To tell the truth, it was the unknown who predominated a few minutes before the start of this 32nd auction of Toque et clocher. The whole sale was homogeneous, the average being € 6,500 per barrel.
1- Limoux Miséricorde, Anne-Marie Porta, € 5,800, Pierre Durand for the town hall of Limoux.
2- Ajac, Mervyn Elliott, € 5,700, Pierre Bonnefous for the Ruthene cellar.
3- Alet-les-Bains, Daniel Lacube, € 6,000, M. Colin for Domains and villages.
4- Alet-les-Bains, Daniel Lacube, € 6,100, M. Colin for Domains and villages.
5- Antugnac, Jean-Louis Fabre, € 6,000, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
6- Antugnac, Jean-Louis Fabre, € 6,000, Mme Sanchez for In vino fémina.
7- Bouriège, Laurent Pratx, € 6,000, Mr. Bonici for Netto Castelnaudary.
8- Cépie, Thierry and Sylvie Garrigues, € 6,300, Gilles Goujon for the Auberge du Vieux Wells in Fontjoncouse.
9- Conilhac-de-la-Montagne, Brigitte Canet, € 6,700, Patrick Bareil, for Maison Bareil.
10- Couiza, Anne-Marie Fuentes, € 6,500, M. Limouzy for Crédit Agricole du Languedoc in Lattes.
11- Cournanel, Christophe De Fabre De Latude, € 6,200, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
12- La Digne-d’Amont, Jérôme Boyé, € 6,300, M. Colin for Domains and villages.
13- La Digne-d’Amont, Jean-Marie and Marie-Ange Pasquetto, € 1,550, M. Flechier for Bienmanger.com.
14- La Digne-d’Amont, Jean-Marie and Marie-Ange Pasquetto, € 1,450, M. Buoro for Crédit Mutuel.
15- La Digne-d’Amont, Jean-Marie and Marie-Ange Pasquetto, € 1,450, Vignerons de France.
16- La Digne-d’Amont, Jean-Marie and Marie-Ange Pasquetto, € 1,600, Mr. Bonicel for Leclerc Rouffiac.
17- La Digne-d’Amont, Jean-Marie and Marie-Ange Pasquetto, € 1,600, Jean-Luc Checa for SAS Majar in Carcassonne.
18- La Digne-d’Aval, Bernard Doutre, € 6,300, M. Perez for R-Vins.
19- Vanbinh painting graphite series # 1, € 1,900, Claude Brunel for Nicolas international in Moscow, Russia.
20- Gaja-et-Villedieu, Valérie Tine, € 6,500, M. Malraux for the restaurant The Marcel.
21- Gaja-et-Villedieu, Alain and Jacques Tribaillac, € 6,500, M. Frayssinet for PCEB and the company Frayssinet.
22- Gardie, Laurent Lacube, € 6,600, M. Colin for Domains and villages.
23- La Serpent, Thierry and Patrice Cathala, € 8,100, Claude Brunel for Nicolas international in Moscow, Russia.
24- La Serpent, Thierry and patrice Cathala, € 2,000, internet.
25- La Serpent, Thierry and Patrice Cathala, € 1,850, M. Nourrisson for the Ducs de Joyeuse hotel in Couiza.
26- La Serpent, Thierry and Patrice Cathala, € 1,800, Daniel Cros in Deyme.
27- La Serpent, Thierry and Patrice Cathala, € 1,800, M. Nourrisson for the Ducs de Joyeuse hotel in Couiza.
28- La Serpent, Thierry and Patrice Cathala, € 1,750, M. Lebegue for the Cave d’Occitanie.
29- La Serpent, Violaine Uteza, € 7,100, Gilles Goujon for the Auberge du Vieux Well in Fontjoncouse.
30- Ladern-sur-Lauquet, Sophie Pous, € 6,200, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
31- Crémant preview, cuvée VanBinh Liberty # 1, € 1,000, Claude Brunel for Nicolas International in Moscow, Russia.
32- Crémant preview, cuvée VanBinh Liberty # 2, € 1,200, Claude Brunel for Nicolas International in Moscow, Russia.
33- Crémant preview, cuvée VanBinh Liberty # 3, € 1,250, Syndicat du cru.
34- Preview Crémant, cuvée VanBinh Liberty # 4, € 1,100, Laurent Payrastre for the Karactère agency in Narbonne.
35- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 6,600, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
36- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 1,550, Laurent Payrastre for the Karactère agency in Narbonne.
37- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 1,550, Vignerons de France.
38- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 1,550, M. Medinilla for Gérard Bertrand.
39- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 1,500, Supplied.
40- Limoux, SCEA Château de Flandry, € 1,600, Gilles Goujon for the Auberge du Vieux Wells in Fontjoncouse.
41- Limoux, Notre-Dame-de-Marceille, Xavier Canal, € 6,600, ITM Alimentaire international.
42- Limoux, Saint-Joseph, Henri-Pierre Cabannes, € 6,100, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
43- Loupia, Bernard Julia, 6 700 €, Transports Vidal.
44- Saint-Polycarpe, Les vignerons du Sieur d’Arques, € 950, Jean-Luc Checa for SAS Majar in Carcassonne.
45- Saint-Polycarpe, Les vignerons du Sieur d’Arques, € 900, internet.
46- Saint-Polycarpe, Les vignerons du Sieur d’Arques, € 950, Laurent Payrastre for the Karactère agency in Narbonne.
47- Saint-Polycarpe, Les vignerons du Sieur d’Arques, € 950, Cédric Gayda for CGB Diffusion in Limoux.
48- Saint-Polycarpe, Les vignerons du Sieur d’Arques, € 1,050, M. Buoro for Crédit Mutuel.
49- Magrie, Jean-Baptiste Fau, € 6,400, M. Joly for the Lion’s club Limoux and Limoux XIII.
50- Malras, Mathieu Ruffié, € 6,600, M. Pages for the cooperative Cavale.
51- Montazels, Sylvie Torregrossa, € 6,700, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
52- Vanbinh painting graphite series # 2, € 3,200, M. Colin for Domaines et villages.
53- Pauligne, Marc Gellis, € 6,900, Cédric Gayda for CGB broadcast in Limoux.
54- Peyrolles, Thierry Biffante, € 7,000, Philippe Andrieu, for the Region.
55- Pieusse, Romain Mirc, € 6,800, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
56- Pomas, Caroline Le Roy de Boiseaumarie, € 7,000, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
57- Rouffiac, Pierre Teisseire, € 7,000, Carcassonne town hall.
58- Saint-Couat-du-Razès, Thierry Garrigue, € 7,100, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
59- Saint-Couat-du-Razès, Christine Vie Hervé Garcia, € 7,100, Cédric Gayda for CGB diffusion in Limoux.
60- Saint-Hilaire, Association of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, € 1,200, Jean-Luc Checa for SAS Majar in Carcassonne.
61- Saint-Hilaire, Association of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, € 1,150, Association of French sommeliers in the Occitanie region.
62- Saint-Hilaire, Association of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, € 1,150, internet.
63- Saint-Hilaire, Association of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, € 1,100, Fournié.
64- Saint-Hilaire, Association of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, € 1,100, Cédric Gayda for CGB diffusion in Limoux.
65- Saint-Polycarpe, Sylvie Gayda, € 7,100, Cédric Gayda for CGB diffusion in Limoux.
66- Serres, Thierry Biffante, € 7,000, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
67- Serres, Thierry Biffante, € 7,000, M. Perez for R-vins.
68- Saint-Sernin, Lara Andujar and David Calvet, € 7,000, Travelers of taste.
69- Toureilles, Tommy Jumelle, € 7,100, M. Malraux for the restaurant The Marcel.
70- Villar-Saint-Anselme, Émile Vernede, € 7,100, The wines of Gilles, Netherlands.
71- Villelongue, Didier Fanjeaux, € 7,000, Les vins de Gilles, Netherlands.
72- Sculpture compression, space by Vanbinh, € 1,400, Claude Brunel for Nicolas international in Moscow, Russia.
Indeed, the first winegrower event after confinement seemed imprinted with the seal of uncertainty.
Certainly, Dominique Laporte, the best sommelier in the world, was full of praise for the qualities of the Limousin beverage, but potential buyers still had to be in the best possible condition.
Once is not customary, it is in a gymnasium of Olympia converted into an auction room that the buyers, handpicked, took place with a regulatory distance.
At the back of the room, operators also received offers from customers sent directly to the web.
What is more, the beginning of these auctions was placed under the sign of space with the presence of Jean-Claude Gayssot, former minister and president of the Van Allen foundation which supports the university space center of Montpellier. The artist VanBinh, artistic godfather of Sieur d’Arques, presenting a compression bearing the signature of all the French astronauts, Thomas Pesquet among others.
Quickly we got to the heart of the matter, and quickly also the buyers were active. Hands were raised in the four corners of the room to the great relief of the winegrowers.
The Serpent at the coast
Used to reaching auction heights, it was the barrel of the La Serpent bell tower by the Cathala brothers that was sold for € 8,100 to a Moscow buyer.
The whole sale was homogeneous, the average being € 6,500 per barrel.
A result which generated the satisfaction of the winegrowers of Sieur d’Arques.
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