Vintage French Wines

TOP CHABLIS WINES

2012-01-07T09:37:00.002+01:00

Domaine Daniel DAMPT et Fils

(CHABLIS)

1, rue des Violettes
89800 Milly
Téléphone :03 86 42 47 23
Télécopie : 03 86 42 46 41
Email : domaine.dampt.defaix@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.dampt-defaix.com

Winegrowing of 30 ha, line of vine growers since more than 150 years, which make a point of preserving at their winegrowing a traditional family character. Typified, this Chablis Premier CruFourchaume 2008 is with prevailing of fresh flowers, of yellow fruits and lime, a fleshy and nervous wine at the same time, rich with the nose as in mouth. Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons 2009, with the subtle hazel nut and fresh fruit notes, is very well-balanced, very rich with the nose, suave, to enjoy on a pike. Remarkable Chablis Grand Cru Bougros 2008, matured out of barrels, of a great power with much of minerality, with the delicate aromas of hazel nut and pear, honey of acacia, white flowers, a very large smoothness, a full and suave wine. Excellent Chablis Premier Cru Côte du Léchet 2009, unctuous, all in subtlety of aromas, with notes of lime and apricot. Nice Chablis Premier Cru Lys 2009, of nice golden robe, scented and persistent mouth, with musk and the fresh, tasty fruit notes. Nice Chablis 2009, of a beautiful yellow gold aspect, fond of delicacies mouth, a nice aromatic complexity.

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Sylvain MOSNIER Earl

(CHABLIS)

36, route Nationale
89800 Beines
Téléphone :03 86 42 43 96 et 06 68 37 92 99
Télécopie : 03 86 42 42 88
Email : sylvain.mosnier@libertysurf.fr
Site : www.chablis-mosnier.com

An enviable place in Classement 2011 for this estate of 17 ha. Beautiful Chablis Premier CruBeauroy 2009, with the intense nose (flowers, fruits, fern), very rich in mouth, a great success, charmer, dense and delicate at the same time, with the subtle notes of citrus fruits, narcissus and toast, a delicate and full wine, to envisage on a sea-bream. The 2008 are of nice goldenrobe, scented and persistent mouth, with these fruit connotations yellow fresh, dry and mellow at the same time, suave as it should be and of a nice spiced final. Chablis Premier Cru Côte de Léchet white 2008, where freshness is combined with the roundness, a wine with the subtle bouquet of rose and lime, of supple mouth. There is also Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2009, matured well in barrels, with the accents of citrus fruits, powerful and persistent mouth, beautiful robe, a nice floral final. Taste nice Petit Chablis, regularly succeeded.

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GRAVES DE VAYRES Château TOULOUZE

2011-10-09T09:24:00.000+02:00

Château TOULOUZE

(GRAVES DE VAYRES)
Évelyne et Alain Cailley
Rue de la Ruade - BP 28
33450 Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac
Téléphone :05 56 30 85 47
Télécopie : 05 56 30 87 29
Email : alaincailley@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateautoulouze
Site : www.chateauxcailley.com

Reached a very enviable place in classification 2011, which comes to reward a quality-price-typicité ratio. Winegrowing of 48 ha including 25 of vines. The grounds of Château Toulouze depended on a vast land unit, property of Château de Vayres. This last built in XIIIe century with the site of a Gallo-Roman oppidum which prevails the Dordogne, was one of the residences of the king Henri IV. Property in its current form, 27 ha of only one holding, buildings and vineyard, corresponds to what remains of a wine vast domain and maturing of more than 70 ha, built at the end of XVIIIe century, following the French revolution and dismantled gradually by the play of the successions. The vineyard completely restructured in 1986, starts to express the rise to power of the expression of the soil. That gives wines to the flesh fuller, generous, fruity but with impressed elegant tannins of smoothness. Well-balanced and harmonious wines, that one can taste young people after a ventilation out of carafe, but who offer according to the vintages an excellent potential of guard, from 10 to 15 years. Beautiful redGraves de Vayres 2008 (75% Merlot and 25% Cabernets), fleshy, of a beautiful fullness, quite well-balanced, which feels the strawberry of wood and the humus, of robust and supple mouth at the same time. The 2007 is rich color as out of matter, with the red noses offruits with core and spices, with a beautiful tannic base. The 2006 continue its evolution, with the complex and subtle nose at the same time, with notes of undergrowth and ripe plum, full and dense mouth. Excellent Bordeaux Supérieur Château Maine Martin (65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet franc, and 15% Cabernet-Sauvignon), scented (blackcurrant, strawberry of wood), of a beautiful structure, full and bulky, with molten and velvety tannins, quite fleshy as it should be. Rosy Bordeaux Château Frégent is very pleasant, combining roundness and nervousness, of persistent mouth.

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THE BEST LOIRE VALLEY WINES

2011-09-25T18:59:00.001+02:00

Earl POIRON-DABIN

(MUSCADET)
Jean-Michel et Laurent Poiron
L’Enclos-Chantegrolle
44690 Château-Thébaud
Téléphone :02 40 06 56 42 et 02 40 06 51 43
Télécopie : 02 40 06 58 02
Email : dom.poiron@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.muscadet-poiron.com

Always at the top. Vine growers of father as son since 1858. The characteristic of this winegrowing (67 ha) for its vintages of Muscadet is 14 month a prolonged maturing (or until November of the year which follows the harvest) in order to increase the aromatic potential and the gustatory amplitude of the wines. Remarkable Muscadet Sèvre-et -Maine sur lie cuvée des Vieilles Vignes 2009, resulting from a gneiss soil, with the subtle connotations of smoked, apple rennet and lily, very well-balanced, with the melted mouth, a fresh wine, all in nuances, one of the nicest tasted bottles this year in the appellation. The 2006, gold medal with general Competition agricultural Paris 2008, of a large smoothness, with the subtle nose where one finds notes of white flowers and hazel nut, frank mouth, perfect on shells, is a wine at rock-bottom prices. Taste the VDP of Val de Loire Pinot Gris rosy fruity 2009, with the delicate nose of fresh citrus fruits, a fond of delicacies and round wine. Nice Pinot Gris Séduction, a wine all in nuances, with a supple mouth prevailed by nuances of blackberry, vinified well like the Pinot Noir 2008, of a beautiful garnet-red, fullbodied, with the complex nose, rich and round at the same time, spiced, a very pleasant wine, successful, perfect on a waterfowl.

CAVES de POUILLY-SUR-LOIRE

(POUILLY-FUMÉ)
Directeur : Christophe Denoël
Les Moulins-à-Vent - BP 9
58150 Pouilly-sur-Loire
Téléphone :03 86 39 10 99
Télécopie : 03 86 39 02 28
Email : caves.pouilly.loire@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.cavespouillysurloire.com

At the top. A cellar of first order which vinifies approximately 15% of the production. Pouilly-Fumé Les Chevalières 2008 develops these notes of smoked quite specific, wine of a brilliant and limpid robe, with the nose flowered with nuances of peach and lily, typified as they are liked. Beautiful 2007, where the nervousness and the fleshy one marry fully, an enchanting, delicate and persistent nose, where one finds notes of white flowers and hazel nut. Very tasty Pouilly-Fumé Tonelum Vieilles Vignes 2008, extremely well maturing in oak barrel, rich in bouquet, very harmonious, with the nuance of dried fruits and flowers, of a long final, to uncork on shellfish. Their white Pouilly-Fumé Les Moulins-à-Vent 2009 has a subtle and persistent nose of hawthorn, a wine which requires a rather rich kitchen like a poultry of the cream. Coteaux-du-Giennois Les Tuileries 2009 is very out of fruits and smoothness, full, with the subtle nuances of apple and of dried fruits,suave, a wine of nice golden robe, which combines smoothness and structure, a beautiful vintage, all in mouth like it Coteaux-du-Giennois Quercus 2008, a fullbodied wine, suave and dry at the same time, where the fruits and the spices intermingle, of beautiful full mouth, fruity and persistent, very succeeded.

Domaine CHAMPEAU

(POUILLY-FUMÉ)
Franck et Guy Champeau
Le Bourg
58150 Saint-Andelain
Téléphone :03 86 39 15 61
Télécopie : 03 86 39 19 44
Email : domaine.champeau@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.domainechampeau.com

A winegrowing of 15 ha in Sauvignon and 1.5 ha in Chasselas. Third generation. You will like like us this Pouilly-Fumé Silex 2008, marked by its soil, with this spiced and mineral taste “flint”, intense, with the flowered nose, suave and powerful, of a very beautiful persistence of aromas, with nuances of peach, brioche bread and lime, rich with the nose as in mouth. The 2007 are richly having a nice bouquet, a delicate wine, very persistent, combining powerfull and elegance. Pouilly-Fumé fermented Vieilles Vignes, matured out of barrels, very marked by this flint ground (pure flint, on grounds argilo-limestones, clay-with-flints, limestone), full, with the subtle nuances of apple and dried fruits, is of suave mouth, mixing smoothness and persistence. Excellent Pouilly-Fumé 2009 (ground argilo-limestone, clay-with-flints, calcareous portlandien), with the citrus fruits and lemon accents, is of powerful and persistent mouth, beautiful robe, a nice floral final. Very nice the Pouilly-on-Loire, pure Chasselas, with the nose of hazel nut and fruits fresh, quite round, traditional and aromatic, very pleasant.

Patrick COULBOIS

(POUILLY-FUMÉ)

Les Berthiers
58150 Saint-Andelain
Téléphone :03 86 39 15 69
Télécopie : 03 86 39 12 14
Email : patrick.coulbois@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.patrick-coulbois.fr

Gets promotion in the Classification 2011, and it is deserved well. This vine grower created his winegrowing in 1974 (9 ha including 8.30 ha of Pouilly-Fumé and 0.70 ha of the Pouilly-sur-Loire). Superb Pouilly-Fumé Les Cocques 2009, resulting from the slopes with flint of the hill of Saint-Andelain coming from flint and clay grounds which are at the summit of the hillock of Saint-Andelain. Always very marked by its soil, with aromas of fresh citrus fruits, a wine of persistent, suave and powerful mouth, of a very beautiful aromatic final, really tasty, to uncork as well on a lobster as on roasted calf. The 2008, very elegant, marked by its soil which transmits mineral notes to him, all in smoothness, mixes nervousness and fleshy, with the enchanting and persistent nose, with nuances of white flowers and brioche. Pouilly-Fumé 2009, resulting from the clay-with-flints soil of the slopes of Saint-Andelain, with the subtle connotations of small white flowers, with this characteristic spice point, is very scented, a dry and fleshy wine at the same time as it should be, of tasty mouth.

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Domaine LANDRAT-GUYOLLOT

(POUILLY-FUMÉ)

Les Berthiers 16, rue du Mont Beauvois
58150 Saint-Andelain
Téléphone :03 86 39 11 83
Télécopie : 03 86 39 11 65
Email : landrat-guyollot@wanadoo.fr

The winegrowing is exploited by the family since her creation at the 17th century (15 ha including 14 in Sauvignon and 1 in Chasselas, on a soil of marnes kimméridgiennes and flint, grounds argilo-limestones and siliceous). Remarkable Pouilly-Fumé La Rambarde 2009 (100%Sauvignon, ground argilo-limestone, maturing on the fine lees), vinified very well, with the nose powerful of hawthorn and honeysuckle, all in roundness and persistent in mouth, with a characteristic note of freshness. Tasty 2008, with the delicate nose where notes of white flowers and fresh nut are found, really very pleasant, of a long final. Taste also Pouilly-Fumé Gemme d' Eau 2009, which combines structure and nervousness at the same time, of a nice aromatic complexity where one finds nuances of lemon and nut. Intense, Pouilly-Fumé Gemme de Feu 2009, is of nice brilliant robe, all in distinction, with the nose prevailed by the ripe fruits and the small dried fruits, all in subtlety. Very nice the Pouilly-sur-Loire La Roselière 2009, pureChasselas, siliceous ground, with these notes of specific flowers and hazel nut, a wine all in charm, to envisage on a crackling.

Domaine MARDON

(QUINCY)
Hélène Mameaux-Mardon
40, route de Reuilly
18120 Quincy
Téléphone :02 48 51 31 60
Télécopie : 02 48 51 35 55
Email : contact@domaine-mardon.com
Site : www.domaine-mardon.com

A family estate (5 generations of vine growers) of 15 ha including 12 in production ofSauvignon, of 25 years Middle Age (certain vines are 60 years old). The grounds are composed of gravel-sand old alluvia on limestones and lake clays of Berry. Quincy 2010 is of light yellowrobe, complex with these notes of small dried fruits and lime, powerful and having a nice bouquet, very attractive by his structure of aromas, very typified, a wine of beautiful evolution as the 2006 attest some, with the flowered nose, suave and powerful, of a very beautiful aromatic persistence in mouth, with nuances of peach and lime, very harmonious. Quincy Tradition 2010, very quite well-balanced in acidity, with the aromas of apple and lily, harmonious and subtle mouth.

Domaine de la PETITE CHAPELLE

(SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY)
Laurent Dézé
4, rue des Vignerons
49400 Champigny
Téléphone :02 41 52 41 11
Télécopie : 02 41 52 93 48
Email : deze.laurent@orange.fr

At the top of the First Classified Great wines. A family vineyard (since 4 generations) which extends on 28 ha on grounds argilo-limestones very characteristic of its appellation. Remarkable Saumur-Champigny Tradition 2009, of a nice garnet-red robe, is a nice wine where an attractive wine where dominate notes of red berries and violet, with rich and supple tannins at the same time. Saumur-Champigny Les Chaneluzes 2004, well-balanced, scented, with firm tannins, the spice and blackcurrant nose, combines powerfull and suppleness, a subtle wine, of very beautiful evolution. White Saumur Exception 2008, medium dry, maturing out of barrels, of delicate robe, vinified very well, of a beautiful aromatic persistence, with prevailing of driedfruits (apricot) and hawthorn, is round and very elegant with the palate, a wine really charmer. Nice rosy Cabernet De Saumur 2009, of a beautiful fullness in mouth, all into fruity and smoothness, with the raspberry and blackberry aromas.

Domaine CHARBONNIER

(TOURAINE)
Earl Charbonnier Michel et Stéphane
4, chemin de le Cossaie
41110 Châteauvieux
Téléphone :02 54 75 49 29 et 06 14 70 95 44
Télécopie : 02 54 75 40 74
Email : dms.charbonnier@domaine charbonnier.com
Site : www.domainecharbonnier.com

Third generation of vine growers. A success with this Touraine Côt 2008, of beautiful color deepruby, with complex raspberry blackberries and plum notes, combining tannic matters and smoothness, a wine all in mouth. Taste Touraine vintage Prestige 2006, silver medal with the competition of the wines of Val of the Loire, of deep color, all in nuances of aromas (morello cherry, grooves, roasted), with molten but rich tannins, of beautiful evolution, perfect on a salmi.Touraine Cabernet 2006, of a nice garnet-red robe, is a nice wine where prevail of the red fruitsnotes and violet. There is also this Rosé De Loire L’Élégance, of beautiful salmon robe, ideal on a cheese soufflé and this attractive Touraine Sauvignon 2009, of a beautiful harmony, very out of fruits and smoothness, full, with the subtle nuances of apple and dried fruits, of scented mouth. Fines Bulles de Touraine Méthode Traditionnelle brut is very well proportioned, of foam abundant, all in roundness, soft and fullbodied at the same time, combining savor and distinction.

Jean-Christophe MANDARD

(TOURAINE)

Vignoble du Haut-Bagneux 14, rue du Bas-Guéret
41110 Mareuil-sur-Cher
Téléphone :02 54 75 19 73
Télécopie : 02 54 75 16 70
Email : mandard.je@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.mandardjeanchristophe.fr

Winegrowing of 16.7 ha, 4th generation since 1870. The vineyard is planted on perrucheux grounds (clay-with-flints) and bournais. Remarkable white Touraine Sauvignon Vieilles Vignes2009, with the nose prevailed by the fresh flowers, a round and persistent wine, very charmer. In the line, this Touraine Chenin 2009, typified, scented and persistent, of very aromatic mouth to the connotations of Narcisse and dried fruits. White Touraine Brut Méthode Traditionnelle, straw-colored robe, with notes of peach and nut, associates aromatic richness and persistence, a very pleasant wine with aperitif, of light and floral foam. Touraine Rouge Côt 2008, with the overripe fruit nose, spiced, with supple and quite fullbodied mouth at the same time, associates structure and distinction. Touraine Gamay 2009 gathered the grapes with the hand, smells of raspberries and the undergrowth, associating wealth and melted of mouth. Excellent rosy Touraine, of fond of delicacies mouth prevailed by apricot and the fresh flowers, spiced as one needs it. Cellar of tasting.

Domaine du CLOS de L'ÉPINAY

(VOUVRAY)
Luc et Marie-Claire Dumange
L'Épinay
37210 Vouvray
Téléphone :02 47 52 61 90
Télécopie : 02 47 52 71 31
Email : domaine.clos.epinay@cegetel.net
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/closdelepinay
Site : www.vinvouvray.com

At the top of the First Classified Great wines.. Marie-Claire Dumange likes to call the Field “my small paradise”. “There are kiwis, a quince tree, a large cedar which is drawn up proudly in the medium, she specifies. Inside the field, the 72 ares of vines planted on a soil argilo-limestone profit from a beautiful sunning. We are located on the plate above village of Vouvray. The house that we live was built in 1702, it is a field of walls, which is rare in the area. On the architectural level, our house has very beautiful attic windows with candelabra, of which a date of XVe century. The property is in the middle of the vines, which is also a scarcity on the appellation. The vineyard counts a little more than 16.72 ha of vines of 30 years Middle Age, the grape harvest is manual for the still wines, and the reasoned fight is practiced. The wine storehouse, dug in micaceous chalk, was renovated, and the entirely modernized equipment.” The whole gives this Vouvray moelleux 2009, gold medal, mixing aromatic richness and persistence in mouth, a wine which releases from subtle aromas of almond and lime, all in harmony, of a nice final. Superb Vouvray vintage Marcus 2008, silver medal with the competition of the vine growers Indépendants 2010, where the richness is combined with elegance, of subtle mouth to the nuances of honeysuckle and fresh fruits, of golden robe, a wine all of structure and perfumes with the palate, a wine of guard as testifies this large 2003 to them. Their Vouvray 2008 is nervous and fresh, finely fruity, with the fresh fruit notes (apricot, peach), combining roundness and aromatic freshness stops some, complexes and suave. Beautiful Vouvray Tête de Cuvée Brut, silver medal with competition of the great wines Mâcon 2009, beautiful robe, with the nut and fruit aromas fresh, dense, of beautiful light foam like Vouvray classique Brut, silver medal with the competition of the great wines Mâcon 2009 also.

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The Best Alsace Wines

2011-08-27T09:42:00.000+02:00

Domaine André DUSSOURT

Paul Dussourt
2, rue de Dambach
67750 Scherwiller
Téléphone :03 88 92 10 27
Télécopie : 03 88 92 18 44
Email : info@domainedussourt.com
Site : www.domainedussourt.com

A familal winegrowing of 9 ha, the vines are plowed (7 annual passages) in order to support an in-depth rooting, the ventilation of the ground and to avoid the use of weedkiller. Since 2007, the Ecocert company controls the winegrowing regularly and certifies the BIO side. Pinot Gris2007 l’Inoubliable, of a great frankness to the nose as in mouth, scented and persistent, mixes with the floral and fruity notes, a wine all in smoothness and structure, full and mature. Riesling2008 Cœur de Cru, with aromas of flowers in mouth, with the intense nose with prevailing of white flowers and small dried fruits, is a wine all in smoothness, quite persistent.

Fernand ENGEL et Fils

Gaec Engel Fernand et Fils
1, route du Vin
68590 Rorschwihr
Téléphone :03 89 73 77 27
Télécopie : 03 89 73 63 70
Email : domaine.engel@orange.fr
Site : www.fernand-engel.fr

At the top of the First Classified Great wines. Third generation of vine growers for this winegrowing of 50 ha, on ground very stony red marno-limestone and argilo-limestone, acid and sandy brown grounds, heavy siliceous grounds on gneiss, brown grounds decarbonated on loess and loehms, acid grounds of alluvial origin. The vineyard is led under organic farming since 2001. Beautiful Riesling Grand Cru Praelatenberg 2008, a wine which has much body and powerfull, of a great aromatic expression marked by very ripe fruit scents, then mineral notes. The Muscatfermented Engel 2008, with scents of flowers in mouth, with the intense nose with prevailing of white flowers and small dried fruits, is a wine all in smoothness, persistent. The Pinot Noir 2009 is of fleshy mouth, robe ruby, with the concentrated nose (violet and blackcurrant), with melted tannins, persisting finally. Beautiful Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives 2007, combining powerfull and smoothness, with the nose of guard, rose and gingerbread great. There is still this very nicebrut Crémant d’Alsace Chardonnay Méthode Traditionnelle 2008, silver medal in Effervescents of Monde 2009, the subtle and persistent nose with prevailing of toast, nice foam, a long floralfinal. Excellent Riesling Siberberg Rorschwir fermented Michel 2008, with these subtle connotations where intermingle the ripe white fruits, the fresh spices and flowers, of intense mouth.

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Domaine GRESSER

Rémy Gresser
2, rue de l'Ecole
67140 Andlau
Téléphone :03 88 08 95 88
Télécopie : 03 88 08 55 99
Email : domaine@gresser.fr
Site : www.gresser.fr

At the top of the First Classified Great wines. “I cultivate the vine according to the rule of our ancestors, specifies Rémy Gresser. I feel country and craftsman of the vine.” It is concerned to transmit to the future generations the soil, the organic soil, the old vines, the know-how and the passion of the family, vine growers of father as son since XVIe century. They protect their vineyard by privileging the biological means. The winegrowing is likely to have very nice soils of schists, sands and clays (10 ha 30, 40 year old vines). Superb Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg 2007, with the subtle nose where the fresh fruits and the lime prevail, a vintage which associates a sure elegance with a roundness in attractive mouth, an elegant wine and very right. Riesling Grand Cru Moenchberg 2006 is intense with the nose as in mouth, with this doubled floral freshness of fruity nuances, with the flowered bouquet, with notes of hazel nut and lily. Beautiful Riesling Grand Cru Wiebelsberg 2007, a wine all in aromas, of a great persistence in the nose as in mouth, with scents of fresh citrus fruits and nut. Taste also the Pinot Gris Grand Cru Wiebelsberg 2008, intense, which associates structure and distinction, with these notes of smoked specific, all finally, a wine of excellent evolution.

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François et Vincent KIEFFER

76, route du Vin
67140 Itterswiller
Téléphone :03 88 85 50 22
Télécopie : 03 88 57 80 91
Email : vin.kieffer@wanadoo.fr

A winegrowing where the reasoned fight is practiced. Excellent Riesling Terroir Itterswiller 2009, a wine which has its own originality, of fresh and supple at the same time, persistent mouth with the palate, with aromas of fern and fresh fruits. Brut Crémant d’Alsace 2008, with almond and apricot connotations, is of delicate foam, an intense and typified, complex and fruity vintage, of a very nice final. Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 2007, dense, with the subtle floral scents, of unctuous mouth, is very fleshy, with these nuances of narcissus and honey, of guard. Riesling2009 is quite as attractive, of a brilliant yellow, a frank wine which feels the flowers and spices.

Vignobles MUHLBERGER

Robert et Philippe Muhlberger
1, rue de Strasbourg
67120 Wolxheim
Téléphone :03 88 38 10 33
Télécopie : 03 88 38 47 65
Email : muhlberger@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/vignoblesmuhlberger
Site : www.vignoble-muhlberger.fr

Family winegrowing since four generations, led by Robert and Astrid Muhlberger, like Philippe, their son. “According to rules and convictions definite and tested by generations of vine growers, the cordial Robert Muhlberger specifies, so that is written: Vineyard, Vine, wine of vine grower, with V of truth! To mature with wisdom and passion, in the respect for the traditional rules, all the means are implemented with an aim of producing authentic wines and of a rare elegance. A mode of respectful control of the environment: permanent putting under grass of the vines, not of chemical amendments nor of remanent weedkillers, biological fight against the ravageurs, interventions reasoned against the diseases containing copper and of sulfur, observation and respect of the natural cycle of the vine and the plants on the ground, reinforcement of the proper capacities of defense of the vine, natural trace element contributions on foliage…” Riesling Les Vieux Coteaux 2007 (evolution in the denomination of their Riesling Altenberg by his translation in Riesling Les Vieux Coteaux: it is a question of their decision of not more asserting the appellation Grand Cru for the pieces delimited in the perimeter in question. The wine combines smoothness and structure, with these typical green reflections, with the fresh hazel nut notes, of a nice smoothness, very persistent with the nose as in mouth. Nice white Pinot Domaine du Pas des Loups 2007, all in freshness and minerality, with aromas of lemon grass. Superb Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 2006, very typified, of a beautiful golden color, a fleshy wine, with complex toast aromas, of nutmeg and candied fruits, very harmonious, elegant and unctuous, of guard. Gewurztraminer Domaine du Pas des Loups 2007, all in mouth, with the bouquet where intermingle the fruits, the spices and the flowers fresh, is very pleasant.

SCHAEFFER-WOERLY

Vincent Woerly
3, place du Marché
67650 Dambach-la-Ville
Téléphone :03 88 92 40 81
Télécopie : 03 88 92 49 87
Email : schaeffer-woerly@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.schaeffer-woerly.com

At the top. A vineyard of 7 ha (the average age of the vines is 30 years, the grape harvest are manual, prunes it in guyot doubles) planted on granitic grounds, where one applies to practice a healthy culture (Tyflo association). Remarkable Riesling Grand Cru Frankstein 2008, which associates richness aromatic and persistence, dense in mouth, with delicate scents of almond, rose and dry apricot. Pinot Gris vintage Prestige 2008 is a very well-balanced wine, of mouth powerful, rich in bouquet, harmonious, with the dried fruit notes, slightly spiced. RieslingVieilles Vignes 2008 is dry and quite fruity, full with charm, with musk scents, a wine which combines powerfull and smoothness. Beautiful Pinot Gris Vieilles Vignes 2007, an intense and robust wine with a beautiful roundness ideal with aperitif or with foie gras. Superb Pinot Gris Grand Cru Fransktein Vendanges Tardives 2007, powerful, with these crystallized peach and honey notes of acacia, combining suppleness and structure, of a long final. Gewurztraminer Excellence 2008, with the delicate floral connotations, is of unctuous mouth, elegant and complex, of intense mouth, combining powerfull and distinction, of a beautiful fullness.

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Charles SCHLÉRET

Charles Schléret
1-3, route d'Ingersheim
68230 Turckheim
Téléphone :03 89 27 06 09
Télécopie : 03 89 27 06 09
Email : schleretcharles@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/schleretcharles

Incontestably at the top of First Classified Great Wines. Charles Schléret cordial and is impassioned, and its efforts are regularly rewarded by a multiplicity of medals and for references to the prize list of prestigious competition. One understands it by uncorking his Gewurztraminer, dense and typified, where the richness joins the distinction, scented, with aromas of acacia, ripe spices and fruits, of a beautiful freshness in mouth. The 2007, gold medal in international of wines Challenge, very aromatic (spices, citrus fruits), quite characteristic of its soil, rich with the nose as in mouth, full and typified. Its Sylvaner 2007, silver medal Monde Sélection Brussels, is the best tasted this year, complex, with the intense nose, it is a wine all in delicacy, of very subtle mouth with nuances of honeysuckle and apple, a wine of gourmet. The Pinot Noir 2007, Féminalisé 2008 (Competition of Féminalise 2008, in Beaune), of color ruby, is a great success, with intense aromas where prevail the red small fruits good ripe (currant, blackberry) and this point of spices delicate and persistent to the palate. There is still this remarkable Riesling 2005, Trophée Prestige Big competition of Vins of Monde Citadelles de France, of which freshness proposes the fruit, a wine distinguished, with the nose of rose, very delicate, suave and dry at the same time, a wine typified and fullbodied, where intermingle the fresh spices and flowers, all in mouth, (this wine collects the rewards: silver medals with Mondial Competition of Brussels for the vintages 2002 and 2001, Gold medal with the Big competition of Vins of Alsace for the 2003, Trophée d' Excellence Big competition of Vins of Monde Les Citadelles France 2005 for the 2004, and Trophée Prestige for the 2005). Beautiful white Pinot, complexes, with the intense nose, a finely spiced, subtle wine and suave mouth, where the fruits and the fresh flowers intermingle, always perfect on a quiche, and its Muscat, which combines nervousness and roundness, with the enchanting and persistent nose, a wine all in delicacy, harmonious, with the white fruit aromas, of a beautiful elegance and a great aromatic richness. Exceptional quality-price-pleasure ratio.

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CHAMPAGNE PERSEVAL-FARGE

2011-04-28T08:03:00.001+02:00

The domaine Perseval-Farge is established on the commune of Chamery (classification Premier Cru), in the middle of the mountain of Reims since 1955 and it is exploited according to the principles of the reasoned fight.

Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and recently the plantation of old type of vines: petit meslier, arbanne and fromentot harmoniously share planted surfaces.
The listening of the soil, the comprehension and the adaptation of the vineyard as well as the diversity of type of vines make it possible the champagne Perseval-Farge to compose (partially under wood) of the harmonious and diversified vintages. Art consists in working out a broad champagne panel equipped with a real personality. They is there that fully expresses the tradition and passion maintained by Benoist Perseval, collect-handling vine grower.

For your tasting and your greater pleasure, they propose to you starting from 14 euros including all taxes Chamery departure:
Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay)
Champagne Brut Blanc de Noirs (60% pinot noir-40% pinot meunier)
Champagne Brut Rosé
Cuvée prestige Jean-Baptiste (45% pinot noir et meunier-55% chardonnay)
Champagne Brut Millésimé 1998* (within the limit of stocks available)
It should be noted that the bottles proposed can also be elegantly equipped with personalized labels (on estimate).

Isabelle and Benoist Perseval will be charmed to accommodate you. Do not hesitate to invite them to take appointment and to visit them: you will be always welcome. The buildings of estate make it possible to gather at the same place the press, the fermenting room and the cellar of ageing of champagne.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Benoist Perseval
Who's in charge : Isabelle et Benoist Perseval
Adress : 12, rue du Voisin 51500 Chamery
Phone : 00 33 (0)3 26 97 64 70
Fax : 00 33 (0)3 26 97 67 67
E-Mail : perseval-farge@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/perseval-farge

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The Best Languedoc Wines

2011-03-20T18:47:00.000+01:00

Château du GRAND-CAUMONT

(CORBIÈRES)
Laurence Rigal

11200 Lézignan-Corbières
Téléphone :04 68 27 10 82
Télécopie : 04 68 27 54 59
Email : chateau.grand.caumont@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/grandcaumont
Site : www.grandcaumont.com

Château Grand-Caumont is one of the more vast domains of Corbières with 100 ha of vines on grounds argilo-limestones in terraces and very filter low register grounds (type of vines Syrah, Grenache and Carignan of more than 50 years). There existed already at the time Roman and had been baptized Villa Manzanetto. Remarkable red Corbières Impatience 2005 (55% Carignan black, 40% Syrah and 5% Grenache black, maturing out of barrels for 12 months for 40% of the assembly), which received two gold medals, one with the competition of the Great wines of Mâcon, and the other with that of Vignerons Indépendants. A coloured, powerful and fullbodied wine, with rich but quite molten tannins, the nose prevailed by the black small fruits compotes, with the scents of leather and quite characteristic ripe blackcurrants, excellent evolution. At its sides, red Corbières Réserve de Laurence 2004, gold medal with independent Competitions of Vignerons, the subtle nose prevailed by the ripe red small fruits, slightly peppered, all in harmony, of very nice mouth, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, of cordial mouth, guard also. Red Corbières Château Caumont Saint-Paul 2005 is typified as we like them, of full mouth, with the nose of crystallized cherry and humus, associating powerfull and smoothness, a wine of a beautiful garnet-red crimson color, harmonious, quite robust, of excellent guard.

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Domaine MARTINOLLE GASPARETS

(CORBIÈRES)
Mr Martinolle

11200 Lézignan-Corbières
Téléphone :04 68 27 10 45
Email : pierre.martinolle@domaine-martinolle.com
Site : www.domaine-martinolle.com

Winegrowing of 30 ha. Remarkable Corbières red 2007, silver medal with the Competition of the wines of Corbières, beautiful garnet-red steady and intense color, with the subtle and major notes of humus and overripe black small fruits, dense and generous, full and solid, rich of structure, really succeeded. 2006, gold medal with the competition of Vins de Corbières, very fullbodied, well typified as we like them, fleshy, very scented (morello cherry spices), a powerful wine, with dense and structured tannins, very structured in mouth, very well-balanced, of slow evolution. Beautiful 2005, of beautiful color, with the notes of cherry and undergrowth, with rich and silky tannins at the same time, a powerful wine at strong potential. 2004 are quite fleshy, with full tannins, the nose prevailed by the red small fruits with core, a coloured wine, with these notes of cherry and humus to the palate, of very good evolution. Superb 2003, bronze medal with Mâcon, of robe intense, powerful crimson in mouth, with firm and quite well-balanced tannins, with these persistent notes of smoked, blackcurrant and spices. Excellent Corbières white 2008, a sure value, a harmonious wine, with the connotations of white flowers and toast, quite traditional, of delicate robe, which combines nervousness and roundness, very made a success of like the rosy one, with the fruity concentrate, with nuances of peach and small dried fruits finally, a wine of brilliant robe.

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Château MINGRAUT

(CORBIÈRES)
Véronique Robin Cuculière

11700 Fontcouverte
Téléphone :04 68 43 40 01 et 06 82 00 50 66
Télécopie : 04 68 43 40 02
Email : info@domaine-mingraut.fr
Site : www.domaine-mingraut.fr

Vineyard of 8 ha in organic reconvertion. Corbières beautiful red vintage Passionnément 2007, a beautiful wine, very full, with coated tannins, of a beautiful garnet to the purplished reflections, powerful and robust with raspberry scents very present, undergrowth and of cinnamon, good guard. Viognier is a fleshy wine with a good point of very pleasant acidity, with the aromas of pear and white flowers, all in persistence, ideal on scallops. There is also the Vin de Pays d' Hauterive Eden red 2006, a wine with matter and tannins, with the aromas of fruits red and undergrowth, all stops some like the Vin de Pays d' Hauterive Sensuelles red 2006, charmer and bulky, with notes of violet and liquorice, he is traditional, rich color, dense in mouth, where prevail the macerated fruits, to uncork on a guinea fowl.

Château RIOUSSES

(CORBIÈRES)
Gilles Nouaille
4, rue Quaranta
11700 Capendu
Téléphone :04 68 79 13 85
Télécopie : 04 68 79 13 85

A property of XVIIe century of 25 ha planted on terraces argilo-limestones of gravel and alluvia. Beautiful Corbières N°2 cuvée Prestige 2006, gold medal with Competition of Vignerons Indépendant, intense color, with the tannins present and silky at the same time, marked by its soil, with these notes of spices, black fruits and torrefaction, wine of a full and rich mouth, with the subtle nuances, powerful but very delicate tannins. N° 1 cuvée Tradition 2008 has much structure, still young, but already quite expressive, with the pronounced black cherry and blackcurrant aromas. Charmer Corbières cuvée Rosée du Matin 2008, rosy of bleeding and press, with very light filtration to respect the structure and the fruit, of beautiful color, all in aromatic smoothness, with the nuances of strawberry and white peach, with a point of nervousness, subtly spiced, of a great persistence in mouth. Taste N° 9 French Parad' Oc 2008 VDP d’Oc, the 6 type of vines are present in this vintage (Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet franc, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre), traditional wine making by type of vine before assembly, short fermenting to preserve the roundness and the fruit, a full and generous vintage with the wild raspberry and cherry nose.

Château VILLEMAGNE

(CORBIÈRES)
Sophie et Christophe Hebraud
Hameau de Villemagne
11220 Lagrasse
Téléphone :04 68 24 06 97
Télécopie : 04 68 24 06 97
Email : chateau.villemagne@free.fr
Site : http://chateau.villemagne.free.fr

Beautiful place in the classification 2010. Winegrowing of 61 ha including 28.25 of vines, located in the Corbières average. Family estate since 6 generations. Sure value with their Corbières red 2003, well maturing in oak barrel 24 months, a velvety wine, very scented, with these ripe fruit and undergrowth notes (strawberry, bilberry), of a beautiful fullness in mouth, very good evolution. Tasty 2002, of robe deep crimson and, with this red fruit nose intense, rich and structured, of a great aromatic complexity (morello cherry, humus…), spiced in mouth. Rosy Corbières 2008, manual grape harvest, wine making by bleeding, are of fond of delicacies mouth prevailed by apricot and the fresh flowers, quite suave as it should be, spiced as one needs it, ideal on the poultry pots, a wine which particularly allured us. Excellent white Corbières, vinified and matured out of barrels of a wine during 12 months (50% Grenache white, 30% Marsanne and 20% Roussane), which smells of the lime and ripe apple, of delicate robe, a wine dense, rich with the nose as in mouth, the peach notes with finally a point of grapefruit and a wooded good melted, sharp and round at the same time. Taste also the Vin de Table Chardonnay Reflet d' Oc, manual grape harvest, traditional and quite fruity, with the notes of peach, melted and expenses in mouth, succeeded well.

Château d'ANGLÈS

(COTEAUX-DU-LANGUEDOC)
Éric Fabre
Rivière Le Haut
11560 Fleury-d’Aude
Téléphone :04 68 33 61 33
Télécopie : 04 68 33 90 32
Email : info@chateaudangles.com
Site : www.chateaudangles.com

Vineyard of 35 ha vines, adherent Terra Vitis. The winegrowing eliminated all insecticides as from 2009, and received its reasoned certification to the title of Agriculture. Excellent red Coteaux-du -Languedoc Terroir de la Clape 2006, deep color, typified, with the spice and very ripe red fruit nose, wine of a full and rich mouth, associating powerfull and smoothness. Rosy Slope-of-Languedoc is all in aromas, a wine fresh, well-balanced, which feels currant and citrus fruits, of charming mouth (35 gold medals since 2002). Excellent white Coteaux-du -Languedoc Terroir de laClape 2006 (6 months on the lees delicate out of barrels), with the nut and ripe yellow fruit notes, of a beautiful final, of rich mouth, delicate and persistent.

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Domaine la CROIX CHAPTAL

(COTEAUX-DU-LANGUEDOC)
Pacaud Chaptal Earl
Hameau de Cambous
34725 Saint-André-de-Sangonis
Téléphone :04 67 16 09 36
Télécopie : 04 67 16 09 36
Email : lacroixchaptal@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.lacroixchaptal.com

A winegrowing of 25 ha of vines and 10 ha wood. Beautiful Coteaux-du -Languedoc cuvée Déodat de Sèverat 2006, Syrah with very weak yield, with a little Grenache and of Carignan. Each year one or more pieces are worked in a way more pushed even with weak yields 17 to 25 hl/ha. Tasty Coteaux-du-Languedoc Les Sigillées white 2008, where intermingle with the notes of ripe apple and heather, a wine very quite well-balanced and full, a nice wine, very pleasant like Clairette-du -Languedoc Vieilles Vignes 2007 (Clairette white, maturing for 30% out of new barrels and 70% out of tanks on the lees), where release themselves from the connotations of ripe citrus fruits and Narcisse, suave and sharp at the same time. Coteaux-du -Languedoc Terrasses du Larzac cuvée Charles 2007 (approximately 1/3 of the 3 type of vines Grenache, Syrah and Carignan on grounds of rolled rollers and low registers with some red clays, of the manual grape harvest, with coated tannins, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, scented (red fruits with core, grooves, humus…), slightly peppered, of slow evolution.

Domaine de FAMILONGUE

(COTEAUX-DU-LANGUEDOC)
Martine et Jean-luc Quinquarlet
3, rue Familongue
34150 Saint-André-de-Sangonis
Téléphone :04 67 57 59 71 et 06 10 29 52 18
Télécopie : 04 67 57 26 32
Email : contact@domainedefamilongue.fr
Site : www.domainedefamilongue.fr

Winegrowing of 28 ha vines, reasoned fight, any weeding chemical fertilizer nor. That gives this Coteaux-du -Languedoc L’Âme de Familongue 2007, of beautiful intensity, with the pronounced aromas of raspberry, morello cherry and spices, of a beautiful structure, full and bulky. Coteaux-du -Languedoc Mas de Vignals red 2008, where prevail the overripe spices and fruits, with the powerful nose, is fullbodied, with rich tannins. Taste Vin de Pays du Mont Baudile Mas du Vignals red 2007, pure Cinsault, manual grape harvest with sorting on stock, scented (fresh fruits, humus…), slightly spiced finally, a powerful wine and very structured, coloured, of good evolution. Red Coteaux-du -Languedoc Les 3 Naissances 2006 is extremely well matured, it develops with the nose of the notes of undergrowth and morello cherry, associating smoothness and structure, with silky tannins, of good evolution. Nice rosy 2008, of distinguished mouth where prevail the fresh fruits, very tasty. There is still L’Envol de Familongue red 2006, outstanding commendation award in Vinalies, firm, with the red noses of cooked fruits, truffle and humus, very robust, of a nice final, and L’Envol de Familongue white 2009, prevailed by toast and white fruit notes.

Château des PEYREGRANDES

(FAUGÈRES)
Mme Boudal
11, chemin de l'Aire
34320 Roquessels
Téléphone :04 67 90 15 00
Télécopie : 04 67 90 15 60
Email : chateau-des-peyregrandes@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateaudespeyregrandes
Site : www.chateaudespeyregrandes.com

At the top of the first classified great wines. The estate is qualified with the title of reasoned agriculture Terra Vitis for the activity of vine growing and wine making. The grape harvest is done with the hand, making it possible to carry out the sorting necessary for a perfect maturation. A winegrowing of 25 ha on schist grounds whose Middle Age of the vines is 60 years. You will like this remarkable Faugères fermented Marie Laurencie 2007, a compartmental selection of Syrah 40%, Grenache 30%, Carignan 20% and Mouvèdre 10%, with a very small average yield of 20 hl/ha, vinified whole with a very long maceration then a maturing out of barrel for 20% of Syrah and 20% of Carignan which are then assembled with type of vines matured out of tanks. The wine is coloured, with the expressive nose with notes of violet and liquorice, combining smoothness and structure, of silky and scented mouth, and continues its evolution. Faugères fermented Charlotte 2006, resulting from Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre, is intense and harmonious, of a beautiful aromatic persistence (morello cherry, scrub), with coated tannins. Very beautiful Faugères Prestige 2005 (40% Syrah, 40% Carignan and 20% Mourvèdre, on the slopes of Serre, arid slope on the heights of the southern full exposed village vis-a-vis the sea), partly matured out of barrels, very scented (humus, liquorice), of a beautiful fullness, very good evolution. Excellent rosy 2009, well-balanced Faugères, of a very delicate color, tasty mouth.

Domaine BERTRAND-BERGÉ

(FITOU)
Jérôme Bertrand
Avenue du Roussillon
11530 Paziols
Téléphone :04 68 45 41 73
Télécopie : 04 68 45 03 94
Email : bertrand-berge@wanadoo.fr

Six generations of vine growers, a vineyard of 33 ha on grounds argilo-limestones with an average age of the vines of more than 60 years. Excellent Fitou cuvée Ancestrale 2007 (Carignan black black and Grenache on grounds argilo-limestones), of nice robe crimson intense, quite fullbodied, combining color and matter, with very silky but very firm tannins also, with the complex nose (strawberry of wood, liquorice). Fitou cuvée Les Mégalithes 2007 (95% of oldest Carignan), is a wine with matter and tannins, with the aromas of fruits red and undergrowth, rich with the nose as in mouth. Taste Fitou cuvée Jean Sirven 2007 (majority Carignan, Grenache black and Syrah), a vintage created in tribute to the back-back-large-father who was gold medal with the exposure of Paris in 1900, a generous wine, of full and fruity mouth with cherry notes and humus, in ripe tannins, and this Fitou Origines 2007, which presents crystallized notes and greedy tannins.

Domaine de BARROUBIO

(MINERVOIS)
Raymond Miquel

34360 Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Téléphone :04 67 38 14 06
Télécopie : 04 67 38 14 06
Email : barroubio@barroubio.fr
Site : www.barroubio.fr

At the top of First Classified Great wines. Beautiful red Minervois vintage Jean Miquel Vieilles Vignes 2007 (80% Carignan and 20% Grenache, matured 12 months out of barrels), of beautiful intensity, very expressive of its Carignan, with the fruity spice and red fruit aromas, a full and bulky wine, with velvety tannins, of very good guard, a wine which continues its beautiful evolution. In the line, its rosy Minervois 2008 is one of best of the area, all into fruity, associating nervousness and suppleness, a supple and frank wine, finely spiced, ideal with shrimps or a pie of hare. Excellent Muscat Saint-Jean-de-Minervois cuvée Nicolas (Muscat with small grains), with prevailing of fruits fresh with a point of lily, very aromatic, of mouth suave, light and round at the same time, generous and charmer. You will also appreciate Minervois Marie-Therese 2007, of beautiful steady robe, with the blackberry and undergrowth notes, a wine spiced as it should be, intense and structured, with this powerful and persistent mouth. The Côtes de Thongue 2008 also is successful, like this Local wine d' Oc Muscat Sec 2008, a wine suave and dryness at the same time, finely scented (white flowers, citrus fruits, honey), of a beautiful aromatic complexity.

Mas de DAUMAS-GASSAC

(VINS DE PAYS)
Aimé Guibert

34150 Aniane
Téléphone :04 67 57 71 28
Télécopie : 04 67 57 41 03
Email : contact@daumas-gassac.com
Site : www.daumas-gassac.com

At the top, and by far. Splendid Vin de Pays red 2007, of color intense, with tannins very present, of a steady structure, very fleshy, with these nuances of black fruits jams, leather, undergrowth, promising, of course. 2006, of color intense, elegant, a beautiful wine concentrated, with the powerful nose, all in aromatic nuances where liquorice and the spices prevail, of rich mouth, long guard like the very great 2005, complex with the nose and in mouth, concentrated out of matters, with ripe tannins, very scented, with fruity blackberry and raspberry notes, of slow evolution. White 2008 is once again exceptional, except standards, where all the force of his soil is found, a delicate and scented, dense and elegant great wine as it is needed, with a beautiful balance between freshness, the roundness and the fruity one, of a long final with subtle notes of citrus fruits, musk and flowers, of excellent guard. In another style, for the every day, one also gives pleasure with red Guilhem, with the aromas of violet and blackberry, expenses in mouth, quite robust, a wine “like formerly”, which profits, of a quality-price-pleasure ratio without competition.

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Lalande-de-Pomerol Château Canon-Chaigneau

2011-03-03T09:03:00.000+01:00

Château CANON-CHAIGNEAU

(LALANDE-DE-POMEROL)
Famille Marin-Audra
BP 2
33500 Pomerol
Téléphone :05 57 24 69 13
Télécopie : 05 57 24 69 11
Email : louis.marin@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.canon-chaigneau.com

Always with the head of its appellation with it Lalande-at-Pomerol 2006, with the nose complexes where the currants and the humus prevail, of quite fleshy mouth, a wine coloured and dense, which combines powerfull and smoothness, very pleasant on a small waterfowl. Beautiful 2005, very charmer, with the subtle nose where leather and the crystallized prune prevail, of a very nice concentration in mouth, with quite real and delicate tannins, slightly spiced as it should be, really very succeeded, of guard. 2003, very aromatic, are quite well-balanced, with the macerated raspberry connotations, of a very nice concentration in mouth, with tannins present and tasty, of subtly peppered mouth. 2002 are very good, with the nose where intermingle with the ripe fruit and spice notes, a rich wine, very well-balanced, a beautiful length, of powerful mouth. 2001, robust, of beautiful steady robe, loose and distinguished in mouth, with the spiced nose, quite molten tannins, are very elegant and deserve to be waited to benefit from its potential. 2000 are remarkable, rich and subtle with the nose as in mouth, with the nuances of macerated fruits and undergrowth, of guard. 99 really very pleasant today, is very coloured, where the morello cherry and the humus mix, with the spiced nuances, dense, of a harmonious tannic base, of very good structure, very accessible. To Tasted again this year, the 96 is remarkable, all color and out of matter, with the subtle nose prevailed by persistent aromas of smoked, humus and of black cherry, a wine which makes wonder on a leg with the string. Beautiful 98, of mouth dense, with quite molten tannins, where intermingle with the nuances of red small fruits with core quite ripe, of humus and liquorice, typified, of very harmonious mouth, perfect on a stew. 2002 are very good, with the nose where intermingle with the scraper fruit and spice notes, has rich wine, very well-balanced, has beautiful length, off powerful mouth. 2001, robust, off beautiful steady robe, loose and distinguished in mouth, with the spiced nose, quite molten tannins, elegant are very and serves to Be waited to benefit from its potential. 2000 are remarkable, rich and subtle with the nose ace in mouth, with the nuances off macerated fruits and undergrowth, off guard. 99 really very pleasant today, is very coloured, where the morello cherry and the humus mix, with the spiced nuances, dense, off has harmonious tannic bases, off very good structure, very accessible. To Tasted again this year, 96 is remarkable, all color and out off matter, with the subtle nose prevailed by persist aromas off smoked, humus and off black cherry, has wine which makes wonder one has leg with the string. Beautiful 98, off mouth dense, with quite molten tannins, where intermingle with the nuances off red small fruits with core quite scraper, off humus and liquorice, typified, off very harmonious mouth, perfect one has stew.

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MARGAUX CHATEAU LA GALIANE

2011-03-02T07:13:00.000+01:00

Château La Galiane owes its name to Galian, an English general who commanded his troops here during their occupation of Aquitaine in the 15th century. This has been a family estate for several generations and has a surface area of 5 hectares planted with 45 % Merlot, 50 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, a combination which gives that perfect, classical balance which is so typical of the Margaux appellation. The vineyard is planted on slopes with fine gravel soils. These wine-growers from father to son produce La Galiane wines with a lovely ruby-red colour and a fine bouquet, very harmonious and smooth in the mouth. The tannins are fine and elegant and the wines have good ageing capacity.
Château Charmant has 5 hectares of vines which are a hundred years old and planted on fine gravel soils with lots of pebbles which are ploughed. Harvesting is done by hand and the vatting process is long in order to extract all the aromas before maturing the wine in barrels for 12 months. Château Charmant produces an aromatic wine with good colour, very complex and elegant, perfectly balanced, well-structured and supple at the same time and opening out delightfully with age.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Christiane Renon
Who's in charge : Christiane Renon
Adress : 33460 Soussans
Phone : 05 57 88 35 27
Fax : 05 57 88 70 59
E-Mail : chateaulagaliane@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/chateaulagaliane
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BEST ALSACE WINES

2011-01-31T19:20:00.000+01:00

Domaine André DUSSOURT

Paul Dussourt
2, rue de Dambach
67750 Scherwiller
Téléphone :03 88 92 10 27
Télécopie : 03 88 92 18 44
Email : info@domainedussourt.com
Site : www.domainedussourt.com

It is approximately into 1680 that first Dussourt, officer of the army of Louis XIV, arrived to Alsace. About 1740, Jean Dussourt lives himself to manage the vineyard of évêché in Blienschwiller. It is François-Xavier Dussourt, wine grower established with Blienschwiller, which is at the origin of the 7 generations of vine growers who perpetuated the tradition of the work of the vine so far. Vineyard of 10 ha with 40 pieces on grounds sandy, granitic, argilo-limestones and sandy. BeautifulGewurztraminer Fronholtz 2006, very successful, where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits and heather, a harmonious wine in mouth. Taste also Pinot white,suave and dryness at the same time, a powerful and fullbodied wine, where intermingle the fresh spices and flowers, all in mouth, of fresh and fruity finale. TastyPinot Noir, matured out of barrels, a red of Blienschwiller, of nice garnet-red robe, loose, with the notes of humus, of prune and blackcurrant. Excellent Riesling VieillesVignes 2008, with the concentrated nose where the honeysuckle and the dry smallfruits prevail, a frank and sharp wine, which mixes smoothness and structure. Brut Crémant of Alsace Riesling, Sigille Saint-Etienne brotherhood, of distinguished mouth where prevail the dry fruits, of golden robe, all in aromatic subtlety, a beautiful length, of intense and creamy foam.

PIERRE FRICK EARL

Jean-Pierre Frick
5, rue de Baer
68250 Pfaffenheim
Téléphone :03 89 49 62 99
Télécopie : 03 89 49 73 78
Email : contact@pierrefrick.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/pierrefrick
Site : www.pierrefrick.com

At the top of First Classified Great wines. In 1970, the winegrowing is converted with the biological culture, the first applications of the biodynamy beginning in 1981. Starting from harvest 1986, the Demeter mention is obtained, and, since harvest 2002, the wine is not stopped any more with cork but with capsules crowns in Inox, to avoid the organoleptic deviations (savors and aromas) caused by the stoppers cork. SuperbPinot Gris Grand Cru Vorbourg 2007, a wine all in aromas, of a great persistence in the nose as in mouth, the notes of apricot and narcissus, of a long final, well-balanced, rich and persistent. Beautiful Muscat Steinert Grand Cru, very tempting, with the nose of fresh, full and persistent small fruits, of a large smoothness, well-balanced, of well scented mouth, quite characteristic of this beautiful vintage. Excellent Pinot Gris Rot Murlé, with the frank and fruity nose (citrus fruits), a beautiful association of the fruit and structure, with promptness and this note of smoked quite specific finally, perfect on a white meat, typified as it should be, a wine all of structure and perfumes. Also taste its very original vintage, the Blanc De Noirs 2006, a beautiful expression of the very ripe Pinot Noir vinified in white. “A manner of vinifying a Pinot Noir, specifies us Jean-Pierre Frick, without correction and without additives (except a little sulfur after racking) for one vintagedifficult like was to it 2006. Always naturalness! coppered yellow robe, intense and complex undergrowth aromas, liquorice, mild tobacco, yellow fruits and truffle, stops full and nervous, beautiful association with a turkey with wild mushrooms.”

Domaine GRESSER

Rémy Gresser
2, rue de l'Ecole
67140 Andlau
Téléphone :03 88 08 95 88
Télécopie : 03 88 08 55 99
Email : domaine@gresser.fr
Site : www.gresser.fr

At the top of First Classified Great wines. An exceptional family which applies to mature her wines in the great tradition while letting as well as possible be described each soil and announcing it: the against-label is perfect and indicates the soil of the wine, the scale of sucrosity and the met-wines agreement. “I cultivate the vine according to the rule of our ancestors, specifies Rémy Gresser. I feel country and craftsman of the vine.” It is anxious to transmit to the future generations the soil, the organic soil, the old vines, the know-how and the passion of the family, vine growers of wire father since XVIe century. They protect their vineyard by privileging the biological means. The winegrowing with the chance to have very nice soils of schists, sands and clays (10 ha 30, 40 year old vines). Superb Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg 2006, all of structure and perfumes, with notes of hazel nut and pink, a powerful, dry and supple wine at the same time, melted in mouth, all in smoothness. Of beautiful robe golden shining, Riesling Grand Cru Moenchberg 2005 elegant, with the connotations of flowers, is very finely spiced, subtle and suave mouth, of very good evolution. Beautiful Riesling Grand Cru Wiebelsberg 2007, a wine all in aromas, of a great persistence in the nose as in mouth, with scents of fresh citrus fruits and nut. Pinot white 2008 is a floralwine, with the intense and complex nose, of a beautiful the aromatic to palate, expenses and frank intensity.

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Vignobles MUHLBERGER

At the top of First Classified Great wines. Family winegrowing since four generations, led by Robert and Astrid Muhlberger, like Philippe their son. Their philosophy vigneronne is summarized in these words: To live with Vine! To live with Wine! “According to rules and convictions definite and tested by generations of vine growers, the cordial Robert Muhlberger specifies, so that is written: Vineyard, Vine, winegrower wine, with V of Truth! To mature with wisdom and passion, in the compliance with the traditional rules, all the means are implemented with an aim of producing authentic wines and of a rare elegance. A mode of respectful control of the environment: permanent putting under grass of the vines, not of chemical amendments nor of remanent weedkillers, fights biological against the ravageurs, interventions reasoned against the diseases containing copper and of sulfur, observation and respect of the natural cycle of the vine and the plants on the ground, reinforcement of the proper capacities of defense of the vine, contributions of natural trace elements on foliage… Harvest: manual grape harvest to return a selected harvest, whole, not triturated and properly sorted grapes. Wine making: to work out the wines by respecting their own rate/rhythm of evolution, with wisdom and patience, starting from spontaneous fermentations without yeast contributions commercial.” Superb Riesling Clos Philippe Grass 2007, elegant and powerful, all into fruity and freshness, a delicate and tasty wine, of beautiful color, with the nose prevailed by specific notes of pink and almond, with a musk final. Very intense, Pinot Gris Domaine du Pas des Loups 2008 is of subtle and perfectly well-balanced mouth, of nice dyes golden, with the subtle nose of white flowers and slightly smoked finally, a powerful and delicate wine, really attractive like this Pinot Blanc Domaine du Pas des Loups 2008, all in smoothness but quite fullbodied, typified well, with discreetly mineral aromas, well-balanced, of mouth slightly who feels lemon. You will appreciate as much Riesling Les Vieux Coteaux 2006 (evolution in the denomination of their Riesling Altenberg by his translation in Riesling Les Vieux Coteaux: it is a question of their decision of not more asserting the appellation Grand Crufor the pieces delimited in the perimeter in question), a delicate wine and having a nice bouquet, dryness, very fruity with the nose as in mouth, marked well by its soil. Excellent Pinot Noir cuvée des Jeunes Loups 2006, whose maturing is done out of barrels of oak, a cordial wine, with the robe ruby, with this nose of plum and morello cherry, with silky tannins, all in nuances, at the same time powerful and supple. Crémant of Alsace brut Blanc De Blancs traditional method is of foam light, of a beautiful harmony, very out of fruit and smoothness, full, with the subtle nuances of apple and dry fruits, suave, rich in mouth (citrus fruits, hawthorn, almond…), very harmonious, to uncork with aperitif as on a salmon. There is still this large RieslingVendanges Tardives 2005, complex and velvety, with the nose of pink, very concentrated, slightly with the honey taste, very rich and very delicate at the same time, intense with the nose as in mouth, a wine which deserves the smoothness of goose foie gras. Remarkable quality-price-pleasure ratio.

SCHAEFFER-WOERLY

Vincent Woerly
3, place du Marché
67650 Dambach-la-Ville
Téléphone :03 88 92 40 81
Télécopie : 03 88 92 49 87
Email : schaeffer-woerly@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.schaeffer-woerly.com

At the top. A vineyard of 7 ha (the average age of the vines is 30 years, the grape harvest are manual, prunes it in guyot double) planted on granitic grounds, where one applies to practice a healthy culture (Tyflo association). Much appreciated theirPinot Gris cuvée Prestige 2008, of powerful mouth, rich in bouquet, a very harmonious wine, for the dry fruit notes, slightly spiced as one needs it. RieslingVieilles Vignes 2008 is dry and quite fruity, full with charm, with almond scents, a wine which combines powerfull and smoothness. Enjoy Riesling Grand Cru Frankstein2008, with the nuances of musk and pink, complex, all in mouth, of a great aromatic richness, very succeeded. Beautiful Pinot Gris Vieilles Vignes 2007, an intense and robust wine with a beautiful roundness ideal with aperitif or with foie gras. SuperbPinot Gris Grand Cru Fransktein Vendanges Tardives 2007, powerful, with these crystallized peach and honey notes of acacia, combining suppleness and structure, of a long final. Very nice Gewurztraminer Excellence 2008, refined, all in aromas, very persistent in mouth.

Charles SCHLÉRET

Charles Schléret
1-3, route d'Ingersheim
68230 Turckheim
Téléphone :03 89 27 06 09
Télécopie : 03 89 27 06 09
Email : schleretcharles@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/schleretcharles

Incontestably at the top of first Great wines classified. Charles Schléret cordial and is impassioned, and its efforts are regularly rewarded by a multitude for medals and references to the prize list for prestigious competition. One understands it by uncorking his Gewurztraminer 2007, gold medal in international Challenge of Vin, very aromatic (spices, citrus fruits), quite characteristic of his soil, rich with the nose as in mouth, full and typified. Its Sylvaner 2007, silver medal Monde Sélection Brussels, is the best tasted this year, complex, with the intense nose, it is a wine all in delicacy, of very subtle mouth with nuances of honeysuckle and apple, a wine of gourmet. The Pinot Noir 2007, Féminalisé 2008 (Competition of Féminalise 2008, in Beaune), of color ruby, is a great success, with intense aromas where prevail the red small fruits good ripe (currant, blackberry) and this point of spices delicate and persistent to the palate. There is still this remarkable Riesling 2005, Trophée Prestige Big competition of Vins of Monde Citadelles de France, of which freshness proposes the fruit, a wine distinguished, with the nose of rose, very delicate,suave and dryness at the same time, a typified and fullbodied wine, where intermingle the fresh spices and flowers, all in mouth. Beautiful Pinot Gris 2004, gold medal in Mondial of Brussels, spiced as it should be, of harmonious mouth, quite robust, generous, of a great aromatic richness, with the intense robe. Taste also Pinot Blanc, complexes, with the intense nose, a finely spiced, subtle wine and suave mouth, where the fruits and the fresh flowers intermingle, always perfect on a quiche, and its Muscat, which combines nervousness and roundness, with the nose enchanting and persistent, a wine all in delicacy, harmonious, with the white fruit aromas, of a beautiful elegance and a great aromatic richness. Superb Pinot Gris Sélection De Grains Nobles 2000, very typified as they are liked, spiced and floral (rose, acacia flowers ), of full and well-balanced mouth, really remarkable, of beautiful guard, medal-holder in Sélections world in Montreal and Trophée d'Excellence Les Citadelles. The quality-price-pleasure ratio is exceptional.

Best Provence Wines

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la BASTIDE BLANCHE

(BANDOL)
Michel et Louis Bronzo
367, route des Oratoires
83330 Sainte-Anne-du-Castellet
Téléphone :04 94 32 63 20
Télécopie : 04 94 32 74 34
Email : bastideblanche@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/bastideblanche

At the top of first Great wines classified, and by far (what is very rare, in the 3 colors). Michel Bronzo matures one of the more grand crus of the area, where the wisdom of the prices is combined with a structure and a typicity out-par. “In the vintage 2009 (weak yields: 34 hl/ha), specifies us it, the rosy ones are very marked Mouvèdre. The vintage was very beautiful, the grapes in perfect medical condition. One is all-of-continuation allured by these citrus fruits aromas, a beautiful balance, correct acidities, and this robe of a pink very blade. We have cools the vintage before pressing to preserve the quality of the grapes as well as possible. In this vintage, it was necessary to better be equipped to work under ideal conditions. That will be one vintage very typified Bandol. The white are floral and fleshy.” Its vineyard of 28 ha is planted all in slopes on pieces arranged into restanques for a part, on very deep grounds, gravelly and stony of argilo-limestone type. Michel Bronzo, Président of Syndicat of the wine producers of Bandol of 1986 to 1990, is member of the Regional committee and the National committee of the INAO where it is responsible for several commissions, in particular that, national, “Hiérarchisation”. In April 2003, he is elected with the presidency of the association Les Vins de Bandol which gathers the whole of the cooperative wine caves and the winegrowings. Exceptional red Bandol vintage Fontanéou 2006 (the 2008 follow, a little more supple), resulting from Mourvèdre planted on a ground argilo-limestone (yields of 30 hl/ha, 35 year old vines), not filtered, which develops nuances of leather and ripe raspberry, a wine dense and powerful with the nose as in mouth, tasty, slightly peppered finally, of slow evolution. The 2005, not yet with maturity, with nuances of violet and liquorice, rich color, traditional and concentrated, combining smoothness and structure, full, a wine which continues its beautiful evolution. Beautiful 2004, of a very great aromatic complexity, coloured and scented, robust, with tannins tasty and dense, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, of robe intense crimson, scented (red fruits with fresh core, grooves, humus…). The vintage red Estagnol 2004 (88% Mourvèdre on red clay soil, 40 year old vines on average and 21 month maturing in tuns), is fleshy, a wine with these intense notes of red small fruits overripe and spices, fleshy, coloured and scented, robust, with tasty and dense tannins, to uncork on poulard in crust with salt, for example. 2003 are marked by this nose with prevailing of ripe red fruits and violet, a great wine powerful, very complex, with tasty and very rich tannins, very scented (blackcurrant, spices, pepper…), of a beautiful complexity finally. Superb 2001, with the nuances of ripe red fruits characteristic (bilberry, black cherry), of undergrowth, a coloured and robust wine, with the nose prevailed by currant and of the subtly spiced notes, powerful stops some and charmer. Red Bandol Bastide Blanche 2008 (78% Mourvèdre, 22% Grenache, 35 year old vines, 18 months maturing in tuns), garnet-red black robe, with the nose of violet and blackberry, fleshy, with notes of scrub, pepper and liquorice, fleshy in mouth as it should be. Rosy Bandol 2008 is always the best of the appellation (44% Mourvèdre, 33% Cinsault and 23% Grenache, with some 18 year old vines), of beautiful a very pale pink, fond of delicacies mouth prevailed by apricot and the fresh flowers, suave as it should be, spiced well as one needs it, ideal on the poultry pots, a wine which particularly allured us. The white (49% Clairette, 38% white Ugni, 8% Bourboulenc and 5% Sauvignon, 19 year old vines on average, 5 months maturing out of tanks stainless), finely having a nice bouquet with notes of hazel nut and peach, with a beautiful balance between freshness, the roundness and the fruity one, are of supple and fresh mouth at the same time, charmer by his promptness, vinified very well.

Château des BAUMELLES

(BANDOL)
Michel et Louis Bronzo
367, route des Oratoires
83330 Sainte-Anne-du-Castellet
Téléphone :04 94 32 63 20 et 04 42 08 84 80
Télécopie : 04 94 32 74 34
Email : earl.bronzo@wanadoo.fr

The other property of Michel Bronzo extends on 12 ha from vines from 30 years Middle Age, planted in slopes on a ground argilo-limestone. One applies here a method of traditional culture biological, banishing the chemicals of synthesis, implying a work of the ground and the use of treatments only containing copper and sulfur as well as an animal organic matter contribution. Powerful red Bandol 2006 (90% Mourvèdre and 10% Grenache), a wine resulting from small yields of 25 hl/ha because of its soil arranged into restanques, whose vintage is obviously manual with a total de-stalking, the fermenting is long, just like the 22 month maturing in tuns, marked by its soil, with these intense notes of overripe red small fruits and of spices, fleshy, is coloured and scented, with powerful but molten tannins. 2005 release from the spice notes with prevailing of ripe red fruits and violet, very a great wine intense, rich and powerful, of great evolution, to enjoy on a kitchen spiced like a curry of lamb. 2004, gold medal with the agricultural of Paris, very powerful general Competition color as in aromas, which good scent ripe fruits and the spices (blackberry, blackcurrant, pepper…), with quite firm and silky tannins at the same time. Rosy Bandol (53% Cinsault, 33% Mourvèdre, and 14% Grenache, direct pressing, soil argilo-limestone), slightly spiced, of light robe, associating nervousness and sweetness, a wine which combines structure and smoothness, aromatic persistence and length in mouth.

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Domaine de L'OLIVETTE

(BANDOL)
Jean-Luc Dumoutier
Chemin de L’Olivette
83330 Le Castellet
Téléphone :04 94 98 58 85
Télécopie : 04 94 32 68 43
Email : info@domaine-olivette.com
Site : www.domaine-olivette.com

A winegrowing of 55 ha in the same family since XVIIIe century. This likeable owner applies to let of course express the soil according to the vintages and practical of the manual grape harvest for this superb red Bandol 2005, very expressive of Mourvèdre, a wine of color intense, elegant, with the pepper and blackberry, blackcurrant connotations, rich, of beautiful garnet-red color, dense and powerful with the nose as in mouth, of good guard, a wine of beautiful matter. The 2004 are of deep color and intense, with the notes of blackcurrant, plum and spices, with rich and tasty tannins, which starts to open, of silky and dense mouth. Superb 2003, with these notes very characteristic and persistent of smoked and spices, with tannins powerful but very delicate, harmonious, very well-balanced finally. Red Cuvée Spéciale 2002 is very a great wine, very full, with coated tannins, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, of robe intense crimson, scented (red fruits with core, grooves, humus…), slightly peppered finally, of slow evolution. White Bandol (Clairette, white Ugni and Sauvignon) associates nervousness and fleshy, with the nose enchanting and persistent, a wine suave, harmonious, with the white fruit aromas, of a beautiful elegance and a great aromatic richness. Beautiful rosy Bandol 2008, Mourvèdre type of vines, Grenache and Cinsault, all stops some, fruity, with the notes of raspberry and pink, to taste on a roasted tagine or mullets.

Domaine MAESTRACCI

(CORSE)
Michel Raoust

20225 Feliceto
Téléphone :04 95 61 72 11
Télécopie : 04 95 61 80 16
Email : Clos.Reginu@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.domaine-maestracci.com

The valley of Reginu was always an excellent soil, the vine planted on an old glacial moraine resulting from Monte Grossu producing this red Vin de Corse Calvi E Prove 2005 matured out of barrels, very characteristic of its soil, a wine of deep robe, fleshy as it is needed, with the nose of quite ripe blackcurrant, round and powerful mouth, excellent evolution. Remarkable E rosy Prove gray 2008, a wine dry and suave at the same time, of subtly scented and persistent mouth, fleshy, to open on a spiced kitchen. The Blanc De Blancs E Prove 2008 (Vermentino), full and very harmonious, feels hazel nuts and the white peach, once again very succeeded like Reginu white 2008, with the connotations of honey and white flowers, very aromatic, very well-balanced. Red Clos Reginu 2007 is robust with raspberry aromas very present and spices. Villa Maestracci white is of a pleasant roundness, a wine where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits and heather, very harmonious.

Domaine de FONTLADE

(COTEAUX VAROIS)
Scea Baronne Philippe de Montrémy

83170 Brignoles
Téléphone :04 94 59 24 34
Télécopie : 04 94 72 02 88
Email : fontlade@orange.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateau-de-fontlade
Site : www.chateau-de-fontlade.com

Pass at the top first great wines classidied, and is well deserved. “Rigor and Passion”, could be the currency of this winegrowing. Rigor in the methods of culture and development of the wines, passion for the trade and the development of the soil. The vineyard of 40 ha, property of the baroness Philippe de Montremy since more than one half-century, extends on calcareous slopes. The hot and dry summers of these last years, enabled us to work out powerful, aromatic and elegant wines. One sees it with this remarkable red Coteaux Varois en Provence cuvée de l’Ermitage Vieilles Vignes 2006 (60% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 10% Cabernet), matured 8 months out of barrels of oak, Intense and coloured, all in aromas (raspberry, liquorice…), with this mouth quite fleshy characteristic. The 2005 are of robe crimson, supple and fullbodied at the same time, with the nose intense and subtle where intermingle the red fruits good ripe (prune) and grooves it, of dense mouth. Complex, the vintage saint Qvinis red 2006, is of deep robe, with the nose of blackberry and of smoked, with tannins present, a wine of a beautiful harmony, which continues its evolution. The vintage rosy Saint-Qvinis 2009 is of very beautiful pale color, all in smoothness, of delicate mouth, with the aromas of fresh fruits and pink, of a long scented final, to uncork on a fish with the furnace. The white is in the line, finely having a nice bouquet with notes of hazel nut and hawthorn, and a beautiful balance between freshness, the roundness and fruity, the suave, very elegant. Very attractive Côtes-de -Provence rosy Aurélia PRIMA, gold medal with Mâcon. An assembly of Syrah and Grenache (50/50) which macerated one night before being bled and vinified cold (in lower part of 17°), of brilliant robe, with the pronounced nose of citrus fruits and fresh fruits, all in roundness and suppleness, perfect on a fish grill. In the line, white Côtes-de -Provence Aurelia PRIMA 2008, with the subtle nose (hawthorn, hazel nut), all in roundness and persistent in mouth, with a characteristic note of freshness, of a very nice final.

Syndicat d'AIX

(COTEAUX-D'AIX)

CIVP - Maison des Vins - RN 7
83460 Les Arcs sur Argent
Téléphone :04 94 99 50 10
Télécopie : 04 94 99 50 19
Email : civp@provencewines.com
Site : www.vinsdeprovence.com

Interview of Mr ROQUE PERTUSA President of the Inter-profession of Vins of Provence (CIVP), Représentant of the production. Vine grower co-operator at the cellars of Ramatuelle, Cogolin, Grimaud, 46 years old, Mr. Roque Pertusa exploits in family 75 ha in Golfe de Saint-Tropez. He assumes several responsibilities within organizations for the die: vice-president of Celliers de Ramatuelle, chair of Fédération of the cooperative wine caves du Var, administrator of the CCVF and member of the ODG Côtes de Provence. “I succeed Jean-Jacques Bréban arrived at the end of his mandate. My objective is to maintain the position of leader of the wines of Provence and the incomes of the producers and traders. We slightly increased the contributions to give the means to the research center and of development of Vilauban in the enclosure of Chambre d' Agriculture to continue its investigations with the service of the wine. The rosé de Provence is combined well with the various mets, of the pizza pie to the chateaubriant or the Asian dishes. He appreciates himself also more and more with aperitif. We sold all the wines of the vintage 2008, that it is in Coteaux d’Aix, Coteaux Varois or Côtes de Provence. 2009 are one vintage of quality, the winter 2008 had profited from many rains, the plant could draw from the basements water necessary not to suffer from estival heats. The wine offers very pronounced citrus fruits aromas and preserves a rather pale robe. The producers and the traders provided a great qualitative effort to carry out the assemblies as well as possible. As I am president of the inter-profession of the wines of Provence, I speak about the whole of the three appellations, each one has his own characteristics been dependant on their soil, but we gather our forces, our means and our good mood to give our support for all. We have a very dynamic action, work on Grand Bassin Mediterranean which accommodates from now on the local wines, took an action with the room commercial of Brazil at the time of Carnaval, sums very present at Vinisud in Montpellier, in the United States, in Germany then London, in May… We try to finely adjust our actions to bring a powerful service to our members. Even if our wines of Provence locally find a very good outlet for trade with tourism, we are in the search of markets where we could dispatch them if Dame Nature were shown more generous with more abundant harvests. It is of our responsibility to anticipate that by finding markets remunerative and carrying for tomorrow. We grant part of our budget to the dynamization of caveaux of sales, cavists, markets, restoration… to maintain and develop the sale of proximity. The œnotourism is with the last style and the whole of the producers adheres to it by making the effort better accommodate.”

Domaine VAL de CAIRE

(COTEAUX-D'AIX)
Guillaume Reynier
Route de Caire-Val
13840 Rognes
Téléphone :04 42 50 94 79
Télécopie : 04 42 50 94 79
Email : valdecaire@gmail.com
Site : www.valdecaire.com

Classified very well. In 2003, Guillaume Reynier settles as a young farmer and produces his first harvest. Its priority was to respect and try to let the soil be expressed: improvement of training, organic fertilization, compartmental selection… The important one to make a wine of soil, a wine of vine grower. Its efforts are found in it Coteaux-d’Aix -en-Provence white 2008 (not very deep sand grounds interfered calcareous glares, of fossil flints), with the subtle nose (white flowers, almond, apple), all in persistence, with a note of very pleasant and persistent freshness. Excellent rosy 2008, resulting from 6 hours a cold maceration of for Syrah and 10 hours for Grenache, beautiful color, all in mouth, fruity, with pronounced notes of raspberry and pink. The red 2007 (majority Syrah 80% with 20% of Cabernet-Sauvignon, picked off vintage, fermentation indigenous yeasts, maturing during 14 month out of barrels) of beautiful garnet-red, rich robe and is structured, with the nose where prevail of the notes of blackcurrant and morello cherry. The vintage Coup de Foudre 2006, with a more important proportion of Syrah 85% and one maturing 18 months out of barrels, of color deep ruby, develops a powerful nose prevailed by the scrub and the black cherry, a wine of beautiful structure, guard.

Domaine du JAS D'ESCLANS

(CÔTES DE PROVENCE)
Matthieu et Gwenaëlle De Wulf
Route de Callas
83920 La Motte
Téléphone :04 98 10 29 29
Télécopie : 04 98 10 29 28
Email : mdewulf@terre-net.fr
Site : www.jasdesclans.fr

You will like their red Côtes-de -Provence vintage Coup de Foudre 2005 (30% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 25% Mourvèdre and 35% Carignan, minimum maturing 2 years out of barrels of oak) with the intense and complex nose with notes of liquorice, fruits dry and prunes with brandy, a wine of nature to be reserved for the marinaded meats. Red vintage of Loup 2007 (80% Syrah, 40% Grenache), yields 30 hl/ha, matured out of barrels, of fleshy mouth, of beautiful garnet-red robe, rich and structured Coast-of-Provence beautiful, with the persistent nose where prevail of the notes of blackcurrant and morello cherry, of excellent evolution, to open on a stew. Nice rosy Jas, of a beautiful harmony, a wine with the intense and complex nose, rich and all in smoothness. White beautiful vintage of Loup 2008, a full wine, of beautiful but pale shining, fruity with the accents of lemon and citrus fruits, with nuances of white flowers and honey of acacia, powerful, very elegant mouth. With its beautiful robe petal of luminous pink, the rosy one fermented of Loup 2008 is of frank and tasty mouth, all into fruity (raspberry) and freshness. Coast-of-Provence white 2008, one of best tasted this year, with notes of hazel nut, and citrus fruits, of a beautiful balance between freshness, the roundness and the fruity one, are a wine all in nuances, very charmer like their Coast-of-Provence rosy, distinguished, frankly and fruity, which releases from the scents of fresh flowers and apricot, mixing richness and suppleness.

Château MAÏME

(CÔTES DE PROVENCE)
Famille Sibran-Garcia

83460 Les Arcs
Téléphone :04 94 47 41 66
Télécopie : 04 94 47 42 08
Email : maime.terre@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.chateaumaime.com

The vineyard extends on 32 ha from vines located on a mica-schistous partly high and argilo-sandy ground partly low. Beautiful red Côtes-de Provence cuvéeVeronique 2005, a beautiful wine which develops aromas of blackcurrant and violet, which combines structure and suppleness in mouth, full and firm, with nuances of persistent violet and liquorice to the palate. Red vintage Raphaëlle 2007 (90% Syrah and 10% Carignan), of beautiful steady robe, with the spice and blackberry notes, combining structure and suppleness in mouth, with rich tannins, for which it is necessary to leave the time to be melted, to open with a leg with the string, of excellent evolution as attests the 2005 of them, of steady color, which develops nuances of leather and ripe raspberry, a dense and powerful wine with the nose as in mouth, perfect on a stew. Excellent white 2008, with this key of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits (peach, mango) and of heather, harmonious in mouth. Tasty rosy 2008 (40% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 30% Cinsault), passage of the grape in cold room, pellicular maceration 12:00 on Grenache and Syrah, stalling préfermentaire during 10 days with 8°C, maturing on the lees delicate for 3 months, fermentation controlled by maintenance of the temperature with 18°C… the whole giving this wine with nuances of fruits and flowers, dryness and suave at the same time, of subtly scented mouth, which mixes roundness and promptness with the palate, a nice wine all in subtlety, particularly attractive.

Château de POURCIEUX

(CÔTES DE PROVENCE)
Michel d'Espagnet

83470 Pourcieux
Téléphone :04 94 59 78 90
Télécopie : 04 94 59 32 46
Email : me@pourcieux.com
Site : www.chateau-de-pourcieux.com

The château de Pourcieux belongs since its origin to the family of Marquis d' Espagnet whose several members occupied the load of Conseiller to Parlement of Provence. Since 1986, Michel d' Espagnet perpetuates the family tradition and ensures the destinies of the winegrowing. The vineyard, of a current surface of 27 ha, is composed of 7 different type of vines whose the three principal ones are: Syrah with small grains for 35%, Grenache black for 35% and Cinsault for 10%. The secondary type of vines, four are: the Cabernet-Sauvignon, Mourvèdre, Rolle and Carignan. Vineyard cultivated and maintained in a traditional way, the vines are plowed 4 to 5 times per annum. The manure is brought after harvest. It is composed only of organic matters and to in no case of chemical fertilizers. All this explains this very charmer Côtes de Provence white 2008, with the peach notes, richly having a nice bouquet, all of structure and perfumes, melted in mouth. The rosy 2008 are of beautiful color pastel, floral, with this point of pleasant nervousness, subtly spiced, attractive by its smoothness of aromas, ideal on the pots. Beautiful red 2007, with the nose of ripe fruits, at the same time powerful and round mouth, with the tannins firm and coated, perfect on a stew. For the good mouth, this red 2003 is a very typified and robust wine, with the cooked fruit aromas (black cherry, currant…), of cinnamon, slightly peppered, rich and coloured, of beautiful garnet-red, dense color with the nose as in mouth, to enjoy on a leg.

SAVOIE MAISON MOLLEX

2011-01-11T08:22:00.000+01:00

The Mollex family of the Pays de Seyssel devotes itself to the culture of the vine and the trade of her wines since 1359. It is the largest vineyard of the Seyssel appellation, that is to say 30 ha of vines, only cultivated with the Altesse type of vine, also called Roussette de Seyssel. Today, it is Jean-Luc and Sébastien which took again the winegrowing and they will be made a pleasure of accommodating you with the vault for a visit and a tasting of their wines: Roussette de Seyssel cuvée La Tacconnière 2007, alcoholic fermentation very slow, not of malolactic fermentation, wraps but pale with the silver plated reflections, intense fruit aroma with white flesh, a fresh and mellow wine at the same time, very pleasant; Seyssel Méthode Traditionnelle, the second fermentation of catch of foam out of bottle, of delicate and elegant bubbles, is fruity and persistent.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Jean-Luc et Sébastien Mollex
Who's in charge : Jean-Luc et Sébastien Mollex
Adress : 161, place de l'Eglise 01420 Corbonod
Phone : 04 50 56 12 20
Fax : 04 50 56 17 29
E-Mail : maisonmollex@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/maisonmollex
Personal website : www.maison-mollex.com

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The Best Graves and Pessac-Léognan of the year

2011-01-07T18:14:00.000+01:00

Château CHANTEGRIVE

(GRAVES)
Sas des vignobles Lévèque
Domaine de Chantegrive - BP 14
33720 Podensac
Téléphone :05 56 27 17 38
Télécopie : 05 56 27 29 42
Email : chateauchantegrive@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateauchantegrive
Site : www.chantegrive.com

At the top. Large and beautiful vineyard, which extends on 95 ha, made up of 40% of white type of vines and red type of vine 60%. To note, the creation of a vintage Henri Lévêque, in his homage, and to celebrate the 40 years of Chantegrive as from 2007. You will appreciate like us this Chantegrive red 2006, powerful, structured, very elegant, of full mouth, all in aromas, with rich and velvety tannins at the same time, with the connotations of blackberry and spices, beautiful evolution. The 2005 are robust and fleshy, of full mouth, with the nuances of blackcurrant and spices, with tannins harmonious but structured at the same time, a wine of silky mouth, a beautiful aromatic persistence, deep color, guard. The 2004 are of intense robe ruby, with the nose where the currant and the spices prevail, all in aromatic complexity, a wine which combines richness and harmony. Chantegrive white 2007, which combines smoothness and persistence, of mouth rich and distinguished with the grilled almond and citrus fruits nuances, is very pleasant. Excellent 2006, where intermingle with the notes of almond, peach and heather, a harmonious wine in mouth. Superb, their Caroline white, a powerful and elegant wine, with these fresh nut and apple notes, with the nose flowered, suave and powerful, of a very beautiful persistence aromatic in the palate, with nuances of peach and lime, very well-balanced finally. Beautiful quality-price-pleasure ratio.

Château SAINT-AGRÈVES

(GRAVES)
Earl Landry
17, rue Joachim-de-Chalup Lieu dit Artigues
33720 Landiras
Téléphone :05 56 62 50 85
Télécopie : 05 56 62 42 49
Email : saint-agreves@orange.fr

Classified very well with this Graves red 2006, coloured well, a wine which combines structure and suppleness, with round tannins, very scented, with this nose where the prune prevails, a wine all in harmony, to open on a rib steak with the vine shoots of vine. The 2005, bronze medals with the Competition of the Vine growers Independent 2007 like with Competition of Bordeaux wines d' Aquitaine, of intense color to the black reflections, the red fruit aromas, spices, with well coated tannins, is a rich and generous wine, a beautiful aromatic final. Excellent 2004, with a strong color, quite fleshy, tasty, with the notes of currant and quite characteristic humuses, of good evolution. All in nuances, the Graves white 2006 is of a beautiful aromatic persistence, sharp, with very delicate and refreshing scents of citrus fruits, of mint, honeysuckle, full mouth with a long final.

Château TOURTEAU-CHOLLET

(GRAVES)
Maxime Bontoux
3, chemin de Chollet - BP 18
33640 Arbanats
Téléphone :05 56 67 47 78
Télécopie : 05 56 67 40 09
Email : tourteauchollet@wanadoo.fr

At the top in Classement 2009, thanks to a real quality-price-pleasure ratio, which also comes to reward passion and the dynamism for Maxime Bontoux. Winegrowing under reasoned agriculture. A true very favorite for this Graves red 2006 (55% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 45% Merlot), of a beautiful dark red, full and structured, rich out of fruits (morello cherry, blackberry), of beautiful roundness, all in tannic smoothness, very scented with the palate, really remarkable. The 2005 are rich color as out of matter, with these notes of strawberry of wood surmûrie, intense with the nose as in mouth with nuances of black small fruits and truffle, a quite robust but very delicate wine, of powerful mouth, guard. The 2004 are remarkable, with a strong color and brilliant, dense and robust, with the fruity notes, spiced, with a beautiful freshness representative of the vintage, a fleshy and robust wine, of good guard of course. The 2003 are structured, quite fleshy, full in mouth, with the nuances of blackcurrant and pepper, with tannins molten but structured at the same time. Graves white 2006, (90% Sauvignon white, 10% Sémillon, maturing 100% new wood), Trophy Prestige with International Competition of Citadelles of Wines 2007, of beautiful pale yellow color, with a citrus fruits nose, very quite well-balanced stops with toastées nuances, is a very expressive, powerful wine and of a long final. Tasty 2005, with the shrewd and delicate aromas, of robe of a beautiful yellow aspect and gold, of fond of delicacies and fruity mouth, it is a powerful wine with the nose as in mouth. The 2004, with the nose of small fruits, firm and suave, very well-balanced, richly having a nice bouquet, are a very nice wine. Many rewards obtained and a beautiful quality-price-typicité ratio.

Château TOULOUZE

Winegrowing of 48 ha including 25 of vines. Exceptional a quality-price ratio for this Graves de Vayres red 2006 (75% Merlot and 25% Cabernets), with the complex and subtle nose at the same time, with notes of undergrowth and ripe plum, mouth full and dense, with a strong color, a fleshy wine, mouthfull. Superb 2005, with a strong color, with the very expressive nose of fruits, fleshy, very well-balanced mouth between powerfull and freshness. Beautiful 2004, of a deep color, very rich and subtle at the same time, with silky tannins, a very beautiful final in mouth, of excellent evolution. The 2003 have a powerful and delicate nose at the same time, with the ripe fruit notes (blackcurrant, morello cherry), a wine which hardly starts to be melted. Taste Bordeaux Supérieur Vieilles Vignes Château Maine Martin (65% Merlot, 35% Cabernets), a wine with the nose of cooked small fruits, combining powerfull and suppleness, of garnet-red, very aromatic robe in mouth, with well-balanced tannins. Rosy Bordeaux Château Frégent is very pleasant, of beautiful color, fond of delicacies and frank, very fruity, perfect on a slightly spiced kitchen.

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Domaine de CHEVALIER

(PESSAC-LÉOGNAN)
Olivier Bernard

33850 Léognan
Téléphone :05 56 64 16 16
Télécopie : 05 56 64 18 18
Email : olivierbernard@domainedechevalier.com
Site : www.domainedechevalier.com

Incontestably at the top of First Classified Great wines, in white as in red, which is really nothing. Exceptional Pessac-Léognan red 2006, very elegant, silky, of a diversity and complexity of intense aromas, prevailed by morello cherry and the ripe raspberry, a wine where the soil is perfectly also expressed with this very successful balsamic point, a beautiful length finally. Exceptional 2005, tempting, powerful, full, with rich and velvety tannins at the same time, with the cinnamon and blackberry connotations to the nose, fleshy as one likes them, with much structure, mouthfull, with the fruit compotes notes slightly spiced (morello cherry, blackcurrant…) and of liquorice, slow evolution. Superb Pessac-Léognan red 2004, of a red very dark, powerful, of a great complexity, with very silky tannins, a wine where all marvelously molten, whose balance is perfect, extremely is typified Graves Pessac-Léognan with notes of smoked, very complex aromas, really very a great wine. Remarkable 2003, powerful, more typified Cabernet-Sauvignon, but very soft, because Cabernets were very ripe, with the persistent and subtle aromas of ripe red small fruits with core, very structured, with full tannins, a wine all in distinction, of excellent evolution. The red 2002 is a wine fleshy and harmonious, very elegant, with the subtle and intense bouquet at the same time, prevailed by the humus and the fresh red small fruits, of full mouth, very traditional. Beautiful red 2001, where balance is perfect, large Bordeaux rather in the smoothness that in the powerfull, of a great classicism. Pessac-Léognan white 2006 is very a great success, rich and distinguished, with the nuances of citrus fruits and grilled almond, combining smoothness and persistence, a wine fleshy and nervous at the same time, dense and complex with the nose as in mouth, of a great fullness, suave and persistent. The 2005 are of beautiful but pale shining, very well-balanced, of a persistent freshness, a traditional wine which develops a powerful nose of ripe citrus fruits, with the wooded good melted, prevailed by a tough aromatic powerfull, of intense mouth where one finds the acacia and citrus fruits. The 2004 are one of its more great successes and one of most beautiful of all the area, with the subtle nose (acacia, hazel nut), all in distinction and persistence in mouth, with this characteristic freshness, one vintage perfect, traditional, of a beautiful balance, the white wines not liking the too hot vintages. The white 2003 is the vintage roundest with Chevalier, with prevailing of white flowers and dry small fruits, powerful but very delicate, a wine all finally. The white 2002 is splendid, powerful, of a beautiful acidity, with the very floral nose of elder tree, acacia, vanilla associated with citrus fruits notes. The mouth full and is structured, a perfectly well-balanced great wine between the fleshy one and freshness. One is well at the top.

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Bandol La Bastide Blanche

2010-11-10T19:49:00.000+01:00

la BASTIDE BLANCHE

Corse Domaine Comte Peraldi

2010-11-04T07:49:00.003+01:00

Beautiful winegrowing of 50 ha vines, broods on the slopes of Mezzavia, floret of the insular vine growing. This old winegrowing (the first vines were planted there in XVIème century) was completely restructured in 1965 by Comte de Poix-Peraldi, father of the current owner. It is currently the most important vineyard of the controlled appellation “Ajaccio”.
The winegrowing proposes to you this remarkable Ajaccio Comte Peraldi red 2005, of robe crimson, supple and robust at the same time, with the complex nose (ripe blackcurrant, scrub, pepper), slightly spiced in mouth as it should be, of very good evolution. Beautiful vintage Clos du Cardinal red 2003, resulting from Sciacarello, matured out of barrels, with the nose of humus and spices, associating wealth and smoothness of mouth, fleshy and very full, of very good evolution, to taste on a stew. Excellent Comte Peraldi rosy 2006, with notes of rose and blackberry, delicious and slightly spiced wine, of persistent mouth, ideal on spiced food, of complex mouth like this white 2005, with the mineral nose where the citrus fruits and the dry small fruits, full and having a nice bouquet prevail, of spiced and dense mouth. The white 2007, finely having a nice bouquet, are of mouth fresh and tender, with the subtle nose (white flowers, almond, apple), all in roundness and persistence, with a very pleasant note of freshness to the palate, is combined perfectly with a bar with fennel.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Guy Tyrel de Poix
Who's in charge : Marilyne Costa
Adress : Chemin du Stiletto 20167 Mezzavia
Phone : 04 95 22 37 30
Fax : 04 95 20 92 91
E-Mail : domaineperaldi@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/domaineperaldi
Personal website : www.domaineperaldi.com

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Madiran Domaine Pichard

2010-10-26T17:16:00.000+02:00

A winegrowing on the ground thin, silico-argillaceous, very stony, where the southern exposure full to semi-slope makes it possible to obtain wines of very great quality. One matures wines of tradition here, proposing a range of vintages over 10 years and more, which is very rare.
Beautiful Madiran 2005, matured very well out of barrels, a superb wine, with the nose present with notes of violet and prune, rich color, dense and traditional, which should largely hold its promises. The Tradition vintage is rounder, quite robust, a supple wine which makes it possible to await the evolution of the great wine. Remarkable 2004, powerful, delicate, elegant, with matter, of beautiful vivid color and with the aromas of intense red small fruits (blackcurrant, cherry), of a nice final. Following the last vintages, ones most typified and attractive that others, it there for example this superb 2000. One vintage of very vivid color, very well-balanced, with the complex nose with notes of ripe cherry and humus, of full and intense, warm mouth with these nuances of pepper and blackcurrant jam, a wine not yet with maturity, which continues its very beautiful evolution. At his sides, one also enjoys this exceptional vintage 1990, where one finds all the specificity of what must be Madiran worthy of this name, with an aromatic pallet of a great complexity where the spices prevail. The wine is of beautiful garnet-red robe deep, with the complex nose prevailed by the cooked fruits and of the notes of torrefaction, with ripe tannins and a beautiful concentration, of an evolution. Also taste Pacherenc-of-Vic-Bilh, mixing aromatic richness and persistence, with connotations of hazel nut and apricot, all in charm.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Jean Sentilles et Rod Cork
Who's in charge : Jean Sentilles et Rod Cork
Adress : 65700 Soublecause
Phone : 05 62 96 35 73
Fax : 05 62 96 96 72
E-Mail : domainepichard@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/domainepichard

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Brouilly Alain Michaud

2010-10-25T17:51:00.000+02:00

Property created in 1910 by the grandfather. Alain Michaud represents the third generation of vine growers, assisted soon by 4th with Dorian. The winegrowing counts 13 ha including 9 in Brouilly appellation, made up for 70% by vines of more than 50 years.
Beautiful Brouilly 2007, delicate, scented, robust, a wine which feels good the ripe red fruits and the undergrowth, of tasty mouth. The 2006, of a robe limpid red cherry, develop a nose of morello cherry but also with aromas of blackcurrant and peony and a fresh mouth with well melted tannins, a wine which requires a rich kitchen. The 2005 are of deep color, with the notes of blackberry and violet, of well-balanced structure, very charmer, of fleshy and persistent mouth, excellent evolution. The Morgon 2006 (2,50 ha, 45 years old vines on the slopes) is a success, wine of a full and rich, with the complex nuances of fruits of wood, powerful and tasty, promising mouth. The Beaujolais rosé 2006 (2000 bottles only) is greedy and fruity, perfect on the Lyons pork-butcheries. The 2008 are a small harvest with much concentration, and the winegrowing offers a new product to you “La Gamaysienne”. The Catch of foam is made out of bottle with a traditional discharging, an ideal wine for a light aperitif or a dessert.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Alain Michaud
Who's in charge : Alain Michaud
Adress : Beauvoir cidex 1145 69220 Saint-Lager
Phone : 04 74 66 84 29
Fax : 04 74 66 71 91
E-Mail : alainmichaud@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/alainmichaud
Personal website : www.alain-michaud.fr

Médoc Château Les Moines

2010-10-25T09:34:00.000+02:00

Château les MOINES

(MÉDOC)
Claude Pourreau
9, rue Charles Plumeau
33340 Couquèques
Téléphone :05 56 41 38 06
Télécopie : 05 56 41 37 81
Email : mail@chateau-les-moines.com

A vineyard of 30 ha (75% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, with an average age of the 26 year old vines, planted on a limestone tape rich in fossils). This Médoc Prestige 2007, matured out of barrels, is very elegant, fleshy and rich, with the intense bouquet with these notes of undergrowth and fresh red fruits, of full and melted mouth, extremely well matured, promising. Tasty 2006, of beautiful robe steady ruby, a wine very harmonious, very full, with the noses of fruits red and a point of spices characteristic, fleshy in mouth, all in subtlety, a wine which is tasted very well today, of good guard. 2005, matured out of barrels, of nice garnet-red robe deep, dense and are very scented (red small fruits, leather), with tannins round and present, a well-balanced wine which fills up the mouth well, with the nuances of smoked typical, of a beautiful final. 2004 combine smoothness and structure, with the concentrated bouquet, of deep color, with spiced savors.

Médoc Château de Panigon

2010-10-20T17:17:00.001+02:00

Château de PANIGON

(MÉDOC)
Georges Dadda

33340 Civrac-en-Médoc
Téléphone :05 56 41 37 00
Télécopie : 05 56 41 37 00
Email : dwl.france@orange.fr

Beautiful place in Classement with this Médoc Cru Bourgeois 2008, still closed of course, fullbodied, intense color as in aromas, which fleure good the ripe fruits and liquorice, finely tannic, a wine as one likes them, of a beautiful aromatic persistence. 2007, of very good mouth, are quite fleshy, with harmonious tannins, with nuances of overripe fruits and spices, of beautiful color black, rich and velvety cherry with the palate with personality, very successful. Excellent 2006, with the very pronounced aromatic expression (cooked plum, morello cherry) combining smoothness and structure, of mouth full, with quite firm tannins, of beautiful matter, dense finally. Beautiful 2005, with the subtle and intense nose at the same time, a fullbodied and persistent wine, with these undergrowth and prune notes, coloured, which combine smoothness and structure, with silky tannins, of succulent mouth, guard. Very pleasant Rosé de Panigon cuvée Valombreuse 2008, with the bouquet greedy, fresh, round and light, which deserved well its silver medal in Mondial of Rosy 2009.

Top Champagne Ellner

2010-10-13T20:25:00.000+02:00

Founded at the beginning of 1900, The House Charles Ellner, is managed today by the 3rd generation whereas the 4th has already taken a very active part in it since several years. The family moved forward very fast and developed the company in a significant way, but was always very concerned about preserving the same family identity and know-how. For memory, at the beginning of the last century, Charles Emile Ellner founded the house. He was then assisted by is only son Pierre, with whom the adventure started. Pierre transmitted to his sons his passion for the vineyard and for wine. Michel more involved in the vineyard was very often standing by his father’s side building together today’s properties. He was followed by his two sons, Arnaud, the actual cellars master and Frederic, director of the vineyard. Jean-Pierre is now the President of the company. The vineyard covers a total surface of 54 hectares spread over 15 different locations providing us with a wide variety of grapes. The diversity, the richness; the smoothness of our cuvees, attest of our will to bring our Champagne to the top of the quality scale. The fidelity and confidence our customers grant us with , testify of the steadiness and the constancy of our champagne through out the years. Always in search of new opportunities, our company succeeded in developing its export markets representing today nearly 60 % of its sales.
Superb Champagne Vintage 2000 Brut Prestige, with delicate and light foam, intense aromas with dominating hazel nut and apricot notes, harmonious and tasty, of beautiful body with intense aromas. It is just as elegant as the Vintage 1999 Brut Prestige is. This 99 combines finesse and body, very smooth with a fruity bouquet of peach and lemongrass. A very rich and distinguish champagne, very powerful on the palate. Great Vintage 1999 Brut Séduction, made without malolactic fermentation. Subtle with intense aromas of fresh fruit with spicy notes, generous bubbles, it offers a long finish. Remarquable Brut Intégral ( with no dosage added) bright robe, fresh aromas with citrus fruits and acacia flavours, fine and persistent foam, tasty and distinguish. Carte d’Or Brut is a success, dry fruit nose, aromatic with long lasting flavours, delicate with a generous foam. Excellent Rosé Brut dominated by the ripe small red fruits flavours, great finish on the palate, fresh and fruity taste, perfect on a quiche as well as on a fruit dessert.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Famille Ellner
Who's in charge : Jean-Pierre Ellner
Adress : 6, rue Côte Legris 51200 Epernay
Phone : 03 26 55 60 25
Fax : 03 26 51 54 00
E-Mail : champagneellner@vinsdusiecle.com et info@champagne-ellner.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/champagneellner
Personal website : www.champagne-ellner.com

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Best Minervois

2010-10-02T17:07:00.001+02:00

Domaine de BARROUBIO

(MINERVOIS)
Raymond Miquel

34360 Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Téléphone :04 67 38 14 06
Télécopie : 04 67 38 14 06
Email : barroubio@barroubio.fr
Site : www.barroubio.fr

Château TOURRIL EARL

(MINERVOIS)
Thierry Izarié

11200 Roubia
Téléphone :04 68 91 36 89
Télécopie : 04 68 91 30 24
Email : chateau.tourril@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.letourril.com

A very favorite for this Minervois Tourril 2005 (80% Syrah out of barrels, 20% Grenache), with the powerful nose, all in aromatic nuances where liquorice and the spices prevail, of rich mouth, good evolution like Minervois fermented Philippe 2005, of beautiful dense garnet-red robe, with the nose of ripe fruits and humus, with tannins quite present, at the same time silky and rich, a powerful wine, of a beautiful harmony in mouth. Rosy Minervois 2009 combines smoothness and structure frankly, and fruity, with the nose of the scents of fresh flowers and apricot, then, in mouth, of the discrete nuances of strawberry, a wine which Marie very well with a parillada, for example. Taste also their Minervois fermented Les 3 Lesses 2007, pure Carignan, matured out of barrels, of fleshy and scented mouth (bilberry, spices…), with firm but velvety tannins, which it is necessary to let melt itself.

Best Côtes de Bordeaux Wines

2010-08-24T20:53:00.001+02:00

Château LAGARDE

(PREMIÈRES CÔTES DE BLAYE)
Paul-Henry Nerbusson

33390 Cars
Téléphone :05 57 42 91 56 et 05 49 28 46 77
Email : vignobles.nerbusson@wanadoo.fr

A vineyard of 12 ha into organic, and a success with Premières-Côtes-de -Blaye red Excellence 2005, maturing in oak barrel, with aromas of humus and cooked currant, fleshy and persistent in mouth, with delicate and ripe tannins, is a wine of beautiful color, quite robust. Excellent Premières-Côtes-de -Blaye Tradition 2006, a wine of powerful mouth, with the connotations of blackberry and violet, very delicate, quite fullbodied and well-balanced, it is traditional and very good.

Château LARRAT

(PREMIÈRES CÔTES DE BLAYE)
M.Larrat
5, Grillet
33710 Pugnac
Téléphone :05 57 68 80 64
Télécopie : 05 57 68 82 65
Email : dom.grillet@wanadoo.fr

Very tasty Premières-Côtes-de -Blaye 2005, maturing in oak barrel, of garnet-red color steady, dense with the nose as in mouth (blackcurrant, grooves), quite well-balanced with tasty tannins, a typified wine, of a beautiful harmony, excellent evolution as attests of them the 2003, a wine rich color, traditional and concentrated, combining smoothness and structure, full and length in mouth, with coated tannins.

Château PONT les MOINES

(PREMIÈRES CÔTES DE BLAYE)
Vignobles Gagné et Barrat
La Maçonne
33760 Frontenac
Téléphone :05 56 23 98 50
Télécopie : 05 56 23 98 50
Email : brancompostelle@aol.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateaupontlesmoines

Family property since four generations, Château Pont Les Moines is located at the north of Bordeaux, in the area of Blayais, and extends on the commune of Civrac de Blaye. Vineyard of a surface of 29 ha, on ground argilo-limestone, where the vines have an average age 15 years. Traditional planted grape varieties of this area (70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet-Sauvignon), which produces coloured wines, robust and rounds in mouth. The wine making is traditional, with long fermentings and a maturing out of tanks during 14 month. One gives really pleasure with their red Premières-Côtes-de -Blaye 2006, very well-balanced, of intense color, with the black fruit nose (blackcurrant, blackberry), with very well-balanced tannins, a wine which continues its evolution. Very nice white Bordeaux Sauvignon Château Pont Moines 2009, with the aromas floral and fruity intense, harmonious, subtle and powerful at the same time, quite representative of this great vintage. Even owner that Château Bran de Compostelle (see Bordeaux Supérieur).

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2010-07-02T07:44:00.001+02:00

Château GRAND-MOULIN

(CORBIÈRES)
Jean-Noël Bousquet
RN 113 - 6, avenue Galliéni
11200 Lézignan-Corbières
Téléphone :04 68 27 40 80
Télécopie : 04 68 27 47 61
Email : chateaugrandmoulin@wanadoo.fr

A success with this Corbières Boutenac 2006 (70% Syrah, 30% Carignan), of rich and typified mouth, all color, very aromatic, with these subtle notes of humus and black small fruits (bilberry) agreeably spiced, full and powerful, it is a very full wine, of good guard. Vieilles Vignes 2005, matured out of barrels (50% Syrah, 20% Carignan, 20% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre), of garnet-red robe, with these spice and macerated fruit notes, of very good mouth, are fleshy and meaty, with well-balanced tannins. Excellent Corbières Terres Rouges 2005, of intense and major color garnet-red, subtle with the nose as in mouth with crystallized plum aromas and delicate roasted notes, robust, with tasty tannins, of excellent evolution.

Domaine de LONGUEROCHE

(CORBIÈRES)
Roger Bertrand

11200 Saint-André-de-Roquelongue
Téléphone :04 68 41 48 26 et 06 75 22 85 51
Télécopie : 04 68 32 22 43
Email : contact@rogerbertrand.fr
Site : www.rogerbertrand.fr

Vineyard of 14 ha on ground argilo-limestone and ferruginous sandstone. Manual grape harvest and reasoned culture give this red Corbières cuvée Aurélien 2006, extremely well matured, typified well, of garnet-red robe, with the persistent nose where prevail of the notes of morello cherry, pepper and the spices, a wine rich and length in mouth, with ripe tannins, of excellent evolution. Excellent red Corbières Tradition 2005, of steady color, with the complex nose, the notes of strawberry of wood, humus and spices, a fullbodied and typified wine. Very good rosy Corbières, resulting from bleeding, of beautiful color, with the nose complexes (cherry, strawberry…), expenses and round at the same time, perfect on roasted mullets. Taste the Vin de Pays d’Oc Viognier 2007 maturing in oak barrel, a wine which fills up the mouth well, very fruity with the nose as in mouth.

Domaine MARTINOLLE GASPARETS

(CORBIÈRES)
Mr Martinolle

11200 Lézignan-Corbières
Téléphone :04 68 27 10 45
Email : pierre.martinolle@domaine-martinolle.com
Site : www.domaine-martinolle.com

Winegrowing of 30 ha. Remarkable Corbières red 2006, gold medal with the competition of Vins de Corbières, very robust, well typified as we like them, fleshy, very scented (morello cherry spices), a powerful wine, with dense and structured tannins, very structured in mouth, very well-balanced, of slow evolution. Excellent Corbières white 2007, with the hazel nut and peach notes, of beautiful robe, firm and suave, of a nice smoothness, like the rosé one, of beautiful color, full mouth, which feels the strawberry, to drinking slightly fresh on grills, and this astonishing Cartagène 2005 (liqueur wine).

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Château MINGRAUT

(CORBIÈRES)
Véronique et Florent Cuculière

11700 Fontcouverte
Téléphone :04 68 43 40 01
Télécopie : 04 68 43 40 02
Email : info@domaine-mingraut.fr
Site : www.domaine-mingraut.fr

Sure value. Beautiful Corbières red 2005, matured well 13 month out of barrels of oak, of garnet-red robe, with the complex nose where the spices and the blackberry prevail, dense. cuvée Passionnément 2005, a robust wine and typified well, of nice intense robe, is powerful in mouth, with firm and quite well-balanced tannins, the notes of ripe red fruits characteristic, with nuances of peony. Viognier a 2006 fleshy wine with a good point of acidity which perfect its balance, with the aromas of pear and white flowers, all in persistence, ideal on scallops.

Château VILLEMAGNE

(CORBIÈRES)
Sophie et Christophe Hebraud
Hameau de Villemagne
11220 Lagrasse
Téléphone :04 68 24 06 97
Télécopie : 04 68 24 06 97
Email : chateau.villemagne@free.fr

Winegrowing of 61 ha including 28,25 of vines, located in the Corbières average. Family estate since 6 generations. Tasty Corbières 2001, maturing in oak barrel, traditional, of intense robe, powerful in mouth, with ripe and quite well-balanced tannins, the nuances of cooked red small fruits, a round, full and tasty wine. Corbières rosé is fresh, with floral and fruity notes, suave and persistent, associating elegance and powerfull, of a very beautiful fullness with the nose as in mouth, perfect on shrimps or a soufflé.

Château d’ANGLÈS

(COTEAUX-DU-LANGUEDOC)
Éric Fabre
Rivière Le Haut
11560 Fleury-d’Aude
Téléphone :04 68 33 61 33
Télécopie : 04 68 33 90 32
Email : info@chateaudangles.com
Site : www.chateaudangles.com

Vineyard of 35 ha vines, adherent Terra Vitis. Excellent red Coteaux-du-Languedoc Terroir de La Clape 2005, rich and traditional, scented (fresh fruits), slightly spiced finally, of full and peppered mouth, a powerful wine and very structured. The 2004 are a wine with matter and tannins, with the red fruit notes and undergrowth, with this spice point and this at the same time rich and supple structure with the palate. Rosé Coteaux-du -Languedoc 2007 is all in aromas, a wine fresh, well-balanced, which feels currant and citrus fruits, of attractive mouth.

Domaine la CROIX CHAPTAL

A winegrowing of 25 ha of vines and 10 ha wood. Beautiful Coteaux-du-Languedoc cuvée Les Origines Seigneurie de Cambous 2005, coming from Carignan with very weak yield combined with a touch of Grenache and Syrah, a wine extremely well matured, with the nuances of red fruits and undergrowth delicately spiced, a wine which combines structure and suppleness, of fleshy and generous mouth, to uncork on a calf square, inter alia. Very nice Coteaux-du-Languedoc Terrasses du Larzac red 2005 (light passage out of barrels), scented well, robust and traditional, to uncork on steaklets.

Domaine de FAMILONGUE

Winegrowing of 28 ha vines, fights reasoned, no artificial fertilizer nor weeding. That gives this Coteaux-du-Languedoc Âme de Familongue 2005, coloured and robust, with the nose prevailed by the red small fruits and liquorice, a powerful and intense wine, vinified very well. Coteaux-du-Languedoc Mas de Vignals red 2006, quite traditional, is scented (fresh fruits, humus…), slightly spiced finally, a powerful wine and very structured, coloured, of good evolution. Taste their Coteaux-du-Languedoc Bastide aux Oliviers white 2006, all in suppleness, with the yellow notes of fruits and roasted, very aromatic finally, perfect on crayfish.

Château des PEYREGRANDES

At the top of first classified great wines. The estate is qualified with the title of reasoned agriculture Terra Vitis for the activity of vine growing and wine making. The grape harvest is done with the hand, making it possible to carry out the sorting necessary for a perfect maturation. A winegrowing of 25 ha on schist grounds whose Middle Age of the vines is 60 years. Remarkable Faugères cuvée Charlotte 2005, resulting from the four type of vines Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre, coloured, of powerful and dense mouth, with tannins present, the notes of humus and liquorice, of a steady structure, quite robust mouth as it is needed, which is appreciated on a leg of mutton. cuvée Marie Laurencie 2005 is of robe dark ruby, with the aromas of small black bays and humus, a wine of elegant and very scented mouth, a vintage vinified very well, which requires a rich kitchen.

Domaine de BARROUBIO

(MINERVOIS)
Raymond Miquel

34360 Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Téléphone :04 67 38 14 06
Télécopie : 04 67 38 14 06
Email : barroubio@barroubio.fr
Site : www.barroubio.fr

At the top of first great wines classified with its red Minervois cuvée Jean Miquel old vines 2004 (80% Carignan and 20% Grenache, matured 12 months out of barrels of 4 wines), a coloured wine, of mouth powerful and dense, with the nuances of raspberry, humus and of liquorice, a steady structure, fleshy, of a complex final. Minervois rosé all into fruity, associating nervousness and suppleness, is finely spiced, perfect on the pots of the area. Excellent Muscat Saint-Jean-with-Minervois cuvée Nicolas 2006 (Muscat with small grains), with prevailing of fruits fresh with a point of lily, very aromatic, of mouth suave, light and round at the same time, generous and charmer, like this Côtes de Thongue cuvée Font del muscles 2007.

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Mas de DAUMAS-GASSAC

(VINS DE PAYS)
Aimé Guibert

34150 Aniane
Téléphone :04 67 57 71 28
Télécopie : 04 67 57 41 03
Email : contact@daumas-gassac.com
Site : www.daumas-gassac.com

At the top, naturally. Splendid Vin de Pays red 2006, of color intense, elegant, a beautiful concentrated wine, with the powerful nose, all in aromatic nuances where liquorice and the spices prevail, of rich mouth, great guard like the very large 2005, of slow evolution. The 2004 are very traditional, elegant, of beautiful color, rich and fruity, velvety, with the nose prevailed by spices and the red small fruits with core, mouthfull, a wine of great evolution also. The 2003, with the nuances of spices, black fruits, wood and vanilla, of complex and intense mouth, with rich and silky tannins at the same time, are a concentrated great wine which deserves patience, even if it can be appreciated on the fruit of its youth. There is also this exceptional white 2007, of a great sweetness, where all the force of his soil is found, a delicate and scented, dense and elegant great wine as it is needed, full in mouth, very rich and subtle, which feels hazel nuts and the white peach, subtle and persistent, of a great freshness in mouth, really formidable. In another style, for the every day, one gives also really pleasure with red Guilhem, with the aromas of violet and of blackberry, frankly, fullbodied and robust, a wine “like formerly”, specifies one here, and which profits, moreover, of a quality-price-pleasure ratio without competition.

Gaillac Domaine du Pialentou

2010-06-24T10:53:00.000+02:00

Domaine du PIALENTOU

(GAILLAC)
Jean et Kai Gervais

81600 Brens
Téléphone :05 63 57 17 99
Télécopie : 05 63 57 20 51
Email : domainepialentou@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domainepialentou
Site : www.domainedepialentou.com

At the top of First Classified Great wines. The winegrowing is located on the terraces of left bank of the Tarn, with two steps of charming city Renaissance de Gaillac. After an important modernization program and to have obtained Qualenvi certification of Vignerons Indépendants in 2002, the winegrowing required in 2007 its reconversion in bio. Beautiful Gaillac Les Gentilles Pierres red 2006 (Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Braucol), of quite steady color, with silky and firm tannins at the same time, the subtle nose prevailed by the quite ripe black small fruits (blackcurrant, black cherry), developing a harmonious mouth. The 2005 are powerful, delicate, elegant, with matter, of beautiful steady color and aromas of intense red small fruits (blackcurrant, cherry), of a nice final (the 2004 are perfect in this moment). Excellent Gaillac Les Gentilles Pierres white dryness 2007 (Sauvignon prevailing and Mauzac), of brilliant robe, with the nose of apple and lime, with a mouth which is essential all in smoothness, of the nuances of fresh nut and a very pleasant final suave. After, Gaillac Nuances de Cocagne red 2005, scented, with the scents of morello cherry and spices, with well-balanced and ripe tannins, of full mouth, to lead to a roast. Nuances de Cocagne white 2007 (50% Sauvignon and 50% Mauzac), resulting from a pellicular maceration, is a wine of beautiful robe, with the hazel nut nose. Very attractive and lively, Nuances de Cocagne rosé 2007, resulting from a bleeding from Syrah and Duras (and a point of Merlot), scented, with connotations of rose and heather, very pleasant, round and fresh, a wine to be tasted on a rabbit pot.

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VITTEAUT-ALBERTI sarl (CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE)

16 , rue de la Buisserolle - BP 8
71150 Rully
Téléphone :03 85 87 23 97
Télécopie : 03 85 87 16 24
Email : vitteaut-alberti@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vitteaut-alberti.fr

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Famille Marin-Audra
BP 2
33500 Pomerol
Téléphone :05 57 24 69 13
Télécopie : 05 57 24 69 11
Email : louis.marin@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.canon-chaigneau.com

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Téléphone :02 40 06 56 42 et 02 40 06 51 43
Télécopie : 02 40 06 58 02
Email : dom.poiron@wanadoo.fr
Ou : www.muscadet-poiron.com

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Gaec Engel Fernand et Fils
1, route du Vin
68590 Rorschwihr
Téléphone :03 89 73 77 27
Télécopie : 03 89 73 63 70
Email : domaine.engel@orange.fr
Ou : www.fernand-engel.fr

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Philippe LECLERC (GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN)

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21220 Gevrey-Chambertin
Téléphone :03 80 34 30 72
Télécopie : 03 80 34 17 39
Email : philippe.leclerc60@wanadoo.fr
Ou : www.philippe-leclerc.com

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Jean-Noël Bousquet
RN 113 - 6, avenue Galliéni
11200 Lézignan-Corbières
Téléphone :04 68 27 40 80
Télécopie : 04 68 27 47 61
Email : chateaugrandmoulin@wanadoo.fr

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Sas des vignobles Lévèque
Domaine de Chantegrive - BP 14
33720 Podensac
Téléphone :05 56 27 17 38
Télécopie : 05 56 27 29 42
Email : chateauchantegrive@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateauchantegrive
Site : www.chantegrive.com

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Jean-Jacques Teiller et Patricia Luneau
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18510 Menetou-Salon
Téléphone :02 48 64 80 71
Télécopie : 02 48 64 86 92
Email : domaine-teiller@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domaineteiller
Ou : www.domaine-teiller.fr

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Maradenne Guitard

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Téléphone :05 65 36 52 73
Télécopie : 05 65 36 50 62
Email : chateaunozieres@wanadoo.fr
Ou : www.chateaunozieres.com

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Dubost et fils

33500 Catusseau
Téléphone :05 57 51 74 57
Télécopie : 05 57 25 99 95
Email : sarl.dubost.l@wanadoo.fr

At the top. A superb Bordeaux Supérieur red 2005 (65% Merlot, 17,5% Cabernet franc, 17,5% Cabernet-Sauvignon), with the subtle notes of small fruits surmûris, with firm and silky tannins, a wine ...

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Domaine LAFRAN-VEYROLLES

(BANDOL)
Claude Jouve-Férec
2115, route de l’Argile
83740 La Cadière-d’Azur
Téléphone :04 94 90 13 37 et 04 94 98 72 59
Télécopie : 04 94 90 11 18
Email : lafranveyrolles@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/lafranveyrolles

This charming owner directs his small winegrowing on ground argilo-limestone, created by deposits santoniens of marine origin, which is appropriate perfectly for the type of vines Cinsault, Grenache, Clairette and Mourvèdre. No chemical weed control for this superb red Bandol Cuvée Spéciale 2005, resulting from a not picked off vintage (95% Mourvèdre and 5% Grenache), flexibly pressed, before being put out of tanks of fermentation 4 to 7 weeks, under control of temperature, then matured in the lightnings of oak from 18 to 24 months. Very a great wine, very full, with coated tannins, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, of robe intense crimson, scented (red fruits with fresh core, grooves, humus…), slightly peppered finally, of slow evolution. Bandol red 2005 combines smoothness and concentration, a rich wine, with powerful and silky tannins at the same time, with the persistent nose, typified as it should be, very well-balanced, of excellent evolution. Remarkable Bandol rosé 2007 (75% Mourvèdre, 15% Cinsault and 10% Grenache), of beautiful a very pale pink, slightly spiced, of light robe, associating nervousness and sweetness, of beautiful final, perfect on an hare terrine. Bandol beautiful white (70% Clairette and 30% white Ugni), with this touch of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, a wine where intermingle with the persistent notes of ripe citrus fruits and honeysuckle.

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Domaine de L’OLIVETTE

(BANDOL)
Jean-Luc Dumoutier
Chemin de L’Olivette
83330 Le Castellet
Téléphone :04 94 98 58 85
Télécopie : 04 94 32 68 43
Email : info@domaine-olivette.com
Site : www.domaine-olivette.com

A winegrowing of 55 ha in the same family since XVIIIe century. This likeable owner applies to let of course express the soil according to the vintages and practical of the manual grape harvest for this superb Bandol red 2004, very expressive of Mourvèdre, of deep color and intense, with the notes of blackcurrant, plum and spices, with rich and tasty tannins, which starts to open, of silky and dense mouth. Superb 2003, with these notes very characteristic and persistent of smoked and spices, with tannins powerful but very delicate, harmonious, very well-balanced finally. The red cuvée Spéciale 2002 is very a great wine, very full, with coated tannins, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, of robe intense crimson, scented (red fruits with core, grooves, humus…), slightly peppered finally, of slow evolution. White Bandol cuvée 2007 (Clairette, white Ugni and Sauvignon) is very charmer, full, well-balanced, where the citrus fruits and the lime prevail, of persistent mouth, all in sweetness, really remarkable. Beautiful Bandol rosé 2007, Mourvèdre type of vines, Grenache and Cinsault, of beautiful color, with notes of orange and flowers white, full, fleshy, ideal on spiced mets or an hare terrine.

Domaine du JAS D’ESCLANS

(CÔTES DE PROVENCE)
Matthieu et Gwenaëlle De Wulf
Route de Callas
83920 La Motte
Téléphone :04 98 10 29 29
Télécopie : 04 98 10 29 28
Email : mdewulf@terre-net.fr
Site : www.jasdesclans.fr

Classified 1st Great wine. The winegrowing (Cru Classé since 1955), mentioned in the files in XIIIe century, figure on the charts of Cassini of 1740. The word jas is synonymous with farmhouse and sheep-fold. The winegrowing was a sheep-fold of transhumance of which there remain buildings, and extends today on 50 ha from vines, planted on a soil argilo-limestone, stony, low in humus. Organic farming controls Écocert since 1992. Very favorite for this red Côtes-de-Provence cuvée du Loup 2006, matured out of barrels, of very beautiful robe to the reflections garnets, the nuances of blackcurrant and scrub, of fleshy and cordial mouth, with dense tannins and a complex final where one finds blackberry, leather and spices, of beautiful structure, guard of course. Nice rosé Jas, of a beautiful harmony, a wine with the intense and complex nose, rich and all in smoothness, to lead to gambas. White beautiful cuvée du Loup 2007, fond of delicacies mouth, with the fruity concentrate, with nuances of apricot and a spiced note, which is led to fish roasted as on a soufflé. Rosé the cuvée du Loup 2006, of beautiful brilliant color, is a quite well-balanced wine, of a beautiful harmony, floral and delicate, supple and sharp at the same time with the aromas of flowers and dry fruits. Côtes-de-Provence white 2007 is of a pleasant roundness, a wine where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits and heather, very harmonious.

Châteaux ELIE SUMEIRE

(CÔTES DE PROVENCE)

Famille Sumeire Château Coussin Sainte-Victoire
13530 Trets
Téléphone :04 42 61 20 00
Télécopie : 04 42 61 20 01
Email : sumeire@sumeire.com
Site : www.chateau-elie-sumeire.fr

The Sumeire vineyards extend on 300 ha, with a 30 years Middle Age. Tilling and work with old, then manual grape harvest explains this very beautiful Côtes-de-Provence Coussin -Sainte-Victoire red 2004, with the leather and blackcurrant surmûri notes, of very robust mouth, very good guard. Tasty Coussin -Sainte-Victoire white 2007, finely having a nice bouquet, of yellow robe straw, with these notes of apple and fresh nut, round and persistent mouth. Their other Côtes-de-Provence Sainte-Victoire Château Maupague 2006, resulting from a soil of fall and clay colluviums or sandstone, is an intense wine color as in aromas, smells sweetly ripe fruits and spices, in the ample tannins, of full mouth, in the nuances of fruits of wood and abounding in game notes. The rosé one is of beautiful color, at the same time supple and fond of delicacies. Coming from their vineyard of Cuers, Château L’Afrique red 2004, where prevail of the spice and morello cherry, blackcurrant scents, is of robust mouth where one finds the strawberry of wood, a coloured and scented wine, combining roundness and structure. All in aromas, Château L’Afrique rosé 2007 is of beautiful color, at the same time supple and fond of delicacies, with this persistent spiced touch, of a beautiful aromatic smoothness, a beautiful balance. Red Château L’Afrique vintage César 2001, presented in a magnificent box concocted by the artist César, of a beautiful garnet to the purplished reflections, is a fleshy wine, very scented (blackcurrant, humus, spices), a powerful wine, mixing structure and roundness in mouth, of guard. At its sides, Château cuvee L’ Afrique rosé César 2007, with the pepper and blackcurrant connotations, joins together color and matter, with a nice spiced final.