La Rame White 2022 75cl

Château MONTROSE 1993
2nd Grand Cru Classé Saint Estèphe Red 
Grapes 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 8% Cabernet Franc 2% Petit Verdot
Second Wine The Lady of Montrose

Slightly damaged label


Details Domain

According to tradition, the Domaine de Montrose takes its name from its geographical location (mount) in relation to the village of Valros (val des roses) and the wild almond trees with pink flowers which border the estate's land. It is on this land steeped in history, as evidenced by the Romanesque tower of Valros, that the Coste family has lived since the end of the 17th century. This "young" estate (it was just a few years old at the time of the 1855 classification) benefits from the most beautiful vineyard in the appellation, in one piece overlooking the river. From 1896 to 2006, it belonged to the Charmolü family, and then became the property of the brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues. This property today represents the model of vineyards due to the practicality of its layout: single vineyard, divided into square plots, separated by wide paths.

Comments

The estate is made up of a single and vast plot adjoining the Gironde to the east. He owes his early success both to the work of men and to the data of nature. This was also particularly generous: a geologically unitary soil composed of very deep red gravel, an ideal orientation, a gentle and regular slope and the proximity of the river which tempers the excesses of the climate. It is then up to men to reveal the full extent of this potential. 
Château Montrose wine is one of the flagships of the appellation. A deep, almost opaque color announces a very concentrated nose with multiple nuances. On the palate the wine is particularly firm with a complexity that only time can reveal in all its dimension. This concentrated wine has a very long aging potential. In great years, this wine develops a simply exceptional smoothness and roundness, as evidenced by the 1989 vintage which made Château Montrose a legend.

Owner

Martin and Olivier Bouygues

winemaking

The harvest is manual. Vatting takes place over a period of 3 weeks in thermo-regulated vats, pumping over is frequent and fermentation is malolactic in vats. The wine is aged for 19 months in barrels (50% new) - egg white fining.

Terroir

Garonne and Pyrenees gravels, clay-marl subsoil

Area

68 hectares

Château DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 2001

ELA = slightly damaged label

Details Domain
Well established at the château since 1942, the Borie family produces one of the best vintages in Saint-Julien. In addition to building new cellars, it has invested immense qualitative efforts in the vineyard to manage today to produce a completely exceptional style of wine. Borie
The harvest is done manually. The vinification is carried out in the tradition with a long maceration and a temperature control. The wine is then aged over a period of 18 to 20 months in oak barrels. The collage is with egg white.
Area 55 hectares
Grapes 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 5% Petit Verdot 5% Cabernet Franc
Average age of the vineyard: 38 years Second wineCroix de Beaucaillou

Tour du Sème 2016 Saint Emilion Grand Cru Red
2 th Château Milens Wine

Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2019 
1st Grand Cru Classé Pauillac
Grapes 80% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Cabernet Franc 8% Merlot 2% Petit Verdot
Second Wine The Little Sheep

Details Domain

The whole history of this castle is linked to the passion that Baron Philippe de Rothschild devoted to it from the age of 20. In 1853, Nathaniel de Rothschild bought the Brane Mouton vineyard and immediately renamed it Mouton Rothschild. But the property was of little interest to the family until the arrival of Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1922. It is indeed thanks to him that the sheep became what it is today. With his strength of character and his sense of innovation, he was to be the initiator of "integral bottling at the chateau", and an avant-garde with the creation of labels specific to the property by famous painters (Miro, Chagall, Braque, Picasso, Delvaux...). His last challenge was to raise Mouton Rothschild to the rank of Premier Cru Classé in 1973 after 20 years of fighting. Today, it is the worthy heiress, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, who is dedicated to respecting the Mouton Rothschild motto “First I am, second I was, Mouton never changes”.

Owner

GFA Baroness Philippine de Rothschild

winemaking

The harvest is entirely done by hand, the raisins are made in crates, the vinification in an oak vat for a period of 21 to 31 days, one of the last in the Médoc, the maturation in new oak barrels for 18 at 22 months.

Terroir

Fallen down

Area

75 hectares (184 acres)

Production capacity

25 cases or approximately 000 bottles. 2nd wine: Le Petit Mouton from Mouton Rothschild (3-000 cases)

Comments

The spectacular marriage of voluptuousness and depth sums up the Mouton style, with the added bonus of a refinement of touch and inimitable flavor.

Château La Rame 2020 75cl 

Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet

CHATEAU LASCOMBES 1981 75CL

2nd Cru Classe Margaux Red

Label stained.

Description of the wine

The qualitative explosion of recent years at Lascombes reaches its peak with this sumptuous 2005 vintage. A suave wine of remarkable intensity that concentrates all the nobility of the great Margaux. There is no doubt that we will now have to reckon with this château, which affirms its rank among the best second classified growths!

Details Domain

Classified as a second growth in 1855, Chateau Lascombes, located in the Margaux appellation, owes its name to its first owner, Chevalier Antoine de Lascombes, born in 1625. At the end of the 1952th century, Jean-François de Lascombes became attached thanks to his fortune to make Lascombes a very great wine. Alexis Lichine took over the estate in 2001. He completely restructured Château Lascombes and renovated the wine-growing facilities, thus giving a second wind to this grand cru. Château Lasbombes has been owned by the American group Colony Capital since April XNUMX. The new team has made every effort to improve the quality of this second growth while respecting the tradition stemming from a history and a glorious past.

Owner

Colony Capital

winemaking

The harvest is done entirely by hand. Vinification takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats - Malolactic fermentation in barrels for the Merlots. The aging takes place over 18 months in new oak barrels (60%) - fining with egg white.

Terroir

Deep Quaternary bass

Area

84 hectares

Château du Petit Puch 2018 Graves de Vayres 75cl

In 2000, under the guidance of an internationally renowned oenologist, the cellars of the Petit Puch castle have been completely rebuilt with a view to optimal quality research.

The raisin is defined by plot at the best possible maturity, avoiding over-maturation which is detrimental to the finesse of the aromas.

It is loaded into the vats respecting the topography of these plots in order to allow good traceability, a guarantee of long-lasting quality.

Fermentations

The fermentation tanks are made of stainless steel, small capacity and thermo-regulated. The alcoholic fermentation is done in open vats, under temperature control, with punching down morning and evening. The pigeage is a manual mixing of the marc and the must which allows the smoothest extraction of the tannins, the fruit and the aromas of the grape.

After the alcoholic fermentation the wine is withdrawn and the marc pressed. The Château du Petit Puch uses a small vertical cage press which limits astringency and the herbaceous taste gives high quality press wines. They will then serve to assemble the final vintages.
During the alcoholic fermentation which is the transformation of natural sugar into alcohol, it was necessary to prevent the temperature from rising too high so as not to destroy the natural fermentation yeasts.

Conversely, the second fermentation, the malolactic which is a natural biological deacidification of wine must be conducted under a minimum temperature. It is conducted in vats and gives the new wine its mellow and fleshy.

livestock

After one or more rackings to remove the lees, the wine is barreled, ie put into barrels during the winter. It stays twelve months in oak barrels renewed by thirds to be finally blended and prepared for bottling.

The cellars of the Petit Puch castle, housed in buildings from the 14th and 15th century incorporate the most advanced oenological techniques and are subject to a drastic hygiene control. 
It is this quality chain managed by a passionate team that produces a powerful wine, well balanced, velvety and long in the mouth, a pleasure to taste.

Varietals 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon & Franc

le Chateau Cambon La Pelouse is located on the highest plots of the commune of Macau, on the road to Margaux and Pauillac. Three wines are produced there, including Château Cambon The vines, spread over 60 hectares, are planted there on a soil of large gravel which guarantees excellent drainage and cultivated according to the model of reasoned control.

Grapes: 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot

Castle LAGRANGE POMEROL 2013

9 hectare property located on the northern edge of the Pomerol plateau, Château Lagrange, often called “Lagrange à Pomerol” to differentiate it from its Medoc namesake, has been the property of Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix since 1953.
Its soil consists of heavy clays covered with gravels, where Merlot dominates at 95%. Cultivated with the same care and precision as the other wines of Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, Château Lagrange offers a generous and opulent wine, magnifying a Merlot wonderfully blooming on this beautiful terroir of ancient clays.

A wine with surprising aging potential that must wait and never disappoints!

MEDOC FRANÇOISE - STÉPHANE DIEF

Appellation: Médoc

Municipality: Saint-Christoly de Médoc & Couquèques

Area: 18 ha
Type of soil: 40% Clay / Limestone - 30% Grave Clay - 30% Grave Sandblast
Grape Varieties: 45% Cabernet Sauvignon / 45% Merlot / 6% Cabernet Franc / 4% Petit Verdot Planting Density: Between 9 000 and 10 000 Feet / ha
Vineyard age: Average 40 years
Cultural practices: Weed on 70% of the vineyard, tillage on one part of the vineyard, duplication if necessary, systematic manual stripping, thinning of clusters if necessary, organic amendment, reasoned phytosanitary treatments and biotechnological control method(Spruce).
Harvest: Manual in crates, Merlot and Cabernet Franc between September 27 and October 7, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot from 14 to October 20.
Yield his / ha: about 1 kg of grapes per vine (6 to 8 bunches / foot) is 50 his / ha.
Winemaking: Double sorting of grapes before and after destemming on vibratory tables and vatting with peristaltic pump (cold pre-fermentation 8 ° to 10 ° for 48 to 72 h) traditional vinification by concrete vat winding, draining in vats, pressing with vertical press.
Aging: Malolactic fermentation in vats, total aging in barrels 50% of 1 wine, 50% of 2 wines, during 12 months.
Assembly of the presented wine: 88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Bottling: In the closed, without gluing, light filtration 16 18 months after the harvest.

Pavillon de Léoville Poyferré 2018 75cl

2nd Wine of Léoville Poyferré

Grapes 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 8% Petit Verdot

Château Léoville Poyferré produces elegant, very fine, balanced and complex wines, with intense color and velvety texture, and which have very good aging potential.

Castle

The castle was born from the successive divisions of the Léoville estate which belonged in the 1826th century to Alexandre de Gasq. In 1855 the estate was shared for the first time between Hugh Barton and Jean de Lascases. A few years later the latter gave his daughter in marriage to Baron de Poyferré and brought him as a dowry land taken from the family estate, called Léoville-Poyferré. The new vintage quickly built a solid reputation which earned it recognition in 1866. In 1920 the estate was bought by Mr. Lalande, whose descendants exploited it until XNUMX. It was then sold to the partners of the trading house. , H. Cuvelier et fils, which transformed into a civil company, Domaines Cuvelier. When Didier Cuvelier took charge of the estate, the wine had lost much of its splendor. In around twenty years he has masterfully raised the bar to produce full-bodied, long-lasting wines.

Comments

Despite its fragmentation, the Léoville-Poyferré vineyard benefits from a homogeneity of soil that few in Saint-Julien can claim. The vines here rely on fine gravel and deposits of wind-blown sand. It benefits from excellent exposure which allows the Cabernet Sauvignon, of respectable age, to mature in good conditions. However, this potential has not always been fully exploited. Its revival is due to Didier Cuvelier and Michel Rolland whose collusion is at the origin of very fine vintages. The construction of a new cellar in 1979 allows quality breeding. Buoyed by the success, the administrators are now planning an expansion of the vineyard in the coming years. The wine has a deep color, with a rich substance bursting with ripe fruit and spices. Its very present woodiness and the strength of its tannins