Vignobles Simian – La Louronne 2016 – Côtes du Rhône Villages

Vignobles Simian – La Louronne 2016 – Côtes du Rhône Villages

The nose is aromatic, powerful and offers concentration. It reveals notes of crunchy red berries, wild strawberry and flowers combined with hints of blackberry as well as touches of Sichuan pepper and granite. The palate is fruity, suave and offers juiciness, straightness, a good structure, an acid frame as well as crunchiness. On the palate…

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Domaine des Amadieu – Garrigues 2016 – Cairanne

Domaine des Amadieu – Garrigues 2016 – Cairanne

The nose is fruity and offers finesse as well as a small complexity. It reveals notes of blueberry, Bigarreau cherry and crushed redcurrants associated with fine touches of flowers, cassis, racy minerality as well as hints of garrigue, liquorice, chocolate and imperceptible hints of sweet spices. The palate is fruity, precise, straight, beautifuly juicy, racy,…

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Domaine des Amadieu – Vieilles Vignes 2016 – Cairanne

Domaine des Amadieu – Vieilles Vignes 2016 – Cairanne

The nose is fruity, mineral, racy and offers a fine intensity as well as a fine freshness. It reveals notes of Bigarreau cherry, boysenberry and small notes of wild red berries associated with discreet touches of garrigue and spices. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good definition, tension, finesse, dynamism, a good guideline,…

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Domaine des Amadieu – Haut de Beauregard 2015 – Cairanne

Domaine des Amadieu – Haut de Beauregard 2015 – Cairanne

The nose is a bit powerful and offer a fine richness. It reveals notes of vanilla and caramelized/toasted oak associated with small notes of blackberry, flowers, wild strawberry as well as slight touches of garrigue and Sichuan pepper. The palate is fruity, mineral, juicy, well-balanced, well-built and offers a fine suavity, roundness, an aerial side,…

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Maison Bouachon – Roquebrussance 2016 – Saint-Joseph

Maison Bouachon – Roquebrussance 2016 – Saint-Joseph

The nose is aromatic, mineral, powerful, racy and offers elegance. It reveals notes of cherry, wild red berries and small notes of cassis, wild strawberry, laurel / flowers as well as touches of Sichuan pepper, racy minerality, a discreet hint of violets, olive, licorice and spices. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, mineral, very discreetly tight…

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Domaine Saint-Laurent 2016 – Vacqueyras

Domaine Saint-Laurent 2016 – Vacqueyras

The nose is concentrated and offers power, finesse as well as complexity. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and red berries associated with small notes of elderberry, garrigue as well as touches of blueberry, zan / colas, rosemary, slight hints of Cuben pepper and an imperceptible hint of sage. The palate is juicy, fruity, elegant,…

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M. Chapoutier – Quatuor 2015 – Côte-Rôtie

M. Chapoutier – Quatuor 2015 – Côte-Rôtie

The nose is fruity, mineral, elegant, racy and offers a beautiful definition, a beautiful fineness of the grain as well as a beautiful balance between power, finesse and richness. It reveals notes of elderberries, ripe/cooked cassis, ripe redcurrants and small notes of fleshy raspberry combined with small touches of licorice, rosemary, thyme, oleander flowers as…

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Domaine de la Pigeade – Hur Le Vent 2016 – Beaumes de Venise

Domaine de la Pigeade – Hur Le Vent 2016 – Beaumes de Venise

The nose is aromatic, elegant and offers finesse as well as intensity. It reveals notes of blackberry, crushed red berries and small notes of gray pepper, crushed strawberry, cassis combined with touches of bulb / laurel, tea as well as discreet hints of black olive and spices. The palate is fruity, juicy, well- balanced, racy,…

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Maison Bouachon – Les Friassiennes 2015 – Beaumes de Venise

Maison Bouachon – Les Friassiennes 2015 – Beaumes de Venise

The nose is aromatic, intense and offers power. It reveals notes of gray pepper and flowers associated with small notes of bulb, fleshy wild strawberry, cherry as well as touches of blackberry and fine touches of garrigue. The palate is fine, well-balanced, slightly tight, well-structured and offers a small tension, delicacy, roundness, fat as well…

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Louis – Enfants de vignerons 2016 – Côtes du Rhône

Louis – Enfants de vignerons 2016 – Côtes du Rhône

The nose is aromatic and well-built. It reveals notes of red berries / redcurrants, fleshy raspberry and small notes of boysenberry combined with fine touches of fleshy strawberry, zan, violet, olive tree, fine toasted touches as well as a very discreet hint of Sichuan pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, gourmande, delicate, fleshy,…

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