Gigondas les Grames 2022 Domaine des Espiers 75cl

Cotes du Rhône les Claux Domaine Raymond Usséglio 2022 75cl

The estate was created by Francis USSEGLIO who came from Italy in 1931 and settled in Châteauneuf du Pape and began producing his own wine in 1948. 

In 1963, Raymond took over and with his wife Danielle they created and extended the estate which would bear the name of DOMAINE USSEGLIO RAYMOND. 

Since 1999 it is now their son who exploits and cultivates the 24 hectares of the domain.

This Côtes du Rhône comes from a single plot named "les claux" on the other side of the Rhone in the commune of Saint Genies de Comolas.
This Côtes du Rhône is the result of biodynamic work and harvested by hand.

Grapes: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre

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

PAUL APRIL

Grapes Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah

Area: 29 hectares.

Details Domain: Pioneer of the bottling on the property, the Avril family owns a domain, which despite its name of clos can rely on almost all the geological natures composing the appellation. She knows how to play this diversity and thus appears as one of the most regular wines, whatever the vintage.

Cellar storage: The best vintages usually require 5 8 years to flourish and are suitable for a very long guard.

COTES DU RHONE THE TWO ALBION CHATEAU DE SAINT COSME 2020

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. 

Origin text Saint cosmos

CHATEAU DE PIBARNON RED BANDOL 2019

Grape variety 90% MOURVEDRE - 10% GRENACHE

The vines dominate the valley, facing the sea, hanging from restanques to restanques, up to 300 m in altitude, on these slopes forming a vast circus sheltered from the mistral. The high altitude of the vineyard is worth cool nights and slow ripening of the grapes. The Château de Pibarnon vineyard is planted on very old Triassic soil, characterized by a very high level of limestone. This limestone promotes the appearance of bouquets in wines, and allows the extraction of very fine and elegant tannins.

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. 

Côtes du Rhône Handful of Gramenon grapes 2022 75 cl

The originality of the Gramenon terroir comes from the limestone bar (tidal system) formerly covered by the sea (86 million years).
The thrust of the Alps has brought out layers of sand left by the tides, a significant presence of limestone, thus forming a plateau 550 m wide and benefiting from a slight altitude, while the clays have been reinforced by the system. river.

Location: 350m above sea level on the hillsides and the Gramenon plateau in the town of Montbrison sur Lez.
Vineyard: Young Grenache vines (4 to 30 years old) managed in Biodynamics
Yield: 35hl/ha Geology: Gramenon is built on siliceous and shelly sandstone, forming relief in the landscape of sandy safres. This sandstone bank corresponds to a molasse set up in the coastal marine environment, under the influence of tidal currents around 12 Ma
Natural vinification: Manual harvest sorted 15 days maceration in raw cement tank Partly destemmed harvest Fermentation in indigenous yeasts Light sulphiting after Malo depending on the vintage

GIGONDAS RED Cuvée Des Blaches 2019

Field of ESPIERS

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).