In Mas de Theyron "we are working with a respectful attitude toward our environment, as it is the most essential source of the elaboration of our fine and elegant wines".
Here is one of the most ancient vineyard of Langueoc, we are taking care of our 20 hectares (50 acres) of different Mediterranea
n grape varieties that […]
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The Wine Spectator’s 2009 Top 100 in south of France
Publié par 26 mars 2011 dans awarded wines FerméN° 3 : Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe - Châteauneuf du Pape - cuvée la Crau 2007
N° 31 : Domaine Saint Préfert - Châteauneuf du Pape - cuvée Charles Giraud 2007
N° 42 : Clos des Papes - Châteauneuf du Pape 2007
N° 75 : Maison Chapoutier - Côtes du Roussillon Villages - cuvée les vignes de Bila-Haut […]
The Wine Spectator’s 2010 Top 100 in south of France
Publié par 26 mars 2011 dans awarded wines FerméN° 10 : Clos des Papes - Châteauneuf du Pape - blanc 2009
N° 35 : Château Beaucastel - Châteauneuf du Pape - cuvée Hommage à J Perrin 2007
N° 39 : Domaine le Colombier - Vacqueyras - cuvée G 2007
N° 50 : Château de Flaugergues - Languedoc - cuvée Sommelière 2007
N° 67 : Domaine les Pallières […]
This tasting happened the november 28th 2010. We tasted wines anonymously, by random and blindfold. The tasting scores are written in the same order of the discovery
Bandol is one of the best appellation in France. Hot and sunny climate, taking advantage of a mild sea breeze,. The best Mourvèdre based wines in the world […]
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2009
N°3 - Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe – La Crau 2007
N°31 – Domaine Saint Préfert, collection Charles Giraud 2007
N°42 – Clos des Papes 2007
2008
N°5 - Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe – La Crau 2005
N°8 – Château de Beaucastel 2005
N°41 – Domaine la Roquète 2005
2007
N°1 - Clos des Papes 2005
N°3 – Le Vieux Donjon 2005
N°12 […]
We often feel light and balsamic fragrances during mediterranean red wines tasting. Pine resin, cistus, juniper tree, thyme, rosemary aromas and others are called in France "garrigue flavours". Commun in good wines from Languedoc and Provence, these kind of aromas are considered as clues of a low yield, hot conditions, natural environment and a grower […]
My concern is to speak about honest and frank wines. I’m only seeking for winemakers trying to understand how the ground is working to satisfy grape varieties to produce something good. I don’t care about styles : oaky or not, new world style or terroir wines, brand or tradition, fulbodied […]
Wines are matured in oak barrel or in vats (stainless steel or concrete) for 3 main reasons :
Modifying the phenolic structure and making tannins smoother
Stabilizing the colour, limpidity and colloids
Developping aromas
The length of maturation, the use of enological products, temperature, nature of wood affect the […]
Palette appellation.
A very small appellation : 42 ha (105 acres). This tiny AOC take place between two villages : Tholonet and Meyreuil, by Aix en Provence. Only 2 wineries are producing the excellent AOC Palette white : Château Simone at Meyreuil and Château Crémade at Tholonet
Grounds : its a […]
Beaumes-de-Venise vine area is located on the southern and eastern part of the Dentelles de Montmirail massif. AOC ‘s surface is 600 hectares (1500 acres) on the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Lafare, La Roque, Alric and Suzette. Altitudes are spreading from 100 m to 500 m.
The groung is made of 3 kinds of […]
Banyuls terroir’s area is the same as Collioure’s. Territory encompasses 4 villages : Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls et Cerbère.
Grounds :
The Pyrrénées fall straight down the Mediterranean in a particular rugged mountain site : vineyards are taking place in these sheer schist slopes. Arid and poor, slopes are so vertiginous that we sometimes need […]
Bandol vineyard is situated between the small town La Ciotat and Toulon. Vines spread on rounding hills and alternate in small plain with sheer slopes covered with terrasses named there « restanques ». There’s a quite perfect unity in the type of ground, no altitude effects.
There’s is 700 ha planted in vines. That AOC […]
Les Baux is a very small appellation covering only 325 ha (812 acres), the western appellation in Provence and closest to the Rhône river.
That AOC spreads on 8 villages les Baux-de-Provence, Eygalières, Fontvieille, Le Paradou, Maussane-les- Alpilles, Mouriès, Saint-Étienne-du-Grès and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
AOC since 1995 for reds (67 % of the total […]
The Costières de Nîmes vineyard (the largest gravel or « villafranchien » terrasse in Europe : 24 km long x 12 km large (14,4 x 7,2 miles) spreads on the Rhône right bank. The landscape is an alternation of small hills and plateau at an altitude ranging from 20 to 147 m.
That area is […]
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