L'AUTREMENT - 2020
Franc Côtes de Bordeaux AOPDomaine Haut Ventenac
Red / Bordeaux / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Côte-Rôtie « Bonnivières » (single plot) 75cl - 2020
Côte-RôtieDomaine Yves Cuilleron
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / X
0,75L
a complex, profound wine with a nose of dark fruits, spice, tobacco, and a faint roasted edge. Clean and pure on the palate, revealing a rich rounded style. Long, powerful finish. Silky tannins. Soils: schists typical of the north of this AOC area.
Aging: +4 years / +15 years
Pairing: game or other strong meat (e.g. pavé of beef in a mustard-grain crust)
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
Cairanne "L'Estevenas" - 2020
CairanneDomaine Alary
White / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry /
0,75L
The nose is already very expressive. The first nose reveals a beautiful complexity, ripe white fruit such as (peaches, mirabelle plum) and delicate fragance of white flowers such as acacia and lime appear as well as minerality. The mouth is ample, smooth, without heaviness. Aging: + 5 years Pairing: Fish in sauce, white meats with mushrooms, St James shells.
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
Château Hostens-Picant - Cuvee Charlotte - 2020
Sainte-Foy Côtes de BordeauxChâteau Hostans-Picant
White / Bordeaux / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Exotic fruit on the nose. Ample and lively on the palate, with with a lot of finesse. Slightly sweet finish.
Aging: +2 years
Pairing: Aperitif, shellfish, cheese, grilled fish.
Gigondas Raspail-Ay - 2020
GigondasDomaine Raspail-Ay
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 15%
0,75L
Silky and fleshy, this wine delivers a fine juice with round and velvety tannins. It is appreciated from its young age, evoking freshness and finesse.
Aging: +10 years
Pairing: Spit-roasted cockerel, tournedos of pork marinated in thyme oil, duck stuffed with chestnuts, beef skewer and red pepper.
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
Vacqueyras "Cuvée Doucinello" - Domaine Le Sang Des Cailloux - 2020
GigondasDomaine le Sang des Cailloux
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
A pure delight for this very Mediterranean wine. The wine is racy on the nose, with aromas of spices and cocoa on a background of ripe fruit. The palate is silky and balanced. The finish is generous and round, with good length. A sure value!
Aging: +8 years
Pairing: barbecue, risotto with wild mushrooms, cep fricassee à la bordelaise, rabbit stew.
Vacqueyras "Cuvée Un Sang Blanc" - Domaine Le Sang Des Cailloux - 2020
GigondasDomaine Le Sang Des Cailloux
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 13,5%
0,75L
On the nose Expressive with aromas of yellow fruit and acacia honey, on the palate The attack is frank, with a nice volume in the mouth, but energized by nice bitters
Aging: +4 years
Pairing: West Indian chicken Colombo, Shrimps flambéed with Corsican muscatel wine, Baked sea bass fillet.
Persan "Anciens cépages" 75cl - 2020
Vin de FranceDomaine Yves Cuilleron
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Well-balanced palate with velvety tannins. A rich wine with a natural alcohol content. Nose of red fruit, particularity raspberry, with hints of spice.
Aging: + 3/ + 10 years.
Pairing: Veal or red meat.
Chatus "Anciens cépages" 75cl - 2020
Vin de FranceDomaine Yves Cuilleron
Red / Rhône Valley / Contains sulphites (E220) / Dry / 14%
0,75L
Rich on the palate, coated with angular, present tannins. A range of black and red fruits, mainly raspberries and violets.
Aging: + 20 years.
Pairing: Vegetables, charcuterie, meats, grills, spicy dishes, game, lamb, soft cheeses, chocolates.