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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 cuvéeGrand 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. Read it more on this domain 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 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 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 brutMillésime 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 Naturecuvée 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. Read it more on this domain

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 Champagnevintage 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. Read it more on this domain

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Best Chablis

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

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

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.