Château Bonisson – La Petite Causerie 2020 – Coteaux d’Aix en Provence

Château Bonisson – La Petite Causerie 2020 – Coteaux d’Aix en Provence

Syrah, Grenache et Cabernet Sauvignon (Organic) The wine shows a vivid ruby colour with a brightening rim. The nose is tight, slightly reductive, needs aeration before the service. It opens up with animalistic nuances with black cherries and bramble in the echo. The palate is relatively light, even slightly diluted, offering moderate fruit concentration, tannins…

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Château Roubine Cru Classé – Inspire 2019 – Côtes de Provence

Château Roubine Cru Classé – Inspire 2019 – Côtes de Provence

(Organic) The wine shows a bright ruby colour with a watery rim. The nose is intense, revealing nuances of sour black cherries, cherry skin, a hint of leather and game. The palate is juicy and bold with chalky and grippy tannins. The palate is packed with animalistic nuances that cover the fruits. Astringent finish.  

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Château Coussin – La Croix du Prieur 2019 – Côtes de Provence Saint-Victoire

Château Coussin – La Croix du Prieur 2019 – Côtes de Provence Saint-Victoire

Syrah 70%, Grenache 30% The wine shows a deep ruby colour. The nose reveals intense notes of sour cherries, bruised blackberries and bramble, a hint of pungent spices. The palate is juicy with moderate acidity and bold, grippy, rustic tannins. The wine opens up with nuances of fresh blackberries, sour cherry compote, a hint of…

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Weingut Fichtenbauer Mold Grüner Veltliner Klassik Kamptal DAC 2019

Weingut Fichtenbauer Mold Grüner Veltliner Klassik Kamptal DAC 2019

The wine demonstrates a pale golden-straw colour, clear and shiny. The nose is powerful and intense with a lot of smokiness and a slight kerosene note. It reveals nuances of yellow apples, pears, notes of beeswax and paraffin. The nose seems a bit more developed than one expects from the wine of this age. The…

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Winzerhof Martin Walzer Riesling Kremstal DAC 2021

Winzerhof Martin Walzer Riesling Kremstal DAC 2021

The nose is pungent and spicy with nuances of fresh and dried herbs, yellow apples, lemons and limes. The palate is slightly bitter with notes of bruised apples, citrus and orchard fruits, a touch of white pepper.

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Château Bonisson La petite causerie Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence 2020

Château Bonisson La petite causerie Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence 2020

The wine has a pale purple color, limpid and shiny. The first nose is smoky with notes of cocoa and black fruits. With aeration a very animal profile on leather, game, tobacco and undergrowth appears. The mouth echoes the nose with aromas of leather, game, undergrowth (mushroom, humus). The whole is fresh with always a…

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Château Vieux Gabarey 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Artisan

Château Vieux Gabarey 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Artisan

The nose is spicy and offers a small intensity. It reveals notes of pepper, dust, small notes of blackberry associated with fine touches of clove and a hint of red fruits and a discreet hint of liquorice. The palate is fruity and offers a juicy/finely acidulous frame, minerality and a fine fat. On the palate…

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Château d’Aurilhac 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château d’Aurilhac  2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is peperry and offers a fine power. It reveals notes of crunchy cassis, pepper small notes of sweet pepper associated with fine touches of small crunchy red berries (in the background). The palate is fruity and offers fat, roundness, a fine suavity and an acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes…

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Montes Alpha Limited edition Cabernet Sauvignon – Carmenère 2016 D.O. Colchagua Valley

Montes Alpha Limited edition  Cabernet Sauvignon – Carmenère 2016 D.O. Colchagua Valley

Dark and ripe, this wine is heavily smoky with intense aromas of blackberries, black currant, saucy plums, tobacco, rubber and an overwhelming green pepper presence. It’s very typical, nothing surprising, from the actual aromas to the heavy palate. It’s nicely done and balanced, especially considering the amount of strength & depth to integrate.

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Clos des Fous, Locura 1 terroir de los Andes Chardonnay 2015 D.O. Cachapoal Valley

Clos des Fous, Locura 1 terroir de los Andes Chardonnay 2015 D.O.  Cachapoal Valley

Locura is a synonym of madness. It’s a lighter-styled Chardonnay with tart and under ripe expression. The aromas include some timid orchard fruits and a wheat note. It’s fresh and simple with good melon flavor, but a wimpy finale.

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