Domaine Peter Sichel – Cucuniano – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

Domaine Peter Sichel – Cucuniano – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

(AB. 44% Syrah, 38% Grenache, 18% Carignan) The nose is spicy, frank, fresh, precise, deep and nicely rooted in its terroir and biotope. It reveals notes of juicy/pulpy cherry, bright redcurrants and small notes of pulpy blue fruits associated with touches of fresh sage, fresh grove as well as a discreet hint of almost fresh…

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Domaine Peter Sichel – Petite France – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

Domaine Peter Sichel – Petite France – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

(AB. 100% Carignan) The nose is elegant, spicy, complex and offers a nice pepperiness (nice aromatic breadth in its pepper palette). Frank and intense. It reveals notes of bright wild cassis, wild redcurrants and small notes of Cubeb pepper associated with touches of warm olive tree, small fruits, delicate hints of berries as well as…

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Domaine Peter Sichel – Montanha – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

Domaine Peter Sichel – Montanha – IGP Pays de Cucugnan

(AB. 100% Grenache) The nose is spicy, frank, racy and offers a beautiful purity in its definition. We find notes of small wild red fruits, sweet pepper and small notes of clove associated with delicate spices, hints of cornflower as well as a subtle hint of olive tree, sense of place (local biotope) / fresh…

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La Sapinière 2023 – La Croisée des vents – Cité de Carcassonne

La Sapinière 2023 – La Croisée des vents – Cité de Carcassonne

Beautiful nose, precise, frank, racy and that offer deepness. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of boysenberry and bright black berries associated with touches of black tea, menthol, hints of small bright blue fruits, crushed redcurrants and a fine almost balsamic hint. The palate is beautifully structured, elegant, airy and offers brilliance,…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2021 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2021 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

It needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of raspberry, small, quite ripe red berries and small notes of liquorice stick associated with touches of fresh grove, sense of place (local biotope / terroir), graphene as well as hints of infusion, black tea, black olive, with discreet hints of almost sage, coffee and cardamom. The…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2020 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2020 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

The wine is worth decanting. The nose is beautifully elegant, precise and offers a lovely precise grain. There are notes of violet, elegant roasted red fruits and blond tobacco associated with touches of vanilla, morello cherry, crushed strawberry as well as fine almost pink and balsamic hints. In a few aspects it “pinotes”. The palate…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Magnoux – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Magnoux – AOP Faugères

The nose is fresh, floral and offers a certain concentration and spiciness. It reveals notes of concentrated red berries, violet and small notes of concentrated blackcurrant associated with touches of fresh olive, hints of strawberry tree fruit, dark chocolate as well as a toasted hint and quite ripe morello cherry. The palate is beautifully fresh,…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Cazalet – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Cazalet – AOP Faugères

The nose is nicely built and offers matter as well as a certain suppleness. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed strawberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of cornflower, fine hints of clove, cardamom as well as an almost olive hint and sense of place (local biotope). The palate is nicely built,…

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La Sapinière 2021 – Archibald – AOC Malepère

La Sapinière 2021 – Archibald – AOC Malepère

The nose is nicely built and offers a certain intensity, a smoky side as well as a racy and frank grain. It reveals notes of blueberry, small roasted-elegant red fruits and small notes of cornflower associated with touches of smoke, hints of menthole, spices as well as a hint of local garrigue/almost aromatic herbs, graphene,…

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Mas Amiel – Vintage Charles Dupuy 2020 – Maury

Mas Amiel – Vintage Charles Dupuy 2020 – Maury

Beautiful fruity nose that offers purity, matter, a certain concentration/richness full of accuracy, iodine as well as an airy side. It reveals notes of fresh bigarreau cherry, concentrated redcurrants and black berries associated with touches of pepper, a fine hint of rhubarb as well as a discreet hint almost of orange marmalade. The palate is…

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