grand crus are aged within its thick medieval walls, though the magnificent 18th century wine press is for tourists only. Jean-Victor Laroche founded the company in 1850, though it was his son Michel that made them one of the most significant growers/negociants in Chablis. They have set their sights further afield in South France, Chile and South Africa, something unusual in these parochial parts, but the mainstay of the business remains their 90...
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Chablis keeps it clean, unadorned
Chablis keeps it clean, unadorned
"When people return from a trip to the wine country, they often bring back a few bottles of liquid memory. I bring back rocks. A solid piece of a vineyard is my best memory touchstone. "Of all my vineyard rocks, my favorites are my chunks from Chablis, the chardonnay producing region at the northernmost reach of Burgundy. They are blazingly white, the compacted seabed formed by billions of exoskeletons of minute sea creatures during the Jurassic, some 200 million years ago. They are chalk, just like what the nuns would flick at me when I mouthed off in grade school;...
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The Mystery of Chablis
The Mystery of Chablis
"The mystery of Chablis is hardly a case for Sherlock Holmes, despite the fact that this famous wine from the Burgundy region tastes like no other white wine in the world, including its kissing cousins from the nearby Cote de Beaune. "The village of Chablis, from whence the wine takes its name, is the northernmost wine-growing region in Burgundy. The only French wine-growing regions to the north of Chablis are Champagne and Alsace. This is an important aspect of the taste profile found in Chablis, though hardly the only factor, and perhaps not the most important. "The soils of Chablis,...
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Wilson Daniels Expands Portfolio with Domaine Laroche
Wilson Daniels Expands Portfolio with Domaine Laroche
ST. HELENA, CA (November 29, 2011) – Wilson Daniels, one of the industry’s leading fine wine sales and marketing organizations, has been named exclusive U.S. importer for Laroche, a leading wine producer, encompassing properties in Chablis, Languedoc, Chile and South Africa. The partnership will begin January 1, 2012. “We are very pleased to form this partnership with Wilson Daniels and see it as an important moment in the history of Laroche and its properties,” said Antoine Leccia, president and CEO of Advini, Domaine Laroche’s parent entity. Ray Chadwick, president and CEO of Wilson Daniels said, “Laroche is a perfect complement...
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