The Wine & Food Foundation & TEXSOM
Louis Jadot Burgundy Dinner & TexSom Fundraiser
Featuring Jacques Lardière, Director of Winemaking
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 – 7:00PM
at Mirabelle Restaurant, Austin
Often referred to as the ‘Master of Burgundy’, Jacques Lardière is one of today’s most important winemakers. Also world-renowned as an entertaining and insightful speaker, he comes as an ambassador for Burgundy and Maison Louis Jadot. Oenophiles throughout Central Texas will have an exclusive opportunity to meet and hear him speak first-hand.
About Jacques Lardière:
Born in 1948 in Vendée, France, Jacques Lardière decided at an early age to dedicate his life to winemaking. A graduate with distinction from the school of Viticulture and Oenology of Alentours, in Mâcon, Mr. Lardière was drawn to research in the biology of aromas and bacteria. In 1970, Mr. Lardière joined Maison Louis Jadot in the capacity of assistant oenologist under Mr. André Gagey, then Managing Director. He was appointed Technical Director in 1980, and is respected as one of France’s most brilliant, passionate and inspired winemakers.
If you are unfamiliar with Jadot, their principles of vinification balance tradition and technology, and focus on the purest expression of the “terroir,” or qualities unique to the microclimate, through the medium of the vine. With rare exception, Burgundies are single-varietal wines, produced from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir or Gamay Noir. It is Jadot’s fundamental conviction that the expression of each wine’s origin and typicity resides in interfering with nature as little as possible.
After a period of eighteen to twenty-two months’ aging in oak, with never more than thirty percent new casks, the final blend is assembled and bottled. Red wines receive neither fining nor filtration. Once bottled, Jadot’s wines are released four to six months later than those of most producers in order to set the new arrivals on the proper path toward maturity.
The most recent cellar, on the outskirts of Beaune, doubled production and storage capacity as of mid-1986, and is one of the most technologically advanced facilities in France.
The Wine and Food Foundation of Texas invites you to meet Jacques Lardière and share a stellar showing of wines and cuisine. The dinner will be held on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m, at Mirabelle Restaurant in Austin.
Proceeds from the dinner will support TexSom; the two-day educational conference hosted by the Texas Sommelier Association. We are honored to note that Louis Jadot and its American importer, Kobrand, have generously donated the wines for this event. Guests will be served by expert Texas sommeliers.
The 2010 Texas Sommelier Association’s annual TexSom conference (for both trade and the general public) will be held August 14th and 15th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dallas. Visit the Association website www.texsom.org for upcoming details. Last year over 30 Master Sommeliers attended the conference, providing a broad range of classes and topics.
