Côtes du Rhône Sierra du Sud Domaine Gramenon 2022 75cl

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 RED HOUSE DOMAINE DUCLAUX 2019 75CL

area: The Cuvée Maison Rouge is the parcel-based cuvée and the flagship of the Domaine. Made from old Syrah vines planted on a bedrock of gneiss, this cuvée is the pride of the estate.

Breeding : 20 months in barrels and demi-muids including 20% ​​new barrels.
Food and wine pairings: venison with grand veneur sauce, barbecued rib of beef, leg of lamb, truffle dishes. In general, it will go perfectly with game, red meats and dishes with sauce.

floors: This part of Maison Rouge rests on a bedrock of Gneiss.
Grape varieties: 100% Syrah. Old vines.

Winemaking: manual harvest. 80% destemmed, maceration for 3 weeks in temperature-controlled vats.

Food and wine pairings: venison with grand veneur sauce, barbecued rib of beef, leg of lamb, truffle dishes. In general, it will go perfectly with game, red meats and dishes with sauce.

COTES DU RHONE THE MOVING DOMAINE GRAMENON 2019

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.


On the Gramenon plateau at an altitude of 350m in Montbrison sur Lez
Vineyard: A plot of old Syrah vines grown in Biodynamics
Yield: 25 hl / ha
Geology: Gramenon is built on siliceous and shell sandstones, giving relief in the landscape of sandy safres. This sandstone bank corresponds to a molasse set up in a coastal marine environment, under the influence of tidal currents around 12 Ma
Natural vinification: Hand-picked harvesting Prolonged maceration Fermentation in indigenous yeasts Slight sulphiting after Malo depending on the vintage Aging: in barrels

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.

COTE ROTIE SAINT COSME 2018 

100% Serine (old syrah).

Whole harvest. Schists and Micaschists in places called Semons, But de Mont, Les Bercheries, Maison Rouge, Rozier, Cote Rozier, Besset and Bodin.
Aged for twelve months: 30% in new barrels – 70% in barrels of one wine.
What a vintage in Cote Rotie! It has been a long time since I had obtained such wines. When you taste all the barrels and everything is great, it's like visualizing the color palette that a painter will use. The different localities express themselves in such a precise and beautiful way that you wonder if you are not on the greatest terroir in the world. The mica schists are capable in 2019 of producing a finesse imbued with charm and mystery, the wines exude wild blackberry, pencil lead, smoked ham, iodine: pure magic. Then on the palate, the textured sweetness blends with the natural freshness of serine when it is grown in its northern limit. This 2019 is not to be missed under any circumstances as it evokes its glorious predecessors of 1991, 1999 and 2007. I set out to discover the Cote Rotie in 1997: after 24 vintages of practice in this wonderful terroir, I believe that the slightly warmer vintages (like 2019) are fine here. Moreover, it suffices to refer to the primary and literal meaning of “Cote-Rôtie” to be convinced of this. 

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