Languedoc Montpeyroux Rouge Héméra 2019 Domaine des Grécaux 75cl

FARMS RESERVE 2019 BINET JACQUET  

The Faugères Reserve is a powerful and elegant wine to have fun around a good meal.

Grapes: Selection of the best parcels. Mainly Grenache, supplemented by Syrah, Mourvèdre and Carignan. The exact percentages vary according to the vintage.

returns: Low yields of 25 to 30 hectoliters per hectare on average.

winemaking: Long maceration with manual punching during 3 at 5 weeks.

Breeding: Two years, mostly in vats, a smaller part in French oak barrels.

Tasting: Wine marked by elegance and power. The opening of the bottle at least two hours ago and the use of large glasses greatly increase the qualities of this wine.

At table: The Faugères Réserve goes well with Mediterranean cuisine (French, Italian, Spanish). It accompanies meats (beef, lamb, game), spicy dishes (oriental cuisine, Asian) and cheeses (especially goat and sheep).

Time of guard:  of 6 years.

In the heart of the thousand-year-old Gaillacois vineyard, the Cinq Peyres estate is located on the heights of the Cordais plateau, in Cahuzac-sur-Vère. The name of the estate comes from the richness of the terroir and the different limestones that compose it.
From vine to wine, the approach is intended to be virtuous for the environment and for the grapes. Vinification is done without sulfur and takes place spontaneously thanks to the yeasts naturally present on the grapes. Hygiene and tasting are at the heart of the work in the cellar. They attach great importance to the rhythm of nature, to the good health and balance of the soil and to the development of biodiversity.

Grapes Braucol (50%) and Duras (50%) 

Vinif Maceration for 1 month in mille-feuilles with pumping over and punching down if necessary. Fermentation in native yeast.

Breeding 2 years in oak barrels over 5 years old, topped up every month. Unfined, unfiltered and sulphur-free.

Irouleguy Xut Rouge Olivier Pouchoulou 2022 75cl
Domaine Etxondoa

Grape varieties: 70% Tanat, 30% Cabernat Franc

After studying oenology in Bordeaux and Burgundy, then gaining experience working in Côte-Rôtie, in the Rhône, Olivier Pouchoulou decided to return in 2019 to his native land, the Basque Country. Based in Ispoure, he devotes himself to the breeding of his tannats and his cabernet francs, the first vintage of which was produced in 2020. He initially planted 2,5 hectares of vines, then extended his operation by taking into account renting 2 additional hectares on AOC Irouléguy land.

Xut Means Steep

MADIRAN PLENITUDE 2011 PRODUCERS PLAIMONT 

Located in the departments of Gers, Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrenees, it knew a great rise from the foundation of the Abbey of the same name in the X^rd century.
The king grape variety from the Pyrenean piedmont, the Tannat, is the basis of the identity and originality of this red wine. Other noble grape varieties such as Cabernet Franc, Pinenc or Cabernet Sauvignon also contribute to the creation of Madiran whether they are young, fruity and supple or more tannic, and long-lasting.

All the quintessence of our know-how in Madiran »
Tribute to past traditions, Fullness is uncompromising, just like the vine growers who stubbornly raise it. Assembling the best terroirs of Madiran, this wine symbolizes the accomplishment of a hard work necessary to the control of the Tannat. Fleshy, velvety but wild, it grows at the foot of the Pyrenees and aims the summits.

PIC SAINT LOUP OPTIMISTIC 2021 THE PATH OF DREAMS

Benoît VIOT traveled the world before settling down winemaker just north of Montpellier.
This pharmacy, a pharmacist in the industry, has always been passionate about biology and medicine. 
Before going into viticulture, he spent ten years trying to understand the wine, even going so far as to make it in his bathroom in England!
A last visit to Chile has decided to embark on this adventure.
After two years of training, in 2004, he rents 7 hectares of AOC Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint Loup and Grés de Montpellier vines in Combaillaux and Saint Gély du Fesc. He buys agricultural and winemaking equipment and creates “the Chemin des Rêves”. 
The name of the estate comes from a small path that runs along the vines and which had been nicknamed “Chemin des Rêves” by a resident of the village who came to walk there every day.
In 2008, he buys 7 additional hectares of vines at Saint Gély and a cellar.
In 2009, he builds a sales and tasting cellar.
In 2012, he renovates the winery.

Grapes: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Carignan

winemaking : Maceration of about 30 days and mild extractions. Livestock in tank.

COTES DU ROUSSILLON LITTLE SIBERIA CLOS DES FEES HERVE BIZEUL 2017

The Clos des Fées estate is located in the commune of Rivesaltes.
The Domaine du Clos des Fées, which today has nearly 30 hectares in the Côtes du Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages and Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes appellations. It is partly composed of steep terraces.

It is in this exceptional terroir perched 350 meters above sea level at the foot of the Pyrenees, an incredible crossroads between the local tramontane and the Mediterranean influence.
A plot of 2 hectares of clay-limestone with the addition of shales with a concentration of iron. 

Grapes: Black Grenache

Red Languedoc Coteaux du Pas d'Escalette Les Petits Pas 2021 75 cl

Irouleguy Domaine Etxondoa Olivier Pouchoulou 2020 75cl

Grape varieties: 100% Tanat

After studying oenology in Bordeaux and Burgundy, then gaining experience working in Côte-Rôtie, in the Rhône, Olivier Pouchoulou decided to return in 2019 to his native land, the Basque Country. Based in Ispoure, he devotes himself to the breeding of his tannats and his cabernet francs, the first vintage of which was produced in 2020. He initially planted 2,5 hectares of vines, then extended his operation by taking into account renting 2 additional hectares on AOC Irouléguy land.

Vinification is carried out with 2/3 whole harvests, followed by gentle vatting lasting 42 days. Subsequently, the wines are aged for 12 months exclusively in old barrels, from Burgundy, thus giving the wines a subtle complexity and remarkable elegance.

IGP AUDE HAUTERIVE PIECE DE ROCHE CHATEAU LA BARONNE 2015

          

Grape Carignan Plantation 1892

The harvest is done in boxes, by hand on the whole field. Each parcel is vinified and aged separately until final assembly. The grapes are sorted first in the vineyard, then before and after destemming. The berries are pushed by gravity in the cement tanks, stainless steel and frustoconical wood manufactured by Marc Grenier in Courberon.

For vinification with whole grapes, we tread the grapes in the wooden vats.
Whites and rosés are vinified on whole juices.
The alcoholic fermentation is done with indigenous yeasts of the soil.
No sulfur is added before breeding. Some of our wines are sulphite-free (apart from sulphites produced by native yeasts).

Reinhard Brundig, tireless ambassador of the 7th art, is a mad wine lover. He bought Courbissac in 2002, he dreams of making wine, he is under the spell of this isolated place lost in the scrubland and the pines. He is renovating the cellar , buys the first tuns and begins to vinify the different parcels of Courbissac.
The construction is slow, you have to review the copy several times, Courbissac cannot be tamed so easily.

In 2013, he sought to renew his style, he wanted fresher, more elegant wines, and it was in November 2013 that he met Brunnhilde Claux.

At the age of 30, Brunnhilde takes over the technical part of the estate, sets up a gentle vinification, in whole bunches.

The aging is more restrained, the wines are more supple, a new page is being written for Courbissac.
And Courbissac surrenders. The wines relax, the freshness wins, a turning point begins in Courbissac.

The domain is exploited on 15 hectares of vines.

Roc du pière comes from a region called piègne or pière in the local patois.
This terroir is made up of 2 plots on either side of the estate.

Grape variety 50% Syrah 50% Mourvèdre

The stone, the rockery characterizes this cru, and naturally reveals a dense, powerful wine with spicy characteristics.
The stone is a terroir of great strength, depth and unlimited density. It reveals the power and balance of Minervois wines.

Mas de Daumas Gassac Rouge Igp 2021 75CL

IGP SAINT GUILHEM LE DESERT