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Les Vins du Siècle est un grand site fédérateur, bilingue et mondial. Dans toute la France, « triés sur le volet », les meilleurs producteurs (la très grande majorité ayant l’exclusivité de leur appellation) sont retenus pour la typicité des vins, leur rapport qualité-prix-plaisir, l'expression de leur terroir et leur passion de vignerons.

Pas de vins à la mode, surcôtés ou de "jus de bois" dans Les Vins du Siècle. La typicité d’un vin, ce n’est rien d’autre que l’association d’un sol, d’un micro-climat, d’une plante et d’un homme. On ne peut aimer un vin qu’en appréciant celui qui le fait. Derrière une étiquette, il y a un viticulteur (ou une viticultrice) et c’est fondamental de ne pas les dissocier. Bien sûr, les sols ont une influence considérable et, dans chaque territoire, dans chaque commune, le vigneron fait la différence avec son voisin.

Il ne s’agit donc pas seulement de faire du bon vin, ce que tout le monde peut faire, mais surtout d’élever de vrais vins racés, reconnaissables entre mille, qui sentent ce “fumé” bourguignon, déploient ce “velours” libournais, ces senteurs alsaciennes, cette “chair” en Médoc ou à Châteauneuf, cette “minéralité” à Pouilly ou à Meursault, cette fraîcheur en Champagne comme dans nos grands liquoreux.

HALL OF FAME

BESTHEIM

GEWURZTRAMINER

It is in 1765, in Westhalten, small village of Haut-Rhin blotti in the middle of Vallée Noble, which is born Maison Heim. Always carried by the love of the trade and the soil, the successors of Alfred Heim put themselves in search of new grounds and were installed on the slopes of Bennwihr. Heim thus became Bestheim, associating in the name of origin the contraction of the names of the villages where the company vinifies and matures its various vintages. Bestheim exploits today a splendid mosaic of soils. It became unavoidable within the Alsatian vineyard. Bestheim is a company particularly committed in the safeguarding of the environment and is invested with the daily newspaper in this step at the same time in the vineyard as within the company (reasoned fight, recycling, valorization of waste…). Bestheim produces all the range of the wines of Alsace going from Crémants to seven Alsaciens type of vines. One finds in the range not less than 6 places known as (of which Klevener de Heiligenstein) and 6 Grand crus (Rosacker, Wiebelsberg, Mambourg, Marckrain, Vorbourg and Zinnkoepflé).

DOMAINE GERARD TREMBLAY

CHABLIS

A remarkable owner who manages, with his wife Hélène, and his son Vincent, a beautiful vineyard built up patiently over the years and which now covers 37 hectares, including about 10 in Premiers Crus aand others in Chablis, Petit Chablis and Grand Cru, including a fantastic Valmur, one of the greats in Chablis. Gérard Tremblay is meticulous, hard-working and devoted to quality. This tenacious chap makes his wines using all the modern techniques in the name furthering traditional know-how. His strength is that he takes just as much care with the maturing of his Grands Crus as of his Chablis. In blind tasting, many would get quite a surprise at the quality of these wines. The Petit Chablis is rounded and flowery with very expressive primary aromas, whereas the Chablis is more fleshy, full-bodied and long with very strong character. Chablis 1er Cru "Beauroy" has great finesse and good harmony, the Chablis 1er Cru "Côte de Léchet" has a complex nose in which dried fruits dominate. Fresh, very rich aromas in the mouth. The 1er Cru "Montmain" has a fine, complex nose, very long in the mouth. The Chablis 1er Cru "Fourchaume" is the must of the winery - the nose and mouth are charmed by all those aromas of honey and white flowers, as well as the great length in the mouth. The Chablis Cru "Valmur", often splendid, has a very typical nose with a blend of power and distinction. In the mouth, it is fleshy and suave with gentle aromas of honey and good length.

DOMAINE PIERRE GELIN

FIXIN

The GELIN winegrowing is a family property of a dozen hectares on the communes of Fixin and Gevrey-Chambertin. The property created in 1925 by Pierre Gelin is now exploited by Pierre-Emmanuel son who integrated the company in September 2000. Types of wines: Bourgogne Passetoutgrain, Bourgogne aligoté, Bourgogne red, Fixin 1ers crus Les Hervelets, Les Arvelets and the Clos Napoléon (Monopole), Gevrey Chambertin “Clos de Meixvelles” (monopole), Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru Clos Prieur et Chambertin Clos de Bèze. The methods of culture are traditional, the limited outputs and the manual grape harvest. After a maturing out of barrels of 22/24 month old oak, the wines are bottled at the property. One is obviously at the top with this Fixin Premier Cru Clos Napoleon 2009, 50 year old vines, manual grape harvest, matured 22 month out of barrels of oak, very full, of robe crimson, which associates structure and distinction, to the characteristic nose where are guessed the ripe fruits, the humus and the spices (grooves, pepper), all stops some, fleshy, of beautiful evolution. The 2008 are of a great complexity, with the characteristic nose prevailed by the cooked fruits and liquorice, of powerful structure, with these tannins quite present, of rich mouth (morello cherry, humus, spices). Superb 2007, an intense wine with the nose, which associates structure and distinction, with these notes of smoked quite specific, one of best tasted this year. Tasty 2006, garnet-red robe and reflections crimsons. Nose complexes where mix with the notes of soft spices (vanilla and grooves) and of stone-fruits, beautiful fresh attack stops some, tannins is unctuous, molten and delicately underlines the powerful and persistent kirsch aromas. Beautiful minerality continuing on vanilla finally. The 2005, are a great wine where intermingle with the notes of red small fruits with core quite ripe, of pepper and liquorice, of cordial and powerful mouth, a wine obviously still very young. Fixin 2009, scented, with the typical undergrowth and blackberry connotations, is of beautiful structure, a wine which fills up the mouth well. There are also this attractive and rare white Fixin, an elegant and suave wine, very traditional, of intense robe, rich with the nose as in mouth, all in aromatic nuances (lime, hazel nut).

CHAMPAGNE ETIENNE OUDART

BRUGNY

A village a few kilometres from Épernay, cradle of the Oudart house since 1958. The passion of the soil engaged for a long time already, this family to preserve her vineyard by privileging the maintenance of a biodiversity, the choice of products and techniques natural. This step of “reasoned” vine growing is a true frame of mind. Member of the network Magister, the estate is committed in a durable and effective wine step: total suppression of the use of insecticide since 10 years, quite simply by maintaining balance between certain parasites being made competition and destroying themselves. The search for quality led this estate to work its wine makings in a small family co-operative, profiting from a modern and powerful production equipment, supporting the compartmental one and thus the soil. The love of champagne, perpetuated of father as son, makes it possible today to propose a range of mature champagnes, with the atypical aromas revealed by the play of the assemblies type of vines/soil. The whole explains this brut Champagne Référence, with equal shares of Pinot noir and Chardonnay (40% each one), and 20% of Pinot Meunier, outstanding commendation award to the competition of Citadelles of the wine 2011, with delicate and light foam, with prevailing of fruits ripe, very fruity, very well-balanced, harmonious stop some, very persistent, also ideal with table. Chardonnay brut Millésimé, pure Chardonnay, resulting exclusively from harvest 2004, medal of money to the competition of Chardonnay of Monde 2010, of beautiful pale, very out of fruits, very round robe but in mouth, all of structure and perfumes, with the subtle nose, full and charmer. I as liked this Extra brut, assembly 40% Pinot noir, 20% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Meunier with an extra dry proportioning to 5 G, a distinguished vintage, mixing fullness and freshness, all in smoothness, with the nose of dried fruits and lily.

CHATEAU DU MASSON

BORDEAUX

The Gassies-Gautey vineyards are family work several generations of wine growers, producers of marvellous Bordeaux and pioneers among so much of others of this soil of l 'Entre-Deux-Mers whose world reputation is universally recognized. Situated to 8 kilometers of Saint-Emilion, the vineyard spreads out on the left bank of the Dordogne, distributed in zone of argilo-calcareous hillsides, trays of the same nature and adjoining in river, of a plain on the siliceous ground with in bottom, the veins of grave of the Dordogne which go on in the basement. Thanks to these various countries, provided with a pleiad of mineral, generative salts of delicate aromas, the Château du Masson, nectar of legendary sharpness, is Bordeaux vinifed old-fashioned which requires a lot of surveillance to make the first bottled. Excellent red Bordeaux Château du Masson 2012, fleshy, in the scents of undergrowth and currant, rich and persistent in mouth, fat, in the mature and delicious tannins. Also discover this very beautiful Bordeaux rouge Cuvée Passion 2011 (silver medallist in the Competitions International of the wines of Lyon 2016 and in the International Challenge of the wine 2016), 65 % Merlot, 35 % Cabernet-Sauvignon, of beautiful purple robe, a generous, dense wine, in dominant of small black fruits and musk, which marries elegantly a tannic sharpness to a persistent curvature, wine for ageing. As for L’Or Rouge, it is Bordeaux Supérieur 2011, that results from an assembly of Merlot 50 %, Cabernet Frank 35 % and Malbec 15 %. He possesses a beautiful robe ruby, a nose of fresh fruit and spiced, with a supple attack in mouth, beautiful red berries and good tannins salivants. Stemming from the same vineyard, Bordeaux Rosé 2015 «Cuvée Fleur du Mayne» fresh and fruity is incomparable on raw vegetables, delicatessen and for certain customers, on seafoods. Others taste him in apéritif or use it to make cocktails. Do not hesitate to come to visit our site for more information.