There's a Soul at Troplong Mondot - Jane Anson The Wine Podcast E42
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It started with a boarding school roommate who sneaked bottles out of his father's cellar. Aymeric de Gironde grew up in Cognac, where his family has blended for Hennessy for eight generations, but a taste of Bordeaux set him on a different road. He landed a job over a rum swizzle in Bermuda, spent time at Krug and Cos d'Estournel, then fell for Troplong Mondot at a single lunch.
Nine years after arriving mid-harvest and changing nearly everything, he sits down with Jane Anson to tell the story. We hear how he sacrificed two plots to prove a point, convinced his team through a blind tasting, and now steers a Saint-Émilion estate through heat waves, a classification debate and a tough moment for Bordeaux.
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Chapters
00:00 — Welcome to Château Troplong Mondot
01:39 — Harvest timing and the 2026 vintage
02:42 — Growing up in Cognac and the art of blending
05:25 — From Cognac to Bordeaux
07:34 — Finding a home at Troplong Mondot
08:50 — A smaller estate and a closer connection to the vineyard
12:16 — A bold shift in harvest and winemaking
16:14 — Protecting freshness in warmer vintages
19:31 — Hospitality, wine tourism, and welcoming consumers
27:55 — Striving for Premier Grand Cru Classé A
32:23 — Sustainability, B Corp, and renewable vineyard energy
41:57 — Climate change and the future of Saint-Émilion
48:30 — Quickfire: blending, Bordeaux, and favourite vintages
10 Oct 2026
Was Wine Invented or Discovered? Kathleen Burk Explains | Jane Anson The Wine Podcast E41
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Somewhere in the late Neolithic, so thestory goes, hunters followed birdsong to a tree of berries, filled theirstomachs, carried the rest home and forgot about them. Two days later the jarwas bubbling. Someone had to taste it.
Historian Kathleen Burk tells that story,and many more, in conversation with Suzanne Mustacich. Their route runs fromNoah and Dionysus through Canaanite cedar traders, Jamestown's failed vines andthe rabbis who suddenly appeared during Prohibition, to Port, Italy'srebellious Super Tuscans and the question of whether alcohol-free wine is wineat all.
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Chapters
00:00 The Essence of Wine
00:53 Kathleen Burk's Journey into WineHistory
02:21 The Discovery of Wine
07:15 Wine and Spirituality
08:15 The Canaanites and Egyptian WineCulture
11:13 The Narrative Structure of WineHistory
13:10 The Impact of Empires on Wine
15:08 The American Wine Experience
17:05 Prohibition's Effect on Wine Culture
21:55 Italy's Wine Evolution
27:05 Spain's Wine Resurgence
30:26 The Role of Fortified Wines
35:40 Future Challenges in the WineIndustry
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26 Sept 2026
What does a wine actually taste like after 100 years in a barrel? — Jane Anson The Wine Podcast E40
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"Dear wine lover, please enjoy thiswine. Think back over the hundred years it's been ageing, waiting for thismoment. Hopefully, the world has seen a hundred years of peace."
That's the message Charlie Seppelt haswritten for whoever opens the barrel his family is laying down today — one thatwon't be touched again until the year 2126.
In this episode, Jane Anson sits down withCharlie Seppelt, Senior Winemaker at Seppeltsfield and fifth generation of thefamily that founded it, to taste the 1926 Para Vintage Tawny: a wine laid downexactly a century ago under a mandate from Charlie's great-great-grandfatherBenno Seppelt, who decreed it could not be touched for 100 years — and nevertasted it himself.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the 1926 Para VintageTawny
03:12 The Legacy of Benno Seppelt
06:04 The Unique Aging Process of TawnyWine
08:54 The Impact of Historical Events onWinemaking
12:12 The Art of Fortification andPreservation
15:07 The Scarcity and Demand for VintageWines
17:55 Tasting Notes and EmotionalConnections
20:50 Future Winemaking and Legacy
23:58 The Role of Family in Winemaking
27:07 Reflections on the Len Evans Tutorial
30:03 Conclusion and Tasting Experience
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