The Zeto Harvest Table Burgundy Wine-Dinner Tasting was a fabulous success. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Our appreciation goes to Anne Parent and Francois Servin, vignerons (winemakers extraordinaire!) who guided us through quite a few Premier Cru and Grand Cru white and red Burgundies. As they spoke, we sipped and savored--and learned about their wines and their winemaking philosophies. The five courses prepared by Avenue Restaurant under Mitch Nick's direction were quite delicious!
This was a magical evening of superb tasting pleasure.
See photos by clicking on "Parent/Servin Tasting Pix" at left.
Also see a few photos at breakfast the next morning (click the "Pix: Bordeaux. . ." tab. Anne commented about a bottle of Bordeaux she saw during a previous visit with the Zeto wine & foodie duo. What better time to open a special bottle than when you have someone who will thoroughly enjoy it--and it was not even planned--Zeto!
Wines we tasted at the Zeto Burgundy Harvest Table Wine Tasting/Dinner (Vigneron’s name in parentheses).
Marcel Servin (Francois Servin)
Vaillons Premier Cru 2006
Montee de Tonnerre Premier Cru 2006
Grand Cru Bougros 2006
Grand Cru Les Clos 2007
Domaine Parent (Anne Parent)
Volnay Premier Cru Clos des Chenes 2005
Ladoix Premier Cru La Corvee 2006
Beaune Premier Cru Epenottes 2005
Pommard Premier Cru Les Argillieres 2006
This was such a special event -- outstanding winemakers and great people, stellar Burgundies, fine harvest table food. To learn more about our Burgundy guests, peruse the information below about Anne Parent and Francois Servin
Domaine Parent (Anne Parent, Vigneron)
POMMARD – One of the most respected and well-known winemakers in all of Burgundy, the Domaine Parent moved from Volnay to Pommard in 1803. One of their early customers was Thomas Jefferson, who brought these wines back to America to share with our forefathers. Anne’s ancestor, Etienne Parent, was Jefferson’s personal advisor, friend, and confidant. In fact, Jefferson took cuttings from the Domaine Parent vines to plant at Monticello. Unfortunately, the climate in Virginia is not conducive to growing Pinot Noir; so the vines did not survive. Still, this is a unique tie to American history.
Anne is a lawyer by training. Along with her sister, Catherine, she took over the estate in 1998, thus becoming the 12th generation of winemakers in this family. The wines simply get better and better each year. Anne has incredible energy and drive. In fact, she founded the Women’s Winemaker Association in Burgundy and was its first president.
Today, when Anne Parent replenishes her vineyards, she grafts vines onto the old rootstock in order to preserve the “history” of the family’s vineyards. And this is truly a family affair. Seven family members do all of the work at the domaine. In Pommard, there are 70 winemakers and this family is proud to be counted as one of the top few.
They have some of the choicest parcels of vines in Pommard; so they want the wine to start with the best fruit. They harvest by hand. Then, they visually inspect and sort every grape. The Domaine Parent was also the first family to analyze the grapes and the soil in order to pursue more environmentally-friendly winemaking. Their wines are actually made organically, but they do not put that designation on the label.
Marcel Servin (Francois Servin, Vigneron)
CHABLIS – Francois Servin makes wine because he loves to make wine. He uses old-world traditions and also benefits from modern technology. Francois feels that the winemaker is more important than the barrel maker. He says that making wine is an art, whereas so many people reduce it to a science. The Servin family traces its roots in Chablis all the way back to 1652.
While the Domaine Servin estate wines are widely marketed, Francois has given our importer/distributor P. Comms Int’l. the exclusive right to import his PERSONAL wines, which he sells under his dad’s name, Marcel Servin. These are only bottled when they turn out perfectly. As such, they are extremely limited and exclusive. And they are only available in Francois’ personal cellar and through our importer.
Bourgogne Aujourd’hui, the trade journal in Burgundy, rates Francois as one of the TOP TWO winemakers out of 120 in all of Chablis. In a recent “bragging rights’ competition (which is not publicized) in Chablis, Francois took home 2 of the 9 medals, including a gold medal. At the recent wine competition at the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas, several hundred Chardonnays were ranked. Francois only submitted 3 wines and all 3 of them were awarded places in the top eleven. At the Atlanta Int’l Wine Challenge, Francois’ basic Chablis earned the silver medal.
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