SAUMUR WHITE "La Paleine" - Domaine De La Paleine - 2018
Saumur ChampignyDomaine de La Paleine
White / Loire Valley (Val de Loire) / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Aromas of stewed white fruits, white flowers.
Aging: + 5 / + 10 years.
Pairing: fish, white meat, poultry in cream sauce
Croix de Chabot Y/M - 2018
Saint JosephYannick Alléno et Michel Chapoutier
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14,5%
0,75L
An intense nose, expresses, with a delicate restraint, a lot of complexity and nuances: aromas of black fruits, spices (liquorice) delicately married to more mineral and bloody notes. The final perception is marked by more smoky notes (hearth, soot...).
Aging: + 5 / + 10.
Pairing: Parisian duck pie with duck foie gras, selected salads from Montesson
BOURGUEIL "Vieilles Vignes" - 2018
BourgueilDomaine de la Chanteleuserie
Red / Loire Valley (Val de Loire) / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Full-bodied wine, Powerful wine with silky tannins
Château du Hureau "Les Fevettes" - 2018
Saumur ChampignyChateau du Hureau
Red / Loire Valley (Val de Loire) / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Aromatic finesse of the old Cabernets, serious structure, and proven ability to age well
Château De Ferrand, Grand Cru Classé - 2018
Saint Emilion Grand Cru ClasséChâteau De Ferrand
Red / Bordeaux / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14,5%
0,75L
The nose is fruity, elegant, racy and offers deepness as well as a fleshy/ripe fruit. It reveals notes of fleshy/ripe blackberry, plum, small notes of strawberry associated with touches of bright blueberry. The palate is mineral, juicy, well-balanced and offers a fine acidulous frame, freshness as well as precision, juiciness, a beautiful finesse of the tension as well as straightness (in finesse). Good length. Tannins are fine, elegant and racy. Very discreet hints of good bitterness (cocoa) and a discreet hint of grilled on the persistence.
Aging:+22 years
Pairing: Beef, Lamb, Game, Poultry, Cheese
Malartic Lagravière - Grand Cru - 2018
Pessac-LéognanChateau Malartic Lagravière
Red / Bordeaux / sulphites / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Do not look for power and demonstration in Malartic-Lagravière. Here, it is subtlety, harmony, a fresh and emotional bouquet and an airy finish that develop.
All the more so as in 2018, the vintage brings an extra soul. Ruby. Sweet, rich, intense, fruit driven, cassis nose, vanilla. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins,
ripe, sweet and big for the estate, juicy with texture, untypical style from here, long.
Aging: +25 years
Pairing: Beef and Venisson
Vacqueyras "Cuvée Azalaïs" - Le Sang des Cailloux - 2018
GigondasDomaine Le Sang Des Cailloux
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
The tasting reveals an intense colour, which in turn reveals a rich, powerful nose, with a ripe, fruity, even stewed nose, completed by spicy notes.
Aging: +10 years
Pairing: Pélardon des Cévennes, Filet mignon of pork with ceps, Braised beef cheek
