SOIL TYPES CALCAIRE/LIMESTONE: more mineral, lighter body, Jurassic (1st/top layer) fossilized, air. Trousseau and some Chardonnay grow here. Roots…
Didier Chaffardon (Anjou, Loire)
“sans poesie, il n’y a pas de vie. les gents sont les creatures d’habitude. moi je suis entre les esperances…
Patrick Corbineau (Bourgeuil, Loire)
Blanc ’99: shiitake, melon, salt, resin Rosé: cab franc Blanc de Chenin ’07 Rosé: Grolleau, yeast, copper, umami, mineral, milk…
L’Ostal (Puy-Leveque, Cahors)
Louis & Charlotte Pérot Experimenting with everything from grape varieties, assemblages, maceration times and labels/cuveés (changing every year) New vineyard…
La Ferme du Vert (Duras, Gaillac)
Jerome Galaup local dialect: Occitane “ecouter les vieux, mais pas trop…” (referring to them throwing 5 kilos of copper in…
Le Petit Domaine de Gimios (Saint Jean de Minervois)
Anne Marie et Pierre Lavaysse (minervois, but Vin de Pays) Cuvee d’amie 2016: “rouge fruit”, aroma, huile de lavande, herbes,…
Jeff Coutelou (Puimisson, Languedoc)
“first year, the wine makes the barrique, the next years the barrique makes the wine” for Jeff it’s easy to…
Axel Prufer (Berardieux, Languedoc)
Les Temps Des Cerises entre Severene et Montaigne Noir it was a very rainy day so we could only drive…
Cyril Fhal (Cotes Catalanes)
macabeau ’15: citron vert, zest, egissé. hard pressing due to grape firmness. malo, mais belle acidité. +carignan blanc (rare) 1…
Alain Castex (Llauro, Roussillon)
Toulousien => Corbieres => Banyuls Amphora White (experimental) : Macabeau, Grenache Blanc, Vermentino. Fermented & aged in amphora, pressurized…
Clos Fantine (Faugeres, Languedeoc)
When you’re dealing with nature, you have to accept loss. -Corine Fantine