Antonio Facchin 2012 – Malanotte del Piave DOCG

Antonio Facchin 2012 – Malanotte del Piave DOCG

Medium-intensity ruby with garnet hues. The nose offers elegant oak nuances with notes of cherry liqueur, wild berries, and subtle spice hints. The palate is agile and fresh, with saline tension and vegetal accents. The finish is taut with balsamic undertones and excellent drinkability. A fine, complex, and dynamic Malanotte.

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Château de Laubade 1965 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Laubade 1965 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is elegant, ample, and offers breadth and a velvety character. It reveals notes of dried mirabelle plum, Timut pepper, and dried citrus combined with subtle hints of dried peach, potpourri, and discreet hints of fresh blond tobacco, dried white grape, and a subtle hint of honey/spiced honey. The palate is…

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Château de Laubade 1985 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Laubade 1985 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is aromatic and offers power, intensity, and a certain roundness. It reveals notes of quince, marmalade, and crushed apricot combined with touches of crushed nectarine, as well as fine hints of nutmeg, rancio, and a hint of orange blossom. The palate is fruity, vibrant and offers juiciness, suavity, tension, a…

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Domaine du Hour – 2025 – Bas-Armagnac

Domaine du Hour – 2025 – Bas-Armagnac

47% (bottled in March 2025) Lovely intense, frank, precise nose which offers a  beautiful velvety side as well as an airy side in its power. It reveals notes of kumquat, dried apricot and small notes of dried mirabelle plum associated with lovely hints of spices, cumin and delicate pepper. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and…

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Domaine de La Graveirette – Font de Crau 2021 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de La Graveirette – Font de Crau 2021 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers a small work on the maceration (but all in control). It reveals notes of small yellow fruits, physalis and fresh mirabelle plum associated with touches of quince, verbena, zest, as well as a subtle hint of lime blossom and discreet touches of fresh garrigue. The palate is well-built,…

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Mouriesse Vinum – Pierre d’Ambre 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Mouriesse Vinum – Pierre d’Ambre 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is mineral and offers a certain freshness, a fine fatness and a fine pulpiness of fruit. This wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of pulpy/fresh apple, nectarine and small notes of fresh lychee associated with fine touches of quenette, a hint of fresh apricot, fresh flowers, as well as notes of…

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Château Fortia – Edmée le Roy 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château Fortia – Edmée le Roy 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is fresh, it offers of fruit, crispness, a good definition and a slight varietal/floral character in the background. It reveals notes of zest, white peach and small juicy/fresh fruits, associated with touches of pink lychee, fresh rose, fine hints of zest, citrus, as well as discreet hints of fresh sage. The palate is…

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Mouriesse Vinum – Tour d’Ambre 2021 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Mouriesse Vinum – Tour d’Ambre 2021 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of camphor, concentrated violet/flowers, small wild red berries, associated with fine touches of saffron (its floral side), juniper berries, as well as a discreet hint of smoke, bay laurel and sweet tobacco. The palate is fruity, mineral, juicy and offers a nice small fatness, a certain…

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Domaine de La Graveirette – Levant 2018 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de La Graveirette – Levant 2018 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Lovely, gourmand nose, with fruit, substance, richness in balance, a certain deepness and a small creaminess. A fruit that is beginning to take on more evolved notes. It reveals notes of blueberry, quite ripe strawberry and small notes of small quite ripe red fruits associated with touches of violet, star anise, crème de cassis as…

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Domaine de La Graveirette – Source 2020 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de La Graveirette – Source 2020 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

A beautiful, intense, concentrated nose, it offers fruit, a good definition and a bewitching yet complex side at the same time. It reveals notes of boysenberry, crushed cherry and small notes of bright violet plum, associated with touches of wild red berries in jelly, as well as fine hints of tobacco, a hint of olive…

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