Chateauneuf du Pape Clos des Papes 2018 75cl

COTE ROTIE SAINT COSME 2018 

SYRAH OF OGIER WINE OF FRANCE STEPHANE OGIER 2020

Stéphane OGIER winemaker at AMPUIS

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 100%

CHAVEYRON 1422 DOMAINE SALADIN WINE OF FRANCE 2020

Domaine Saladin is located in Saint Marcel d'Ardèche, a southern village of the Côtes du Rhône du Sud, halfway between Montélimar and Avignon, on the right bank of the Rhône.

Elisabeth, Marie-Laurence, Louis and Annick Saladin are at the head of Domaine Saladin, a family property passed down from father to son and father to daughters since 1422. The 18 hectares and 13 grape varieties 

Rhodanians of the estate offer the particularity of having always been harvested by hand, cultivated and vinified organically. 

 “Chaveyron – 1422” is a selection of plots located in Saint Marcel d'Ardèche. The archives show that in 1422, Raymond Saladin bought a vine planter at a place called “Chaveyron”. A composition, a XNUMXth century copy of which is kept in the departmental archives of the Ardèche, attests: “Raymondi Saladini de Trihano Item unum Planterium situun in Chalvayrono”.
Since then, the generations of farmers-vine growers have succeeded one another. 
The terroir is made up of “red” earth, ferrous, dotted with rolled pebbles. The exposure is oriented South-East on hillsides. To the north, oaks, a “Clapas” (heap of stones in patois) and a hedge of high cypresses authorized the plot. The yield reaches 28 hectoliters per hectare. No use of pesticides, herbicides or insecticides since the origin of the Domain. The harvest is entirely manual. Certified Organic Agriculture by Ecocert. Since 2006, Elisabeth and Marie-Laurence have chosen to downgrade this cuvée to Table Wine because it does not meet the standard of the approval commission. Vinification method: Syrah and Viognier are harvested by hand and vinified together. One month vatting in indigenous yeasts. Aging takes place in oak casks for 9 months. 

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).

CROZES HERMITAGE BLACK ETOILE DOMAIN MELODY 2020

Now unavoidable, the vintage Etoile Noire comes from vines older than 50 years and raised for a year. The Black Star 2018 is a balanced and powerful wine at the same time, offering beautiful aromas of ripe fruit and black cherry. A great success.

The vineyard is planted on 3 very different types of soil:

• Chassis : represents 80% of the parcels with a clay-limestone soil with many pebbles from the Rhône. the typicality of Crozes-Hermitage.
• Larnage : is characterized by Loess, white varieties (Marsanne and Roussanne) coexist with Syrah to give white and red wines fond of and fruity.
• The castle of Larnage : a white earth composed of Kaolin, characteristic of this village, foreshadows a bright future for our plot of Roussanne planted in 2011

The objective of the domain is toexpress the authenticity of the terroirs, this involves different approaches: - A reasoned fight for phytosanitary treatments: contact products such as Sulfur and Copper are preferred
- The use of organic fertilizers - The absence of weed killers and soil cultivation throughout the vineyard for balanced vines - Naturally controlled yields
- Manual harvesting with a first sorting at the plot 

COTES DU RHONE WISDOM 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.


Appellation: Côtes du Rhône Red
Location: Three plots located in Gramenon in the town of Montbrison sur Lez: Two plots on the limestone plateau at an altitude of 300 meters and the other on the more sandy southern slope.
Vineyard: Old Grenache vines aged 50 to 70 years in Biodynamics
Yield: 20 hl / ha Geology: Gramenon is built on siliceous and shell sandstone, making relief in the landscape of sandy safes. 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 grapes, sorted by hand, maceration for 15 days in raw cement vats, partially destemmed grapes Fermentation in indigenous yeasts Light sulphiting after Malo depending on the vintage Aging: In barrels for 12 months