Wines

THE TOP FRENCH WINES

2012-01-18T09:41:00.002+01:00

EARL MAISON ZOELLER

GEWURZTRAMINER

As the press dating from XVIIe century testifies some, the family perpetuates since more than ten generations the viticultural tradition. Today, this ancestral know-how is combined with the modern methods to make it possible to work out wines complying with the rules of hygiene and quality while preserving their naturalness and especially their authenticity. A respect of fauna and flora for the health of the vine (manual grape harvest). Remarkable Riesling Grand Cru Altenberg 2005, very typified, with the robe of golden steady, with the white fruit aromas, a beautiful very well-balanced, scented and persistent wine, complex in mouth, combining structure and smoothness. Superb Gewurztraminer Les Orchidées 2009, suave and dry at the same time, a powerful and strong wine, where intermingle the fresh spices and flowers, all finally, of excellent evolution as attests this 2007. Riesling de Wolxheim cuvée Réservée 2009 is a wine which releases a great aromatic expression marked by notes of ripe fruits and rose, of a great complexity. Taste also the Pinot noir 2008, coloured, of full and fleshy mouth, with nuances of black cherry, currant and cinnamon. Very suave, Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 2008, with the complex and powerful nose, where nuances of acacia open out, candied fruits and white flowers, is a very unctuous wine, very elegant, to uncork on goose truffle foie gras of Alsace. There is still this rosy Pinot noir Saignée 2008, all color, all in aromas like the Pinot noir 2009, extremely well matured, with the subtle aromas where the red fruits and the violet prevail, a rich wine, combining smoothness and structure. Taste Riesling Anna 2007, all in aromatic smoothness, of nice robe brilliant, all in persistence, and this enchanting Muscat Vendanges Tardives 2009, very dense, with the fruity and floral notes intense, of an aromatic great power to the palate (toast, ripe peach…), of a soft consistency.

DOMAINE COQUARD-LOISON-FLEUROT

CLOS DE LA ROCHE

Fifth generation of vine growers for this winegrowing of 9 ha, manual grape harvest, standing fermentation open during 12 to 15 days, with pigeage and reassembly days laborer, control of the temperatures by thermoregulation and maturing out of barrels of oak for approximately 18 months for all the appellations. Superb Échezeaux Grand Cru 2004, remarkable, fleshy, with the morello cherry and spice nose ripe, very rich, of a long final with ripe and complex nuances of red fruits, undergrowth and of liquorice. The 2003, elegant and of large smoothness, complex and rich person, are supple and fleshy at the same time, a wine typified well as it should be, with truffle and prune notes, of vivid color, a powerful great wine. The Chambolle-Mussigny 2004 is of beautiful intense red color, with the nose marked by aromas of blackberry and of liquorice, a full wine, very persistent stops some like this Morey-Saint-Denis 2004, rich person and generous, with notes characteristic of blackberry and undergrowth, where the fleshy one joins the structure, of very good guard. Remarkable Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2004, very a typified great wine, where the spices and the vanilla intermingle, which mixes structure and consistency in mouth, suave, of excellent evolution like this Échezeaux 2003, elegant and of large smoothness, complex and rich person, supple and fleshy at the same time, a wine typified well as it should be, with truffle and prune notes, of vivid color, a powerful great wine. Remarkable Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2004, of vivid, rich color with the nose, with these connotations of cherry and humus, a complex and powerful great wine, melted stops some like the Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru 2003, of powerful mouth, with melted tannins, with these notes quite characteristic of slightly spiced ripe small fruits, a wine which requires to be melted, like the Vosne Romanée 2006.

DOMAINE ROGER PABIOT ET SES FILS

POUILLY-FUME

A family estate of 21 hectares, including some parcels of vines of more than 80 years old, run by two sons, Gérard and Bernard, who combine traditional practices with the modern techniques they have learned in legendary wine-growing areas: Beaune, Macon and Bordeaux. The estate is planted on the best hillsides overlooking the Loire, with very representative soils of the region: hard limestone, flinty clay, sandy terraces and Kimmeridgian marl, with each type of soil contributing its own qualities and creating a wine which has very particular characteristics on a terroir which does not. Their Pouilly-Fumé Cuvée Silex is quite superb, combining complexity and finesse, with a subtle nose of notes of honey, flowers and spices. The mouth is very marked by the soils, giving it a mineral taste and great freshness. It is a racy, very well-balanced, powerful, ample wine with very good development. The Pouilly-Fumé Coteau des Girarmes is remarkable, with notes of fresh fruit and lime-tree, a fleshy, aromatic wine which is ample, fruity and lasting in the mouth. A member of the Individual Wineries Federation.

DOMAINE CHARLES AUDOIN

MARSANNAY

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 TOULOUZE

GRAVES DE VAYRES

The grounds of the Château Toulouze depended on a vast land unit, property of the Château de Vayres. This last built in XIIIème 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 vast domain wine and maturing of more than 70 ha, built with delicate of the XVIIIème 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 smoothnesses. Well-balanced and harmonious wines, that one can taste young people after a broad ventilation out of carafe, but who offer according to the vintages an excellent potential of guard, on average from 10 to 15 years.

CLOS TRIMOULET

SAINT-EMILION Grand Cru

Located to the north of Saint-Emilion, "Clos Trimoulet" is a family estate on which the ancestral skills have been handed down over five generations now. Guy Appollot and his two sons have managed to preseve this heritage, whilst combining it with the most modern of techniques. The estate is divided into several plots of vines with clay and sandy soils which give the wine structure, longevity and finesse. The grapes are picked when they are perfectly ripe and undergo a long vatting process which extracts as many tannins as possible. The result is that "Clos Trimoulet" is an excellent wine for laying down. All the production is bottled on the estate after 18 months of maturing in oak barrels. This rich, generous Grand Cru has lots of colour, is dense and firm in the mouth and has a characteristic nose of ripe red fruit, spices and humus. Most remarkable development. Try the excellent Montagne-Saint-Emilion Château Chevalier-Saint-Georges, made and matured like the Clos Trimoulet. The orientation of the estate and its essentially clay soils produce a wine with a different character and personality, fleshy and distinctive and offering remarkable value (and pleasure) for money.

LES VINS PHILIPPE NUSSWITZ

VIN DE PAYS DUCHE D'UZES

Better Sommelier de France in 1986, Philippe Nusswitz settles in 2002 with Pascale, his wife and her children to Durfort in a Cevennes farmhouse of XVIIth century in the middle of the vines, in the soil of Duché d' Uzès. The vine growing is respectful environment and the vineyard in the course of recognition of the AOC Duché D' Uzès. The wine making is done in Coopérative Agricole Les Coteaux Cévenols in Durfort. One tastes there this fermented VDP Orénia white 2008, assembly of Viognier (50%), Marsanne, Roussane and a point of Grenache, fresh and dense, all in smoothness, a beautiful length in mouth, with the peach and hazel nut nose. This ? white Orénia Réserve 2008, selection of Viognier, Roussane and Marsanne, a third of the vintage was fermented out of barrel of oak, with the green reflections with aromas of nut and citrus fruits, is a wine of a good acidity, quite round with the nose as in mouth, lively and delicate, persistent and aromatic, of a beautiful fresh final. Red Orénia Réserve 2007, coloured and robust, with the nose prevailed by the red small fruits with stone and of the accents of smoked to the palate, is a rich wine like Miratus red 2006 (60% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre and 20% Grenache), fleshy, with rich and silky tannins at the same time, persistent, with the leather and cooked black fruit notes, wine for ageing.

DOMAINE ALAIN MICHAUD

BROUILLY

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.

CHATEAU DES PEYREGRANDES

FAUGERES

Family winegrowing of 25 ha since 5 generations, Marie-Geneviève Boudal-Benezech perpetuates the tradition and the destiny of the Winegrowing since 1995. Quality orders the control of our vines, our estate is qualified under l' Agriculture raisonnée. The wines are very typified “Faugères”: a great richness aromatic, much of structure, large smoothnesses of tannins. Our goal is to transmit to the consumer the typicity of this appellation, by working out wines resulting from assembly and in constant research from balance between the powerfull and the smoothness. In fact, as in a work of art, we try to transmit through our products, the love and the passion which we have for our area, our vines and our wine. The Winegrowing proposes this Faugères rouge 2004 to you, coming from grapes (manual grape harvest) resulting from an estate qualified with the title from reasoned agriculture and following the step Terra Vitis, of beautiful garnet-red color, still young, with the morello cherry and blackcurrant, undergrowth nose, associating smoothness and structure, with at the same time rich and tasty tannins. The Faugères cuvée Charlotte 2004, resulting from the four type of vines Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre, is powerful and tasty, with the nose characteristic of ripe fruits and scrub, color vivid, robust, rich and molten at the same time, of guard. Beautiful Faugères Prestige 2003 (50% Syrah, 40% Carignan and 10% Mourvèdre, on the slopes of the Serre, arid slope on the heights of the southern full exposed village vis-a-vis the sea), maturing in oak barrel, a wine with tannins present and tasty at the same time, of beautiful robe vivid, very scented (humus, liquorice), of a beautiful fullness in mouth, very good evolution. The cuvée Marie Laurencie 2001 (40% Syrah, 40% Grenache, 10% Carignan and 10% Mourvèdre, vintage grain by grain, maturing 10 months out of barrels with 1/3 of new barrels) is a beautiful concentrated and rich wine, of intense garnet-red color, with the aromas of strawberry of wood and spices, of powerful and elegant mouth. Beautiful Faugères 2004, rich person and fleshy, of intense, fruity color (morello cherry, blackberry), finely peppered, robust, very succeeded like the Faugères rosé 2007.

DOMAINE DE MENARD

COTES-DE-GASGOGNE

A passion of the vine transmitted since 3 generations of wire father and girl. In 1920, Jean François Morel, Swiss wire of wine growers, arrive in Gers and are installed on a winegrowing: it acquires the Winegrowing of Ménard into 1938 which includes 10 ha of vines then. Denise her daughter and her husband Jean Jegerlehner are installed on the winegrowing in 1960, and their common passion of the vine will make it possible to build the wine storehouses and to extend the vineyard. Their Philippe son joined them and reverses himself thoroughly in the good behavior of the vineyard and the winegrowing. But the passion of the vine and the wine gains also Elisabeth their daughter (first oenologist of Tariquet), who helped of her husband Henry Prataviera very quickly will make evolve the Domaine de Ménard which counts 110 ha to date. The first bottles of the Domaine de Ménard are produced in 2002. More than 400000 bottle-neck were marketed in 2007 in Ménard, Haut Marine and Saveur Gascogne, in France and abroad. The wines are very fruity and the richness of the soils makes it possible to leave each year new wines as in 2008 the “cuvée Marine ” and “Première Gelée ” which represent Gascogne so well. The objectives are to attract new consumers and to make them discover and divide thanks to a positive ratio quality-price, the pleasure of the wine.

The Best Alsace Wines

2012-01-12T09:25:00.001+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

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.

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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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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, route d'Ingersheim
68230 Turckheim
Téléphone :03 89 27 06 09
Télécopie : 03 89 27 06 09
Email : charles.schleret@orange.fr
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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BEST WINES OF THE YEAR

2012-01-07T09:55:00.002+01:00

DOMAINE BERTAGNA

CLOS 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 AUDOIN

MARSANNAY

CHATEAU CANTENAC

SAINT-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-GALLOIS

POUILLON

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.

CHATEAU BECHEREAU

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 CHICHET

VIN 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 NATTER

SANCERRE

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 MOINES

PREMIERES 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 CHANTEGRIVE

GRAVES

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 FILLON

BORDEAUX 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.

BEST SUD-OUEST WINES

2011-11-19T19:35:00.003+01:00

H.DARTIGALONGUE et Fils

(ALCOOLS)
Françoise Dartigalongue

32110 Nogaro
Téléphone :05 62 09 03 01
Télécopie : 05 62 09 01 78
Email : contact@dartigalongue.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.m/dartigalongue
Site : www.dartigalongue.com

Incontestably at the top of its appellation. “It is in 1838, under Louis Philippe, tells us Francoise Dartigalongue, that Pascal Dartigalongue, originating in Saint-Lannes close to Madiran settled in Nogaro in Gers and founded his Maison of trade of Armagnac which is still ours. In 1969, Pierre Dartigalongue establishes his distilling with Salles of Armagnac. Since, five generations followed one another to ensure and perennialize “the oldest house of Armagnac”. Producer, distiller and breeder, installed in the area of best believed of this brandy seven times centenary, Dartigalongue is specialized in very old Bas Armagnacs, products selected and matured according to the ancestral tradition. It offers this single Eau de Vie, declined in credits orvintages, in luxurious and personalized presentations. The house holds in its old original wine storehouses a very important range of old man Armagnacs Millésimés, growing old and improving in barrels in oak of the country under the control of the Master of wine storehouse which supervises the evolution and carries out of it various handling of transfer and ventilation. In addition, following meticulous research and tastings, certain vintages are assembled in order to create special vintages, giving birth to traditional assemblies such V.S.O.P., Hors de Âge, or at 15 years of Âge, the 25 years of Âge…, thus to celebrate the 170e birthday of the creation of the house, an exceptional assembly of 70% of 1974 and 30% of 1976, was realized under the denomination CuvéeLouis-Philippe. You will be able only to thus appreciate this remarkable Low-Armagnac fermented Louis-Philippe, with the nuances ofrancio and spices, very floral, at the same time dry and suave, very persistent with the palate. The 30 year old Low-Armagnac, assembly of several Armagnac from which young person is at least 30 years old, elegant, with these cocoa and dry fig connotations, slightly fume, of a great consistency in mouth, very scented (nut, prune), of a long final.

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Château LA CAMINADE

(CAHORS)
L.Ressès et Fils

46140 Parnac
Téléphone :05 65 30 73 05
Télécopie : 05 65 20 17 04
Email : resses@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.chateau-caminade.com

Fourth generation of vine growers for this winegrowing of 35 ha. Beautiful Cahors La Commandery 2007.97% Cot and 3% Tannat, matured very well during 12 months out of barrels of oak including 50% the new ones, with notes of overripe red small fruits and pepper, coloured and of nice structure, with tasty tannins, a rich and typified wine, which evolves perfectly. Excellent Cahors Esprit 2006, of garnet-red robe shining, very scented (ripe, spices…), with full tannins, all in mouth, of very good guard. Cahors 2007 (70% Cot, 25% Merlot, 5% Tannat), scented, associates color and matter, with the complex nose with prevailing of fresh fruits andhumus.

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Domaine du PIALENTOU

(GAILLAC)
Jean et Kai Gervais

81600 Brens
Téléphone :05 63 57 17 99
Télécopie : 05 63 57 20 51
Email : e-mail : domaine.pialentou@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domainepialentou
Site : www.domainedepialentou.com

At the top of the First Classified Great wines. The Winegrowing of Pialentou is located on the terraces of left bank of the Tarn, in Brens, two steps of charming City Renaissance de Gaillac. On these slopes of rollers, low registers and boulbenes, exposed exceptionally well, its vines enjoy a generous sunning. Beautiful redGaillac Nuance de Cocagne 2007, with the subtle nose prevailed by quite ripe cherry and cinnamon, rich color, which combines smoothness and structure, with powerful tannins, to open on a saddle of lamb. Red Gaillac Les Gentilles Pierres 2007, matured out of barrels, scented (humus, blackberry), is a wine all in mouth, with well-balanced tannins, which combines roundness and structure. Excellent white Gaillac Les Gentilles Pierres 2009 dryness (equal shares of Sauvignon and Mauzac, wine resulting from grapes in conversion towards the organic farming, part of Sauvignon remained out of barrels), with these notes of apple and honeysuckle, an at the same time sharp wine and of a very pleasant roundness. Gentilles Pierres 2009 soft (pure Mauzac, wine resulting from grapes in conversion towards the organic farming, including 50% fermented out of barrels), is distinguished, with the complex nose prevailed by ripe citrus fruits and almond, of a nice persistence of aromas, and always attractive Nuances de Cocagne rosy, fruity and tender, with drinking fresh in its youth.

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Château BARRÉJAT

(MADIRAN)
Denis Capmartin

32400 Maumusson
Téléphone :05 62 69 74 92
Télécopie : 05 62 69 77 54
Email : deniscapmartin@laposte.net

Incontestably at the top with its Madiran cuvée des Vieux Ceps 2007, a vintage resulting from a sorting carried out on vines from 80 to 200 years, with the aromas of black small fruits and liquorice, with tannins firm and coated at the same time, fleshy as one likes them, not yet with maturity of course. Superb 2005, coloured and robust, a very beautiful wine, powerful, with very rich and quite well-balanced tannins, of nice garnet-red robe, a beautiful harmony with these cooked red fruit notes and its characteristic peppered key, of guard as proves it the tasty 2003, silver medal with the world Competition of Brussels 2005, a firm and robust wine, scented (morello cherry, leather), combining suppleness and powerfull in mouth. Beautiful Pacherenc-de-Vic-Bilh soft 2008, pure Manseng, maturing in oak barrel, of a beautiful color, with the which bewitch nuances of crystallized apricot, of a great aromatic persistence, combining charms and intensity finally. All in mouth, its Pacherenc-de-Vic-Bilh cuvée de la Passion 2007, matured 14 month out of barrels, of powerful mouth, is a velvety wine, of beautiful color, at the rich nose and well present prevailed by toast and very ripe citrus fruits notes, all in nuances, where intermingle with the palate with brioche bread and acidulous apple the connotations. There is also Pacherenc-de-Vic-Bilh dryness 2009, a nice full wine, frankly, with the notes of fresh nut, mouth round, at the same time suave and fresh, very pleasant like the Vin de Pays des Côtes de Gascogne.

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THE BEST RHÔNE VALLEY WINES

2011-10-09T09:38:00.000+02:00

Domaine ALARY

(CAIRANNE)
Denis Alary EARL
La Font-d’Estevenas Route de Rasteau
84290 Cairanne
Téléphone :04 90 30 82 32
Télécopie : 04 90 30 74 71
Email : alary.denis@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domainealary

A family winegrowing of father as son since 1692, 25 ha, composed of stony grounds argilo-limestones. It is Denis Alary today who manages this human-sized domain, whose vine grower spirit was always the base. The property is entirely on the commune of Cairanne, with 3 different soils which allow a subtlety in the assemblies according to the vintages. The wines are matured in the respect of the soil and the environment with cultivation methods very appropriate to nature, in organic conversion since 2009. Manual, tri grape harvest of the vintage to the vine and the cellar, de-stemming, punching of the cap. Maturing a part out of tanks and a part in the lightnings and half-muits… Excellent red Cairanne Font d' Estevenas 2009, with the aromas of violet and liquorice, with tannins present and silky at the same time, a firm and generous wine. La Brunote, of structured mouth, a beautiful harmony, is a wine with the spice aromas and black fruits, quite well-balanced. White Cairanne Font d' Estevenas 2009, which has this complex nose where prevail the currants and the humus, a firm and fruity wine like their Cairanne CDR-Villages the Jean de Verde 2007, of a beautiful garnet-red crimson, rich and scented color, with macerated and humus, the discrete harmonious fruit connotations, quite robust, of excellent guard. There is also the CDR white Chèvre d' Or 2009, where intermingle with the notes of almond, peach and heather, really successful and attractive.

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Château MONT-REDON

(CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE)
Jean Abeille et Didier Fabre

84230 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Téléphone :04 90 83 72 75
Télécopie : 04 90 83 77 20
Email : montredon@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/montredon

At the top of the First Classified Great wines. In the middle of XVIIIe century, Mont-Redon was acquired by noble: Joseph Ignace d' Astier, lawyer Doctor of Laws in Avignon. Then Mont-Redon passed to the hands of the Mathieu. Anselme Mathieu said Marquis of Mont-Redon and exploited this winegrowing with her brothers with the death of his father. A catastrophe touched then the family and it was the division of the properties. In 1923, Mont-Redon is acquired by the Plantin family. Henri Plantin then applies to gather the whole of the grounds and to give to the winegrowing his current aspect: that of a property covering 162 ha, including 100 planted in vines (plate of rollers argilo-limestone). The castle Mont-Redon property of family since four generations, with its omnipresent vineyard since centuries, aligns its references of race and traditions. You can only be seduced by uncorking this Châteauneuf-du-Pape on 2009, Stemming mainly from Grenache (60%), of Syrah (30%) and Mourvèdre (8%, the rest in Counoise, Muscardin, Vaccarèse and Cinsault), which associate aromatic concentration, smoothness of tannins and powerfull, with aromas of ripe fruits, powerful mouth, for again, of course. 2008 is all in elegance, with the complex nose with notes of flowers and plum, elegant, fullbodied but supple, of quite harmonious mouth, with the aromas of cooked fruits red and spices, of a beautiful fullness finally. “The 2008 are one vintage which brings back to us to more mineral florality and tastes, Jean Abeille specifies us. The yields were very weak following demanding sorting, the learnedly proportioned maturing of new wood what made it possible to preserve all the fruity one. This 2008 are very tempting, fond of delicacies, tasty and one can taste it as of now. To continue our qualitative politics with the castle Mont Redon, we put ourselves at the European standards on all levels, optimized the reception of the grape harvest and enlarged the fermenting room of wine making to be able to make the best selections. We always knew to be precursory and to use the best tool with the service of quality, we moreover acquired tables of optical sorting. In a context of crisis, our situation is rather comfortable, our wines of an excellent quality-price ratio do not suffer too much and we opened other outlets abroad which compensate for certain losses. At the national level, our sales are maintained for all our appellations. It is a recognition of our know-how, quality of our wines which touches us much.” The 2007 are a great vintage, at the same time rich and powerful, elegant while being structured, of a beautiful aromatic complexity to the notes of toasted, of roasted, a wine which has temperament! The 2006 are a wine of a great balance which associates freshness and fruit, silky tannins adequate with the potential of ageing. Remarkable Châteauneuf white 2009, of a color to the green reflections, the very aromatic nose marked by fruit aromas with white flesh, a great wine charmer, unctuous with much of freshness and promptness in mouth, fleshy, with notes of citrus fruits and lily, really exceptional. Beautiful Lirac Mont-Redon white 2009, quite fruity, with the intense and subtle nose at the same time with prevailing of pear and almond, of a beautiful persistence. Lirac red 2009, of color deep ruby, which develops a powerful nose prevailed by the cooked redfruits, quite robust, a wine rich with the nose as in mouth, than it is necessary to appreciate on game animals. Côtes-de -ProvenceChâteau Riotor rosy 2010, coming from their other family winegrowing, a wine 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, and the Marc of Châteauneuf-du-Pape white, a treat, with drinking fresh into digestive.

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Domaine Louis DREVON

(CÔTE-RÔTIE)
Louis Drevon
Domaine de Rosiers - 3, rue des Moutonnes
69420 Ampuis
Téléphone :04 74 56 11 38
Télécopie : 04 74 56 13 00
Email : ldrevon@terre-net.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/rosiersdrevon

Always at the top of First Great wines classified. The vineyard of Côte-Rôtie extends on approximately 200 ha from vineyards in steps on slopes from 40%, and divided between: Côtebrune (clay soil of darker color) giving very firm red wines of slow evolution and great longevity (Vaillères, Côte Rosier, Turque, Pommière, Chevalière, Côte Boudin); Côte blonde (lighter ground) giving more supple wines (Mouline, Châtillonne, Grande Plantée, Grands Cols). This winegrowing of 7 ha has this obvious force of the soil associated with a very great qualitative regularity and very measured prices when one has the problem to produce this kind of vintages. Côte-Rôtie as this one returns to a playground the “wines of garage” where their producers think that it is enough to concentrate excessively to mature a great wine, forgetting the force of the soil and the osmosis which is created between type of vines, the grounds and the hand of the man. Wine making: de-stalking, pressing of bays, fermenting 15 to 20 days, control temperatures, many reassemblies. All that explains this splendid Côte-Rôtie 2008 (97% Syrah and 3% Viognier), silver medal with the competition of the wines of Orange 2010, resulting from long fermenting then at least matured 15 month out of barrels of oak, complex with these nuances of kirsch and pepper, of garnet-red robe shining, very scented (ripe, humus…), with structured tannins, of a beautiful final in mouth, to which it is necessary to leave time to be expressed as well as possible. The 2007, silver medal with the Competition of the wines of Ampuis, fleshy and dense, with melted tannins, feels the morello cherry and prune, of beautiful steady robe, a wine for again. All that explains this splendid Côte-Rôtie 2008 (97% Syrah and 3% Viognier), silver medal with the competition of the wines of Orange 2010, resulting from longfermenting then at least matured 15 month out of barrels of oak, complex with these nuances of kirsch and pepper, of garnet-red robeshining, very scented (ripe, humus…), with structured tannins, of a beautiful final in mouth, to which it is necessary to leave time to be expressed as well as possible. The 2007, silver medal with the Competition of the wines of Ampuis, fleshy and dense, with melted tannins, feels the morello cherry and prune, of beautiful steady robe, a wine for again. 2006 are fleshy, with the aromas of black fruitsjams, leather, of undergrowth, a bulky and very rich wine, which continues its evolution. 2005 are powerful and complex, with at the same time intense and subtle nose where intermingle the red fruits good ripe (prune) and a little spices, typified, of tasty mouth, great evolution. Beautiful 2004, with the dark robe, the nose prevailed by the black small fruits (blackcurrant) and truffle, of good base tannic, fleshy, with the connotations characteristic of spices and undergrowth to the palate, quite fullbodied.

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Vignobles LEVET

(CÔTE-RÔTIE)
Gaec Vignobles Levet
26, Bld Les Allées RN 86 Face au clocher
69420 Ampuis
Téléphone :04 74 56 15 39
Télécopie : 04 74 56 19 75
Email : contact@coterotielevet.fr
Site : www.coterotielevet.fr

At the top. Created in 1929, a winegrowing of approximately 4 ha on on abrupt hillsides in terraces, the ground of origin granitic is covered with mica schist and of gneiss, the vines are 50 years old and the type of vine is Syrah. The wines are matured on average 2 years out of barrels of oak. Remarkable vintage Côte-Rôtie Améthyste 2008 (an assembly of the whole of their pieces of vines), of very beautiful mouth with these notes very characteristic and intense of smoked and spices, a beautiful elegant wine as it should be, with well-balanced tannins, of excellent evolution. 2007, ofrobe crimson, with the blackberry nose, very scented in mouth with vanilla nuances, are a great wine typified and full, robust, generous and persistent, quite fleshy, to uncork on a stew and game animals.

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ARNOUX & Fils

(VACQUEYRAS)
Marc et Jean-François Arnoux
Cave du Vieux Clocher
84190 Vacqueyras
Téléphone :04 90 65 84 18
Télécopie : 04 90 65 80 07
Email : info@arnoux-vins.com
Site : www.arnoux-vins.com

Superb Vacqueyras “1717” 2007, which pays homage to the beginning of the history vigneronne of the family, compartmental selection of the oldest vines of Grenache and Syrah, a wine extremely well matured during 26 months out of barrels of oak, concentrate, scented with nuances of plum and of smoked, cordial, fullbodied, of very beautiful evolution. WhiteVacqueyras Vieux Clocher 2009, attractive by its fresh fruit nose, is all in smoothness, of a beautiful harmony to the palate. Excellent Gigondas Seigneur de Lauris 2007 (60% Grenache, and 40% Syrah, old vines of more than 50 years, yields 30 hl/ha), traditional, with tannins powerful and delicate at the same time, fleshy, intense stops some, rich in aromas, with the notes of cooked fruits, cinnamon andhumus. Nice rosy Vacqueyras Vieux Clocher 2008, rosy of bleeding with majority of Grenache, full, perfect on mullets.

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L LIKE... CHAMPAGNE !

2011-09-25T18:31:00.000+02:00

P. LANCELOT-ROYER

Sylvie Lancelot et Michel Chauvet
540, rue du Général-de-Gaulle
51530 Cramant
Téléphone :03 26 57 51 41
Télécopie : 03 26 57 12 25
Email : champagne.lancelot.royer@cder.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/lancelotroyer

Classified very well. A vineyard of 5 ha and an estate created in 1960 per Pierre Lancelot, and taken again in 1996 by his Sylvie daughter and her son-in-law Michel Chauvet. The cellars are dug in the hillock of chalk right behind the house. The press is at the top of the hillock, must is conveyed in the tanks by gravity. The brut Champagne cuvée des ChevaliersGrand Cru, pure a Chardonnay, resulting from 30 year old vines, where all the distinction of this type of vine is expressed, is generous and elegant, of persistent foam, very fruity, a vintage of a beautiful aromatic smoothness (brioche, peach), intense with the nose as with the palate. The vintage 2004, of rich and very delicate foam, with the nuances of honey, all in mouth, develops a nose of small fruits(peach), an elegant, firm and supple Champagne with the palate. Excellent 2002, from yellow gold robe, with a mouth scented with thefloral and slightly honey nuances, intense, at the same time robust and are distinguished, with the notes of ripe small fruits and lime, of a quite nice final.

LAURENT-GABRIEL

Marie-Marjorie Laurent
2, rue des Remparts
51160 Avenay-Val-d'Or
Téléphone :03 26 52 32 69
Télécopie : 03 26 59 92 08
Email : champagne.laurent-gabriel@wanadoo.fr
Site : vinsdusiecle.com/champagnelaurent-gabriel
Site : www.laurent-gabriel.com

At the top of the Second Classified Great wines. In 1982, Daniel Laurent takes again the familyestate of his parents. His father produced only one negligible part of his Champagne harvest which it held to some friends and to customers, the remainder was sold with the Champagne trade, with the vintage, out of grapes. As of its arrival, it decided to produce its own Champagne, with the assistance of his wife, they are shouldered by their Marie-Marjorie daughter. The estate is very modest, with 2.5 ha of vines located on two soils: 90% with Avenay-Val-d’Or, classified 1st Cru, and in Avize, classified Great Cru. The typical example of a Champagne coming from a clean soil. You will like like us it Champagne cuvéé Prestige vintage 2000 (80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay), resulting from a wine making without malolactic fermentation and without cold passage, maturing approximately 6 months out of barrels of oak, one of the most beautiful enjoyed bottles this year in this vintage, with the almond nose, very out of fruits, a vintage proportioned very well, delicate and fresh in mouth, combining persistence and richness. The Champagne brut Carte d' Or(75% Pinot Noir, 15% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Meunier, resulting from the years 2006 and 2007 and years of reserve), is all in aromas, with this nose of fresh small fruits, of lime and almond, a beautiful firm and suave Champagne, of delicate foam, combining roundness and nervousness, very out of structure, of a beautiful final. Excellent Spécial brut rosé, pure Pinot Noir, year 2006, rich and distinguished, of good mouth with nuances of raspberry, a beautiful pink robe steady. At their sides, the vintage Grande Réserve brut(75% Pinot Noir, 15% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Meunier, year 2004 with wines of reserve, without malolactic fermentation, cold passage, and a passage from 4 to 6 months out of barrels of oak), where one finds which prevail cooked peach notes and of honey, intense, distinguished, dense in mouth, combining savor and distinction, very persistent with the palate. There is also this vintage rosy brutSpécial, a pure Pinot Noir, year 2007, red Champagne wine and white wine assembly vinified with the winegrowing without malolacticfermentation, a vintage all in aromatic freshness, with notes of fresh red fruits and violet, which combines savor and distinction, to envisage on a spiced kitchen.

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LEGRAS et HAAS

Brigitte Legras-Haas
7 et 9, Grande Rue
51530 Chouilly
Téléphone :03 26 54 92 90
Télécopie : 03 26 55 40 92
Email : legras-haas@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/legras-haas
Site : www.legras-et-haas.com

The family is in charge of a vineyard of 33 ha, including 15 ha with Chouilly, Grand Cru of de laCôte des Blancs where the family home is installed since several generations. In order to preserve the true values and to guarantee a real personality with the vintages, pressing, wine making, put out of bottle and discharging are entirely carried out with propritété. Excite your papillae with their Champagne fermented Exigence (requirement in the choice of type of vines and their assembly, ChouillyGrand Cru of Chardonnay and Aÿ Grand Cru of Pinot Noir), with the floral and mineral nose, of a large smoothness with finally a very pleasant acidulated side, a full and generous vintage where one finds in mouth of the nuances of ripe citrus fruits and brioche bread, of very elegant foam. Remarkable out of the line, Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs Millésimé 2002, gold medal with the world competition, which exhales nuances of white flowers and honey, combining distinction and roundness, savor and persistence, of a beautiful final. The Extra dry Champagne fermented, with the perfume of fresh almond and citrus fruits (lemon-yellow, apple rennet), very fresh, intense and full, with the subtle and persistent nose, who associates fullness and distinction, a very beautiful Champagne, very harmonious, very charmer. Beautiful vintage Prestige Vieilles Vignes (2/3 Chardonnay Chouilly Grand Cru and 1/3 Pinot Noir of Aÿ), with the nose prevailed by the ripe small fruits and the rose, all in aromatic subtlety, a beautiful length, of intense foam, all in smoothness with finally, of the nuances of peach and brioche bread. The brut rosy one develops in mouth of the powerful fresh fruit aromas and a spiced touch, a vinous and delicate at the same time, harmonious vintage, proportioned very well. Tradition brut (50%Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir and 25% Pinot Meunier) is a Champagne very well-balanced, of beautiful color, all in mouth, delicate and aromatic, traditional, of a fresh final, regularly successful. There are also the Blanc De Blancs Grand Cru, with, of course, only one type of vine, Chardonnay, only one vintage, the Chouilly Grand Cru, and the incorporation of wines of reserve to ensure a continuity in quality to him, a Champagne which exhales discreetly mineral aromas, fresh and well-balanced, of slightly honey mouth, full with elegance, typified, all in lightness of aromas, a mineral and full wine, of full mouth.

CHIROUBLES DOMAINE EMILE CHEYSSON

2011-01-11T08:20:00.000+01:00

A winegrowing of 26 ha founded in 1870 by the Cheysson family. Chiroubles is a vintage which must remain greedy with much fruit without hardness in tannins. It is a wine pleasure, synonymous with fruity and freshness. 2005 are one year of very beautiful quality, powerful. 2006 and 2007 are similar years of fruit and lightness, typified well Chiroubles. 2008 are a very beautiful year, with aromas of fruits crunching and a beautiful matter without hardness.
The winegrowing proposes this Chiroubles fermented Prestige 2006, resulting from a specific sector of the estate (Les Roches) where one finds pieces of granite, which gives him this clean specificity (vines of more than 60 years and maturing during 12 months out of barrels of oak), a wine of powerful mouth, combining suppleness and structure, with the nuances of black fruits and spices, fleshy and quite traditional.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Famille Cheysson
Who's in charge : Jean-Pierre Large
Adress : Clos Les Farges 69115 Chiroubles
Phone : 04 74 04 22 02
Fax : 04 74 69 14 16
E-Mail : chiroublesdomainecheysson@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/chiroublesdomainecheysson

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BORDEAUX CHATEAU DU MASSON

2011-01-11T08:15:00.000+01:00

The Gassies-Gautey vineyards are family work several generations of wine growers (3rd), producers of marvellous Bordeaux and pioneers among so much of others of this soil of l 'Entre-Deux-Mers whose world reputation is recognized. The whole of the vineyard is spread out over left bank of the Dordogne, distributed in zone of slopes argilo-limestones and plates of same nature, and contiguous with the river of a plain on the siliceous ground with melts of them the low register seams of the Dordogne which is prolonged in the basement.
You will appreciate this Bordeaux rouge Château du Masson cuvée Passion 2006 (80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc, 5% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 5% Malbec), resulting from very old vines, with prevailing of prune, a very tasty wine, of beautiful robe, rich in mouth thanks to silky tannins, with nuances of black cherry and humus, of very good evolution. Beautiful 2005, which associates color and structure, with this complex of currant and humus, quite fullbodied, combining roundness and structure finally. Excellent Bordeaux rouge Château du Masson 2007, intense color, with the powerful nose marked by very ripe fruit notes (currant, morello cherry), of a very good balance. The Bordeaux rosé Fleur du Mayne 2009, beautiful a pink frank, a wine of fresh and tasty mouth, all into fruity, dry and suave at the same time, one of best of the appellation.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Michel et Françoise Gautey
Who's in charge : Michel et Françoise Gautey
Adress : 1, le Masson 33420 Moulon
Phone : 05 57 84 52 44
Fax : 05 57 74 98 63
E-Mail : chateaudumasson@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/chateaudumasson

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BORDEAUX DOMAINE DE LAUBERTRIE

2011-01-10T20:50:00.000+01:00

Family property since the XVI ème century. Auberterie is a formation of the Early middle ages; the Pontallier family appears there in the texts since the delicate one of the XVI ème century. Old stronghold of Baronnie of Rivière in Duché de Fronsac, it joined Cubzagais starting from the French revolution. The buildings of estate go back to the XVIII and XIX ème century, the dwelling house was raised and finished in 1863. Marie Christine and Bernard Pontallier are now helped by their children, Arnaud and Benoit, who imply themselves more and more.
The Winegrowing of Laubertrie counts 15 hectares of vines, located on a plate argilo-limestone. The culture is traditional there, the wines are elaborate in our wine storehouses, in an artisanal way, while trying to respect the characters of the soil and of each vintage. The work of the ground privileges the mechanical processes and the natural putting under grass. The grape harvest is done manually. The produced wines are Bordeaux rouge, Bordeaux blanc and Bordeaux rosé and also Crémant de Bordeaux. The last vintages are characterized by an exceptional climatology. The wines powerful, fullbodied, are very marked by the fruit.
You will be able to discover this Bordeaux rouge 2007, of robe crimson, a fullbodied wine, with ripe tannins and a solid structure, with the nose prevailed by the cooked red small fruits, quite traditional. This Bordeaux blanc sec 2008, with prevailing of fresh fruits, is a wine which combines promptness and suppleness, of a frank and round final. Crémant de Bordeaux is all in smoothness, with full and floral foam.
Since 2008, the Pontallier family proposes to you a lodging in the context of the Gîtes of France in the category of the Bacchus Gîtes.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : SCEA Pontallier et Fils
Who's in charge : SCEA Pontallier et Fils
Adress : 50, route de Laubertrie 33240 Salignac
Phone : 05 57 43 24 73
Fax : 05 57 43 17 24
E-Mail : domainedelaubertrie@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/domainedelaubertrie
Personal website : www.domainedelaubertrie.fr

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Alsace Zoeller

2010-11-18T08:02:00.000+01:00

As the press dating from the XVIIe century testifies some, the family perpetuates since more than eight generations the viticultural tradition. Today, this ancestral know-how is combined with the modern methods to make it possible to work out wines complying with the rules of hygiene and quality while preserving their naturalness and especially their authenticity. The Gewurztraminer Les Orchidées 2005, typified, of scented and unctuous mouth, with the notes of smoked with a spice point, is a wine very representative of this vintage, well-balanced and harmonious. The Pinot gris Les Orchidées 2005, with the subtle nose, of a beautiful aromatic persistence, with marked nuances of dry fruits, nervous and dense mouth at the same time, is to be opened on a lobster. The Gewurztraminer cuvée Réservée 2006 associates smoothness and structure, slightly spiced, of powerful mouth, dry and suave at the same time, very succeeded. Remarkable Pinot gris Vendanges Tardives 2003, a complex, delicate and ripe wine at the same time, all in aromatic subtlety, with this nuance of candied fruits quite persistent, of a great consistency. Excellent Pinot noir La Saignée 2006, a wine of supple but quite robust mouth, coloured and scented (ripe). The House also proposes white Pinot to you vintage Réservée 2006 and this nice Crémant d' Alsace, having a nice bouquet, with quince the fruity notes, of frank and creamy foam, ideal on a tart with the mirabelle plums.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Mathieu Zoeller
Who's in charge : Mathieu Zoeller
Adress : 14, rue de L'Eglise 67120 Wolxheim
Phone : 03 88 38 15 90
Fax : 03 88 38 15 90
E-Mail : maisonzoeller@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/maisonzoeller
Personal website : www.vins-zoeller.fr

Vins du Siècle

Armagnac Dartigalongue

2010-11-16T08:46:00.001+01:00

It is in 1838 pennies Louis Philippe, that Pascal DARTIGALONGUE originating in Saint Lannes close to Madiran settled in Nogaro in the Gers and founded its House of trade of Armagnac which is still ours. In 1969, Pierre Dartigalongue installed its distilling with Salles d ' Armagnac. Since, five generations followed one another to ensure and perennialize “the oldest house of the Armagnac”. Producer, distiller and stockbreeder, installed in the area of best believed of this brandy seven times centenary, Dartigalongue is specialized in the very old Bas Armagnacs, products selected and matured according to the ancestral tradition. It offers this single Eau de Vie, declined in credits or vintages, in luxurious and personalized presentations. The house holds in its old original wine storehouses a very important range of old Armagnacs Millésimés, growing old and improving in barrels in oak of the country under the permanent control of the Master of wine storehouse which supervises the evolution and carries out of it various handling of transfer and ventilation. In addition, following meticulous research and tastings, certain vintages are assembled in order to create “special vintages” giving rise to traditional assemblies such V.S.O.P., OUT OF OLD, or to “15 YEARS of OLD”,” 25 YEARS”…, thus to celebrate the 170ème birthday of the creation of the house an exceptional assembly of 70% of 1974 and 30% of 1976, was carried out under the denomination Cuvée Louis-Philippe 42%,70 Cl. (Carafe) (king of the French in 1838).
Remarkable Bas-Armagnac cuvée Louis-Philippe (70% of 1974 and 30% of 1976), with the nuances of rancio and spices, very floral, at the same time dry and suave, very persistent with the palate. Also discover this 25 years Bas-Armagnac, assembly of several Armagnac of which young person is at least 25 years old, elegant, with these cocoa and dry fig connotations, slightly fume, of a great consistency in mouth, very scented (nut, prune), of a long final.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Françoise Dartigalongue
Who's in charge : Françoise Dartigalongue
Adress : Place du Four - BP 9 32110 Nogaro
Phone : 05 62 09 03 01
Fax : 05 62 09 01 78
E-Mail : dartigalongue@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/dartigalongue
Personal website : www.dartigalongue.com

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Vins du siècle

Sancerre Henry Natter

2010-11-04T07:46:00.001+01:00

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.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Henry et Cécile Natter
Who's in charge : Henry et Cécile Natter
Adress : Place de L'Eglise 18250 Montigny
Phone : 02 48 69 58 85
Fax : 02 48 69 51 34
E-Mail : henrynatter@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/henrynatter
Personal website : www.henrynatter.com

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Pommard Thierry Violot-Guillemard

2010-10-25T17:36:00.000+02:00

Rich of an experiment transmitted since four generation, Thierry takes again the vines still exploited by the grandfather Jules Guillemard in 1980. It makes the choice in 1999 of the organic farming in order to preserve the five hectares of this splendid bourguignon soil which was entrusted to him. With a rigorous work with the vine, it wishes above all to respect the typicity of the soil, type of vine, and each vintage, in order to obtain pure wines, fruity and strongly marked by their character. The grape harvest is manual, and a rigorous sorting with the fermenting room makes it possible to keep only the most beautiful grapes. Maturing in oak barrels carefully selected near the best wet coopers of the area, the wines of Thierry are delicate and delicate and express the philosophy of the house: generosity and authenticity.
The Pommard 2005 is a very beautiful vintage that it is necessary to wait a little to let be expressed all its potential. For the 2006 outputs was weak, it is a wine concentrated with much smoothness. The 2007 were one vintage delicate and difficult for which a severe sorting was necessary in order to maintain quality.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Thierry Violot-Guillemard
Who's in charge : Thierry Violot-Guillemard
Adress : Clos de Derrière Saint-Jean 7, rue Sainte-Marguerite 21630 Pommard
Phone : 03 80 22 49 98
Fax : 03 80 22 94 40
E-Mail : violot-guillemard@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/violot-guillemard
Personal website : www.violot-guillemard.fr

Saint-Emilion GCC Château Laroque

2010-10-20T17:21:00.000+02:00

Château LAROQUE

(SAINT-ÉMILION)
Direction : Bruno Sainson
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes
33330 Saint-Émilion
Téléphone :05 57 24 77 28
Télécopie : 05 57 24 63 65
Email : contact@chateau-laroque.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateaularoque
Site : www.chateau-laroque.com

Classified First Great wine. For more than forty years castle has belonged to the Beaumartin family. This superb feudal residence of XIIe rebuilt under Louis XIV, is worth to him the nickname of “Petit Versailles”. “The vintage 2009, much compare it with the 2005, us specifies Bruno Sainson, but the wine construction is different, the pH are more in the standard, 2009 will be a very full wine, more pleasant than 2005. We awaited the maturity of tannins, which was very important. The 2009 take very well wood, it is marked little by the first passages out of barrels. There will be very little of our second wine, Les Tours de Laroque, in this superb 2009: practically any master key in the first wine! The 2008 are a little more powerful, more generous than 2007, sharper, more typified Bordelais with a stronger acidity which supports the structure well. It makes me think of the 2001, with a beautiful minerality, beautiful tannins, a fruity present, it is a beautiful well built wine, very very full, of guard. The 2007 are a greedy wine with the ripe fruit aromas, with one toasted well integrated, attack well coated suave, tannins, beautiful harmony in mouth and persistent finale with a beautiful return. It is a wine harmonious, elegant, of a more tender approach, tannins are more delicate, more advanced, it there does not have no firmness, keeps average. A very pleasant wine with table.” One indeed gives really pleasure with this Saint-Émilion GCC 2007, at the same time delicate and fullbodied, with its notes very characteristic and very persistent of blackberry, violet and spices, with velvety tannins, a wine all stops some, really charmer. Powerful 2006, of full and fullbodied mouth, a fleshy and typified wine, with tannins quite present and melted at the same time, a very well-balanced vintage where mix with the scents of blackberry, mocha coffee and cinnamon finally. 2005, with the aromas characteristic of spices (grooves, pink pepper) and of morello cherry quite ripe, very fleshy, of garnet-red, tasty color with the palate, concentrate, a fleshy and persistent wine, with a beautiful volume finally, of guard, of course. Beautiful 2004, rich color, fullbodied, robust, of tasty mouth, with firm but very elegant tannins, the complex nose prevailed by cherry and leather, round and robust, a wine still quite young, of very beautiful guard. 2003 are remarkable, of ample mouth, combining this fleshy characteristic of the appellation to finely spiced notes, a powerful wine, of very good guard. 2002, of deep color, with much of structure, with the nose complex where the blackcurrant and the undergrowth prevail, with tannins powerful and silky at the same time, starts to open. Particularly attractive today, the 2001, dense, fleshy, combining powerfull and distinction, of a large smoothness, where the cooked fruits and the spices prevail, intense with the nose as in mouth with nuances of cherry and truffle. 2000, fleshy, with a strong color, are fleshy, with the notes of currant very ripe, vanilla and quite characteristic humuses. Perfect in this moment, the 99 is all in mouth, with this beautiful robe with the light reflections crimsons, red and a deep black fruit nose ripe with spiced notes, a wine full with smoothness to the tender matter, structured well. Remarkable 98, of beautiful tannic structure, powerful and molten at the same time, of a beautiful concentration, with the red nutmeg and macerated fruit notes, a wine very representative of this great traditional vintage. Very beautiful quality-price-typicité ratio.

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CASSIS DOMAINE SAINT-LOUIS JAYNE

2010-08-24T20:55:00.000+02:00

The winegrowing belongs to the Jayne family since 1893. Alphonse Jayne cultivated his grounds during more than 70 years, within the framework of a mixed-farming, alternating vines, fruit trees, local grazing grounds, vegetables. In 1996, Laurent Jayne his grandson takes again his continuation and creates the Winegrowing Saint-Louis Jayne. He perpetuates the traditional and ancestral work of the vine, by privileging the natural and reasoned methods. He undertakes a slow reorganization of the vineyard which counts a very large variety of type of vines. Not less than 9 type of vines, of which the white Pascal (old woman variety of Provence) who remains only on this winegrowing. The 8 ha of the winegrowing extend on slopes ventilated by the marine breezes. The vines for half were planted by his/her grandfather, here are soon 70 years. They give and Laurent their bracket a limited, but exceptional production. Cassis fermented Fonfon white 2008 (nickname of the grandfather) is a wine which releases from subtle aromas of almond and lime, suave mouth but of sharp nature, a nice final. The rosy 2008, at the same time supple and fond of delicacies, with this persistent spiced key, of a beautiful aromatic smoothness, are a nice wine, of beautiful color. Vintages 2009 promise to be exceptional.

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The Best Beaujolais of the year

2010-04-28T08:58:00.000+02:00

Château LACARELLE

(BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES)
Louis et Paule Durieu de Lacarelle
BP 5
69460 Saint-Étienne-des-Ouillères
Téléphone :04 74 03 40 80
Télécopie : 04 74 03 50 18
Email : info@lacarelle.com
Site : www.lacarelle.com

Classified 1st High-class wine with this Beaujolais-Villages 2006 (vines 35 year old on average, grape harvest manual, semi-carbonic maceration), rich color as in aromas, with the red fruit notes with core, intense with the nose as in mouth. The 2005 are of color crimson, velvety and harmonious, quite robust, with the marked nose of ripe currant, very good evolution.

Domaine CRÊT des GARANCHES

(BROUILLY)
Sylvie Dufaitre-Genin

69460 Odenas
Téléphone :04 74 03 41 46
Télécopie : 04 74 03 51 65
Email : sylvie.dufaitre-genin@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/cretdesgaranches

A family estate of 9,60 ha, located in the middle of the growth Brouilly. Soil with prevailing granitic, combined with the type of vine Gamay black with white juice confer on this wine its smoothness. Côte-de-Brouilly 2005 matured several months out of barrels of oak (manual vintage), typified, a powerful wine but all in elegance, scented in mouth, where prevail of the notes of currant and heather, with quite silky and very well-balanced tannins. Brouilly 2007 is a wine which allured us with these notes very characteristic and persistent of small stone-fruits, with tannins present but very delicate, of tasty mouth, to taste on a waterfowl. Beautiful Brouilly 2006, gold medal with the competition of the great wines of France Mâcon 2008, intense robe, scented well (fresh fruits, humus…), which develops fullness and roundness, a wine slightly peppered finally.

Alain MICHAUD

(BROUILLY)
Alain Michaud
Beauvoir
69220 Saint-Lager
Téléphone :04 74 66 84 29
Télécopie : 04 74 66 71 91
Email : alain.michaud17@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/alainmichaud
Site : www.alain-michaud.fr

At the top. Winegrowing of 13 ha including 9 in Brouilly appellation, made up for 70% by vines of more than 50 years. Beautiful Brouilly 2007, charmer, fleshy, velvety, very scented, with these ripe fruit and undergrowth notes (strawberry of wood, bilberry…), of a beautiful final in mouth, very good evolution. The 2006, of a limpid red robe cherry, are a wine with raspberry nose the powerful, rich, structured, of a beautiful aromatic persistence finally, a wine with tannins ripe but quite present, of excellent evolution, which requires a rich kitchen. Morgon 2006 (2,50 ha, 45 years old vines on the slopes) is of pronounced color, with ripe tannins, quite robust, with this nose of overripe fruits and humus, of good mouth, a rich and dense wine, which deserves a little patience to benefit from its potential. Rosy Beaujolais 2006 (2000 bottles only) is greedy and fruity, perfect on the Lyons pork-butcheries. Taste their new product “Gamaysienne”, astonishing a semi-sparkling red light with alcohol low level, very fruity, which they work out themselves in their wine storehouse. A wine which is the fruit of a work meticulous person, the catch of foam being made out of bottles with a traditional discharging, an ideal product with aperitif or on a dessert. Beautiful quality-price-pleasure ratio, which does not spoil anything.

Domaine CHAMPAGNON

(CHENAS)

Les Brureaux
69840 Chénas
Téléphone :03 85 36 71 32
Télécopie : 03 85 36 72 00
Email : earl.champagnon@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domainechampagnon

Incontestably at the top. The two wire, Patrick and Jean-Yves, direct this beautiful estate. Their Moulin-à-Vent 2007, an intense wine of color, with the prune notes, is a dense great wine, typified, very harmonious, with tannins silky but quite present, traditional of this vintage. The 2006, with the aromas of macerated fruits and spices, rich, of beautiful garnet-red, dense color with the nose as in mouth, combining smoothness and structure, is of very good evolution. The 2005 is tasted very well in this moment, of robe crimson, with the nose prevailed by the strawberry and blackberry, rich, structured, of a nice final, a traditional wine, with tannins ripe but quite present, of very good evolution. Beautiful Chénas 2007, resulting from a traditional wine making from 6 to 8 days (maturing in the wood lightnings), of mouth intense and prevailed by blackberry, a wine mixing suppleness and aromatic, quite harmonious and very well-balanced intensity, all in aromas and smoothness finally, having a real potential of evolution. Taste their Fleurie 2007, delicate and scented as it should be, well also typified, of robe crimson, with the powerful and persistent nose prevailed by the ripe strawberry of wood, to lead to a ham of mountain.

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CAVE des VIGNERONS

(COTEAUX-DU-LYONNAIS)
Directeur : Thierry Sothier
RN 89
69210 Sain-Bel
Téléphone :04 74 01 11 33
Télécopie : 04 74 01 10 27
Email : contact@sainbelenlyonnais.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/vigneronsdesain-bel
Site : www.sainbelenlyonnais.com

Great success with it Coteaux-du-Lyonnais cuvée l’Hommée rouge 2007 (at last century hommée surface represented that a vine grower worked in one day with his fessou), resulting from not very deep sandy grounds and a carbonic semi-maceration, where roundness and distinction join, very aromatic, an at the same time delicate wine and very structured, of a beautiful final. Coteaux-du-Lyonnais Domaine Peronnet red 2007, silver medal in Paris, selection and sorting manual, harvest and grape harvest in bunches whole, robust, at the same time fruity and tannic, fleshy and generous, harmonious in mouth like their Beaujolais Domaine of Soly 2007, only elaborate with the grapes resulting from the oldest vines, quite robust, with the nose prevailed by currant, of very good evolution. Excellent Coteaux-du-Lyonnais vintage rosy Référence 2007 (100% direct pressing, wine making at controlled temperature), a wine with the nuances of flowers and spices, associating richness and suppleness, of fruity and persistent mouth like Coteaux-du-Lyonnais Domaine de Champ-Guichard red 2007, fruity, quite traditional.

Domaine du GRANIT DORÉ Georges ROLLET

(JULIÉNAS)
Mme Georges Rollet
Domaine du Granit Doré La Pouge
69840 Jullié
Téléphone :04 74 04 44 81
Télécopie : 04 74 04 49 12
Email : rollet-g@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.domainedugranitdore.com

The son, Vincent, joined the property after his studies and of the training courses in Bourgogne, Alsace and South Africa. All the vines of the winegrowing being in slopes, all work of the vine are thus done manually, which represents a strong implication of the vine grower but supports an observation with more close to the vegetation. There is initially their Juliénas fermented Spéciale Vieilles Vignes 2007, with the plum aromas, of very good structure, having a nice bouquet, at the same time fruity and of beautiful structure, dense and persistent mouth, which agrees perfectly with a leg. Remarkable 2006, with the pepper and very ripe raspberry aromas, of very good structure, dense and persistent mouth, a harmonious, full and distinguished wine, of excellent evolution, which requires a raised kitchen. Juliénas Tradition 2007, Prestige price with the competition of the Great wines of Beaujolais 2008, coloured and scented (currant, grooves), with ripe tannins, the notes of strawberry, peony and spices, of garnet-red color, is very quite well-balanced.

Gérard BRISSON

(MORGON)
M.Brisson
Domaine des Pillets Chemin des Romains
69910 Villié-Morgon
Téléphone :04 74 04 21 60
Télécopie : 04 74 69 15 28
Email : vin.brisson@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/gerard-brisson
Site : www.gerard-brisson.com

At the top of first classified great wines. Gerard Brisson matures this superb Morgon Les Charmes Louve 2006, of color ruby, with these intense aromas where prevail the red small fruits good ripe (currant, blackberry) and this quite typical spice point, very also succeeded in the vintage 2007, with notes of violet and liquorice, rich color, traditional and concentrated, combining smoothness and structure. Morgon Les Charmes 2005 is a full and tasty wine, with the subtle stone-fruit nose, slightly spiced, combining smoothness and structure, of tasty mouth, of guard, of course. Dense, complex, Morgon Les Charmes Vieilles Vignes 2006 (vines of more than 50 years, maturing in the lightnings of oak between 12 and 18 months), with these crystallized blackberry notes, a wine with rich tannins, closes, all in perfumes, which associates roundness and structure in mouth. Showing the potential of evolution of these wines, Vieilles Vignes 99 is superb, with the reflections crimsons, the scents of ripe blackcurrant and liquorice, of powerful mouth, an ample wine, coloured and of excellent evolution. Morgon Les Charmes Noble Tradition is a wine of beautiful color, scented (ripe, morello cherry and violet), powerful with the nose as in mouth, with tannins present and very elegant at the same time, to open on a calf's liver to old. All charms some, the Beaujolais-Villages is with robe brilliant ruby, with the nuances of cherry, a wine of pleasure. The whole with exceptional a quality-price-typicité ratio.

Château de PIZAY

(MORGON)
Direction : Pascal Dufaitre

69220 Saint-Jean-d'Ardière
Téléphone :04 74 66 26 10
Télécopie : 04 74 69 60 66
Email : chateau-de-pizay@chateau-de-pizay.com
Site : www.chateau-de-pizay.com

At the top also. The property extends on 80 ha around the castle, including 40 planted in vines. Beautiful Morgon Château de Pizay 2006, very aromatic, with these subtle and intense notes of humus, overripe red small fruits and spices. Régnié Château de Pizay 2007, coloured and robust, quite robust, with the nose of overripe red fruits, very good evolution. Very attractive white Beaujolais Château de Pizay, with this touch of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, where intermingle with the nuances of fresh fruits, heather and honeysuckle. Château de Pizay is also a superb hotel 4 stars installed in a splendid castle of XIVe and XVIIe centuries. Relaxation and gastronomy are with go, tennis, swimming pool, French garden. You will be able to also taste the wines in secular arched cellars, very picturesque.

Domaine MORTET Père et Fils

(MOULIN-A-VENT)
Jean-Pierre Mortet
Le Bourg
71570 Romanèche-Thorin
Téléphone :03 85 35 55 51
Télécopie : 03 85 35 53 19
Email : jean.mortet@free.com
Site : http://jean.mortet.free.fr/

Winegrowing of 10 ha. A great very favorite (usual) for this exceptional Moulin-à-Vent Les Rouchaux 2005, resulting from a granitic ground of rock, particularly succeeded, with beautiful reflections crimsons, with the aromas of ripe fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry) and of liquorice, powerful mouth, an ample, coloured and complex wine, that it is necessary to let be done and open on a stew. Its Moulin-à-Vent 2006 particularly attracted us with its subtle aromas where the ripe fruits and the violet prevail, all of structure, is very typified, linking with harmony smoothness and structure, of beautiful evolution.

The Best Alsace of the year

2010-03-28T19:46:00.000+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

It is approximately into 1680 that first Dussourt, officer of the army of Louis XIV, arrived to Alsace. And it is towards 1740 that Jean Dussourt saw himself managing 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. A vineyard of 10 ha with 40 pieces on grounds sandy, granitic, argilo-limestones and sandy, 25 year old vines. One understands better this Riesling Réserve Prestige 2006, very on the fruit, with persistent aromas of dry fruits and citrus fruits, mouthfull, of beautiful final, very robust but very distinguished at the same time. The 2005 are of yellow color gold to the reflections ambers, develop floral and spiced nuances. Pinot gray Réserve Particulière 2005 is mouthfull, scented and typified, of a very beautiful expression.

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 First Classified Great wines. Beautiful Gewurztraminer Clos des Anges 2006, a wine complex and powerful, with mineral notes, very delicate, of unctuous mouth, with the robe intense, warm, of a great persistence, very good evolution. Riesling Grand Cru Praelatenberg de Kintzheim 2006, marked by its soil, elegant, of nice brilliant robe, powerful and delicate at the same time, well-balanced, is scented, very attractive, complex, with a beautiful aromatic, harmonious slightly spiced intensity and is distinguished. Tasty Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergheim 2005, with its beautiful golden robe, it is a very beautiful wine with the nose intense and complex, rich and delicate at the same time, typified, delicately spiced, robust, very promising. Pinot black is of fleshy mouth, robe ruby, with the concentrated nose (violet and blackcurrant), with melted tannins, persisting finally. After, this Pinot gray Clos des Anges 2006, with the dense nose, the very marked citrus fruits notes (grapefruit), a complex wine which combine suppleness and structure, powerful, all in complexity of aromas (yellow fruits, lime). Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 2005, a beautiful fleshy and delicate wine, is all in aromatic persistence (rose, toast), intense in the nose as in mouth, with these notes of smoked specific. Excellent rosy Crémant of Alsace brut, of quite well-balanced mouth where raspberry is found, very pleasant.

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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. Exceptional Gewurztraminer Sélection De Grains Nobles 2005, very concentrated, with the powerful candied fruits aromas, of slow evolution, which should hold all its promises. Excellent Riesling Terroir Itterswiller 2006, intense with the nose as in mouth, with the flowered bouquet, with notes of hazel nut and lily, all in smoothness. Very nice brut Crémant d’Alsace Prestige, light foam and lives, with these nuances of fresh fruits and lime, a round and harmonious vintage which is appreciated on a tart with the mirabelle plums. Pinot black 2005, matured out of barrels, combines powerfull and suppleness, with these very persistent notes of smoked and strawberry of wood, to taste on a joint of pork.

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

At the top of First Classified Great wines. Family winegrowing since four generations, led by Robert and Astrid Muhlberger, Philippe Muhlberger their son. Their Their philosophy vine grower is summarized in these words: Live with the Vine! Live with the Wine! " According to rules and convictions defined and tried by wine growers' generations, clarifies the warm Robert Muhlberger, so that spells: Vineyard, Vine, Wine grower's wine, with V of the Truth! To mature with wisdom and passion, in the compliance with traditional rules, are the means implemented with an aim of producing authentic wines and of 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.” The whole gives this superb Riesling Les Vieux Coteaux 2005 (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), a dense great wine, very charmer, of persistent mouth, prevailed by floral aromas (acacia), very promising. Excellent Pinot black fermented of Jeunes Loups 2005, of which the maturing is done out of barrels of oak, with a strong color, with the fruity and floral notes complex, combining structure and smoothness, tasty, of dense mouth. Superb Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 2005, a rare great wine, where one finds frank notes of roasted, of brioche and candied fruits, dense and distinguished at the same time. Crémant of Alsace Blanc of white brut traditional method is of foam delicate, 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 lead with aperitif as to a salmon. 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). One gives pleasure with this Riesling Grand Cru Frankstein Clos du Bernstein 2006, a wine very representative of this vintage, full and persistent, with these notes of citrus fruits and spice touch, very intense with the nose as in mouth. At its sides, Pinot gray cuvée Prestige 2006, of intense mouth, a firm wine, very out of fruits, with the concentrated nose where prevail smoked and nut. Excellent Riesling Vieilles Vignes 2006, gold medal with Mâcon, of yellow gold robe, with the subtle floral scents, of full and robust mouth, a long final. Superb Pinot gray Grand Cru Fransktein Vendanges Tardives 2003, full with charm, combining powerfull and smoothness, with the nose of rose and gingerbread, great guard wine. Pinot black 2005, matured out of barrels, bronze medal, is of a beautiful garnet-red color crimson, with the nose of blackberry and undergrowth.

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. “As a whole, says to us Charles Schléret, the vintage 2008 resembles the 2007, with a beautiful aromatic expression, but for certain wines, the lack of sun with given wines with lighter structures and well marked acidities. Riesling: often a little too acid but some are quite well-balanced it will be one vintage of long guard. Gewurztraminer: miss a little maturity, but some have a very appreciable steady acidity. Muscat: very weak yield, much of run-out, the remaining bays were very ripe and of very beautiful quality but less juice. Pinot black: good maturity with a good acidity. The climatic conditions required a very rigorous work of the vine to obtain a good maturity of the grapes. To note falls in quantities but not exceptional. Wines overall of a good balance and a vintage of great guard.” While waiting, there are its Gewurztraminer 2007, gold medal with the international challenge of the wine, 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. Pinot black 2007, Féminalisé 2008 (Competition of Féminalises 2008, in Beaune), all into fruity, is mouthfull, elegant, with this quite specific spice point. Remarkable Riesling 2005, trophy prestige big competition of the wines of the world the citadels of France, of which freshness proposes the fruit, a wine distinguished, with the nose of rose, very delicate, of powerful and persistent mouth. Beautiful Pinot gray 2004, gold medal with world 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 white, 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. Superb Pinot gray Sélection De Grains Nobles 2000, very typified as they are liked, spiced and floral (rose, flower of acacia), of full and well-balanced mouth, really remarkable, of beautiful guard, medal-holder with the world selections in Montreal and trophy of excellence citadels.

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The Best Champagne

2010-03-18T09:14:00.004+01:00

Champagne de SOUSA et Fils

Érick et Michelle de Sousa
12, place Léon-Bourgeois - BP 2
51190 Avize
Téléphone :03 26 57 53 29
Télécopie : 03 26 52 30 64
Email : contact@champagnedesousa.com
Site : www.champagnedesousa.com

Érick de Sousa symbolizes the qualitative explosion of the best vine growersChampagne of these 20 last years, and it is what explains its place in our Classification. It exacerbates what one forgets sometimes here: the force of the soil, even if the science of the assemblies is unavoidable. Established in the middle of the Côte des blancs, its Champagne is resulting from the classified soils Grands Crus Blanc De Blancs. Érick de Sousa chose malolactic fermentationin order to make the wines rounder and more supple, and it passes its cold wine to keep all the transparency with its Champagne. He works in biological culture on his 7 ha. “This cultivation method aims at giving again with the vine a natural balance and redynamiser the microbiological life of the ground which is the driving belt of the elements of the soil to the vine. It develops and reinforces natural defenses of the vine and the assistance to express its maximum qualitative potential. We thus plow the vines with the plow to weed them and air the ground. We work out our own compost, bring to the vine preparations containing minerals, of plants (nettle, camomile, dandelion, valerian…) and other natural elements.” Superb Champagne Grand Cru cuvée des Caudalies 2003. “This bottle is resulting from an exceptional soil classified Grand Cru, doubled with old vines of more than 50 years, triplet with a culture of the vine which associates respect of the plant and of the nature which surrounds it (biodynamy)”, Érick specifies. a vintagewhich combines powerfull and length in mouth, Chardonnay bringing at the same time vividness and smoothness, with these nuances of fruits compotes, undergrowth and yellow peach, very harmonious, robust, is prevailed by slightly vanilla notes, of a long aromatic persistence. The 2002, remarkable by its complexity of aromas and its length in mouth, with the nose of smallfruits (quince, lemon), are vinous and delicate at the same time, charmer, rich and complex, of a very great elegance. “In our previous vintages, we had already a selection of old vines of more than 50 years without chaptalization, but, since 95, all these old vines of my father or my grandfather (plantation in 1933) are vinified in small barrels of oak. With the passing of years, one always finds the same vines (la Justice, la Fosse, Maladrie, les monts Chenevaux, Noyerot) in Grand Cru 100%Chardonnay. We have much complexity and of depth, the well-balanced whole by the smoothness of the soil and theChampagne lightness of chalk of our Grand Crus.” The Champagne cuvée des Caudalies brut rosé, 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, is a great success, of very beautiful color, with the nose prevailed by the yellow fruits and the fresh flowers, of powerful mouth, perfect on shells. Its Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs Réserve is very delicate, intense with the nose, mouthfull, with the persistent fruity connotations with nuances of apple and brioche, combining roundness and vividness. Excellent brut rosé, fruity and refreshing, round, very delicate and elegant. Exceptional quality-price ratio. See also theChampagne Zoémie de Sousa.

GONET-SULCOVA

Famille Gonet
13, rue Henri-Martin
51200 Épernay
Téléphone :03 26 54 37 63
Télécopie : 03 26 54 87 73
Email : gonet-sulcova@wanadoo.fr

All that is found with their Champagne cuvée Grand Cru Millésimé 2002, rich Blanc De Blancs to the nose which releases from the nuances of white flowers and honey, of a beautiful color but, with ripe fruit aromas quite present, and notes of lime, finely having a nice bouquet and perfectly robust, of a great elegance. Brut the cuvéeVincent Gonet, intense and tasty, combines aromatic richness and persistence, with scents of flowers and brioche characteristics, mouthfull, of a long final. The Extra dry Grand Cru is one of the nicest bottles of this category, a very beautifulChampagne of brilliant robe golden, proportioned well, delicate and rich in mouth, all in aromas, with this point of freshness and fruity typical good, very persistent with the nose as in mouth, the peach and almond aromas. Remarkable cuvée GaïaGrand Cru (Chardonnay), of nice golden robe, a wine of a beautiful vinosity but with this characteristic nervousness, of good mouth, with the notes of lime and crystallized citrus fruits, a harmonious, delicate and rich at the same time Champagne.Brut Extra Millésime Blanc De Blancs 99 is a success, of superb fruity, very well-balanced, with the bouquet of pink, generous and charmer, a full and sharp Champagne, which associates distinction and firmness, of frank mouth to the subtlefloral notes. Taste Brut Blanc De Blancs to the subtle aromas of white flowers and nut, combining savor and distinction, scented well, rich and round, very delicate, with the persistent nose like rosy Brut, pure Pinot black, of beautiful salmon pink color, with the currant and raspberry nose, combining elegance and vinosity, of abundant foam, ideal on a white meat or a roasted salmon.

André DELAUNOIS

17, rue Roger Salengro - BP 42
51500 Rilly-la-Montagne
Téléphone :03 26 03 42 87
Télécopie : 03 26 03 45 40
Email : champagne.a.delaunois@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/andredelaunois
Site : www.champagne-andre-delaunois.fr

Incontestably at the top of second classified great wines. Very beautiful Champagne Cuvée du Fondateur, composed of old wines of reserve of Chardonnay, a great success, a vintage which associates richness aromatic and persistence, dense in mouth, with dry apricot and hazel nut connotations, all in charm, ideal with aperitif as on smoked salmon. Cuvée du 21e Siècle combines richness and persistence, of a beautiful fullness, very good mouth, where one finds nuances of lemon and honey, a Champagne suave, vinous and delicate at the same time, of golden robe. Beautiful Cuvée Transparence, assembly of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, a Champagne of a beautiful color but, with aromas quite present of ripe yellowfruits, notes of lime and honey, finely having a nice bouquet and perfectly robust, perfect on calf sweetbread. Dame PalmyreBlanc De Noirs vintage 2004, of yellow robe but, with the nose of Narcisse and quince, with a mouth very scented with thefloral and slightly miellées nuances, a rich and powerful wine, which combines promptness and roundness, of a beautiful final, all in freshness. Beautiful Cuvée Sublime (30% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier, 15% Chardonnay, wine 25% of reserve), which bears well its name, a Champagne of color clear gold, combining smoothness and structure, with the connotations of flowers of acacia, very well-balanced, of intense mouth, the whole profiting from a remarkable quality-price-typicité ratio.

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Pierre GOBILLARD

Hervé et Florence Gobillard
341, Rue des Côtes l’Héry
51160 Hautvillers
Téléphone :03 26 59 45 66 et 06 07 89 19 45
Télécopie : 03 26 52 04 43
Email : info@champagne-gobillard-pierre.com
Site : www.champagne-gobillard-pierre.com

A tasty Champagne Cuvée Prestige Premier Cru, of unctuous and very delicate foam, with the subtle notes of nut and Narcisse, of a very beautiful expression, combining elegance and vinosity with the palate. Excellent brut Authentique, assembly harmonious of Pinot Noir and Meunier and Chardonnay, dense and fruity, with persistent floral notes, of a nice smoothness, abundant foam, persistent and fruity mouth, a subtle, full Champagne with the palate. The Champagne Blanc De Blancs, with the delicate bouquet, discreetly who feels lemon, of acidulous and elegant mouth, with dry apricot and hazel nut connotations, is a foam Champagne delicate, attractive, elegant and full at the same time.

LECLERC-BRIANT

Pascal Leclerc-Briant
67, rue Chaude-Ruelle - BP 108
51200 Épernay
Téléphone :03 26 54 45 33
Télécopie : 03 26 54 49 59
Email : plb@leclercbriant.com
Site : www.leclercbriant.com

At the top of second classified great wines. Pascal Leclerc-Briant can be proud of his qualitative policy, allied with an undeniable dynamism. Superb Champagne CuvéeDivine (50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir), rich and complex, which associate freshness and structure, with the nose who feels lemon, very well-balanced, refined, all in nuances, perfect during a meal. The Champagne Les Crayères (bio) which associates richness aromatic and persistence, dense in mouth, with dry apricot and hazel nut connotations, is of a great body to the palate. The Champagne Les Chèvres Pierreuses exhales nuances of white flowers and honey, a beautiful color but, with aromas quite present of ripe fruits, notes of lime and honey, finely having a nicebouquet and perfectly robust, of a great elegance. The Champagne Blanc De BlancsCroisette Collection Les Authentiques is typified as we like them, dense, of a great persistence, a great Champagne of delicate and creamy foam, a beautiful harmony to the nose as in mouth, a full and round vintage, with aromas of dry fruitsand citrus fruits. Brut Rubis de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir) is very scented, delicate and rich at the same time, very out of structure. Superb Cuvée Divine 2004, a powerful and bouquetée vintage, with these notes characteristic of nut and small fresh flowers, very persistent, associating elegance and vinosity, of very good evolution like this other Cuvée Les Ravines, 5th vintage of the collection Les Authentiques (reconversion bio, 100% Meuniers grape) to the complex fresh red fruit scents and of roasted, a firm Champagne and finely having a nice bouquet finally, very charmer. The prices are very wise and the real typicity, which can only we like.

LEGRAS et HAAS

The Legras-Haas family exploits most of her vineyard (14 ha). Harvest is vinified on the spot by Remi and Olivier Legras, who can be proud of theirChampagne Cuvée Grand Cru Blanc De BlancsMillésimé 2002, gold medal with world, distinguished and generous competition, proportioned well, with scents of flowers and fruits(apricot, peach), mouthfull, a beautiful Champagne, typified, full and scented, with quite typical brioche notes finally. Ultra-brut one is a remarkable vintage, typified as we like them, elegant, of a great persistence, a well-balanced Champagne, of delicate and creamy foam, a beautiful harmony to the nose as in mouth, with the subtle aromas of white flowers, combining savor and distinction. Beautiful Cuvée Prestige VieillesVignes (2/3 Chardonnay Chouilly Grand Cru and 1/3 Pinot Noir of Ay), of robe of a beautiful yellow aspect and gold, with prevailing of hazel nut and ripe, harmonious and tasty apricot, of beautiful structure, fruity and abundant foam which allured us by his aromatic complexity. The brut rosé one is very successful, of fruity mouth, a wine which feels the ripe strawberry good. Tradition brut (50% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir and 25%Pinot Meunier) is a Champagne very well-balanced, of beautiful color, mouthfull, delicate and aromatic, traditional, of a fresh final, regularly successful.

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Pierre MIGNON

5, rue des Grappes-d’Or
51210 Le Breuil
Téléphone :03 26 59 22 03
Télécopie : 03 26 59 26 74
Email : p.mignon@voila.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/champagne-pierre-mignon
Site : www.pierre-mignon.com

A great sure value. Pierre Mignon belongs to the 4% of producers who cultivate more than 10 ha of vines (14 ha). The house was created at the beginning of the century. Their two children take part in the development of the family company: Jean-Charles, impassioned by the vine and the wine, and Céline, responsible for export. Their vines are distributed on several sectors: valley of theMarne, of course, but also Côte des Blancsand area of Épernay. You will like like us them remarkable Champagne cuvée de Madame Millésimée 2000,60% Chardonnay, 30%Pinot Meunier and 10% Pinot black (Price Vinalies d' Or 2008 for vintage 98), whose label and wire-cap are avoided Swarovsky strass, of yellow robe golden, combining powerfull and structure, with the aromas of Narcisse and spices, of along complex final, a beautiful maturity and an attractive length in mouth through candied fruits aromas. Excellent brutPrestige, silver medal in Vinalies Internationales 2008, which joins together aromatic richness and persistence, with notes of flowers and brioche characteristics, mouthfull, of a long final. Their brut Prestige rosé de Saignée, of a very beautiful expression, develops elegance and vinosity, typified, of abundant foam, all in length, ideal on a spiced kitchen. After, this remarkable cuvée Grande Réserve brut (80% Pinot Meunier, 10% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot black), full and dense, with these notes of white flowers, brioche and hazel nut characteristics, which associate elegance and structure like this brut Millésime 2000, combining aromatic fullness and length, well proportioned, with notes of flowers and fruits (apricot, peach), well-balanced, fruity, refined, of robe green but, perfect with aperitif as on an pike perch with white butter. The brut Nature cuvée Pure (zero proportioning) is particularly charmer, releasing a great freshness in mouth, with scents of lily and apple, a success, perfect with aperitif Or on of the Saint-Jacob.

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Michel LENIQUE

Bertrand Robinet
20, rue du Général de Gaulle
51530 Pierry
Téléphone :03 26 54 03 65
Télécopie : 03 26 51 57 14
Email : salenique@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.champagne-lenique.fr

A very enviable place in Classement 2009. Typically family estate, directed by Bertrand Robinet, the son-in-law of Michel Lenique and whose wine makings are ensured by Alexandre Lenique. Remarkable Champagne Blanc De Blancs cuvée of Réserve, coming for 60% from harvest from 2003 and wine 40% from reserve, a vintagecombining smoothness and structure, a good roundness and a very aromatic bouquetwith the connotations of white flowers and lemongrass. Brut rosé Prestige is aChampagne very well-balanced, of beautiful salmon color, mouthfull, fruity, with the notes of raspberry and rose, full which associates structure and distinction, perfect throughout the meal. Tasty Blanc Champagne of blacks, with delicate and light foam, with prevailing of fruits ripe, very well-balanced, harmonious, very persistent, also ideal with table, on a tagine, as it here is suggested. Brut the Sélection cuvée (40%Pinot Meunier, 40% Chardonnay of harvest 2002 and wine 20% of reserve), prevailed by the freshness of the Chardonnaywhich the body of the Pinot Meunier joins, of yellow color amber, with these typical green reflections, with the notes characteristic of hazel nut, is of a nice smoothness, very successful, mixing suppleness and promptness. Their Champagne vintage 2003, elaborate from 80% of Chardonnay of which the half resulting from the Grand Cru of the commune from the Mesnil-sur-Oger, other half of Épernay, and 20% of Pinot Meunier of Vincelles, whose grandfathers referred this vintage of “small Ay”, of yellow robe golden, with the spice and candied fruits aromas, of a long complex final, of a beautiful maturity, all in savors, mouthfull.

PHILIPPONNAT

Charles Philipponnat
13, rue du Pont
51160 Mareuil-sur-Ay
Téléphone :03 26 56 93 00
Télécopie : 03 26 56 93 18
Email : info@champagnephilipponnat.com
Site : www.champagnephilipponnat.com

“Concerning the quality of the vintage 2007, we specifies Charles Philipponnat, the precocity of the grape harvest was the one hasty spring result. We expected to gather the grapes about on August 20th, but the rather fresh summer a little slowed down ripening, we gathered the grapes at the beginning of September. Fortunately, the sunning and the dryness were maintained mid-August until the grape harvest with in particular a beginning of September very hot and dry, which accelerated ripening well. The type of vines all were not equal in quality. The Pinot Meunier was touched more, it is the same for the soils, in the Marne, where that was more delicate. The south of Champagne, Cézannais and Aube were wetter. There are vigilant wine growers who worked well upstream while treating with the good moment and who succeeded in controlling the attacks. In fact the first treatments are most important, they “vaccinate” the vine. The good weather of at the end of August and September a very beautiful quality as opposed to what some think there enabled us to collect will be “millésimables” in 2007, maturity was completely satisfactory out ofChampagne.” Superb Extra dry Champagne cuvée 1522, a success with this vintage 2002, with the mineral nose prevailed by fresh, intense citrus fruits stops some, a tasty and complex, harmonious wine with the palate with notes of very subtle almond and lime. Brut Royale Réserve develops fresh hazel nut a nose, a dense and complex mouth, a vinous but at the same time all in smoothness, opulent and scented Champagne, with the fruit notes compotes, ideal during a meal. Beautiful dry Champagne Sublime Réserve 2002, of a nice aromatic complexity where one finds nuances of lemon and honey, dense and distinguished at the same time, quite attractive, which is appropriate very well for a smoked salmon. The Clos des Goisses Rosé 2000 represents only negligible quantities intended for the collectors, a wine with the scents of red small fruitsgood ripe, a nice finale to the palate, very well fact which develops a complex nose where the blackberry joins raspberry, a mouth intense and refined at the same time, to lead to spiced mets or shellfish. At its sides, Grand Blanc 2002 is a very expressive Champagne, structured well, with the tropical aromas (pineapple), with nuances of fresh nut and hawthorn, very charmer. Quite as attractive, mouthfull like Réserve Millésimée rosé, with a majority of Pinot black, a very successful assembly which gives a wine of a very beautiful fullness with complexity. Superb Brut Champagne Winegrowing of the Closdes Goisses 99 (the 2000 follow), of a beautiful color but, with ripe fruit aromas quite present, with notes of lime and honey, supple and having a nice bouquet. Brut Réserve Millésimé 2000 is a success, of a beautiful pale yellow robe, with the golden reflections, it reveals a true temperament with butter notes, of hot brioche, with perfect maturity.

René RUTAT

Michel et Évelyne Rutat
Av du Général de Gaulle
51130 Vertus
Téléphone :03 26 52 14 79
Télécopie : 03 26 52 97 36
Email : renerutat@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/renerutat

At the top of second classified great wines. This likeable couple cultivates the family tradition since several generations and practical more and more the fight reasoned in their vineyard of 7 ha planted to 95% of Chardonnay. This type of vine, associated with the rigorous work of the vine, the climate, the chalky basement of the slopes vertusiens make it possible to obtain very rich and scented grapes which are gathered the grapes with the hand. The work of the vine and the wine is a tradition: great-grandparents wet coopers and grandparents vine growers gave the taste and the passion of the wine to their Rene son. The Champagne Rene Rutat is born with the beginning of the year 1960 with the statute from owner-collecting. A true very favorite for their Champagne Millésimé Premier Cru Blanc De Blancs 98, with the citrus fruits and fresh almond perfume ripe, very fresh, intense and full, with the complex and persistent nose, which associates structure and distinction, a very beautiful Champagne, very harmonious, mouthfull with these connotations finally of flowers and yellow fruits, then brioche notes. Excellent brut Vintage 2000, typified, full and scented, of mouth prevailed by the white fruits and the dry small fruits, slightly with the honey taste as one needs it. Excellent Premier Cru Blanc De Blancs, generous and harmonious, charmer, very fruity, very traditional, associating structure and nervousness at the same time. The brut rosé one is rich in perfumes (ripe red small fruits), of full mouth, a good length, to taste with a soufflé. Beautiful Champagne brut Millésimé, with prevailing of nut and honey, intense, all in aromatic, round and dense persistence stops some, very quite well-balanced, combining savor and distinction, very persistent with the palate, to open on a sauce fish. brut Blanc De Blancs generous and harmonious, pleasant, is scented, well done, intense and long-lived at the same time.

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Best Chablis

2010-03-04T08:32:00.001+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 27 ha, line of vine growers since more than 150 years, which make a point of preserving at their winegrowing a traditional family character. Remarkable Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume 2005, rich in mouth as in aromas, of robe golden shining, very finely having a nice bouquet with typical musk connotations, suave, an elegant and fresh wine, which still requires a little time to benefit from all its potential. Chablis Beauroy 2006, with a great minerality, is a wine of powerful mouth, with the complex scents where the flowers (hawthorn, broom) prevail. Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons 2005 fleshy and is distinguished, unctuous and dense, to envisage on a fish of sauce river. Chablis Premier Cru Côte de Léchet 2007, all in subtlety of aromas, with notes of lime and apricot, is a wine to be opened on chickens vol-au-vent.

Earl Domaine Guy ROBIN

(CHABLIS)
Jean-Pierre et Marie-Ange Robin
13, rue Berthelot
89800 Chablis
Téléphone :03 86 42 12 63
Télécopie : 03 86 42 49 57
Email : jp.robin.chablis@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.domaineguyrobin.com

At the top of first classified great wines. “We market relatively old vintages, it are our philosophy, tell us Marie-Ange Robin. Here, we are conservatives for the greatest happiness of our customers. We can allow ourselves to keep the wines and prefer to store them suitably and to supervise them in our cellars, rather than to too early put them on the market. For example, our Grand Cru Valmur 2001, absolutely fabulous with drinking now (there remain to us some magna 2000, sublimes). Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2005 is really exceptional, the 2006 is in the line, very promising. Our force, in these appellations where we have the most hectares, they are these pieces located particularly well at the limit of the grand crus. It remains us very little of Montmains 2001, a wine which gets much pleasure today, after 6 years of bottle. We do not have practically more than 2003, who is very charmer. Currently, Montmains 2005 is available, it is a great vintage, very beautiful, rich of a beautiful minerality, all in length, of great guard, whereas the 2006 develop notes of violet and undergrowth, one vintage very mineral, full, fresh. Blanchot, Les Field and Valmur 2004 are them also really delicious. The 2000 are of a beautiful yellow gold color, the wines are very scented with the nose as in mouth, a delight, wines very typified with the very characteristic undergrowth notes. The 2001 can be drunk now, they are very fascinating wines. To discover absolutely: Blanchot 2004 and 2005, Les Clos 2004 and 2005, Bougros 2004, which are more flattering wines, with drinking before the 2005, of the wines for ageing.” There is thus this enchanting Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir 2005, year exceptional, all in distinction, rich in aromas as out of structure, of a great aromatic fullness in mouth (hawthorn, peach, hazel nut), very typified, a great wine which combines powerfull and suppleness perfectly, still closed, of course. Rare Grand Cru Bougros 2006, with the scents of grilled almond, yellow robe to the reflections of gold, a wine powerful and distinguished at the same time, rich with the nose as in mouth, very harmonious. Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2005 is resulting from 43 year old vines located on Right Bank of Serein, ground of colluviums very stony argilo-limestones on basement kimméridgien, south-south-west. The wine is a success, complex and dense, with the notes of lime and fresh small fruits, to discover on pike quenelles. Chablis Premier Cru Montmains Vieilles Vignes 2005, with prevailing of white flowers and dry small fruits, is a wine powerful and refined at the same time, of guard, perfect on an bass. Superb Chablis Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes Valmur 2006, with the intense, floral nose (Narcisse), with a point of smoked and rose, a powerful wine, all in smoothness, of unctuous mouth, a long final. The 2003, rich in aromas like of structure, quite characteristic, fleshy and nervous at the same time, all stop some like the 2002, very elegant, of great evolution also. Taste Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre Vieilles Vignes 2005, a mineral wine, with aromas of fern and fruits fresh, rich, tasty and full, which associates fleshy and sweetness. Excellent Chablis Marie-Ange Robin Vieilles Vignes 2006, with these nuances of honeysuckle and white peach, molten and persistent mouth. The Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons 2004, which has this hazel nut nose, is a wine all stops some, very traditional. Powerful Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot Vieilles Vignes 2005, fleshy, mellow, very typical of its soil, intense with the nose as in mouth, with notes of roasted and pink, highly-strung person and tasty at the same time, of guard. Superb quality-price-pleasure ratio.

Gérard TREMBLAY

(CHABLIS)
Famille Tremblay
12, rue de Poinchy
89800 Chablis
Téléphone :03 86 42 40 98
Télécopie : 03 86 42 40 41
Email : gerardtremblay@vinsdusiecle.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/gerardtremblay

At the top of First Classified High-class wines. Here, one sticks, in family, to let express each piece as well as possible, and no vintage resembles another. “The vintage 2006, we says Gérard Tremblay, is a wine in the prolongation of the 2005, one year which gives aromas “pleasure”, if I then to say. Fortunately that the soil effect arises always well, especially for the Grand Cru which are expressed all the same them as more quickly as by the past. For the 2006, the quince, ripe fruit perfumes in particular, are very characteristic. There is very little difference between the 2005 and 2006, they are two vintages very successful, we gathered the grapes rather early, 3 days before the Côte d' Or which, she, was obstructed by the rain. We did not have any rot. The 2006 are a wine with much fleshy, with the aromas of honey, white flowers, quince, a wine which will be very pleasant in its youth but of beautiful guard too. In the 2005, one finds ripe fruit aromas but with the fleshy one and minerality, the wines have a very beautiful balance with a normal acidity, they are very powerful. The 2004 are the typical year Chablis with a perfect balance and a great minerality. ” One can only enjoy this formidable Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir 2004, of a large smoothness in mouth, a fleshy and unctuous great wine, very typified, of a large aromatic pallet, very complex, slightly spiced, with this impressive final where join the musk, the brioche and the fruits fresh, very rich in aromas like of structure, round and highly-strung person at the same time, of guard, to open on a lobster. Very beautiful Windfallen wood First vintage Beauroy 2005, of a very large smoothness, of beautiful harmony, where intermingle with the nuances of chèvrefeuille, ripe apple and brioche, a persistent elegance in mouth, very out of structure, very well-balanced. Remarkable Premier Cru Côte de Léchet 2005, of mouth powerful, rich in bouquet, of a beautiful smoothness, with the notes of dry fruits, structured and scented, full and persistent, a wine of excellent evolution, to open on gambas Or snails. The Premier Cru Montmains, with the nuances of lime, ripe and honey, full quince, of very persistent mouth. Superb Premier Cru Fourchaume 2005, with the mineral nose where the citrus fruits and the dry small fruits, full and having a nice bouquet dominate, all in roundness, of spiced and dense mouth, all in aromatic persistence, with a musk point in finale which brings all its structure to him. Formidable quality-price-typicité ratio. Great art and the prototype of what is a wine maker worthy of this name, as they are liked.

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Graves Château Chantegrive

2010-02-10T21:54:00.001+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

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.

The Best Bordeaux Supérieur

2010-01-28T08:07:00.000+01:00

Château BOSSUET

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Dubost Laurent

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

Superb Bordeaux Supérieur red 2006, quite fleshy, of full and scented mouth, all in persistence of aromas (ripe red fruits, grooves), all in charm, to appreciate on an omelet with truffles. The 2005, gold medal with General Competition Agricole in Paris, quite robust, feels good the ripe strawberry of wood and the humus, of a beautiful dark red, with supple and firm tannins at the same time. The 2004 are of deep color, complex with the nose as in mouth (prune, spices), with very well-balanced tannins. The 2003 are of beautiful vivid robe, tannic, with the connotations characteristic of fresh fruits and undergrowth, combining a real structure with a nice roundness in mouth. Taste Blanc Château Pâquerette, with the subtle nose prevailed by the fresh flowers and the dry small fruits, suave mouth, all in persistence aromatic, all in suppleness, full and charmer, who leads themselves to a plate of seafood. Beautiful quality-price ratio. Even owner that Pomerol Château Lafleur of Roy.

Château de BRAGUE

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Noëlle Galland

33240 Vérac
Téléphone :05 57 84 41 01
Télécopie : 05 57 84 83 03
Email : chateaudebrague@club-internet.fr
Site : www.chateaudebrague.com

Since three generations the same family takes care jealously of the care of the vines and the development of the wine of Château de Brague. The wine is matured 1 minimum year out of tanks cement for the traditional vintage and out of barrels of French oaks for the special vintages Plantier of Reine and Étoile. That gives excellent Bordeaux Supérieur Plantier of Reine 2005, gold medal with Competition Bordeaux Vins of Aquitaine 2007, a wine of beautiful vivid robe, of tannic good base, fleshy, with the connotations characteristic of fruits fresh, of cinnamon and humus, full and structured in mouth. The 2003, silver medal with independent Competitions of Vignerons 2005, is harmonious, with these nuances being defined by raspberry aromas, of strawberry of wood, a wine of deep color to the purplished reflections, with full tannins, mouthfull. The vintage of Étoile 2004 is in the line, full, a wine charmer and fleshy, extremely well matured, very full, with ripe tannins.

Château BRAN de COMPOSTELLE

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Vignobles Gagne et Barrat
La Maconne
33760 Frontenac
Téléphone :05 56 23 98 50
Télécopie : 05 56 23 98 50
Email : brancompostelle@aol.com

A very enviable place in Classements respective. Beautiful Bordeaux Supérieur fermented Louisa 2005, maturing in oak barrel 12 months (25 year old vines on average, 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet-Sauvignon, on ground argilo-limestone), of beautiful color, tasty, of very good base tannic, fleshy, very well-balanced, rich and fleshy, with the nose prevailed by ripe blackcurrant and smoked. White Bordeaux Sauvignon, with prevailing of fresh flowers and lime, is round with the nose as in mouth, really successful. Even owner that Château Pont Les Moines (see area Coasts).

Château de CRAIN

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Famille Fougère

33750 Baron
Téléphone :05 57 24 50 66
Télécopie : 05 57 24 14 07
Email : fougere@chateau-de-crain.com
Site : www.chateau-de-crain.com

At the top of their appellation, as well in Entre-Deux-Mers as in Bordeaux Supérieur. Exploited since 5 generations. The Castle of Crain was built in XIIIe century by the king Edouard IV of England; it is one of the oldest feudal castles of Aquitaine. Marie-Cecile Fougère, charming and dynamic, deals with the wine makings of this beautiful property which counts 40 ha (50% Sauvignon, 25% Sémillon, 25% Muscadelle). Blow of heart for this Bordeaux Supérieur 2005 (57% Merlot, 27% Cabernets and 16% Malbec), quite robust, with the notes of cooked fruits (currant, strawberry of wood), quite molten but powerful in mouth, with these nuances of blackcurrant and spices, associating roundness and structure. Beautiful 2004, of scented mouth, rich and melted at the same time, where the raspberry and the humus mix, with silky, fleshy tannins as it must, promising. The 2003 continue its evolution, a wine of color intense, fleshy, of a nice roundness and persistence, with the cherry blackberries and currant notes. Remarkable Entre-Deux-Mers 2006, resulting from a short pellicular maceration, then of a breeding on the lees, with the brilliant dress of a beautiful green yellow, with the subtle nose dominated by nuances of grapefruit and dry small fruits, well suave mouth, quite well-balanced in acidity, all in aromatic persistence, which supports an elaborate kitchen. Remarkable quality-price-pleasure ratio.

Château GAYON

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Scea Jean Crampes et Fils
6 Château Gayon
33490 Caudrot
Téléphone :05 56 62 81 19
Télécopie : 05 56 62 71 24
Email : contact@chateau-gayon.com
Site : www.chateau-gayon.com

At the top of its appellation. The likeable Jean Crampes matures on his winegrowing of 30 ha this beautiful Bordeaux Supérieur fermented Prestige 2006, of very dark robe, with the subtle and intense bouquet at the same time with elegant wooded notes and finely spiced, a wine which develops much volume, with tasty tannins. The 2005 are of vivid color, fleshy, all in aromatic nuances (macerated fruits, vanilla), of complex mouth where the ripe fruits, leather and the undergrowth prevail, with soft tannins, with a persistent final, of guard. Excellent Côtes-de-Bordeaux Saint-Macaire white dryness 2007, which largely deserved its silver medal with Mondial Competition of Brussels, where intermingle with the notes of almond, fresh fruits and heather, delicate and persistent mouth. Taste also Côtes-de-Bordeaux Saint-Macaire 2006 (50% Sémillon and 50% Sauvignon), resulting from a wine making out of new barrels and a maturing on the lees during 9 months, floral and tasty, slightly smoked. A very beautiful lodging makes it possible to settle in the house of XVIIIe century, an good occasion to visit the area.

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Château PARENCHÈRE

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Directeur : Richard Curty
BP 57
33220 Ligueux
Téléphone :05 57 46 04 17
Télécopie : 05 57 46 42 80
Email : info@parenchere.com
Site : www.parenchere.com

Always at the top with this Bordeaux Supérieur fermented Raphaël 2005, all in aromas and structure, complex and intense, of a beautiful fullness, very quite well-balanced, which feels the strawberry of wood and the humus. Bordeaux Supérieur 2006 is of a nice concentration of aromas (blackcurrant, spices…), robust, fleshy and persistent, of powerful and supple mouth at the same time. The 2005 are of deep color, harmonious, a wine where the suppleness prevails, all in nuances, with molten tannins. Esprit de Parenchère 2005 is intense, with the spice and ripe blackcurrant notes, a powerful and harmonious wine, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, of complex mouth. Nice Bordeaux Clairet, of beautiful color, mouthfull, fruity, with the raspberry notes, perfect on sardines.

Château PENIN

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Patrick Carteyron
39, impasse de Couponne
33420 Génissac
Téléphone :05 57 24 46 98 et 06 07 43 15 74
Télécopie : 05 57 24 41 99
Email : vignoblescarteyron@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.chateaupenin.com

This likeable owner can be proud of his Bordeaux Supérieur Réserve 2006, well maturing in oak barrel (90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc), a coloured wine, with the persistent aromas of ripe red small fruits, with supple and very well-balanced tannins, a typified wine, as with his practice. The 2005 are quite fleshy as it should be, with the rich nose prevailed by the ripe black small fruits, all harmonizes some, a wine with silky and tasty tannins, of excellent evolution. The 2004 are a success, very full, very scented, quite tannic, with the complex nose, combining roundness and structure. The vintage Traditionnelle 2006 is quite fleshy as it should be, with ripe tannins, a wine which feels good morello cherry and the undergrowth, to lead to a roast of turkey poult.

Château PRIEURÉ MARQUET

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Famille Despujol

33910 Saint-Martin-du-Bois
Téléphone :06 17 19 41 45
Télécopie : 05 57 49 41 70
Email : fred.despujol@voila.fr
Site : www.prieure-marquet.com

Associated with Alexandre de Malet-Roquefort, the likeable Frederic Despujol impassions himself for this beautiful family property, built partly in XVe and XVIIIe centuries, which was the residence of the abbots of the diocese of Guîtres, 6th church of the Gironde. Stripping and grape harvest handbooks, to égrappoir, sort table, malolactic fermentation and maturing out of barrels… all explains this Bordeaux Supérieur red 2007, very successful, rich with the nose as in mouth, slightly spiced as it should be, a coloured and powerful wine. Beautiful 2006, traditional, of garnet-red color, with much of structure, all in aromas, very quite well-balanced, with the nuances of cherry crystallized and humus, very charmer like the 2005, gold medal in Challenge International du Vin 2007, full and fruity in mouth, with supple tannins, with the nose where the currant and the spices prevail.

Château du SIRON

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Annie Ginelli
2, Le Siron
33490 Saint-Martin-de-Sescas
Téléphone :05 56 76 44 79
Télécopie : 05 56 76 43 10
Email : pierre.ginelli@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.chateausiron.com

Family estate (2nd generation) of 57 ha on gravelly earth and argilo-limestone (50% Merlot, the remainder in Cabernet-Sauvignon and a negligible part in Cabernet franc). You will like this Bordeaux Supérieur Quercus 2006, matured very well, a wine with the subtle and intense bouquet at the same time, prevailed by the humus and the fresh, full and complex small fruits black. Mouthfull, the 2005, with intense fruit scents overripe, fleshy and robust, firm and is spiced, with tannins quite present. Bordeaux Supérieur fermented Réservée 2005, selection of the best tanks of the wine storehouse, of deep color, traditional and coloured, with supple and very well-balanced tannins. Nice white Bordeaux, marked by its Sauvignon, of beautiful brilliant and limpid robe, with the notes of almond and heather, all in freshness. Rosy Bordeaux is charmer, with nuances of pink and strawberry, and one at a rate of the adviser on a vegetable tian.

Château la VIEILLE TOUR

(BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR)
Vignobles Boissonneau

33190 Saint-Michel-de-Lapujade
Téléphone :05 56 61 72 14
Télécopie : 05 56 61 71 01
Email : vignobles@boissonneau.fr
Site : www.boissonneau.fr

Particularly appreciated this tasty Bordeaux Supérieur Château de laVieille Tour Réserve 2006, maturing in oak barrel, full and supple at the same time, of good base tannic, harmonious, with blackberry the nose and spices, a wine of powerful mouth. Beautiful 2005, with the subtle nose prevailed by the red small fruits with core and spices, a rich wine and of very good evolution. Excellent white Bordeaux, with the aromas of flowers and fruits, very charmer like Bordeaux Château de la Vieille Tour rosé, with the delicate nuances of strawberry. Taste Côtes-du-Marmandais Domaine des Geais 2005, all in mouth, with the complex nose, full and fleshy, with ripe tannins.

Champagne Pierre Mignon

2009-12-21T11:07:00.002+01:00

Pierre and Yveline Mignon direct the family winegrowing and their two children take part in the development: Celine, in charge with the commercial relations and export, Jean-Charles, person in charge of the vineyard and the wines. The typicity and the diversity of the soils make it possible to work out Great champagnes of Caractère. The vineyard of 14 hectares is distributed in all Champagne: Valley of the Marne, Côte des Blancs and area of Epernay. The planted grape varieties with majority of Pinot meunier (60%) are supplemented by Chardonnay present on 30% of the pieces and the Pinot black which covers 10% of the estate. This harmonious distribution enables us to work out Champagnes of Exception. The experience, gained generations in generations, is one of the important components which contribute to famous of our Maison. Thanks to its dynamism since the years 1970, the houseof Champagne Pierre Mignon developed considerably to reach 390.000 bottles today. We also knew to make known to us and to appreciate on the best tables of France and abroad. We invite you to discover the range of our Cuvées Classiques like our Cuvées Originales. The Champagne cuvée de Madame Millésimée 2000, whose label and muselet are avoided Swarovsky strass, dense, complex and tasty, is very scented (honey, fruits dry, ripe citrus fruits), very rich in mouth, delicate and is structured. The 98, gold medals in Vinalies Internationales 2008 and of Gold in Sial China 2008, with delicate and light foam, with prevailing of ripe fruits to the nose, is very well-balanced, a delicate and persistent Champagne, which combine freshness and structure, a wine all in aromas (almond, ripe apricot…), all in roundness. Blanc de blancs 96 is all in charm, all in aromatic freshness, with these notes of fresh fruits and acacia, of delicate and quite persistent foam, combining savor and distinction. Excellent brut Prestige, silver medal in Vinalies Internationales 2008, which combines structure and acidity at the same time, of a nice aromatic complexity where one finds nuances of lemon, dense and distinguished, of a very beautiful persistence. Their brut Prestige bled rosé, of a very beautiful expression, develops elegance and vinosity, typified, of abundant foam, all in length, ideal on a spiced kitchen. After, this remarkable vintage Grande Réserve brut, full and dense, with these notes of white flowers, brioche and hazel nut characteristics, which associates elegance and structure, smoothness and body, to enjoy on pike quenelles.

COORDONNEES
Owner's name : Pierre Mignon
Who's in charge : Pierre Mignon
Adress : 5, rue des Grappes d'Or 51210 Le Breuil
Phone : 03 26 59 22 03
Fax : 03 26 59 26 74
E-Mail : champagne-pierre-mignon@vinsdusiecle.com
Top French Wines Site : www.topfrenchwines.com/champagne-pierre-mignon
Personal website : www.pierre-mignon.com