Jérémie Mourat: Tasting & Drinking
There are many distinctive wines, cuvées and styles made in the Loire Valley. There are unusual varieties, novel methods of vinification, a myriad different styles and levels of sweetness. Despite this, here in this little outpost of the Loire, just a stone’s throw from the Atlantic, I have found some of the most unusual, individual and distinctive wines in the entire Loire Valley.
That this is so should perhaps not surprise us. After all, Jérémie Mourat has openly stated that his desire is to produce something uniquely Mourat, in a world where tastes and experiences are tending towards homogeneity. And when you make wine from almost unheard of varieties such as Négrette (certainly unheard of in the Loire, at any rate, obviously not in the Côtes du Frontonnais), or you make white wine from Pinot Noir, or you name your wines after flying saucers, we should perhaps not be surprised when we discover what is in the bottle is at the very least distinctive, if not downright unusual.
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