Martinmas · 11 November
The Martinmas goose and the wines of Tours.
Saint Martin did not want to become Bishop of Tours and went into hiding, but in the dark the geese gave him away, and so he became Bishop of Tours. That is why we offer wines from Tours with the Martinmas goose, from Domaine Vigneau-Chevreau, who also farm the vineyard of the Abbey of Marmoutier exclusively.
Two boxes: the first with four Vouvray, a Lirac and the delicacies for the goose, the second with everything from the first plus five Châteauneuf-du-Pape. With The Laroche Letter you get 5% off both until 18 November.
Box 1
Martinmas Box from Tours · €143.10
Four Chenin Blanc from Vigneau-Chevreau: a sparkling, a dry, an off-dry and a sweet one. And because good company also needs a red, there is a Lirac Saint-Augustin with them, Saint Augustine goes well with Saint Martin.
Vouvray Extra Brut
Vigneau-Chevreau
sparkling, for the aperitif
Vouvray Cuvée Silex
Vigneau-Chevreau
dry, for the starter
Vouvray Demi-Sec Clos de Vaux 2020
Vigneau-Chevreau
off-dry, with the goose
Vouvray Moelleux Clos Baglin 2018
Vigneau-Chevreau
sweet, for dessert
Lirac Saint-Augustin 2023
Domaine des Pères de l’Église
the red for the goose
For the goose there is fig vinegar for the stuffing and for the skin when roasting, dried wild mushrooms, a goose pâté and, from Corsica, a chestnut cream and a clementine marmalade from Charles Antona.
Fig vinegar
Popol
for the stuffing and the skin
Goose pâté
Roger Vidal
for the starter
Dried wild mushrooms
Borde
for the sauce
Chestnut cream
Charles Antona, Corsica
for dessert
Clementine marmalade
Charles Antona, Corsica
for dessert
plus delivery, free delivery from €150
Six pâtés from Roger Vidal (duck with figs, duck mousse with port, quail with chanterelles, venison, wild boar and goose) for €25 instead of €27.60. Delivery is then free, even with the Laroche Letter discount.
Box 2
Martinmas Box with Châteauneuf-du-Pape · €347.10
For everyone who would like a great red wine with the Martinmas goose: everything from the first box plus five Châteauneuf-du-Pape from winemakers Louis-Pierre has worked with for years. These are wines from the top shelf, each bottle costs between €34.50 and €53.50 on its own. With the Marcoux 2019 and the Saint Siffrein 2020, two of them already have some years of maturity behind them, and then there are the Saint Laurent and the Calice de Saint Pierre from Domaine des Pères de l’Église. And, as a rarity, a white Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Saint Siffrein, as only a small share of the wines from Châteauneuf are white.
Saint Laurent 2022
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
€36.00 each
Le Calice de Saint Pierre 2023
Domaine des Pères de l’Église
€39.50 each
Saint Siffrein 2020
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
€40.50 each
Domaine de Marcoux 2019
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
€53.50 each
Saint Siffrein blanc 2024
the rare white Châteauneuf
€34.50 each
free delivery
5% with The Laroche Letter
All readers of The Laroche Letter get 5% off both boxes until 18 November. If you do not receive it yet, sign up here and you will get the code right after confirming.
You will receive the code as soon as you have confirmed your sign-up.