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France has talent. With this great web site, bilingual and world, carried out by Patrick Dussert-Gerber, an author very influential and famous in the whole world.
Name by name, selection of the best owners of France for the typicity of the wines, their quality-price-pleasure ratio, the expression of their soil and their passion of vine growers.
A attractive presentation of their property, quality of the years, their prices... and especially the possibility of coming directly into contact with them.
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HALL OF FAME
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 In 1848, Jacques Bussier founded the estate of Mazeris-Bellevue by reuniting
the different parts of the former Mazeris estate, reputed since time
immemorial for its delicate wines. It became a model estate on which all
the progress made in vine-growing and wine-making techniques were applied
and, in 1889, it won the Grand Gold Medal of the Ministry of Agriculture
in a competition between the best-run estates in the area of Libourne. The
present owner, Jacques Bussier (the 4th generation to have the same
forename) manages the 11 hectares of vines with passion. He carries on the
family tradition whilst adopting modern vine-growing techniques (weed
destruction by burning, providing natural fertiliser by planting grass
between the rows).
Harvesting is done by hand and the vinification process is carried out in
the ancient, traditional way in sealed cement vats. The vatting is long (4
weeks). The wines are then matured in underground, cement vats and in old
oak barrels. The wine of Château Mazeris-Bellevue is colourful, fleshy and
lively. The wine can be aged over very long periods. All the wine produced
is bottled at the Château.
If you visit the estate, you can enjoy one of the most beautiful panoramic
views of the delightful banks of the Dordogne and then taste an old
vintage wine.
Taste the remarkable wine, which has a ruby colour, is perfectly matured and
well balanced with firm tannins and a nose with dominant notes of ripe
fruit and underwood. Good for laying down. |
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 The Domaine d' Ambinos comes from the root of the Greek word: Ambelos, the vine which produces and Inos, Gold wine. Property of Henri Ribière who was mayor of Beaulieu of 1950 to 1965. Then my Father, Chéné Pierre made on the property in 1945, takes the continuation in 1966. Jean-Pierre his son settles in November 1972, and directs the estate only since 1981. Finally Jean-François on part of the estate of his father, created the Coulée d’Ambrosée and chooses the culture and the biological wine making. The great vintages of botrytized swett wine with the winegrowing are: 1989,1990,1995,1996,1997,1998,2003 and 2005. Each one with a character which is it his and which reflect the climate, for example the 1989 year very, very dry which did not make it possible the botrytis cinéréa to develop and concentrated by passerillage. The Domaine d’Ambinos forged its reputation by marketing the old vintages oldest being the 1961. The 1969 and 1971 astonish by their robe coppers quite vivid and by an acidity characteristic of Chenin. |
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 Family winegrowing of 25 ha since 5 generations, Marie-Geneviève Boudal-Benezech perpetuates the tradition and the destiny of the Winegrowing since 1995. Quality orders the control of our vines, our estate is qualified under l' Agriculture raisonnée. The wines are very typified “Faugères”: a great richness aromatic, much of structure, large smoothnesses of tannins. Our goal is to transmit to the consumer the typicity of this appellation, by working out wines resulting from assembly and in constant research from balance between the powerfull and the smoothness. In fact, as in a work of art, we try to transmit through our products, the love and the passion which we have for our area, our vines and our wine. The Winegrowing proposes this Faugères rouge 2004 to you, coming from grapes (manual grape harvest) resulting from an estate qualified with the title from reasoned agriculture and following the step Terra Vitis, of beautiful garnet-red color, still young, with the morello cherry and blackcurrant, undergrowth nose, associating smoothness and structure, with at the same time rich and tasty tannins. The Faugères cuvée Charlotte 2004, resulting from the four type of vines Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre, is powerful and tasty, with the nose characteristic of ripe fruits and scrub, color vivid, robust, rich and molten at the same time, of guard. Beautiful Faugères Prestige 2003 (50% Syrah, 40% Carignan and 10% Mourvèdre, on the slopes of the Serre, arid slope on the heights of the southern full exposed village vis-a-vis the sea), maturing in oak barrel, a wine with tannins present and tasty at the same time, of beautiful robe vivid, very scented (humus, liquorice), of a beautiful fullness in mouth, very good evolution. The cuvée Marie Laurencie 2001 (40% Syrah, 40% Grenache, 10% Carignan and 10% Mourvèdre, vintage grain by grain, maturing 10 months out of barrels with 1/3 of new barrels) is a beautiful concentrated and rich wine, of intense garnet-red color, with the aromas of strawberry of wood and spices, of powerful and elegant mouth. Beautiful Faugères 2004, rich person and fleshy, of intense, fruity color (morello cherry, blackberry), finely peppered, robust, very succeeded like the Faugères rosé 2007. |
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TOP WINES IN AREAS
Click on the areas to see the list of the selected wines
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VITICULTURAL AREAS GUIDE
For any knowledge on the grounds of the vineyards, the type of vines, the agreement of the wines and the dish, the characteristics of names and the wines, click on an area : |
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CLASSIFICATIONS OF BEST FRENCH WINES
Single in their kind and actualised every year, the Classifications of chairman are the reflection of a total hierarchy in such or such name, of the questioning of "famous" the Classification of the wines of the Medoc which goes back to 1855... with the other classifications of the best wines of France. |
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VINTAGE CODE
The veritable Vintage chart
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What is the difference between this and the multitude of other charts with their complex mixture of stars and grades ? Two things : the first is the rigor, the severity with which Patrick Dussert-Gerber has graded the intrinsic quality of the vintages. The second thing, the enormous “plus” in the Vintage Code, is the second grade (upper right, in Italics and in red on our plastic coated card).
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DUSSERT-GERBER GROUP
A specialized principal French journalist, Patrick Dussert-Gerber defend and promote the French wines which deserve it and posts a will to undertake and an impressive capacity of work. Its Guide, Millesimes and the shops of the Love of the Wine, in Paris and Bordeaux, are references. In 26 years, it set up a true family "group". When the character joins passion. |
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