B o u vet News #2 - Fall 2011
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Editorial Happy Birthday !
TAILLE PRINCESSE DE GÉRARD DEPARDIEU by Bouvet-Ladubay A New Rosé Cuvée
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he collaboration between Patrice Monmousseau and Gérard Depardieu, a duet with a unique savoir-faire in “Brut de Loire”, gave birth to a new Rosé Cuvée - Appellation Saumur Brut with a blending of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. “Taille Princesse Rosé”de Gérard Depardieu, by Bouvet-Ladubay was launched in December 2010 in Berlin and in France in January 2011. “This wine whose robe floats between the salmon and onion peel colours offers a complex nose of red fruit and stone cherries followed by a fine woody sandalwood-like note. Power and balance, freshness and sheen. This performance was no doubt achieved thanks to an undeniably sound barrel-ageing. I can see no precedent or any equivalent to this Rosé Brut de Loire. It is a unique wine”.
“To blend a Rosé Cuvée is a refined pleasure; to associate it to the Pinot Noir from the Château de Tigné create the Taille Princesse de Gérard Depardieu is a rare greediness.” Patrice Monmousseau “Rosé wine is the subtle pressure on a newly born grape.” Gérard Depardieu
Eight times 20 years for our House! How young we are! One time 20 years for our Contemporary Art Center. Two times 20 years for me as Chairman and CEO and winemaker. How time flies …. And medals pile up: 400 for our wines; I can but be very proud. My family has been overseeing the destiny of this beautiful House for 3 generations. We had to prepare the fourth one. That is done. Juliette, my daughter, has been appointed Deputy managing director by our Board of Directors. This was also the choice of Vijay Mallya, our owner. My great satisfaction is the score we have just obtained for the IFS and BRC European standards after the AFNOR audit: 97.7%. This quality result is a platinum medal for all the members of the Bouvet-Ladubay team. It is also recognition for our new production unit; it demonstrates the quality of the work done there.
2010 has been an exceptional year for our House. It made an old dream come true: to produce more than in 1910, the year Bouvet experienced its greatest fame. At that time 3 million bottles were produced in Saumur to which were added the 2 million produced by the Union Champenoise, its subsidiary in Epernay (today known as Champagne de Castellane). Hundred years later, it is a new achievement for our production which now reaches 5,600,000 bottles. Hundred years may seem a very long time to reach and break the record of Belle Epoque. We must say that the Great War, followed by bankruptcy and a second world war got the better of Bouvet-Ladubay’s success. Fifty years ago when I was hired as a cellar man, the production was 20 times lower than today’s. We fully well know that wine quality is a prerequisite, that nothing is possible without very high quality customers because your demands make our wine a better wine and your choice our success. Patrice Monmousseau CEO & Chief winemaker
Bruno Paumard
Oenologist
www.bouvet-ladubay.fr
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Bouvet News #2 - Fall 2011