Château Fortia – Cuvée du Baron 2022 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château Fortia – Cuvée du Baron 2022 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

A lovely, elegant, racy, concentrated, deep nose, all delicacy and subtlety in its definition. It reveals notes of brilliant wild cassis, crushed cherry and small notes of small concentrated/fleshy red fruits, associated with touches of lavender, a hint of local garrigue, fresh flowers, as well as fine hints of redcurrant jelly, violet and Sichuan pepper….

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Domaine de Pignan – Coralie et Floriane 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de Pignan – Coralie et Floriane 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

A lovely, racy, elegant, intense yet delicate nose which offers powerful control, a certain velvety and a bewitching side. Beautiful finesse and delicacy of grain in its power. It reveals notes of boysenberry, brilliant charlotte strawberry and small notes of arbutus, associated with floral touches, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, hints of almost bright plum, as…

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Domaine de Pignan 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de Pignan 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is elegant, aromatic, floral and offers complexity, plenitude and a certain intensity. It reveals notes of small black berries, juniper berries and fresh sage, associated with touches of fresh/ripe wild plum, as well as hints of arbutus, fresh thyme, discreet hints of small red fruits and cubeb pepper. An almost imperceptible hint of…

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Comte de Lauze – Réserve Comtesse 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Comte de Lauze – Réserve Comtesse 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose offers fruit, a certain intensity, notably on the spices, pepperiness, fine grain and a certain depth/concentration. It reveals notes of blackberry, violet and black pepper, associated with touches of bigarreau cherry, hints of small roasted-elegant fruits, as well as fine hints of nutmeg, black olive and fine hints of vanilla. The palate is…

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Comte de Lauze 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Comte de Lauze 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is fruity and offers a certain power, a stretched side and a certain depth. It reveals notes of wild cassis, concentrated cherry and small notes of black pepper, associated with touches of small brilliant red fruits, as well as fine hints of zan, Sichuan pepper, dry olive tree and small dry grove. The…

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Domaine du Vistre – Gladiateur 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

Domaine du Vistre – Gladiateur 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

(Rolle 35%, Grenache blanc 50%, Roussane 15%) The nose is aromatic, finely textured and offers a certain deepness. There are notes of creamy white fruit and white flowers associated with a hint of sage, fine, almost carambola-like hints and discreet citrus hints. The palate is fruity, juicy and offers a tangy frame, precision, fine tension,…

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Mas du Vistre 2023 – Chardonnay 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

Mas du Vistre 2023 – Chardonnay 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

(oak aged) The nose is toasty and offers fruit as well as a certain creaminess/fleshiness. There are notes of fleshy pear, creamy brugnon and small notes of lychee associated with fine hints of vanilla and a hint of white flowers. The palate is fruity, creamy and offers gourmandise, roundness, fat as well as texture. In…

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Domaine du Vistre – Chardonnay 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

Domaine du Vistre – Chardonnay 2024 – Costières de Nîmes

The nose is fresh, fruity and juicy. There are notes of pulpy/fresh peach, pulpy/fresh apple and small notes of notes of lemon associated with fine hints of pear and pear blossom. The palate is fruity and gourmand and offers pulpiness, creaminess, a good definition, a tangy frame and a fine flint aspect. On the palate,…

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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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