Cotes du Rhône les Claux Domaine Raymond Usséglio 2022 75cl

Gigondas Hominis Fides Castle of Saint Cosimo 2021 

Very old grenache planted on Miocene limestone sands at a place called "Hominis Fides". Whole harvest. Twelve month aging: 20% in new pieces - 50% in pieces of one wine - 30% in pieces of two and three wines.

The sands of Miocene are, in Gigondas as in the rest of the valley of the Rhone, a geological event posterior to the great uprising of the lace of Montmirail. When the Alps rise, they, like a sheet of paper that we tilt, "open" the Rhone Valley, allowing the sea to engulf itself like a snake finding its way. The sea then covers Lyon, circling the Alpine arc; the Luberon and the Ventoux are only islands, prehistoric fish frolic in the chapel of Saint Cosme and ammonites accumulate in phenomenal quantities. At this time, sands are deposited in our region: we find them in many sites in the Southern Rhone Valley: in the Uchaux massif, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas ... Much later, the small ants that we decide to grow vitis vinifera on these sands, and it turns out that the grenache finds there an amazing field of expression. The old Grenache vine in the Miocene sands is the aromatic finesse, the elegant texture, the depth in the mouth. When the wine ages, it takes notes of Morey Saint Denis pinot: peony and small red berries. What a great idea to have planted at the dawn of the twentieth century, 12 years before the Great War, this vineyard that is always with us. 

Origin Domaine Saint Cosme

CHATEAUNEUF OF THE POPE CLOSES OF THE 2017 POPES 

PAUL APRIL

Grapes Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah

Area: 29 hectares.

Details Domain: Pioneer of the bottling on the property, the Avril family owns a domain, which despite its name of clos can rely on almost all the geological natures composing the appellation. She knows how to play this diversity and thus appears as one of the most regular wines, whatever the vintage.

Cellar storage: The best vintages usually require 5 8 years to flourish and are suitable for a very long guard.

COTE ROTIE STEPHANE OGIER 2020

Rooted in Ampuis for many generations, this family has always worked in the Côte-Rôtie vineyard. By taking over from his father Michel in 1998, he chose to do specific work on his different terroirs in order to reveal the uniqueness of these places full of history.

Côte-Blonde, But de Mont, Lancement, Côte-Rôzier, Champon, Besset ... this vineyard is rich in a mosaic of plots located in the heart of the Côte-Rôtie whose soil diversity and the northernmost climate of the Valley du Rhône gives the wines an incredible finesse. As close as possible to the vineyard, it strives to reveal the typical elegance of this appellation. The range he offers is therefore faithful to his roots and represents, for him, the culmination of a long history and fascinating daily work.

Grape Syrah 

Chateauneuf du Pape La Part des Anges Domaine Raymond Usseglio 2022 75 cl


70% of Mourvèdre
20% Grenache
10% Syrah

A late variety and very capricious, mourvèdre is certainly one of the most demanding grape varieties in the south of France, especially when it is situated at the northern limit of its cultivation. This cuvee benefits from a rather marked breeding to accompany the tannic power of the grape variety. When a wine is put in cask for its breeding, part of its volume evaporates it is called "THE PART OF THE ANGELS".

The PART OF ANGELS is a rather special vintage for a Châteauneuf du Pape because it is the Mourvèdre that dominates the blend 70% supplemented with Grenache 20% and a little Syrah 10%. Plan a carafage if you want to taste this wine before its 2-3 first years of care. Unfiltered wine please excuse a possible natural deposit and beneficial to the aging of the wine.

Côtes du Rhône Thirsty 2022 Maxime-Francois Laurent 
Domain Gramenon

Domaine Gramenon, created in 1978, is located in MONTBRISON-SUR-LEZ in Drôme Provençale, at the first foothills of the Pre-Alps, at an altitude of 350 m.
In the northernmost part of the southern Côtes du Rhône.

This small trading activity was created by Maxime-François Laurent in 2006 alongside the estate.
It consists of a partnership with a neighboring winemaker whose vines extend over approximately 6 hectares and are located in the municipalities of Montbrison sur lez and Valréas.