Some of you may have heard of the horrific crash in Bordeaux, near the
town of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps. A tour bus carrying a seniors club
from the small town collided with an out of control truck, causing a huge
fire and the deaths of 43 senior citizens, many retired wine makers.
Only quick thinking by the bus driver to open the doors prior to the
impact kept the cost from being even higher; but still the collective
history of this village, as well as practically every family who lives
there, has received a terrible blow.

This part of the Libournais is mostly Bordeaux Superior. For many years
now we have been a client at Ch. Cornemps, the domain of the charming
Fagard family. We don't know whether the retired Fagard parents were on
the bus.

Last night we opened a bottle of Ch. La Jorine 2009, a Lussac-St-Emilion
owned by the Fagard family and a favorite of ours. We had a moment of
silence in support of the Fagards and all those mourning in Petit-Palais.


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