Conti Capponi, Villa Calcinaia, Vigna Bastignano 2019 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

Conti Capponi, Villa Calcinaia, Vigna Bastignano 2019 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

The wine has a ruby color of medium intensity. The nose is finely spicy and offers ripe fruit and gourmandise. It expresses notes of red cherry jam, fresh morello cherry, wild strawberry, wild blackberry, crushed blackcurrant (with a touch of crème de cassis), combined with fresh aromas of peppermint (or even menthol), iris and rose,…

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Réserve des Auléines – Assemblage 17, 2023 – Cévennes IGP

Réserve des Auléines – Assemblage 17, 2023 – Cévennes IGP

(50% Syrah, 50% Grenache) The nose is marked by the local scrubland (olive tree, oak and a hint of sage). There are notes of ripe cherry, blackberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of bright cassis as well as hints of sweet spices. The mouth is fruity and offers minerality, a certain freshness,…

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Terre 2 Frères – Signatures XII – Saint-Chinian

Terre 2 Frères – Signatures XII – Saint-Chinian

The nose is fruity and offers a certain concentration. There are notes of crushed cassis, crushed blackberry and small notes of fresh liquorice stick associated with iodine touches, white pepper as well as vanilla extract, a slight cherry blossom hint and an imperceptible almost fresh scrubland hint. The mouth is fruity and offers juiciness, freshness,…

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Canet Valette – Une et mille nuits 2022 – Saint-Chinian

Canet Valette – Une et mille nuits 2022 – Saint-Chinian

The nose is spicy and slightly tight. It needs to be decanted. There are notes of violet, crushed cassis and small notes of red berries associated with sappy touches, flowers, grey pepper and a discreet almost saffron hint (in the flowery side). The mouth is fruity, stretched, tense, slight tight and offers minerality, freshness and…

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Calmel & Joseph – La Pointe 2021 – Corbières – Languedoc

Calmel & Joseph – La Pointe 2021 – Corbières – Languedoc

The nose is fresh and offers a certain gourmandize as well as a certain concentration. There are notes of boysen blackberry, crushed raspberry and small notes of quite ripe small red fruits (but fresh) associated with touches of sweet spices, fresh tabaco and a subtle hint almost fresh lilac hint in the background. The mouth…

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Escattes – La Combe 2020 – Sommières, Languedoc

Escattes – La Combe 2020 – Sommières, Languedoc

The wine needs to be decanted. There are notes of violet, cubeb pepper and small notes of nutmeg/ fresh spices associated with touches of bigarreau cherry as well as hints of cornflower and liquorice. The mouth is minéral and offers freshness, tension, a small fat as well as a slight acidulous frame. In the mouth…

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Terre des 2 sources – Empreintes 2020 – Languedoc

Terre des 2 sources – Empreintes 2020 – Languedoc

The nose is fruity, slightly floral and offers a certain brightness of the fruit and a slight concentration. There are notes of pulpy cherry, crushed redcurrants and small notes of violet associated with slight mineral hints as well as discreet hints of cornflower. The mouth is juicy, mineral and offers a slight freshness as well…

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Clos Saint Sebastien, Inspiration Marine, Tancada 2021 – Collioure

Clos Saint Sebastien, Inspiration Marine, Tancada 2021 – Collioure

The wine has a ruby color of medium intensity. The nose is subtle and delicately perfumed. It firstly expresses mineral (saline, even iodine) and herbaceous notes (fresh bay leaf, fresh thyme, a touch of sage, garrigue), associated on the second nose with notes of morello cherry, fresh red plum, crushed cassis, garriguette strawberry, crushed raspberry,…

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Clos Saint Sebastien, empreintes 2023 – Collioure

Clos Saint Sebastien, empreintes 2023 – Collioure

The wine has a ruby color of medium intensity. The nose is gourmand and expresses notes of fleshy fruits (wooden strawberries, juicy black plums and red plums), combined with a fresh touch of tangy fruits (blackcurrant, morello cherry) and aromatic herbs (dried mint, garrigue, fresh Mediterranean herbs – thyme, rosemary, bay leaf), as well as…

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Château Grand Moulin Grandes Vignes Rosé 2022 – Corbières

Château Grand Moulin Grandes Vignes Rosé 2022 – Corbières

The nose is rather discreet and expresses notes of tangy red fruits (raspberry, red cherry, red currants), white flowers, pink grapefruit and yellow lemon. The palate expresses more citrus (grapefruit, lemon, blood orange), white flowers (acacia, cherry blossom). The finish is supple, round and gourmand, with moderate acidity.

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