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Default R.I.P. Henri Bonneau, 77, French winemaker


https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....1.GJL2miX1ihg
(multiple obits)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/di...ies-at-77.html

Excerpt:

....From a scant 15 acres of vines, 90 percent grenache, Mr. Bonneau generally produced three cuvées of Chteauneuf. The wine he deemed good was labeled simply Chteauneuf-du-Pape. The better wine was Cuvée Marie Beurrier, named after an aunt of his wife, Jacqueline. Best of all was Réserve des Célestins, a powerful wine that could age for decades, developing savory, meaty, almost saline flavors that seemed dimensions away from the predominantly fruity modern Chteauneufs...

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...nri+bonneau+77
(more obits)



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