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mardi 24 août 2010

CASSIS DOMAINE SAINT-LOUIS JAYNE



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.

mercredi 28 avril 2010

The Best Beaujolais of the year


Château LACARELLE

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

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

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

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.

CAVE des VIGNERONS

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

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

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

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

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.

dimanche 28 mars 2010

The Best Alsace of the year


Domaine André DUSSOURT

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

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.

François et Vincent KIEFFER

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

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

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

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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jeudi 18 mars 2010

The Best Champagne



Champagne de SOUSA et Fils Champagne de SOUSA et Fils

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 GONET-SULCOVA

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 André DELAUNOIS

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.


Pierre GOBILLARD

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 LECLERC-BRIANT

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 LEGRAS et HAAS

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.


Pierre MIGNON Pierre MIGNON

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.

Michel LENIQUE Michel LENIQUE

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 PHILIPPONNAT

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

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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