Latest update : 13 March 2020.
What I especially love about this wine, is the fact that it sticks to its colours despite all fashions and trends. Being a typical “aperitif champagne”, it has an intense bouquet and full flavors. Generous or even opulent on the palate like a burlesque dancer, it appears confident and stays cool, caring very little about todays enthusiasm for slender and elongated wines.
Personally, I have nothing at all against a (good) Champagne Brut Nature, but I must admit that this “old school” (...)
Personally, I mainly drink rosé wine to relax. I rarely ask for more than to keep me happy (but maybe that’s a mistake ...). I have been drinking Pierre’s rosé for years, perhaps even for decades, because it does exactly what I’m expecting. This rosé amuses me. Sitting on a terrace under a parasol, or in the garden in the cool shade of a tree, I’m already enjoying its pale color, promising a crispy fresh taste. Peach syrup in the nose, with a zest of grapefruit and a handfull of strawberries. (...)
continueThe dark, blood-red color matches well to the intense bouquet, dominated by smoky flavours and fresh cherries. Full of power and arrogance, you should give him a large glass so that it can properly unfold its bouquet you certainly will enjoy: licorice, vanilla, freshly cooked jam, blond tobacco and cocoa.
Mineral acidity on the palate, together with pleasant roundness, slight sweetness and an explosion of spices on the tongue: star anise, cinnamon, a little pepper and fennel seed. The (...)
Two years of wood aging and 6 years of bottle ripening, have given a deep, dark garnet colour to the wine. After 72 months of resting in my dark, cold cellar, I prefer to give him some time and let it open slowly in a decanter.
First, it shows aromas of over ripe dark fruits, as well as some dried fruits and hazelnuts. The nose gives an overall impression of freshness and youth, giving an idea of the great ageing potential the wine still has. Freshness and juiciness also dominate the (...)
The small, regularly rising bubbles apparently feel very comfortable in the glass and form a fine layer of mousse on the surface. Generous and seductive in the nose, with delicious fragrances of peaches, orange peel and grapefruit. On the palate, it unfolds an amazing floral character, almond blossoms but also fresh almonds, supported by fine, lemony acidity. Despite its low dosage (5 g / L sugar), the wine shows surprisingly medium-bodied and creamy mouthfeel, which makes it an excellent (...)
continueIt’s not an excellent idea to mature champagne in your own cellar. Most sparkling wines that you hide in the basement for several years will not reward your patience at all. They will have lost their zest, bubbles and probably a large part of their taste. Bottles of Champagne mature best in the cellars of the estate and when on the market, you should drink them over the next 12 to 18 months. In fact, at the winery the wines ripen on lees, giving them an incredible ageing capacity. The (...)
continueBurgundy is widely recognized as the wine region, that made Pinot Noir to what it is today: The probably most noble grape variety in the world! Worshipping its taste and flavors has driven winemakers to spread the grape variety around the globe, and to mainly grow it in cool, Burgundy-like areas: New Zealand, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia, Oregon in the United States ...Therefore, probably not any reasonable person would get the idea planting Pinot noir in the Minervois with its (...)
continueSeven years - that’s a good moment to taste a wine, which can be stored for 10 to 15 years. Halftime. The first half of the game is up, time to make a point and to develop a strategy for the upcoming years: drink soon or continue ageing?
2009 applies as a sunny vintage, perfectly reflecting in the bouqet this blend of 90% Malbec and 5% Merlot and Tannat. Powerful and exuberant, the aroma of black cherries, mint and bay leaf seems to jump right out of the glass... Completed by hints of (...)
It’s the most modest champagne of the winery. You may call him the basic wine, the entrance to the wine range, the little brother of the great wines ... Call whatever you want, it just doesn’t care with nothing to hide. It is like that. Sincere, open and honest. He is a blanc de blancs, therefore produced exclusively from Chardonnay, a blend of two vintages (2009 and 2010), fermented in steel tanks and matured ten meters below ground in the cool chalk cellars of the winery for 36 months. A (...)
continueIn the nineties, the wine world was very different from now. While in 2015 the whole world runs after minerality, freshness and lean wines, you would rather have tried to transform the massive sound of NIRVANA into wine, to impress the audience and critics some 20 years ago: Overripe grapes, massive extraction, 12 to 24 months aging in new oak barrels ... Wine making according to the motto “more is ALWAYS better”!
Ironically, the last year of the millennium did not meet these expectations. (...)