• «La Petite Friandise» from #Champagne J.Vignier - Small big bottle!

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  100% Chardonnay, 100% chalky Grand Cru soil, 100% vintage 2008, 100% oak barrel. This nine-year-old champagne belongs to the QVFMR range of Champagne J.Vignier, the “Cuvée Éphémère range”, which was produced only once in a small edition. The unusual size of 375 ml is an idea from Nathalie Vignier, vigneron in Cramant. She wanted an extraordinary wine in small format, “which fits well into the handbag and is excellently suited for an evening in the hotel room when you are on the road.”
  The long (...) — Lire la suite.

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• “Yves Gras is producing some of the most compelling examples of Châteauneuf-du-Pape”

  Joe Czerwinski @ RobertParker.com

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  « It has been interesting to observe the evolution of winemaking style at this address over the past 20 years. While the premise has always been top-quality fruit from fine-tuned viticulture and moderate yields, ideas about ripeness, methods of extraction and aging have changed. I expect the modern, multilevel tower that serves mainly to receive guests must have turned a few heads when it was first built, but now it is just emblematic of the forward-thinking employed by proprietor Yves Gras (...) — Lire la suite.

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• #Champagne J.Vignier Grand Cru “Ora Alba” awarded by French Wine Guide Hachette

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  Located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, the family has been cultivating wine for more than ten generations. First own Champagne brand 1902. Paul Lebrun founds his own champagne house in 1931. Today, his grandchildren, Nathalie and Jean Vignier cultivate 16.5 hectares of Chardonnay around Cramant and in the Sézannais (Récoltant Manipulant).
  A ripe Blanc de blancs: fermented in the steel tanks, a blend of wines from 2008 to 2010. Straw colored, with intense brioche and roast notes, showing (...) — Lire la suite.

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• New packaging for Le Cèdre Héritage #Cahors

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  Some may have noticed that with the vintage 2015 our Cuvee Le Cèdre Héritage has also changed its packaging: burgundy bottle, new label with a modern, elegant design ... A new appearance, which for us is more in line with the evolution of the wine over the last years: Intense Aromas, light, fine tannins and the fresh, pleasant acidity, typical of Malbec wines from Cahors. A wine for everyone and for every (...) — Lire la suite.

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• Pure blanc de blanc #Champagne from Paul Lebrun reviewed by Andreas Larsson

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  Carte d’Or
  Light bright golden colour with a green hue and moderately intense mousse. Pure nose, still youthful but layered with fresh citrus, lime, pear and plum. Medium bodied and fresh palate, balanced in a young and youthful style, yet with some bread, brioche and autolytic notes, pure and long on the finish.
  Grande Réserve
  Pale golden colour with a green hue and gentle mousse. Fine nose, a hint of oak, vanilla, roasted nuts and lighter fruit like pear, apple and citrus. The palate is (...) — Lire la suite.

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• The Guide Hachette loves this old Carignan wine from Pierre Cros

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  Listed in our wine guide and awarded several times with our highest honours for more than 30 years. And what’s new in 2017?
  The old Carignan vines come over with a rather young expression and mild and fresh scent of cherries and plums. No high tannin extraction or severe wood characters (maximum 6 months of oak maturation) in this wine, convincing with finesse and soft structure. Just a touch of butter and caramel remind of the oak barrels. A perfect symbiosis between wood and wine, giving (...) — Lire la suite.

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• A good glass of ... Santa Duc Rasteau “Les Blovac” 2010

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  The area of Rasteau produces some of the most impressive Grenache wines of the Rhône Valley. This cuvée from Santa Duc from the excellent vintage 2010 is an excellent example. Six years of bottle ripening have not affected its strength and intensity. On the contrary, his bouquet seems to have gained even more expression and complexity, while the palate is seduced by soft tannins.
  Plums and other dry fruits, honey cake and tobacco, hazelnuts, black pepper and exotic spices in the finish. The (...) — Lire la suite.

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  Harvest 2017

  Harvest 2017

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