Ánd another Silver medal at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles May 2012 for Petit Villebois 2011!
| Medal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit Villebois Sauvignon Blanc 2011 |  |
Excellent results at Concours Mondial du Sauvignon March 16 th and 17th at Bordeaux.
Villebois Sancerre 2011 and Petit Villebois 2011 win Silver!
Last Tuesday, March 13th, in the heart of the Loire Valley an important tasting took place to select new ambassadors for the <Sauvignon Blanc de Loire project> . The wines were selected under the strict supervision of Sam Harrop and an English jury composed of the best English tasters i.e: Tim Atkin, Jamie Goodie, Charles Metcalfe and Annette Scarfe.
Villebois Prestige 2011 was selected to join the team of ambassadors 2012!
Jancis Robinson has been writing about wine since 1975 and is responsible for some of the world’s most respected books on wine. She is wine correspondent of the Financial Times, the first non-trade Master of Wine and an OBE.
The Villebois wines have been reviewed by her with impressive results:
Villebois, Brut NV Crémant de Loire 15.5. Drink 2011-2012
Joost de Villebois. Very clean and fresh. Aged and really very clean – just slightly chewy. Nice clean packaging.
Villebois, Petit Villebois 2010 Vin de Pays du Val de Loire. 15. Drink 2011
Made by Joost De Villebois at La Chardoisie. Very light, dry nose. Pretty hard work but no excess sweetness. 12%
Villebois Sauvignon Blanc 2010. 16. Drink 2011
From Joost De Villebois’ own vineyards, south of Blois on the banks of the Cher. Much more obviously expressive than the Petit Villebois. Really racy and lively. Good balance. GV . Appetising. Also sold in Benelux. 12%
Villebois 2010 Sancerre .15.5. Drink 2011
From three controlled vineyards. Open and regular and a bit galumphing – not the finesse and expression of the Sauvignon Blanc 12.5%
Villebois 2010 Pouilly-Fumé .16. Drink 2011-2012
From controlled vineyards. Firm, scented, much more convincing on the nose than the Sancerre. Juicy, green fruited, though quite open. 12.5%
Concours Mondial du Sauvignon 2011: Petit Villebois 2010: Golden medal
IWSC 2011 : La Chardoisie Sauvignon Blanc 2010 SILVER medal
Decanter World Wine Award 2011: La Chardoisie Sancerre 2010 BRONZE medal
Decanter’s publishing director Sarah Kemp gave the final tally of entries as 12, 252. ‘This is 11% more than last year and it’s a huge endorsement from the world’s wine producers,’ she said.
‘We had one-fifth of the world’s Masters of Wine judging the Awards, and the judges came from over 25 countries,’ Kemp added.
….. so not surprisingly adored this wine. Oozes quality and great with or without food, particularly spiced mussels Michael 18:51 11/05/2011, so not surprisingly adored this.
Oozes quality and great with or without food, particularly spiced mussels Michael 18:51 11/05/2011
We finalised harvest last week by harvesting a very small area of our vineyard close to the woods. We can proudly say that we are really satisfied and you will definitely notice that in your glass early next year.
We keep the vineyard in a very good shape so it did not suffer from any of this summers’ vine diseases. So it allowed us to carefully plan and manage the harvest. When you do no not maintain the vineyard perfectly, grapes can mature too early and not in a homogeneous way. Picking will then be a challenging task.
Please taste our 2010 when it comes out…we will surprise you!!
