Moinoterra's Vilana comes from a single vineyard at 500 metres altitude. And while in the fertile lowland parts of Crete and with management leading to high yields, the wines will lose their character by being watery and with little flavour, mountainous steep dry vineyards on poorer soils will give weight and concentration. At the vinification level after...
Un 1er Cru en Bourgogne est toujours une affaire très sérieuse, et Grésigny, situé dans la partie sud-ouest de Rully, compte parmi les meilleurs climats classés 1er Cru de l’appellation pour le Chardonnay. Grâce à une viticulture biologique et biodynamique et au soin attentif de Pierre de Benoist, la santé de ce vignoble de 80 ans est remarquable. Le...
Les Margotes 1er cru is one of the winery's new additions, following its investment in the Rully vineyards, and has a southeast exposure. It was vinified for the first time in 2015. For Les Margotes, Pierre uses oak foudres, both in the vinification and in the maturation of the wine, which lasts a total of 18 months. The selection of whole bunches...
This amazing piece of land is located just 5 minutes from the winery and is one of the oldest Malbec vineyards in the world. The vineyard is beautiful, difficult to cultivate and prune, with no room for tractors and requiring a lot of manual labor. After the harvest, the bunches are removed from the stems, sorted, and then placed in concrete tanks for...
Given that the use of the term "naturel" is prohibited in the regulations governing appellation contrôlée, back in 2007, the producers of Montlouis-sur-Loire managed to create the pétillant-originel category for these very wines (pét-nat) and became the first appellation in France to essentially legislate this particular style. The production method is...
Peppery, structured, with robust tannins, the "Key of Sol" is another stunning wine with reference to Damien and Coralie's musical roots, always the start of a musical piece, but also the first wine made by the winery, their own start. A blend of 60% Côt and 40% Cabernet Franc which are vinified separately in concrete tanks. The harvest for Côt from the...
Ronceray is a wonderful step-up in complexity and intensity from the simple, but also beautiful" Anjou Blanc from Chateau de Plaisance. Harvesting on the Chaume hill is manual and after a gentle cold pressing of the grapes, fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts. 30% of the wine is matured in Burgundy barrels for 12 months and the barreled part...
The play that Economou is making with oxygen is amazing. The wine artfully straddles oxidation, which has taken it to unique limits of complexity. The barrel is beautifully digested giving sweetness to the aromas, accompanied by nuts, memories of earthy notes and honey. Complexity, tensions, length in the mouth hit the red. The flavors in the mouth build...
Yiannis Oikonomou releases almost simultaneously two different vintages of Assyrtiko — two exceptional wines of equal quality but entirely distinct style. Among them, the 2016 stands out with its deep golden hue and its impressive aromatic evolution, dominated by complex oxidative notes, without a trace of the petrol character often found in aged...
A blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier, with the first of the three varieties dominating. The base wines ferment in ancient oak barrels, without malolactic fermentation, and are then sealed with cork in bottles for the second fermentation. They will remain in contact with the lees for many years. Completely dry, with excellent, fine...
