French Wine Odyssey
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French Wine Odyssey A pictorial journey through the vineyards and cellars – Photography by Mick Rock r Pieces of Orthogneiss rock by bunches of Melon de Title Page : Bourgogne grapes in vineyard of Domaine de l'Ecu. Sunset over vineyards near Mercuès, Lot, France. Le Landreau, Loire-Atlantique, France. [Muscadet [Cahors] de Sèvre-et-Maine] Château du Nozet viewed over Sauvignon Blanc Vineyard of Domaine San Martino, near Sartène, vineyard on a misty morning. Pouilly-sur-Loire, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France. [Vin de Corse- Nièvre, France. [Pouilly-Fumé] Sartène] Harvested Sauvignon Blanc grapes with the village The windmill of Moulin-à-Vent above its autumnal of St-Andelain beyond, near Pouilly-sur-Loire, Gamay vineyard, Romanèche-Thorins, Saône-et- Nièvre, France. [Pouilly-Fumé] Loire, France. [Moulin-à-Vent / Beaujolais] Autumnal vineyard at Husseren-les-Châteaux with New oak barriques in chai of Château Léoville- the three ruined châteaux on the hill behind. Barton, St-Julien, Gironde, France. [Médoc / Eguisheim, Haut-Rhin, France. [Alsace] Bordeaux] Wines 'en pupitres' and 'sur lattes' in the cellars of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin in the Gallo-Roman Vineyard below the château of Pierreclos, Saône- chalk quarries (crayères) of Reims, Marne, France. et-Loire, France. [Mâcon-Villages / Mâconnais] [Champagne] D973 road running through the vineyards of Autumnal Gamay vineyards high in the hills above Meursault, Monthelie and Auxey-Duresses, Côte Chiroubles, France. [Chiroubles / Beaujolais] d'Or, France. [Côte de Beaune] Lavender field and vineyard near St-Pantaléon- Picking Syrah grapes in the Coteau de Semons les-Vignes, Drôme, France. [Côtes du Rhône- vineyard of Georges Vernay at Tupin, Rhône, Villages] France. [Côte Rôtie] Bottles of Charmes-Chambertin 1987 in the cellars Vineyards and sunflower field, near Gaillac, Tarn, of Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle- France. [Gaillac] Musigny, Côte d'Or, France. Clos Bacchus vineyard between Château-Chalon Hut of Pierre Damoy in Chambertin-Clos de Bèze and Menétru-le-Vignoble, Jura, France. [AC vineyard at Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte d'Or, France. Château-Chalon] [Côte de Nuits Grand Cru] Ripe Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in vineyard of New vineyard above the coast near Port-Vendres, Château Pibran, Pauillac, Gironde, France. [Médoc Pyrénées-Orientales, France. [Collioure / Banyuls] Cru Bourgeois Supérieur] Ancient bridge by vineyard with the Massif de The ruined papal château viewed through vineyard, Maures beyond, south of Vidauban, Var, France. Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse, France. [Côtes de Provence] Very old wines in the vintage bottle cellar of Stacking bottles to age 'sur lattes' in the cellars of Château Margaux - dating back to 1848. [Médoc / Champagne Salon, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Marne, Bordeaux] France. Springtime apple blossom in small vineyard near Vineyard in early spring near Cassis, Bouches-du- Clairvaux, Aube, France. Rhône, France. [AC Cassis] Evening light over village and vineyards of Village of Chénas surrounded by its vineyards, Cucugnan, Aude, France. [AC Corbières] France. [Chénas / Moulin-à-Vent / Beaujolais] French Wine Odyssey www.wine-odysseys.com All Photography © Mick Rock 1/6 Vineyards near Tuchan, Aude, France. [Fitou / Château Lafon-Rochet viewed over its vineyard, Corbières] St-Estèphe, Gironde, France. [Médoc / Bordeaux] Picking Merlot grapes at Château Palmer, Cabernet Franc vineyards below Le Moulin Bleu Cantenac, Gironde, France. [Margaux / Médoc / near Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France. [AC Bordeaux] Bourgueil] View on to Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and its small walled Château Latour viewed over its vineyard on a vineyard Clos du Mesnil, owned by Krug. Marne, misty winter morning. Pauillac, Gironde, France. France. [Champagne / Côte des Blancs] [Médoc / Bordeaux] Barrels of wine ageing in the magnificent cellar of Vineyard in early spring on the eastern slopes of the Château de Meursault, Côte d'Or, France. Mont Aimé, Bergères-lès-Vertus, Marne, France. [Côte de Beaune] [Côte des Blancs / Champagne] The tower in vineyard of Château La Tour de By Village of Leynes surrounded by vineyards, Saône- with the Gironde estuary in distance. Bégadan, et-Loire, France. [St-Véran / Mâconnais] Gironde, France. [Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur] Autumnal vineyards on the slopes above Lac de St- Vineyards near Apremont, Savoie, France. [AC Vin André with Mont Granier and the Col du Granier de Savoie-Apremont] beyond. St-André, Savoie, France. [AC Vin de Savoie-Abymes] Autumnal vineyard above Ville-Dommange on the Vineyards around the old church at Bossugan, Montagne de Reims, Marne, France. [Champagne] Gironde, France. [Entre-Deux-Mers / Bordeaux] Poppies flowering in spring between Le Montrachet Performing the remuage on bottles of Cristal vineyard (left) and Chevalier-Montrachet, Puligny- champagne in the cellars of Louis Roederer, Reims, Montrachet, Côte d'Or, France. [Côte de Beaune Marne, France. Grand Crus] Vineyards around village of Vinsobres with Mont The necks of bottles of Cristal champagne in a Ventoux in distance. Vaucluse, France. [Vinsobres pupitre with the sediment collected in the caps. / Côtes du Rhône-Villages] Louis Roederer, Reims, Marne, France. Trailer of harvested Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in Harvest time rainbow over Grenouilles, Valmur and vineyard of Château Léoville-Barton, St-Julien, Les Clos vineyards, Chablis, Yonne, France. Gironde, France. [Médoc / Bordeaux] [Chablis Grand Crus] Vineyard of Chapoutier by La Chapelle on the Hill of Hermitage with Tain l'Hermitage and Tournon Château La Mondotte, St-Émilion, Gironde, France. straddling the Rhône below. Drôme, France. Magnums of 1989 Château La Mondotte in the Circular barrel chai of Château Lafite-Rothschild, vintage bottle cellar of Château Canon La Pauillac, Gironde, France. [Médoc / Bordeaux] Gaffelière. St-Émilion, Gironde, France. [Bordeaux] Grenache vineyard above the village of Maury, Vineyard of Château Pierron with avenue of plane Pyrénées-Orientales, France. [Maury / Côtes du trees beyond. Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne, France. Roussillon-Villages] [Buzet] Snow covers Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and its small Village of Juliénas viewed over vineyard, France. walled vineyard, Clos du Mesnil, owned by Krug. [Juliénas / Beaujolais] Marne, France. [Côte des Blancs / Champagne] Ripe Merlot grapes in vineyard at Château Lynch- St-Émilion and its bell tower with the King's Tower Moussas, Pauillac, Gironde, France. [Médoc / in foreground. Gironde, France. [Saint-Émilion / Bordeaux] Bordeaux] The Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé vineyard above the Cos d'Estournel viewed over its vineyard, St- villages of Soultzmatt (left) and Westhalten, Haut- Estèphe, Gironde, France. [Médoc / Bordeaux] Rhin, France. [Alsace] French Wine Odyssey www.wine-odysseys.com All Photography © Mick Rock 2/6 Rolling barrel into cellar of Louis Latour's Château Harvesting Grenache grapes in vineyards at de Grancey. The upright barrels are empty and Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. [Côtes du await filling with wine from the new vintage. Aloxe- Roussillon-Villages / Rivesaltes] Corton, Côte d'Or, France. April colour between vineyards at Bouzy, Marne, Château de Monbazillac - owned by the local France. [Champagne] cooperative. Dordogne, France. Hunawihr and its 15th-century fortified church Charolais cattle by road signs at Pierreclos, Saône- with the Rosacker vineyard beyond. Haut-Rhin, et-Loire, France. [Mâconnais] France. [Alsace] Harvesting botrytised Semillon grapes in vineyard Vineyards at Patrimonio, Haute-Corse, Corsica, of Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Gironde, France. France. [AC Patrimonio] [Sauternes / Bordeaux] Machine harvesting in vineyard of Domaine Ste- Sign on the D2 road in Pauillac, Gironde, France. Clair (Jean-Marc Brocard) at Préhy, Yonne, [Médoc / Bordeaux] France. [Chablis] Harvested Chardonnay grapes in traditional Autumnal vineyards of Moët et Chandon near to baskets (100kg in each) in vineyard of their Château de Saran at Cramant, Marne, France. Champagne Fallet at Cramant. Marne, France. [Côte des Blancs / Champagne] [Côte des Blancs / Champagne] Village of Latour-de-France above vineyard, Harvested Merlot grapes in wooden tubs, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. [AC Côtes du Lamarque, Gironde, France. [Haut-Médoc / Roussillon-Villages-Latour-de-France] Bordeaux] Barrel cellar which has been dug out of the tuffeau Bottles of champagne ageing sur lattes in the subsoil below Domaine des Roches Neuves, cellars of Moët et Chandon, Épernay, Marne, Varrains, Maine-et-Loire, France. [Saumur- France. Champigny] Vineyard, lavender, sunflowers and straw bales at Château d'Yquem and chais viewed from its Chamaret, near Grignan, Drôme, France. vineyard. Sauternes, Gironde, France. [Sauternes / [Coteaux du Tricastin] Bordeaux] Sunset over village and vineyards of Monthelie, Bunch of chardonnay grapes on the Kimmeridgean Côte d'Or, France. [Côte de Beaune] clay soil of Chablis. Yonne, France. [Chablis] Autumnal vines lead down to the village of Le Racking barrels by gravity at Champagne Krug. Mesnil-sur-Oger which surrounds the small walled The tastevin is used to check clarity and taste. vineyard of Clos du Mesnil, owned by Krug. Reims, Marne, France. Marne, France. [Champagne] Unloading harvested Aligoté grapes in backstreet View over vineyards to La Cité, the old town of of Puligny-Montrachet, Côte d'Or, France. [Côte de Carcassonne, Aude, France. [AC Malepère] Beaune] Harvesting in vineyard by Château de la Saule Dew droplets on leaves in vineyard of Château du below the village of Montagny-lès-Buxy, Saône-et- Cléray-Sauvion. Eolie,