The Path of Dreams - Pic Saint-Loup - The Optimist 2024

Les Perruches du domaine de la Cotelleraie expresses itself beautifully on this lovely 2022 Loire vintage. An organic wine with a beautiful mache and a cellaring capacity of 5 to 7 years.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024 : 90/100

Abracadabra rouge du Chemin des rêves opens with notes of licorice, sweet spices and ripe fruit. After aeration, we discover intense floral notes (iris), crossed with pepper and black cherry. The palate is fleshy and fresh, with well-coated tannins and good consistency. Persistent retro-olfaction of prune. Excellent value for money

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Trinqu'ame de la Grange Tiphaine is a straightforward, mineral sauvignon, thirst-quenching, developing on notes of citrus and white flowers. This organic white Loire wine is at home as an aperitif, but also with fish and goat's cheese.

Carbonifère du Conte des Floris is a superb Languedoc red. Made mainly from Syrah, the nose develops sweet spices and black fruits (blueberry, blackcurrant). On the palate, this organic wine is smooth and velvety, with notes of black fruit, liquorice and pepper. Superb freshness on the finish, stretching out the wine.

Gueule de Loup du Chemin des rêves is a great Pic-Saint-Loup. Its color is dark garnet. On the nose, it reveals notes of sweet spices (paprika), crème de cassis and torrefaction. On the palate, it has a lovely full, structured attack. Dense on the palate, without aggressiveness. The finish is long and a guaranteed favorite!

Abracadabra rouge du Chemin des rêves opens with notes of licorice, sweet spices and ripe fruit. After aeration, we discover intense floral notes (iris), crossed with pepper and black cherry. The palate is fleshy and fresh, with well-coated tannins and good consistency. Persistent retro-olfaction of prune. Excellent value for money

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Utopie 12 du Chemin des rêves is wine declined as Vin de France because of its originality. The nose is toasty, developing aromas of macerated fruit and notes of undergrowth. The attack is frank, and the palate is tannic, powerful and complex, made for ageing. The finish is smoky. A superb success!

La Soie rouge du Chemin des rêves is a magnificent Pic-Saint-Loup. It has an intense, complex nose, with aromas of jammy fruit, spices (nutmeg, cloves) and roasting. On the palate, it's opulent, silky and licorice-flavored. It goes well with tasty meats: leg of lamb cooked in rosé, duck with honey and spices, capon with chanterelles.

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