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Moulin à Vent 2023 – La Croix des Louves – Beaujolais

admin — Sat, 31 May 2025 13:23:07 +0000

This is an elegant and complex wine with silky tannins and a nice length (100% Gamay).

Food pairing: Chapon farci aux marrons, grilled meat, chicken, tomates confites, Beaufort, Mont d’Or, Brie de Meaux, Camembert de Normandie, Neufchâtel, soupe de fraises.

Serving temperature: 14-16°C

Tasting notes:

The color is a deep garnet red.

The nose reveals pleasant aromas of red fruits and black fruits.

On the palate, it is a pleasant wine.

Terroir:

The Moulin-à-Vent appellation is located in the Beaujolais vineyard.

His name is linked to the mill which overlooks the valley.

Made from Gamay, Moulin-à-Vent wines present aromas of flowers and fruits.

Saumur Champigny 2023 – Loire Valley

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 09:39:29 +0000

Fruity, a bit spicy, supple and fresh with a structured mouth as a great Saumur Champigny (100% Cabernet Franc).

Food pairing: Aperitif, grilled meat, cold cuts, white meat, mild cheese…

Serving temperature: 12-13°C

Tasting notes:

The color is bright and frank garnet.

Fruity and spiced, with a few notes of game.

Structured palate but soft, fresh and tangy.

St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil 2024 – Loire Valley

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 06:18:36 +0000

Fresh and aromatic with a rich and fruity structure (100% Cabernet Franc).

Food pairing: Grilled lamb, hare, game in sauce, fine cheese…

Serving temperature: 15-18°C

Tasting notes:

This wine is very rich, fruity and very mature with aromas of wild berries and violet.

Fresh and aromatic with ripe and rich tannins.

La Cour des Dames 2023 Merlot – Pays d’Oc

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 23:25:01 +0000

Complex, rich and full bodied with flavours of crushed black fruits.

100% Merlot

Food pairing: Traditional cooking, spicy dishes, sauce meats, game and cold-cuts.

Serving temperature: 17-18°C

Tasting notes:

This wine has a very deep colour, almost black.

Complex, rich, and full bodied, has flavours of crushed black fruits (ripe blackberries, black currant, cherries), jam and cooked fruits with hints of spices (cinnamon, thyme).

On the palate, this wine is round, fat and long («velvety») with matured tannins at the end.

It is a well-balanced and easy drinking wine.

Soil:

This Merlot is a blend of wines coming from different origins of the Pays d’Oc area.

Soils are of 2 types : acidic soils with shingles in the valleys (which give a smokey flavour to the wines), and clay-limestone soils on slopes (which give fatter wines).

Vines have an average age of 10 years and are pruned according to the «Gobelet» (free standing) and «Cordon de Royat» methods (trellised).

Yield is relatively low: about 50 hectolitres per hectare.

Winemaking:

The winemaking process for this Merlot consists of a relatively long maceration and a little carbonic maceration for the fruit.

A part of the final cuvée is aged in contact with oak for 6 to 9 months.

La Cour des Dames wines,

hailing from different Pays d’Oc terroirs, pay homage to an

illustrious period in Occitan culture.

The troubadours, celebrated poet-musicians, devoted themselves to lyric art and courted

ladies.

Using their oratorical talents at sumptuous banquets served in their honour, they

also introduced their audiences to wine tasting.

By combining wines, gastronomy, music and poetry they were the precursors of a certain

Mediterranean art of living that has lasted to the present day.

Château Les Petites Ranga 2022 – Montagne St-Emilion

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 23:09:40 +0000

Rich and well balanced in the mouth, enhanced by the aromas of black fruits and roasted notes.

Food pairing: Red cooked or grilled meat, game in sauce, duck, Asian food, great cow cheese…

Serving temperature: 16-18°C

Tasting notes:

The tannins are pleasant and tight (85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc & 5% Cabernet Sauvignon).

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2024 – La Grande Gardiole – Cuvée La Grange

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 21:19:18 +0000

Powerful with fine tannins and a velvety finish.

(Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre & Cinsault)

Food pairing: Goes wonderfully with red meat, game, stew, vegetarian samosas and mature cheeses.

Serving temperature: 16-18°C

Tasting notes:

Color: Deep ruby.

Nose: Intense aromas of red fruits and spices (pepper, thyme).

Palate: Fruity with silky tannins and hints of liquor ice. Long in the mouth.

Gigondas 2023 – Rhône Valley

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:30:31 +0000

The deep black colour of this Gigondas reflects its style!

(Grenache, Syrah & Mourvèdre)

Food pairing: Scrambled eggs with truffles, roast monkfish with bacon, Cassoulet with duck confit, bleu d’auvergne, époisses, chocolate fondue…

Serving temperature: 16-18°C

Tasting notes:

The aromas of ripe black fruit, cherry and prune are intense and concentrated.

The palate is rich, with melted tannins.

The identity of the appellation and of the Grenache grape variety is found here.

Brouilly 2023 – Beaujolais

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:16:20 +0000

Elegant and lively attack balanced by a good acidity and notes of fresh and juicy red fruits.

Round with a long finish (100% Gamay).

Food pairing: Cold meats, grilled meats and white meats, chicken of “Bresse, mature cheeses.

Serving temperature: 15-17°C

Tasting notes:

This wine has a very beautiful dark, purple color.

With lovely aromas of red fruits, the attack is frank, and confirms a full and balanced.

Beaujolais-Village 2022/23

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:02:57 +0000

Well structured and nervous with a great length in mouth (100% Gamay).

Food pairing: Red meat, game, poultry in sauce, cheese…

Serving temperature: 12-14°C

Tasting notes:

Lovely dark colour with purple tints.

Flavours of redcurrant and blackberry.

The palate is powerful and well structured.

Pommard 1er Cru 2024 “Clos Blanc” – Domaine Machard de Gramont – Bourgogne

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 03:37:04 +0000

Rich, robust, fruity with chewy tannins and a delicate structure (100% Pinot Noir).

Food pairing: All game, braised beef, lamb, stewed poultry, veal, rabbit, cheese…

Serving temperature: 14-16°C

Tasting notes:

Aromas of blackberry, blueberry, or gooseberry and ripe plum.

Often, wild and feline notes develop with age.

At full maturity, it tends towards leather, chocolate and pepper.

It needs to be given time to open up to its fullest extent and to display its mouth-filling texture, its firm but delicate structure and its fruit-filled mouth.

Domain:

Domain Machard de Gramont is a 200 year old Domaine located just south of the town of Nuits-St-Georges in the small village of Premeaux- Prissey.

This very large Domaine (45 acres) produces wines from Nuits- St-Georges, Nuits-St-Georges Premier Cru, Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard Premier Cru, and Chorey-Les-Beaune, as well as excellent Bourgogne Pinot Noir and Bourgogne Chardonnay.

The modern, well-equipped cellars are very impressive with a very large arched cellar capable of housing many oak barrels.

Vinification:

Manual harvest.

The grapes are put in small cases and transferred rapidly to the winery.

Destemming depends on the quality of the grapes.

Vinification in open wooden tanks; 3-days cold pre-fermentation; 21-days vinification with pumping over and punching of the cap twice a day.

Pneumatic pressing.

Ageing in oak barrels lasts 18 months (50% new barrels).