Château Hostens-Picant - Cuvee Charlotte

Powerful and complex nose of ripe black fruits (blackberry and blackcurrant), spices (liquorice and pepper), garrigue (rosemary), leather, cocoa, menthol. Mouth is also powerful and full-bodied with round tannins. A very smooth wine with a beautiful length. Probably one of theh most accomplished blend of Syrah/Grenache/Cabernet-Sauvignon/Carignan/Marselan/Mourvèdre from the south of France. 
Aging: +1/+6 years.
Pairing: Rabbit with prunes, Ham, Ribs, Vils, or for dessert with a blueberry pie.

The vineyards of this humid vineyard of the Wiener Nussberg are perfectly supplied with water. Located on a marine beach terrace with Viennese sandstone as a basement, the Ried Gollin presents marine deposits on the surface that have been altered in limestone sand by erosion. The limestone content is very high, which allows to perceive very mineral notes in the mouth. Accompanied by fresh walnut aromas and racy acidity, this wine is a very complex representation of the Grüner Veltliner grape variety.

Rewards:

• 94 points "A la Carte"
• 91 points "Falstaff"

The wine from this estate, owned by one of the great Bordeaux families, is already balanced between fruit and tannins. Black currants from the Cabernet Sauvignon comes through strongly, giving a juicy character to the wine's structure. It is rich and will mature well.

Pairing: Red Meat, game and venissonn cheese.

Aging: + 35 years.

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

A crisp, fresh wine, this Pouilly-Fumé is intensely perfumed with passion fruit, peach, pear and white flowers. Supple, it fills the palate with its roundness that evokes to a taster a fruit foam.