Vingt Mars Les Pierres d'Aurèle 2022 Touraine Sauvignon 75cl

Quincy Domaine Philippe Portier 2022 half bottle

Producer Philippe PORTIER

Winegrower in Brinay

Philippe PORTIER comes from a peasant family established in Brinay for 4 generations, Philippe Portier took over the family business in 1985. Six years later, he created his own vineyard in the Quincy appellation. He actively participated, along with six other estates, in the creation of the Cave Romane, of which he was president for more than 20 years.

He quickly develops his domain banking on the qualities of the terroir Quinçois. Today, it is on more than 20Ha vineyards that Philippe shapes three Quincy vintages with marked identities. If its vintage estate reflects the generosity of Quincy wines, its Quincyte and Jean-Maxime vintages reveal all the finesse of Sauvignon on its preferred terroir.

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie 2022 Domaine la Bretonnière 75cl

Domaine de la Bretonnière is located 15 km south of Nantes, in the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation.

As far as I remember, the CORMERAIS family has always cultivated vines. This passion has been passed down from generation to generation since the 1890s.
It was in 1994 that Bertrand joined his father Joël at the estate.
He maintains and cultivates his vineyard with a view to a very qualitative and environmentally friendly approach.
Bertrand has only one idea: “the quality of wine begins in the vineyard…”

Bordering the Atlantic, the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation is the appellation of the Loire located furthest to the West. It owes its name to the two rivers which cross the vineyard, the “Sèvre Nantaise” and the “Petite Maine”. It is also, with its 11 hectares, the largest single-varietal dry white wine appellation in France. Muscadet constitutes the “Lighthouse” appellation of the Nantes Wine Region.

Producer The Rock of the Violets Xavier Weisskopf

Chenin Blanc grape variety

Nestled in Touraine, between the banks of the Cher and the Loire, on clay-limestone soils, is the estate. In the heart of the Châteaux de la Loire region, in the town of Saint-Martin-Le-Beau, there is a 17-hectare wine estate.

Sancerre Blanc Cuvée Silex 2022 Serge Laloue 75cl

The Estate is located in Thauvenay, the birthplace of the Laloue family.
It covers 20 hectares in AOC Sancerre (Sauvignon and Pinot noir grape varieties) and 5 hectares in IGP Côtes de la Charité (Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grape varieties).

Christine and Franck are listening to the vine, of his cycle. Inscribed in the heart of an environmentally friendly approach, work in the vineyard is very important in order to follow the natural balance of the plant.

The estate is managed in a sustainable way. All the soils are worked, no herbicides are used. Various methods are used to regulate production in order to optimize the quality of the grapes, such as grassing the vines, disbudding or green harvesting.

Sauvignon Blanc grape
Area 3 ha Clay-flint terroir
Southeast exposure
Age of the vines 40 years
Aging On lees for 10 months with a few batonnage 

Producer Domaine de la Cour Carrée

Family farm 16 hectares, existing since 1899 in Oisly, near the castles of the Loire: Cheverny, Chambord, Blois and Chaumont sur Loire. This estate is located on the highest point of the town of Oisly with an exceptional location, extending and sharing on the slopes of the Loire Valley and the Cher. These wines are harvested, vinified and bottled at the property.

Producer Philippe PORTIER

Winegrower in Brinay

Philippe PORTIER comes from a peasant family established in Brinay for 4 generations, Philippe Portier took over the family business in 1985. Six years later, he created his own vineyard in the Quincy appellation. He actively participated, along with six other estates, in the creation of the Cave Romane, of which he was president for more than 20 years.

He quickly develops his domain banking on the qualities of the terroir Quinçois. Today, it is on more than 20Ha vineyards that Philippe shapes three Quincy vintages with marked identities. If its vintage estate reflects the generosity of Quincy wines, its Quincyte and Jean-Maxime vintages reveal all the finesse of Sauvignon on its preferred terroir.

QUARTS DE CHAUME ZERSILLES 2015 DOMAINE PATRICK BAUDOUIN 

Today, Domaine Patrick Baudouin has thirteen and a half hectares of vines in production. Ten hectares of Chenin, three and a half of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon, in the communes of Chaudefonds sur Layon, Saint Aubin de Luigné and Rochefort sur Loire (Quart de Chaume). Patrick also planted one hectare of Savennières in 2009.

The Estate undertook to convert all its vines to organic farming in 2002. Any new plot rented or purchased is immediately converted, if it is not already organic.
Since 1997 they resumed tillage, then abandoned chemical weedkillers, and from 2001 they no longer used synthetic treatment products. In the cellar, since 1994, no more wine from the Domaine has been chaptalized ("sweetened", as the ancients said), by limiting sulfur to a minimum.

In the vineyard, certified organic farming, constant search for the best human labor / biotope ratio, for a non-destructive, sustainable culture.

Pouilly Fumé Petit F Michel Redde & fils 2022 75 cl

Variety: Sauvignon

Michel Redde and son is a historical domain of Pouilly. The vineyard extends over 42 hectares, mainly planted with Sauvignon (whose local name is Smoked from Pouilly). The 3rd generation at the helm develops Pouilly Fumé for laying down, fresh and powerful.

An ideal wine to share with friends as an aperitif.

IGP CODES DE LA CHARITE SERGE LALOUE 2021

The Estate is located in Thauvenay, the birthplace of the Laloue family.
It covers 20 hectares in AOC Sancerre (Sauvignon and Pinot noir grape varieties) and 5 hectares in IGP Côtes de la Charité (Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grape varieties).

Christine and Franck are listening to the vine, of his cycle. Inscribed in the heart of an environmentally friendly approach, work in the vineyard is very important in order to follow the natural balance of the plant.

The estate is managed in a sustainable way. All the soils are worked, no herbicides are used. Various methods are used to regulate production in order to optimize the quality of the grapes, such as grassing the vines, disbudding or green harvesting.

Grape variety Chardonnay
Area 2,5 ha
Clay-limestone soil
Southwest exposure
Age of the vines 24 years 
Aging on the lees for 6 months including 15% in barrels

Menetou Salon Pommerais Blanc la Tour Saint Martin Domaines Minchin 2022 75cl

Saint Martin tower. It was in 1988 that Bertrand MONCHIN embarked on the wine adventure at Menetou Salon, where his grandfather was already producing wine before the war. The plots, well distributed over the heights of the village of Morogues, are made up of 10 hectares of Sauvignon and 7 hectares of Pinot. For almost 30 years now, Bertrand MINCHIN has been making the most of this magnificent Kimmeridgian terroir. Everything is implemented in the vines to produce the most beautiful grapes: ploughing, composting, control of the vegetative balance, control of yields and respect for the environment. environment (area labeled High Environmental Value).

A large part of the vineyard is harvested manually, in order to vinify each plot separately. It is in a perfectly equipped cellar (sorting table, carpet, temperature-controlled vats, wooden vats, pneumatic presses, etc.) that he vinifies his grapes in a minimally interventionist manner. The reds ferment for a long time, are lightly punched down and devatted manually. The whites undergo long pressures, and ferment at a controlled temperature.

Varietal: Sauvignon

Mechanical harvesting. Fermentation in thermo‐regulated stainless steel vats, pressing. Aging in thermo‐regulated stainless steel vats, fining, light filtration, aging on lees

COTEAUX DE L'AUBANCE THE THREE SCHISTES DOMAINE DE MONTGILLET 2017 50CL

Created in the year 1880, the vineyard covered a surface of one hectare and a half during the installation of Victor LEBRETON, died at the age of 97 years in January 97. He was taken over by his son Victor (66 years, now retired) who has teamed up in 1988 with his two children, Victor (37) and Vincent (35).

The harvest was carried out by 5 successive sorts, the last ending at the end of November. “Les Trois Schistes” is the fruit of several sorts harvested on the three terroirs of Domaine de Montgilet. The botrytised harvest had an alcoholic potential of 17% volume on the strain. These bunches or parts of bunches were harvested in 30 kg crates to avoid any crushing and were subjected to slow and long pressing in the vertical press. All this without re-digging, in an attempt to extract the maximum structure from the grape while preserving “finesse and elegance”. This cuvée has fermented and been aged in barrels.

IGP VAL DE LOIRE FIE GRIS LES GRALETTES ERIC CHEVALIER 2018 75CL

Grape variety 100% FIE GRIS (Sauvignon Rose)

A family property of 29 hectares, the estate is located west of the Loire Valley, in AOP Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu. Rich in the combined influence of the Atlantic coast, the Loire and Lake Grandlieu, the terroirs offer us oceanic, fresh and iodized wines.All the vines have been organic since 2016.

Vinification: Harvested by hand - Slow pressing - spontaneous alcoholic fermentation - aging on total lees until bottling.

Vines: 10 YEARS /20 YEARS