Xans Entre Amis 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Xans Entre Amis 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The nose is spicy, delicate and offers a certain concentration in accuracy, depth and an elegant austerity. It expresses notes of black blackberry, small black berries and more slightly – of zan associated with touches of bigarreau cherry, small roasted-juicy fruits (almost a Mediterranean side in the fruit), a subtle hint of black pepper. The…

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Le Chardonnay d’Aiguilhe 2023 – Vin de France

Le Chardonnay d’Aiguilhe 2023 – Vin de France

The wine is worth decanting. It expresses notes of juicy/fresh mirabelle plum, fresh physalis and more slightly – fresh spices, associated with fine touches of smoke, nutmeg and a hint of peach blossom. The palate is nicely built, fruity, frank, tense, discreetly tight/contained. It expresses notes of quince, pear and more slightly – small yellow…

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CHÂTEAU MÉJEAN 2023 – Graves

CHÂTEAU MÉJEAN 2023 – Graves

The nose expresses notes of blackberry, pulpy blackcurrant and more slightly – violet associated with touches of sweet spices, zan and a hint of crushed strawberry in the background. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, freshness, tension, accuracy, a fresh frame. It expresses notes of fleshy/juicy cherry, fleshy/juicy blackberry and more slightly – violet…

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Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Croix des Vignes 2021 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Croix des Vignes 2021 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

Produced in a particularly well-balanced vintage that yielded a very refined wine from vines around 10-20 years old in a 1.5-hectare vineyard on granite soils. It is aged in oak barrels, 20% of which are new. It has a ruby color of medium intensity, very bright. The nose releases notes that benefit from vegetal tones…

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Domaine Boissonnet Cuvée Bélive 2023 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

Domaine Boissonnet Cuvée Bélive 2023 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

In the center of the village of Serrières, north of the Ardèche, the wine is born among 12 hectares of vineyards on granite soils. La Bélive is a selection of old vineyard plots. From very low yields, 35 hl/ha, the wine is aged for 15 months in barriques (10% new). Dark purplish red in color,…

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Domaine du Chêne Cuvée Anaïs 2022 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

Domaine du Chêne Cuvée Anaïs 2022 – Saint-Joseph Aoc

Produced on a hillside overlooking the village of Chavany, from 60-year-old vines. Matured in new oak barrels for eighteen months. A Syrah full of finesse, purple-red in color, with aromas of red fruit, blackcurrant and raspberry and a slight hint of vanilla, given by the wood, which on the palate is found in a certain…

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E.Guigal Vigne de L’Hopice 2021 – Saint – Joseph

E.Guigal Vigne de L’Hopice 2021 – Saint – Joseph

Produced in an area where the geological formation is very reminiscent of the famous Bessards hill in l’Hermitage, this Syrah boasts finesse and power, but above all an elegance that confirms the winery’s style of ageing in new wood for 30 months. It has a dark ruby red color, good intensity, with hematic and spicy…

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Domaine du Tunnel 2022 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Domaine du Tunnel 2022 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Produced from 3 plots of 40-year-old vines grown in 3 communes: Tournon, Mauves and Glun, aged in wooden barrels for 14 months. Syrah grown on granitic soils and a luminous purple color, on the nose aromas of vanilla, ripe cerise, raspberries and sweet and oriental spices. On the palate it is ample, with a very…

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Delas Freres François de Tournon 2021 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Delas Freres François de Tournon 2021 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Made from a blend of grapes from Vion, Saint Jean de Muzols, Mauves et Tournon, on light soils composed of schist and gneiss, on a granitic substratum. Part of the wine matures for ten to fourteen years in barrels of varying ages. It is brilliant bright in color. Very intense on the nose. Red fruits,…

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Coursodon Le Paradis Saint Pierre 2023 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Coursodon Le Paradis Saint Pierre 2023 – Saint – Joseph Aoc

Made from old vines, 90% Marsanne and 10% Roussanne, on granitic, shallow soil, facing south and south-east, it is matured on fine lees and develops sweet, juicy notes on the nose. With aromas of ripe tropical fruit and light hints of honey, it is very inviting and enveloping on the palate, round with good plumpness…

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