“I much prefer the modest, anonymous character of that work to the grotesque stonemasonry of Bernard Clerc's chalet, which Llorca helped to construct near the entrance to one of the hillside quarries, or the mimicry of traditional idioms which he has employed in the village. His work in the church is decent enough but Llorca's most notable (and most controversial) restoration has been to the range of old buildings which houses his cellars, part of the Cour du Vieux Château.”
Loftus’s captivating story of a Burgundy village explores the mystery of how seven and a half acres of impoverished soil became the most precious agricultural land on earth, producing the grandest of all white wines: Puligny-Montrachet.
Author: Simon Loftus
Title: Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy
Edition: First American Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 308p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, light chipping, rubbing to surfaces, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with mild edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages clear.
Comments: Nice copy
