Tappero Merlo – Kin 2017 – Erbaluce di Caluso Docg

Tappero Merlo – Kin 2017 – Erbaluce di Caluso Docg

The nose offers precision, a certain power in mastery and in elegance. There are notes of fresh spices, dry wax and small notes of mountain flowers, aromatic herbs (ricola) associated with touches of toasted almond, fresh hazelnut associated with slight hints of ripe lemon and a subtle hint os sense of place (local biotop). The…

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Tappero Merlo – Kin 2018 – Erbaluce di Caluso Docg

Tappero Merlo – Kin 2018 – Erbaluce di Caluso Docg

The nose is precise, elegant, tracing, melted, fresh and discreetly powedered. There are notes of ripe mirabelle plum, physalis and small notes of fresh spices associated with slight touches of dry aromatic herbs and a hint of beeswax and clove. The mouth is fruity and offers minerality, tension, precision, suppleness as well as an energetic…

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Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2015 – Champagne Rosé

Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2015 – Champagne Rosé

The wine has a salmon pink color with orange hints and numerous fine bubbles. The nose is deep, vinous and fleshy, velvety and complex. It expresses the aromas of ripe and juicy red fruits, with a slight sweetness of fruit jam: we find in particular the aromas of wild strawberry, gariguette strawberry, raspberry coulis, berberis,…

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Champagne Philipponnat Royale Réserve Rosé Brut – Champagne Rosé

Champagne Philipponnat Royale Réserve Rosé Brut – Champagne Rosé

(first press 100%, Pinot Noir 69%, Chardonnay 29%, Meunier 2%, reserve wines aged in wood – 27%, dosage 9 gr/l, disgorged in April 2023) The wine has a pale salmon pink color. The nose is tangy, precise, with a beautiful fruitiness and freshness, a fragrant floral bouquet and a delicate, but perceptible spiciness. It expresses…

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Champagne Philipponnat Cuvée 1522 Rosé Premier Cru Extra-Brut – 2015

Champagne Philipponnat Cuvée 1522 Rosé Premier Cru Extra-Brut – 2015

(77% Pinot Noir, 23% – Chardonnay, disgorged in July 2023, dosage 4.5 gr/l) The wine has a bright raspberry color. The bubbles in the eye are fine and numerous. The first nose is dense and airy at the same time, with a sweet hint of red cherry jam and lots of gourmandise and juiciness. On…

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Philippe Lancelot, Les Hauts d’Epernay 2019 – Champagne

Philippe Lancelot, Les Hauts d’Epernay 2019 – Champagne

(biodynamic) The wine has a lemon yellow color of medium intensity. On the nose, we find subtlety, elegance, as well as a beautiful intensity of aromas. The wine offers notes of tangy and lively citrus fruits (lemon zest, grapefruit, lemon juice, a hint of blood orange), fresh quince, a subtle minerality (limestone) and refined and…

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Maison Fontan – Ugni Blanc 1996 – Bas-Armagnac

Maison Fontan – Ugni Blanc 1996 – Bas-Armagnac

(52.5%, Natural strength, Single Cask) The nose is racy, spicy, frank and offers a stretched side / a nice stretched grain. There are notes of nutmeg, orange blossom and orangette associated with small touches of dried citrus fruits, blond grapes as well as fine hints of rancio, tobacco, smoke and a hint of citron. The…

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Domaine du Hour 2000 – Bar-Armagnac

Domaine du Hour 2000 – Bar-Armagnac

(47%. Bottled : 03/2024) Beautiful, elegant, powerful (but in control), distinguished, frank and precise nose which offers intensity as well as a nice definition. It reveals notes of dried kumquat, dried quince and small notes of dried zest associated with touches of juicy dates, dried apricot, dried mesocarps, fine hints of tobacco, dry local soil…

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Château de Lacquy – 100% Colombard 2001, Fût n°185 – Bas-Armagnac, Brut de fût

Château de Lacquy – 100% Colombard 2001, Fût n°185 – Bas-Armagnac, Brut de fût

(Bottled : 2023) Beautiful, gourmand, frank and nicely racy nose which offers an airy, precise, tense and harmonious grain. Full of elegance. We find notes of dried apricot, Zante currant and small notes of tarte tatin associated with touches of dried citrus fruits (quince, lemon), fine hints of lemon blossom as well as a very…

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Domaine de Couillohe 2003 – Bas-Armagnac

Domaine de Couillohe 2003 – Bas-Armagnac

(47.4%) The nose is aromatic, gourmand and offers fruit as well as a certain mellowness. There are notes of date, marmalade and slight notes of quince associated with touches of dried zest as well as hints of pâtisseries and crème brulée. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, suavity, fat, a certain mellowness as…

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