Pheasant is a tasty game, its flesh is intense in tastes and needs wines of character that developp undergrowth aromas but matured tannins in order to find a perfect harmony : our choice went to a Bandol 2001, which must be matured enough now. A blending of Grenache and Mourvèdre : the last one, when […]
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Bandol 2001 La Suffrène and pheasant cooked with Jerusalem artichoke
Publié par 15 avril 2012 dans In bulk FerméTartare of salmon with a rosé of Foulaquier estate (Pic Saint Loup AOC)
Publié par 15 avril 2012 dans In bulk FerméMas Foulaquier - cuvée Le Rosé 2008 - Pic Saint Loup. wienmakers : Pierre Jéquier and Blandine Chauchat. Alchool : 13%. Cépages : 90% grenache 10 % Syrah. Tasted septembre 13th 2009. This rosé shows a very nice pink/orange colour, shinning with a light blueish hue. Subtle and nuanced nose, cherry and […]
Châteauneuf du Pape is a great terroir for white too due to the diversity of its terroirs : the limestone mother plate, rich and deep clayous underground favours fresh balance in spite of the power provided by the sun !
Vintage 2009 : Globaly the spring and early summer were quite fresh, the last rainfalls happened […]
The new vintage – 2010 – is maturing now. Winemakers, already have a good over view of the quality potential of that new production. Globaly, the winter was cold and damp, filling the undergroung water table, a mild late spring, a summer, in spite if the intense heat spikes, not as hot as ususal and […]
Maturation of wine in Foudre
A Foudre is a large wooden vat, it can contain up to 300 hectoliters and more. This word is coming from the German " Fuder " translated as « cartful, containing », having entered in the French language in the 16th C. This type of vat is to […]
This year was considered for being precocious for its very hot spring with up to 3 weeks in advance. Freshness of summer postponed the date of crop, which finally was only week precocious .
This vintage 2011 still shows an unfamiliar climate. Here and there, all around the méditérranéen , winter was cold and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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