Word: romorantin
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Standing among his knotted, 160-year-old Romorantin vines on a recent summer day in Soings-en-Sologne, central France, winemaker Henry Marionnet recalled the words of the expert who authenticated the plot's age a decade ago: "You are in the presence of an eternal vine." The rare Loire varietal was introduced in 1519 under François I, and that this patch survived the phylloxera epidemic is as miraculous an anomaly as the nectar it produces. With blinding minerality and peach notes "it's a wine from another world," says Marionnet of his cuvée Provignage...
...Charlie Cope of Two Rivers. Wis. wrote his wartime friend James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney to ask if he had once taken part in a brawl in a bistro in Romorantin, France. Wrote Fighter Tunney: "How nice of you to send me such a charming letter! It must have been another Marine...
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