DOMAINE BERTAGNACLOS SAINT-DENIS |
 In 1983, the Domaine Bertagna was bought by the family Günther Reh which has other wine winegrowings throughout the world. During the last decade, the Winegrowing was modernized through a vast program of technical investments. The wine making proceeds in the respect of the tradition bourguignonne while calling upon the new but expressly reflected and adapted techniques. The work of the vine is done uninterrupted, throughout the year. It is dictated by the vegetative cycle of the plant. Philosophy is based on ecology thus on the respect of natural balances. It forces to refuse the systematic use of chemicals, in order to preserve the grounds and the environment and to support the spontaneous development, on the bunches, of the indigenous yeast populations essential to fermentation. This Clos Saint-Denis Grand cru red 2007, of dark robe, surprises by its fullness and its powerfull. Fleshy, delicate and fruity, of a beautiful harmony between freshness, fleshy and tannins. The Clos de Vougeot Grand cru red 2007, steady color, of a beautiful structure, rich and structured, with the connotations characteristic of liquorice, undergrowth and of ripe cherry, is a powerful wine in aromas like of structure, of fort beautiful evolution. Premier Cru red Clos de La Perrière Monopole 2007, limpid and brilliant robe, feels the black fruits and smoked, on nuances in mouth of spices and liquorice. Moreover, the Winegrowing transformed part of the property into hotel, which makes it possible to the hosts to reside in the middle of Bourgogne. |
DOMAINE CHARLES AUDOINMARSANNAY |
 The field extends on 14 ha, offering a diversity of 14 names of Marsannay, Porte-d’Or of Côte-de-Nuits, in Pommard, to Côte-de-Beaune. Cyril Audoin, 29 years, represents the fifth generation of vine growers. But, if the field reaches 14 ha today, the surface of the property, to the beginning of the year 1900, was limited to only 4 ha. The vineyard was maintained thanks to the perseverance of Marie Ragonneau, the great-grandmother of Cyril, a strong woman who knew only to preserve and maintain the vineyard, working itself with her horse and her pulverizer with back. To pay homage to him, Cyril created the vintage Marie Ragonneau besides on Marsannay name. Charles Audoin, his father, knows each piece, each stock and it is this respect of the vine in its environment which will have guided its decisions during these forty last years, the objective being to allow this marvellous type of vine, black Pinot, installed on grounds argilo-limestones if varied, to express all the potentialities with authenticity of these beautiful soils. The word is marked “soil”. Cyril encased the step. In its research of optimal quality, of typicity of each soil, it also made the choice separately vinify in Marsannay name various worthy localities to express a typicity, a special character of it. A large work when it is known that the smallest Marsannay vintage, Charme aux Prêtres, does not exceed 600 bottles! Marsannay always awaits the attribution of a classification in Premier Cru for its excellent localities located in medium of slopes, Marsannay the Favières, the Clos of Roy, Les Longeroies, Charmes aux Prêtres, Champ Solomon… are the best representatives. “Where the harmony, complexity, elegance must characterize a high-class wine of Bourgogne, Cyril Audoin continues, let nature achieve its wonders by accompanying it and not while trying to replace it. I do not understand the needs for a very thorough extraction. To make confidence at the year, to keep an ancestral know-how, respecting what the former generations brought to us, to transmit and perfect our knowledge, not unreasoned innovation! We are resolutely faithful to simple practices: to gather the grapes with maturity a healthy harvest, without overload, to take care of the manually collected grapes, sorted on table to perfect quality. Maceration and cuvaisons carried out according to the year during 14 to 18 days, a breeding out of barrels in cellar where the wines will open out at their rate/rhythm, a setting in bottles if possible without joining nor filtration at the time when the wine is ready and not when “the market” requires it.” Very beautiful Marsannay Clos of Roy red 2006, with the nose of ripe fruits and humus, rich and complex, all in mouth, of vivid color, with well balanced tannins, very promising.The 2005, coloured, robust, with the notes of ripe red fruits and spices, dense in mouth, structured well, generous, of delicate and rich at the same time structure, are of very good guard. The 2002, intense with the nose as in mouth, rich color as in aromas (stone-fruits, liquorice), and starts to open. Beautiful Marsannay Les Favières, mouthfull, scented well (morello cherry, grooves), with very well-balanced tannins, at the same time powerful and supple, of a beautiful final, excellent guard. At their sides, Marsannay Les Longeroies 2005, of powerful mouth, with the subtle nose where the undergrowth prevails. Very attractive white Marsannay In Champs Solomon 2006, with these aromas of flower of acacia and lime, associating structure and smoothness, all in harmony, of persistent mouth like excellent rosy Marsannay. |
CHATEAU CANTENACSAINT-EMILION Grand Cru |
 Nicole Roskam-Brunot, after studies of right and écomnomie regional to the university of Bordeaux, has decided to devote entirely to its vineyard and to bring most attentive cares to vinificationet to soil, year watching to what the ground has all the oligo-necessary elements for its property. 12 hectares the continuation of the holy Saint-émilionnais, dominating the valley of the Dordogne. It is composed 75% of black Merlot, 20% of Cabernet-franc and 5% of Cabernet-Sauvignon. The terrain sablo-graveleux and clay allows an excellent maturation of the grape. The wine is very elegant, marvellously bouqueté and fruity, a beautiful complexity and length in mouth. Nicole Roskam-Brunot, assisted of Frans Roskam, control with fineness the breeding of the wine in casks. Deepen therefore on this Saint-Emilion GC, concentrate, balanced, to the tanins rich and silky, to the red deep, beautiful and promising evolution. It is necessary to add to the Château Cantenac, the Château Moulin de Grenet, a Lussac-saint-Emilion, very fruity who benefits from a long cold maceration and this superb Selection Madame, a supple wine, fruity, very charmer. |
CHAMPAGNE BOURDAIRE-GALLOISPOUILLON |
 Family estate of approximately 8 ha, with prevailing of Pinot meunier. The brut Champagne vintage Symphonie Prestige, is prevailed by ripe fruit aromas and dry small fruits, slightly with the honey taste, a beautiful length very out of structure, all in perfume. The Blanc de blancs, is an assembly of harvests 2005 and 2004, a very aromatic wine, where one finds nuances of lemon and almond, intense and sharp, very harmonious, of beautiful color, combining roundness and persistence in the palate, of abundant foam, traditional. The brut rosé, is pure a Pinot meunier, with the ripe fruit nose (currant, raspberry…), with a delicately spiced touch. The Vintage 2004, resulting from the 3 type of vines (Pinot meunier and Chardonnay vinified out of barrels of oak of 5 wines, Pinot black vinified out of tanks), is very attractive, with aromas of pear and of roasted hazel nut, its robe is of a beautiful pale yellow to the gold reflections, a powerful and elegant Champagne at the same time, all finally. |
LALANDE-DE-POMEROL |
 Family property since the middle of the 19th century, the Château Béchereau is a wine estate of 25 hectares including 9 ha in Bordeaux Supérieur, 10.5 ha in Montagne -Saint-Emilion and 5.50 ha in Lalande-of-Pomerol. Beautiful fermented Montagne -Saint-Émilion Spéciale 2006, of beautiful robe crimson, a wine rich and generous, firm, with prevailing of black small fruits and cinnamon, who marries elegantly a tannic smoothness with a persistent roundness. The 2005, fleshy and concentrated, are a wine rich in bouquet as out of matter, with well-balanced tannins, very full, elegant, mouthfulls, with nuances of blackcurrant, truffle and humus, a great harmony, guard. The 2004 are a wine of robe crimson, with the intense nose of ripe red small fruits and leather, quite robust. Discover Bordeaux Supérieur fermented Spéciale 2005, robust, with the notes of prune and undergrowth, a powerful wine, of very good mouth, fort good evolution, a wine which agrees with a roast of veal forest. Remarkable Lalande-of-Pomerol vintage Spéciale 2005, maturing in oak barrel, gold medal with the competition of Bordeaux of Vins of Aquitaine 2007, a wine scented, harmonious, with the subtle and intense nose at the same time, with spiced notes, with quite well-balanced tannins, fleshy and concentrate. The 2004, of very tannic good base, are rich and fleshy, of full and fruity mouth. The 2003 of a deep color is traditional, of a great subtlety, very full, with silky tannins, of a beautiful final, very good guard. |
MAS CHICHETVIN DE PAYS |
 A Winegrowing of 30 ha, on grounds argilo-limestone, where all the vines are in the plain of Roussillon. The type of vines are Cabernet, the Merlot, Syrah, and Grenache. Only Cabernet is matured 1 year out of barrels of oak and the Merlot is cold vinified in order to obtain a fruity wine. Discover this Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Merlot 2006, fleshy, scented, with these ripe fruit and undergrowth notes (strawberry, bilberry), of a beautiful fullness in mouth. The 2005, of robe crimson intense, very good mouth, with the pepper and blackcurrant connotations, quite firm, robust, a wine structured very well, with velvety tannins, of very good guard. The 2004 is tasted very well today, coloured, very scented (humus, liquorice), combining structure and roundness in mouth. Cabernet 2005 (12 months maturing out of barrels of oak) is a wine with matter and tannins, with the red fruit aromas and undergrowth, with this spice point and this at the same time rich and supple structure, of excellent guard. The 2004, quite robust, where prevail of the notes of ripe blackcurrant, melted mouth, of garnet-red robe, are a slightly spiced wine, with a very pleasant roasted final. Mas Chichet rosy 2008 is really charmer, coming from the type of vines Syrah, Grenache, Merlot and Cabernet, a wine of robe ruby, very aromatic (strawberry of wood, currant…), mouthfull, with this touch of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, an elegant and persistent wine. Since 2007, Laure Chichet also created a wine new range “Mas que Mas”, easy to drink, in the 3 colors (very successful labels). There is the red, very fruity, ideal on a grill like rosy, frank an delicious. Nice white (Sauvignon white, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier) all of structure and perfumes, with drinking in its youth on the seafood. |
HENRY NATTERSANCERRE |
 Winegrowing of 23 ha, where one cultivates human heat with the same care that one brings to the vines, privileging fauna and the flora, “brooding them” to extract their quintessence and to let them from it express itself as well as possible, during a perfectly controlled and traditional maturing. These impassioned owners have indeed in heart to make discover subtleties of their environment, their soil and their work, so that each one of their bottle is a source of user-friendliness. Their daughter, Mathilde, work with them, her brother, Auguste, occupy more cellar. Since nearly 25 years, the Natter family is vivid by an Hmong team - originating in the mountains of the Laos - integrated into the culture of the wine. She impregnated single relation that these women and men maintain with the vegetable world. Together, they engage and take part in the installation of a protection of the local biodiversity. In 2005, the winegrowing gained the Trophy of the Best Very Small Exporter, at the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the club of the exporters of France. The agricultural regional Meeting decreed in Cécile and Henry the price of Honor for “atypical Vine growers”. The family has in heart to make discover subtleties of their soil, their environment, their work so that their bottles are this discrete bond between nature and themselves: source of marvellous user-friendliness. Exceptional Sancerre blanc L' Expression de Cécile “L' Essence des Terres Blanches” 2002, a wine of robe of a yellow shining, combining nervousness and fleshy, with the nose envoûtant, delicate and persistent, where one finds notes of white flowers, apple and nut, perfect on a fish with the furnace. Sancerre fermented François of the Barn 2004 is charmer, with the intense aromas, suave, very harmonious, subtle and powerful at the same time, where the ripe fruits and the fresh flowers intermingle, perfect on crayfish. Suberbe, the Sancerre blanc L' Expression de Cécile “L' Essence des Terres Blanches” 2006 develops these notes of smoked quite specific, a wine vinified very well, of brilliant and limpid robe, nose of fern and acacia, of a nice roundness, suave and persistent. The Sancerre rouge cuvée l' Enchantement 2005 (wine making and maturing out of barrels of oak), with the notes of prune and humus, very slightly spiced stops some as it should be, of intense color, with tannins present and silky at the same time, is a great wine. Their Sancerre rosé 2007 is always the best of the appellation, of a large aromatic smoothness, with the nose where the fresh fruits, the pink and the quince prevail, subtle, of a great persistence in mouth with nuances of strawberry of wood. |
CHATEAU PONT LES MOINESPREMIERES COTES-DE-BLAYE |
 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. That gives it Premières-Côtes-de-Blaye red 2007, a success, of intense robe, with the nose persistent, fullbodied and dense, very well-balanced in mouth. The 2006, of intense color, with the black fruit nose (blackcurrant, blackberry), with very well-balanced tannins, are a wine which continues its evolution. Very nice white Bordeaux Sauvignon Château Pont Moines 2009, with the aromas floral and fruity, harmonious, subtle and powerful at the same time, quite representative of this great vintage. Also discover the wines of their other property, Château Bran de Compostelle. Bordeaux Supérieur cuvée Louisa 2008, maturing in oak barrel 12 months, of which 1/3 of new barrels, traditional wine making with long fermenting (25 year old vines on average, 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet-Sauvignon, on ground argilo-limestone) fleshy, is spiced, with concentrated tannins, all in mouth, with nuances of blackberry and of smoked, of very good evolution. The 2007, robust but very elegant, of intense robe, with the nuances of vanilla and blackcurrant, is quite fullbodied, concentrate with the nose as in mouth, very well-balanced. The 2006 are tasty, of very good base tannic, fleshy, very well-balanced, rich and fleshy, with the nose prevailed by ripe blackcurrant and smoked. the quality-price-pleasure ratio avoids any hesitation. |
CHATEAU DE CHANTEGRIVEGRAVES |
 Thanks to the patient reconstruction work carried out by Françoise and Henri Lévêque over the last 40 years, Château de Chantegrive has become a superb vineyard with excellent soils composed of a mixture of pebbles and fine sand on a clay-limestone structure. The vines are over 30 years old and are mostly planted on south-facing terraces and hilltops which provide excellent exposure to the sun and good ventilation - ideal for making quality wines. Château Chantegrive is managed by a pleasant family who are devoted to their profession, take the greatest care in their work and are attentive to the customer and the quality of the wines produced. "We like to produce elegant, top-quality wines with strong local character", says Françoise Lévêque. Their Caroline is a prestigious wine. We are quickly charmed by this rich, intense wine, matured in new barrels, with its lovely golden colour and intense, elegant nose of vanilla, fresh butter, lemon, griled almond and lime. The wine is smooth with a clean attack in the mouth dominated by fruit and flesh. |
CHÂTEAU FILLONBORDEAUX SUPERIEUR |
 As its coat of arms, displayed over the entrance to its buildings testifies, during the 19th century this Château was home to the Compagnie du Soleil, one of the first insurance companies to cover fire risks. Founded by an Alsatian, Charles-Xavier Thomas, who also excelled himself by inventing the first industrial calculating machine, luck would have it that once again the Alsatian people took possession of the land to perpetuate the history of this beautiful estate. Further to the dissolution of the “Compagnie du Soleil”, the castle was sold and undertook wines production. Situated on the wine route which links Sauternes to Saint-Emilion, the vineyards stretch across a soft and undulating landscape that gives birth to rich and elegant wines. The vines of Château Fillon are planted at the foot of the hill of Launay, which is the highest point of the vineyards of Bordeaux. The estate stretches across a 115-hectare surface and is located 50-km away from the East of Bordeaux. 2 years ago, the Alsatian company BESTHEIM started to run Château Fillon. Producing high quality wines, with an impeccable presentation and with a very good value for money/pleasure is the main target of the estate. Sustainable agriculture is practiced there, as long as being respectful of environment belongs to the value and the commitments of the company. Château Fillon proposes this Bordeaux Supérieur “L’Apogée”. This outstanding cuvee, as we have been told, results from a plot-selection of more than 35-year old vines, facing due south. The blend is made equally from Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot. A prestigious cuvee, very well matured, well-balanced, developing ripe blackcurrant aromas as well as musty hints. It is also colorful and full-bodied, with an excellent evolution. |
