On a cold but bright day we spent a day at Millésime Bio in Montpellier. Started in 1993 it has grown from just a few, keen organic wine producers to the huge three day event it is now. There are now about 400 tables (all of the same size) groaning with wine, organic and biodynamic wine.
And not a pair of sandals in sight…
We started with the one Savoie table, however with three good producers who work together to sell their wines (we see them at the summer market in our village in Haute Savoie, Le Chinaillon).
First we tasted the whites of Gilles Berlioz, enjoying his Chignin-Bergerons, such as the 2005: Warm berries and rounded fruits on the palate with a touch of hazelnuts; gently dry with plump acidity and a long finish.
Frederic Giachino Apremont 2008: Lovely long ripe fruit on the nose, crisp, dry with attractive length.
and Jacques Maillet’s Autrement whites and reds, such as his Roussette 2009: Herby and meaty (!) as well as fruit on the nose, this is a delicious dry white with good acidity, medium bodied and a long finish.
Keeping with Wink’s regional specialities we then visited the Jura producer Domaine de la Pinte, tasting their range of wines which included Vin Jaune 2002: Deeply walnutty, with fine fruit notes and not at all heavy. An infant (it was only bottled last year), it will grow into glorious maturity!
We’d only arrived at 11.30 having driven down from Uzès where we were staying with Amy and Matt at La Gramière, and it was now time for lunch where we were joined by Richard James and Louise Hurren, taking a well earned break from the Sud de France stand.
And what a grand lunch it was…
I’ll be back with the afternoon wines shortly.
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