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...about Chenin recently because, spurred on by a request from a reader, I’ve just tasted 40 Chenins — from 2019 back to a stunning 2002 — made by a master of the grape in the Loire, the splendidly named Jacky...
....£20.17 Justerini & Brooks Dom de la Taille aux Loups, Rémus 2018 Montlouis Loire 12.5%Jacky Blot is the genius of Montlouis who demonstrated how beautiful its Chenin Blanc could be as a dry, oaked wine...
...Yet his wines have been refused the Anjou appellation for being atypical, and he has relished taunting the authorities (who have even refused, for example, to allow two of the best Vouvray producers, Jacky...
...He even went to the lengths of making a 90-minute film about some superior producers: Raventós i Blanc in Catalunya, Ca’del Bosco of Franciacorta, Jacky Blot of the exceptional Domaine de la Taille aux Loups...
...According to Jacky Barthelme of Domaine Albert Mann, the UK market was “superb” for Alsace wines 15 years ago but those darned New World wines got in the way and it’s now very difficult....
...Jacky Blot explains the name of this cuvée on the back label: “No chaptalisation, no liqueur de tirage, no liqueur d’expédition”. Gosh this is interesting on the nose!...
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...Best value by far is its Sauvignon de Touraine 2006 from Jacky Marteau (whose Gamay reds are better than most)....
...BIG PHARMA: How the World’s Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness by Jacky Law Constable and Robinson £12.99, 256 pages SELLING SICKNESS: How Drug Companies are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan...
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