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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Domaine de Couillohe 2003 – Bas-Armagnac

Domaine de Couillohe 2003 – Bas-Armagnac

(44.6%. Bottled 01/2024) The nose is elegant, captivating, enveloping and offers a certain gourmandise as well as distinction. It reveals delicate notes of rancio, tobacco and small notes of orangette associated with a touch of Zante currant, hints of citron, saffron (on its flowery side) as well as fine hints of tarte tatin and dried…

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Dartigalongue – Folle Blanche 2010 – Bas-Armagnac

Dartigalongue – Folle Blanche 2010 – Bas-Armagnac

(48%. Bottled : 06/2024) Beautiful and elegant nose, nicely precise/sharp and which offers power in delicacy, an incisive side as well as a certain freshness (in bottom). It reveals notes of Zante currants, zest, orangette and small notes of dried yellow peach associated with fine hints of dried apricot, fresh rancio, delicate hints of mandarin…

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Virna Borgogno – Barolo Sarmassa Docg 2019

Virna Borgogno – Barolo Sarmassa Docg 2019

A winery that thrives on ideas and the solid foundation of a woman: Virna. She holds dear her roots and the future, prioritizing the personal interpretation of the grape, which she cultivates in special parcels of the Langhe, from Cannubi Boschis to Sarmassa. From the latter, among other great expressions, and with a full southern…

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Enclos Tourmaline 2023 – Pomerol

Enclos Tourmaline 2023 – Pomerol

Lovely aromatic nose, gourmand, complex, brilliant and chiseled. Beautifully fine/delicate in its power as well as in its concentration. It reveals notes of violet, graphite/camphor and small notes of cornflower, bright strawberry associated with touches of toast, nutmeg as well as an almost roasted-juicy hint and hints of fresh coffee. The palate is beautifully supple,…

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