A lot of the talk in the cafes has been about the extraordinary high quality of the 2009 vintage for Bordeaux and Bergerac wines, which most of the growers now rate higher than the famed 2005 ‘vintage of the century.’  As a result, a lot of local people are buying en primeur, that is they buy a case or two now while the wine is still in barrel, for collection later this year.

Bruno’s author has already bought en primeur some of his favourite Pécharmant wine, from Chateau de Tiregand. It is owned and run by the St. Exupéry family, best known for the legendary flyer Antoine de St Exupéry, author of Le Petit Prince and Vol de Nuit.

Bruno has a special relationship with Chateau de Tiregand, whose 8 hectares of sloping land on the south-facing slopes above the river Dordogne produce red, white and rosé wines. The Chateau recently hosted a special wine-testing for a group of ten German, Swiss and Austrian journalists who had been brought to ‘Bruno-land’ by the French tourist agency. Among others, they tasted the 2007 Grand Millésime, which won gold medals at the 2009 Macon International and at last year’s Best Wines of France.

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