Mike

A blend of 50% Syrah and 50% Grenache, the 2005 Cotes du Rhone is full-bodied, with a deep ruby color and notes of red fruits, with some pepper. A lovely wine to drink over the next 3-4 years.

The Brut Grand Cuvee is beautiful. Pear, apple, and spicy aromas as well as flavors, loads of effervescence, and fine body and depth.

Nice winery

Nice with lamb or beef.

This 2005 is made of Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. It offers a nice balance between fruit and oak on the nose, sandy tannins and a reasonable length. Nice.

This Rieussec has a dense, quite oaky nose at the moment with good fruit concentration underneath. Honey, apple-blossom and peach. The palate is very well balanced with a lot of botrytis. One of the few really unctuous, weighty 2007 Sauternes with great length and persistency. Honey and citrus lemon on the finish. Very focused although perhaps it lacks the "soul" of some other 2007's here. Drink 2010-2025. Tasted April 2008.

After an exceptionally mild winter and a hot and dry April, the cold and rainy conditions in the following four months left their mark not only in the memories but on the morale of wine makers.


Throughout the country, the humidity encouraged mildew of an incomparable intensity. In our commitment to a different kind of viticulture, both demanding and ambitious, we were probably more prone to attacks than others. Binding our fate to that of our vines, where sap and blood are but one, we were wounded in our flesh. Yet from this painful experience, we have also gained a greater knowledge of our terroir.

Without losing faith, we needed to react quickly and did so, by bringing in extra teams to discard the affected fruits. It was a long and meticulous task.


During the summer holidays, we repeated this process by again re-employing new teams to remove undeveloped bunches or portions of bunches, due to the long flowering period.

Towards the beginning of September, the atmosphere gradually improved as a hot sun settled for nearly the whole month, warming our bodies and also our hearts.


The vineyard, in particularly good health, gave us thick skins and led us to hope for a complete maturation. Optimism returned.

From the first grape tastings, the Cabernet Sauvignon seemed to already show a beautiful potential in quality, higher than the Merlot; which was a good omen as this grape variety carries within, the soul of the great Pauillac wines.


Keeping a cool head we pushed back the harvest date, to begin picking slowly on October the 1st in order to collect each plot of our vineyard at full maturity. We finished on October the 13th.
Never had there ever been such an important amplitude in the harvest dates from one property to another. However we believe that we made the right decisions, taking into account the vineyard’s state of health which remained perfect until the end of the harvest, allowing the grapes skins to become riper with each day.

In the vat rooms, during the pumping-overs, the aromas released were so intense and complex that every day, it reminded me how passion is really the driving force behind out work.


The tannins seem to have this smoothness which now defines Pontet-Canet’s last vintages, whilst keeping the volume in the mouth and the structure specific to this magnificent property.


We await you from the beginning of April to taste the result of all our efforts.


Alfred Tesseron

I'll try to visit this one.

Admirable concentration, moderate tannin. Nice.

They say : 'The 2004 Portal Roble is composed of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, Merlot, Tempranillo, and Syrah aged for 6 months in French, American, and Hungarian oak before being bottled unfiltered. It is purple-colored, with an impressive array of aromas including vanilla, spice box, pepper, cassis, black cherry, and blackberry.' What do you think ???

Beautiful ! Very intense, concentrated nose. More prominent sweet cherry aromatics, with a raspberrt, summer-pudding brightness. There is still a layer of sweet oak, and a minerality at the core of this. Superb richness and concentration on the palate: really positive, forward, richly-concentrated fruit that fills the mouth and is long, and pure. Good balance and already seems well-integrated. Very fine.

Les mercredis, vous pouvez venir avec votre vin sans payer de droit de bouchon.

Le Producteur est Vincent GIRAULT qui a repris le même métier que son père dans l’appellation Touraine-Mesland. Le domaine compte 30 hectares de vigne d’un âge moyen de 20 ans. Les tarifs très raisonnables pour de vins bio en font une adresse très intéressante. Une petite visite vaut la peine mais il est préférable de prendre rendez-vous. Essayer d'y aller en fin de matinée ou fin d'après-midi (= meilleurs moments pour la dégustation).

Voilà de quoi surprendre les invités, mais ils seront ravis, je vous l'assure !

Ca y est ! Le nouveau catalogue est là ! Du 1er au 18 mars 2007, il y a moyen d'obtenir 5% de réduction sur votre première réservation ou 10% de réduction sur une réservation de minimum 48 bouteilles. Un autre avantage durant cette période : pas de frais de réamballage si on réserve un nombre de bouteilles différent du conditionnement d'origine. Et pour couronner le tout : dégustation d'une vingtaine de vins le vendredi 16 mars !

Prêt à boire et proposé au prix avantageux de 4.59 EUR par le Cora durant la foire de mars. Pas mal pour accompagner les poissons.

Patience et ce sera vraiment bien.

Pour ceux qui ne me croiraient pas, même R. Parker dit qu'il est bon, vous voyez ;-)

Vin complexe et élégant qu'il sera bon de laisser 4-5 ans en cave pour en profiter au maximum de ses possibilités.

Une fois de plus un super rapport qualité/prix. Jamais déçu.