FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - R.I.P. Henri Bonneau, 77, French winemaker

cshenk

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...er=0&q=henri+b
> onneau&oq=henri+bonneau&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.1255.3619.0.4013.13.6
> .0.7.7.0.80.442.6.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.GJL2miX1ihg (multiple obits)
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/di...rench-wine-pro
> ducer-known-for-chateauneuf-du-pape-dies-at-77.html
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> Excerpt:
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> ...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&...er=0&q=henri+b
> onneau&oq=henri+bonneau&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.1255.3619.0.4013.13.6
> .0.7.7.0.80.442.6.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.GJL2miX1ihg#hl =en&gl=us&authuser=0
> &q=henri+bonneau+77 (more obits)
>
>
>
> Lenona.

Thank you Lenoa, He's a distant relative.
Carol

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