Château de Valcombe 2016 – Costières de Nimes 

Château de Valcombe 2016 – Costières de Nimes 

The nose is fruity, slightly tight, and offers a small freshness, a fine juiciness as well as a small racy minerality. It reveals notes of ripe lemon zest and citrus associated with subtle hints of minerality / sandstone. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, well-built, racy and offers fat, a fine acid frame (in the background),…

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Château de Valcombe – Octobre Rouge 2014 – Costières de Nîmes 

Château de Valcombe – Octobre Rouge 2014 – Costières de Nîmes 

The nose is fruity, slightly tight, racy, ripe and offers a slight richness as well as minerality. It reveals notes of fleshy cassis, fleshy black cherry and crushed strawberry combined with subtle touches of licorice, scrubland / thyme as well as subtle hints of tonka bean, liquorice and an imperceptible hint of vanilla / coffee…

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Château de Valcombe 2016 – Costières de Nîmes

Château de Valcombe 2016 – Costières de Nîmes

The nose is fruity and offers a slight freshness / juiciness as well as a slight concentration. It reveals notes of black cherry, ripe strawberry and fresh raspberry associated with discreet touches of cassis as well as an imperceptible hint of scrubland / thyme and subtle touches of racy minerality (sandstone).The palate is fruity well-balanced,…

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Château de Valcombe – Prestige 2015 – Costières de Nîmes

Château de Valcombe – Prestige 2015 – Costières de Nîmes

It reveals notes of quenette, litchi, slight touches of fresh ripe brugnon associated with slight / subtle toasted hints, butter as well as a very discreet hint of fresh applesauce and an imperceptible toasted hint (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good freshness, a slight acid frame as well as…

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Château Grand Escalion – Safranée 2016 – Costières de Nîmes

Château Grand Escalion – Safranée 2016 – Costières de Nîmes

The nose is aromatic, fruity, racy and offers power as well as intensity. It reveals notes of black cherry, cassis and small notes of crushed redcurrants combined with slight touches of spices, Sichuan pepper as well as a very discreet hint of grove. The palate is fruity, soft, suave, well-built and offers freshness, juiciness, a…

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Domaine Duclaux 2013 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine Duclaux 2013 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is fruity and offers a small richness and a small power. It reveals notes of quince, small yellow fruits and small notes of crushed pears, quenette associated with slight touches of crushed physalis, toasted / vanilla as well as very discreet hints of brugnon and a very discreet hint of citrus. The palate…

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Domaine du Vieux Lazaret 2016 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine du Vieux Lazaret 2016 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is elegant, fine, racy and offers a very fine power. It reveals notes of quince, small yellow fruits / yellow plum associated with touches of brugnon, apple, quenette as well as very discreet hints of zest and flowers. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, very discreetly “perlante” (discreetly sparkling) and offers a good definition,…

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Château-Fortia 2017 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château-Fortia 2017 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy and offers a fine power. It reveals notes of quince, fleshy peach and small notes of apricot associated with discreet hints of mirabelle plum as well as an imperceptible touch of zest, papaya, flint and grove. The palate is fruity, elegant, gourmande, beautifully defined, precise, finesse and suavity, finesse…

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Domaine Jaume – Vinéa Nature 2016 – Vinsobres

Domaine Jaume – Vinéa Nature 2016 – Vinsobres

(No sulphites) The nose offers notes of wild red berries, wild blackberries and small notes of white pepper, leather associated with discreet hints of moist forest soil, red fruits, spices, minerality and thyme. The palate is fruity and offers a good juiciness, precision, suavity, tension, a good balance, good definition, a small acid frame as…

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Domaine Jaume – Altitude 420, millésime 2015 – Vinsobres

Domaine Jaume – Altitude 420, millésime 2015 – Vinsobres

The nose is a bit firm and offers a slight power. The wine needs to be put in carafe. It reveals notes of blackberry, cherry and small notes of cassis associated with small touches of violet, roasted thyme, spices as well as discreet hints of vanilla. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good…

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