LIRAC CHATEAU MONT REDON 2020
The property is located on the right bank of the Rhône, in the town of Roquemaure, between Orange and Avignon, near TAVEL. The farm is located on a plateau covered with rolled pebbles. The nature of the soil is clay-limestone.
Grapes Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre
The climate is Mediterranean with particularly hot summers.
The mistral drives out the humidity, thus providing conditions that are very favorable for growing vines.
The harvest is carried out manually allowing a selective sorting of the harvest. attach . After full destemming, vinification by punching down for about fifteen days of maceration ensuring maximum extraction of tannins and coloring matter. Once the malolactic fermentations have been completed, a third of the blend is aged in 228-litre Burgundy barrels, the other part being kept in vats. Then the wines are grouped into a single blend. Bottling takes place approximately 18 months after harvest.
Henry Bonneau
Grape: Grenache
The Henri Bonneau estate has 6 hectares of vines.
Henri Bonneau has always been considered one of the great winegrowers of Châteauneuf du Pape.
Still in his cellar, this discreet man was like a hermit.
He always has timeless wine products with very long aging.
This great winemaker left us in 2016.
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
COTES DU RHONE CUVEE LAW DOMAINE SALADIN 2020
The Domaine Saladin is located in Saint Marcel d'Ardèche, southern village of the Southern Côtes du Rhône, halfway between Montélimar and Avignon, on the right bank of the Rhone.
Elisabeth, Marie-Laurence, Louis and Annick Saladin are at the head of Domaine Saladin, a family estate passed down from father to son and from father to daughter since 1422.
18 hectares and 13 Rhone grape varieties of the estate offer the particularity of having always been harvested by hand, grown and vinified in organic.
“Loï”, the red Côtes du Rhône Saladin evokes the creator of this cuvée: Louis Saladin. In Provençal, Loï is the nickname of Louis. It is also a tribute to Saint Louis, "Looïs", opponent of Sultan Saladin during the crusades of the XNUMXth century.
Grapes: Black and white Grenaches, Syrah, Carignan
South facing plots. Clay-limestone terroir, bordered by genets and pines. 40-year-old vines. The yield is 35 hectoliters per hectare. No use of pesticides, herbicides or insecticides since the origin of the Estate. The winegrowers, Elisabeth and Marie-Laurence Saladin, are the 21st generation of winegrowers-peasants in St Marcel d'Ardèche. Certified Organic Agriculture by Ecocert.
Entirely manual harvest. Marriage in micro-cuvée of Grenache / Carignan. Short semi-carbonic maceration without any addition of chemistry apart from a minimal dose of sulfur. Vinification and aging for 9 months in concrete vats.
On a naturally favorable site, 77 plots of vines are scattered within a vast area of 500 hectares on the mountainside.
They form here and there small terraces facing the Sainte-Victoire mountain. The vine has been cultivated there for several centuries.
Patiently, in harmony with nature and the woods that surround him, man walks the paths to cultivate the vine where it gives him the best grapes.
The terroir is that of the new Sainte Victoire appellation, an ecosystem naturally favorable to vines since Roman times. Château Grand Boise is the highest estate there, with vines between 300 and 640 meters.
The combination of altitude with good sunshine makes it possible to obtain wines of great freshness and great balance. No chemical fertilizers or weedkillers are used. The known origins of
La Grand'Boise as a domain dates back to 1610, the date of the oldest property deed found. It was in 1879 that the three estates (Grand'Boise, Cabassude and Les Brunets) united to form one. Traditionally family owned, the estate only changed hands three times in its entire history. Under the impetus of its new owner, a passionate doctor, the estate has very recently been thoroughly renovated. It has equipped itself with efficient and qualitative technical means. The olive-growing activity is revived with 800 olive trees on 3 hectares.
GIGONDAS Cuvée Des Blaches 2020
Field of ESPIERS
It is in 1989 that the area of Espiers was born in Vacqueyras, when Philippe Cartoux decided to walk in the footsteps of his grandparents who owned a vineyard in the family since 1879.
The vineyard now covers 9,5 hectares including 3 to Gigondas, 4 en Cotes du Rhone et 2,5 en Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Sablet. The grape variety is largely dominated by the main 3 Rhone grape varieties, namely Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The vines are in struggle and receive no chemical treatment. In general, the gestures are all part of a logic of respect for the soil and the environment, with yields particularly lower than 35 hl / ha.
Harvesting is manual for traditional winemaking and aging in oak barrels. Philippe Cartoux likes to produce robust, gourmet but also refined wines. Proof of the quality of its work, Lavinia boutiques offer its wines.
This wine consists of a single plot of vines in the commune of Gigondas.
The vine is aged 40 and composed of 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah. The harvest is manual and often the grapes picked are slightly overripe in order to obtain wines more full-bodied.
The vinification is done with a very high temperature (+ 34 ° c) in order to extract a maximum of aromas and color. The harvest is complete to allow a good homogeneity of the grape marc and long pumping over.
This wine is then aged in barrels for about 12 months, then bottled without sticking or filtration.
COTE ROTIE STEPHANE OGIER 2019
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
The Domaine des Remizières has been a family business for several generations. At its beginning, the farm had 4 hectares of vines, part of the harvest was delivered in cooperative cellar. From 1973, vinification is done entirely on the estate. Since then, the estate has grown considerably as it currently reaches 35 hectares. At the beginning, Alphonse manages the property. Then Philippe, his son, settles in 1977 and decides to market all the production in bottles. Expansion and modernization work is then done little by little. In 2005, Emilie, with her degree in oenology in her pocket, joins her father. In 2009, Christophe, Emilie's brother, joined the estate after obtaining his BTS viticulture / oenology. It's a family job with a will and well-defined tasks.
Grape variety: 100% Syrah
Average age of the vines: 40 years.
Vines planted on granitic soil, exposure in southern slopes.
Cup size on stakes - Very high density. Traditional vinification in concrete and stainless steel vats with punching and reassembly; temperature regulation (hot and cold).
Vatting of 28 at 30 days, see more according to the tasting.
15 to 18 months in barrels (new barrels).
CONFIDENTIAL FIGUIERE RED PROVENCE DIMENSIONS 2017
Dominating the Golden Islands, in the heart of an 85 hectare vineyard cultivated in organic farming for almost 40 years, Figuière is a family house which draws from this precious nature and preserved all its aromatic richness, its mineral power and its inspiration to create, between tradition and innovation, collections of "signed" wines full of sun and love of the land of Provence.
Grapes Mourvèdre, Syrah
This wine is made from grapes harvested on the Estate, benefiting from the ECOCERT organic certification of the vineyard, acquired since 1979.
Vinification Syrah is slightly overripe to be harvested at the same time as the later Mourvèdre.
Destemming
Fermentation for 30 to 40 days of the 2 grape varieties together. Manual punching down. Pneumatic pressing. Selection of presses and filling.
Aging from 10 to 14 months depending on the vintage, in 300 liter barrels, medium heating, in oak from the Bertranges, Tronçais and Allier forests. Batonnage, racking.
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