The cuvée La Paterne domaine du Antoine Sanzay is a major success in this very Loire Valley 2023 vintage. This Saumur-Champigny plays the card of freshness and fruit, with a lovely supple body. A superb Loire wine of the highest quality.
The Grand Vin Rouge du Château Cazebonne is the estate's flagship cuvée, representing the most accomplished expression of its terroir. Produced from the best plots, the Grand Vin Rouge is mainly composed of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. This organic wine develops intense aromas of ripe red fruit, such as cherry and plum, accompanied by subtle notes of vanilla and spices, the result of barrel ageing. The palate is both full-bodied and elegant, with silky tannins and a long finish.
Touche Mitaine du Rocher des Violettes is a fresh, mineral Montlouis from the youngest vines at Rocher des Violettes. A nervy Chenin to drink young or cellar for 4-5 years
The Clos de la Cure du Château de Coulaine is a great white Chinon. Aged in terracotta jars, this Chenin has a soft texture and develops yellow fruit aromas.
The cuvée rouge du Domaibe Ray-Jane is a powerful Bandol with great character. This organic wine has great structure, powerful tannins and great complexity!
The domaine de Fontenille blanc cuvée Alphonse has a superb nose on aromas of white flowers, boxwood, mint, and peach. The palate is aromatic, rich, with notes of white flowers and peach. Beautiful length for this gourmet cuvée.
Cuvée Agartha du Château Armoriais the estate's great cuvée for laying down: made from carignan and mourvèdre, the attack is gourmand, with notes of black fruits and spices. This organic Minervois wine is beautifully balanced. It will keep for 5 to 7 years in the cellar. A wonderful discovery!Close
The cuvée Les jours blanc sec du domaine de la Petite Tuile is a Premières Côtes de Gaillac; this gastronomic wine develops notes of pear, white flowers and honey, with great aromatic persistence. The finish is slightly oxidative and stretches the wine. Superb with creamy poultry or cheeses.
The cuvée La Chapelle du Château Romanin is a superb red Baux-de-Provence. The wine develops on notes of raspberry, blackberry, redcurrant, and some spicy notes such as juniper. On the palate, it reveals itself to be ample and silky on notes of chocolate and tobacco. Very good length.
The Bonne Pioche cuvée from domaine Clavel is a superb Pic-Saint-Loup with a purplish color. The nose of this organic wine features notes of peony, violet and garrigue. The palate unfolds with notes of ripe black fruit, spices and licorice. The finish is fresh, gourmand and elegant.
La cuvée La Source du Domaine Berthet-Bondet, in Côte du Jura blanc, is made from 30-year-old Chardonnay and Savagnin grapes. This magnificent wine boasts a light straw yellow color and aromas of white flowers (lime blossom, acacia), white fruit and citrus (yellow plums, citron). The palate boasts lovely freshness, and its minerality offers elegant vivacity.
The Cuvée Au Coeur de Ventabren from Domaine Pique-Basse comes from plots of Syrah planted in 1975 in the foothills of the Ventabren massif at a place called "Croix de Cornu" with clay soil (a mixture of yellow and white marls) naturally giving a low yield of 30 hectoliters per hectare. The color is dark, almost black, with blood-red highlights. The nose opens with smoky notes of black pepper and blond tobacco, followed by mineral aromas and well-integrated wood. The palate, all spicy length, is perfectly matched by the freshness of smooth, taut, still-tight tannins.
Magnificent Menetou-Salon blanc 2023 from domaine Philippe Gilbert, both gourmand and chiseled in this elegant, straightforward vintage. Superb, beautifully mature Sauvignon. This organic white wine seduces with its aromas of fresh fruit (lemon and green apple), combined with delicate floral notes and a marked minerality. On the palate, it's lively and chiselled, with a lovely tension that gives it great freshness.
The cuvée 1769 du Clos Venturiis made from the old parcels of Domaine Vico. This biodynamic white wine from Corsica is a model of freshness and gourmandise. The vermentino develops fruity and floral notes. Long on the palate.
A magnificent cuvée of old vines, Domaine d'Orfeuilles' Cuvée Silex! A magnificent Vouvray, fragrant, elegant and gourmand. It develops on notes of exotic fruits, peaches. Great length!
Au cerisier is a magnificent parcel from the domaine Combel la Serre: this organic wine reveals fine, kirschy cherry aromas. The nose is fruity, the palate silky and of a rare elegance for this terroir. Drink up or cellar for 7 years!
This Saint Véran du domaine de la Croix Senaillet develops notes of citrus, fleshy fruit, white flowers and minerality. This wine will be perfect with shellfish starters, fish or as an accompaniment to goat's cheese.
Métamorphisme du domaine de la Bergerie is a cuvée made from 100% pineau d'aunis. This organic wine is supple and gourmand, developing on notes of red fruit and pepper. Very drinkable!
From 30-year-old vines, the cuvée Improbable du château du Cèdre is a superb Malbec. A solar and supple organic wine from the South-West, with a lovely burst of fruit.
Métamorphisme du domaine de la Bergerie is a cuvée made from 100% pineau d'aunis. This organic wine is supple and gourmand, developing on notes of red fruit and pepper. Very drinkable!
This Bouzeron du domaine Chapuis is made from the Aligoté grape variety; it reveals aromas of green apple, preserved lemon and white flowers, accompanied by a mineral touch that gives it great freshness. On the palate, it is distinguished by a pleasant liveliness and well-presented acidity, bringing a beautiful length and a sensation of purity.
The Côte de la Houssaye du Domaine Ogereau is a superb Cabernet Sauvignon to be enjoyed over 20 years. This organic wine develops aromas and flavors of great aniseed finesse with intense notes of graphite, humus and undergrowth.
The cuvée Drei Exa from Domaine Ginglinger refers to its village of origin, Eguisheim (Exa) and the three castles overlooking the village. Riesling Drei Exa is a blend of very fine, predominantly limestone-sandstone parcels adjoining Grand Cru Pfersigberg in the Wettolsheimerweg, Dreistein and Sundgass districts. This dry Riesling is characterized above all by its finesse and elegance. The bouquet offers a delicate fruitiness that asserts itself with age. The balance on the palate is long-lined, characteristic of great terroirs with predominantly limestone.
RVF: "Drei Exa is a fine reference for lovers of dry Riesling"