The Wines of Loire
Timed Online Auction, 1 - 8 May 2023
Session 1
About the SessionThe Loire Valley is a large region that follows the longest river of France. The Loire is an exceptional place to find lean, racy, white wines, including those of Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadet. Red varieties include Cabernet Franc, Gamay and Cot (Malbec), which produces herbaceous, rustic reds.
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About this Item
Henri Bourgeois is a leading Loire Valley producer based in the village of Chavignol in Sancerre and best known for its extensive range of regional wines, predominantly made from Sauvignon Blanc. The wider portfolio covers red, white and rosé wines from Sancerre, and also includes a pair of Pouilly-Fumé wines. The winery is named after its founder, Henri Bourgeois, who established the estate in 1950.
The lot consist of 1 bottle of each of the following Henri Bourgeois wines:
Cuvee Etienne Henri 2009 (1 x 750ml)
Sancerre Jadis 2010 (1 x 750ml)
Pouilly-Fumé La Demoiselle de Bourgeois 2012 (2 x 750ml)
Critics Ratings
Henri Bourgeois Cuvee Etienne Henri 2009
'Gently kissed with toast, giving the core of white peach, lemon and chamomile a broader frame of lightly toasted brioche and paraffin. A suave echo of flint chimes through the finish in this lovely rendering of the toasty style. Drink now through 2014.' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 93/100, (Nov 2012)
Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Jadis 2010
'One of the top wines from Henri Bourgeois, this is rich and ageworthy. Its green and white fruits push through a concentrated structure to give a dense wine with ripeness and great elegance.’ - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, 94/100 (Sep 2012)
‘This has lots of cut and verve, with lime, chive, flint and gooseberry notes crackling along, backed by a rapier finish where the flint edge ultimately wins out. Very solid. Drink now through 2015.’ – James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 92/100 (Nov 2012)
‘The Bourgeois 2010 Sancerre Jadis exhibits intensely pungent and almost candied mintiness that mingles in the nose with lanolin and resin notes from barrel. Silken-textured but tartly informed by apple and lime along with mouthwatering salinity, it finishes with considerable bitterness on top of chalky and peppery notes, for an impressively persistent if far from winsome effect. This is certainly Sauvignon with an attitude! I have the feeling that the lees have been beneficial in buffering tart and bitter elements here that would otherwise have become entirely excessive and deleterious.’ – David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 90/100 (Jun 2012)
Henri Bourgeois Pouilly-Fumé La Demoiselle de Bourgeois 2012
‘Still young, this intense wine is packed with tropical and citrus fruits. It is also structured, textured with a chalky, mineral feel. This is a wine that feels rich and that needs several years aging. Drink from 2016.’ – Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, 91/100 (Apr 2014)
‘Light, greenish yellow. Exuberant aromas of orange peel, quinine and white pepper. Juicy and youthfully taut, with citrus flavors accentuated by lively acidity, this sauvignon blanc opens quickly on the palate. Finer and tenderer than the En Travertin, it also shows more persistence on the finish.’ – Joel B Payne, Vinous, 89/100 (Sep 2014)
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