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Cuvée
des Voleurs
Varietal/Style: Bordeaux blend
Origin: York Mountain / San Luis Obispo County
Vintage: MV
Winemaker: John Munch (Le
Cuvier Winery)
Rating: N/A
Retail Price: $42 SOLD
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Tasting
Notes: This highly extracted wine
glows like a jewel in the glass. A blend of 1995 Cabernet
Franc, 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon and 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon,
every sip is a testimonial to winemaker John Munch's blending
talents. Big bodied but supple with dark fruit flavors and
a hint of pepper, the smooth finish lingers with flavors of
cocoa. Food-friendly in style, the Chateau has succeeded in
crafting an extremely approachable blend. (Date tasted: 03/03/00)
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to buy or try Chateau Gayot
Chateau
Gayot —The Story
Specifications
Profile:
Chateau Gayot represents a partnership between food and wine
authority Alain Gayot and one of the Central Coast’s hottest
winemakers, John Munch of Le Cuvier.
A
word from winemaker John Munch:
Sometimes a barrel of wine is especially fine, and I put it
aside for my own table. Thus, several barrels accumulated
in my cellar, some of cabernet franc and some of cabernet
sauvignon---wines spanning three vintages were set aside to
slumber. Serendipitously, I met Alain Gayot, who wished to
assemble a unique wine blend. Immediately, the words of John
Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, sprang to mind: "Let your
well-discerning palate…travel from cellar to cellar and then
from barrel to barrel till it has lighted on wine fit for
its noble choice and my approbation." Alain has done that,
and this bottle is the result of our joint effort to blend
the very best. The good Earl was also heard to utter the following
words on June 17, 1653---words that succinctly illuminate
the nature of our collaboration: "Seek between you the best
wine in town, and pray let not this highest hand in friendship
be performed slightly, but go about it with all due deliberation
and care, as holy priests to sacrifice, or as discreet thieves
to the wary performance of burglary and shoplifting."
Address
Chateau Gayot
Phone: 323-965-3593
Web site: www.gayot.com
E-mail: info@novusvinum.com
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