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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.

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CHAMPAGNE PIERRE MIGNON

LE BREUIL

Pierre and Yveline Mignon direct the family winegrowing and their two children take part in the development: Celine, in charge with the commercial relations and export, Jean-Charles, person in charge of the vineyard and the wines. The typicity and the diversity of the soils make it possible to work out Great champagnes of Caractère. The vineyard of 14 hectares is distributed in all Champagne: Valley of the Marne, Côte des Blancs and area of Epernay. The planted grape varieties with majority of Pinot meunier (60%) are supplemented by Chardonnay present on 30% of the pieces and the Pinot black which covers 10% of the estate. This harmonious distribution enables us to work out Champagnes of Exception. The experience, gained generations in generations, is one of the important components which contribute to famous of our Maison. Thanks to its dynamism since the years 1970, the houseof Champagne Pierre Mignon developed considerably to reach 390.000 bottles today. We also knew to make known to us and to appreciate on the best tables of France and abroad. We invite you to discover the range of our Cuvées Classiques like our Cuvées Originales. Remarkable Champagne cuvée de Madame Millésimée 2005, intense, which combines structure and distinction, fruity with the nose as in mouth, of nice golden robe, scented, very harmonious in mouth, with the complex nuances (apricot, toast, musk). The cuvée Cœur d’Or, presented in a very beautiful red bottle metallized with strasses incorporated in the stopper, is in the line, all in aromas, associating elegance and structure, expenses and persistent, harmonious stop some, complex and fruity, of a very nice final, with dry apricot and hazel nut connotations. Their brut Prestige rosé de Saignée is all in charm, with its fresh fruit notes (cherry), of delicate foam, mixing savor and distinction, of a nice aromatic complexity and a very beautiful persistence. The cuvée Grande Réserve brut (80% Pinot meunier, 10% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot noir), where prevail of the yellow fruit and toast notes, is a wine dense with the palate, with nut notes, generous and harmonious, of creamy foam, of a beautiful complexity, all into fruity and smoothness. The cuvée Pure (zero proportioning) is particularly charming, releasing a great freshness in mouth, with scents of lily and apple, a success, perfect with aperitif or of the Saint-Jacques. You still give pleasure with the Champagne Harmonie de Blancs Millésime 2004 of beautiful aromatic complexity where nuances of lemon grass, brioche and apricot are detected, of very structured mouth, all in elegance.

DOMAINE DE TOASC

BELLET

A property of 15 ha, including 8 ha of vines and 2 ha olive-trees. Here, the wind of ground, sea and the tramontana maintain the medical condition of the vines. On the slopes where the uneven one reaches 180 m, work is often practiced manually and put rhythm into by one prunes short, a stripping and green grape harvest limiting the yield to 35 hl/ha. The grounds resulting from the alluvia of Var to tertiary are made up by the “poudinfue”, clay agglomerate, sand and rolled rollers, rich in biogenic salts. Since 2012, wines of the Domain are approved Ecocert in biological culture. Superb Bellet red 2015.70% Folle noire and 40% Grenache, high 15 months out of barrels, very typified of course by its original type of vines, wine of a full and rich mouth, of beautiful color garnet-red, with the nose of crystallized cherry and humus, perfect on a guinea fowl with the paste of olives, mashed potatoes of chick-peas or rolled of nice of pig to the basil. Very beautiful white Bellet cuvée du Père 2016, pure Rolle, vinified out of barrels with this key of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits (pear, mango) and of heather. Bellet white 2017, very majority Rolle with a suspicion of Chardonnay (5%), where intermingle with the almond notes, of ripe fruits and of heather, harmonious mouth, is a suave and dry wine at the same time. As for rosé Bellet 2017, of slightly salmon color, with the subtle connotations of small flowers and quince, with this characteristic spice point, it is quite suave finally, and asks a kitchen refined like tagliatelle the basil and pinions or an ox carpaccio.

DOMAINE DE L'AMAUVE

COTES-DU-RHONE-VILLAGE SEGURET

A family estate of 10 ha. The family has been present on Séguret since the French revolution and cultivates the vine for this time. Christian Vœux, oenologist, is a man grown in the vineyard who has been the winemaker of Château Mont-Redon during 25 years. He becomes in charge of this vineyard in 2006 and he create the Domaine de l’Amauve, at the retirement of his parents. Today, the Domaine de l’Amauve is producing One White wine and 4 cuvées in red.. All here is done in harmony with nature and in the respect of the environment. The culture of the vine is traditional there with work of the ground and limitation of the treatments according to the rules of reasoned agriculture. The limitation of the yield is natural in the old vines, however, in order to ensure a better regularity, the vineyard has wild grass growing one row every two. In the young vines, the wild grass does not have a sufficient effect, also, the green harvest is practiced like method of selection of the bunches and control of the yield. You will like this CDR-Village Séguret Réserve 2015, with prevailing of Grenache (80%), supplemented by Syrah, maturing 12 months in oak barrels and tanks, powerful, of a nice aromatic fullness, slightly spiced, combining suppleness and structure, a very successful, perfect wine on a chicken with spices or macaronis with the chanterelles. The 2009, with tannins quite molten but very present, complex, fleshy and scented in mouth, continue its evolution. The CDR-Villages Laurances rouge 2016 is of color cherry steady, with the powerful undergrowth and cooked fruit aromas, with tannins firm and melted at the same time. All in delicacy, CDR-Villages La Daurèle blanc 2016, rich in bouquet (citrus fruits, hawthorn, almond…), all is a wine stops of them, all of structure and perfumes, molten and persistent, to uncork on rolls of salmon to the seafood. Taste the IGP de Vaucluse rouge 2016, Grenache and Syrah, where the prune and pepper intermingle, of structure harmonious, dense in mouth, quite robust, a wine of garnet-red color intense.

SCEV CHAMPAGNE MICHEL ARNOULD ET FILS

VERZENAY

The origins vigneronnes of the Arnould family go up at the end of last century. At the time, the Lefevre grandfathers exploit vines located on the soil Great wine of Verzenay, the grapes being sold at the large Country cottages. The first bottles were marketed in the Thirties. With beginning of the year 60, the little girl of the family Lefevre get maried with Michel Arnould and create together their own brand “Michel Arnould”. In 1972, they begin export in England. Today, their son Patrick and their son-in-law develops the mark in a large number of countries. The vineyard of 12 ha is led in reasoned fight, in the respect of the environment. Maison proposes to you this superb Champagne Grand Cru millésime 2010, where the ripe fruits and the small dried fruits dominate, all in aromatic persistence, of fine foam, an intense vintage, of beautiful yellow color scented with amber, with the ripe apple and hazel nut notes in mouth. The cuvée Mémoire de Vignes Grand Cru 2011 does not have anything to envy to him, mixing richness aromatic and persistence in mouth, complete, with connotations of flowers and toast, fine and fruity foam, a beautiful width to the palate, to lead to a fish pâté or a lemon-flavoured trout in curlpaper. The Tradition Grand Cru Blanc de noirs, is particularly typified, of fine and persistent foam, of a beautiful complexity in mouth, all into fruity and smoothness, Champagne proportioned very well, full, which feels good the toast, apricot and the fresh flowers. The B 50 Grand cru Millésime 2007, delicate but rich, with hazel nut and pear scents, combines smoothness and fruity, with this balanced nervousness, of good mouth, with the notes of lime and quince finally. The cuvée Extra Brut Grand Cru, a pure only one year black Pinot with wine 20% of reserve, not of liquor of discharging, is all in aromatic persistence (almond, fishing, lemon, Narcisse…), Champagne all in nervousness, very balanced, harmonious in mouth, distinguished, all in subtlety, of gilded color. One continues with this brut Réserve Grand Cru, assembly with equal shares of black Pinot and of Chardonnay, which has a ripe apple nose and a suave mouth, powerful and complex, where enters itself mix with the palate the fruits, the heather and the flowers fresh, brut Carte d' Or, of fine and persistent bubbles, beautiful color, of good structure, dense and is scented, with the floral notes (lily, broom) subtle, of a very pretty final, and the brut rosé Grand Cru, which has a nose where the rose and the quince dominate, subtle, of a great persistence with nuances of raspberry.

DOMAINE DU CLOS DU FIEF

JULIENAS

From father to son since four generations. The domain 17 ha all in all extends over 7 ha of Juliénas, 1 ha of Saint-Amour and 5 ha of Beaujolais-Villages, the whole resulting from the black vine Gamay with white juice. The exploitation contains 1 ha of white Beaujolais-Villages stemming from some Chardonnay on the municipality of Saint-Verand in Saône-et-Loire with in parallel the development of the Cremant de Bourgogne. 1,5ha in more in Chénas and 1,5ha in more in Moulin-à-Vent with Sylvain's arrival. Different wine making according to vineyards and naming. Traditional, semi-carbonic for Juliénas, hat immersed for the Saint-Amour. Francis Tête, cooper, manager of cellar, created the exploitation to transmit on her then to his son Raymond, pioneer of the direct sale in bottles in the property. Since 1980, Michel and Françoise developed the company and established, in 1988, the Closed of the Fief. Today on the domain, two generations mix. In 2015, Sylvain joins the domain after a training in vine growing and oenology with numerous training courses in various wine-making exploitations(operations). Discovery of the Australian vineyard, with work experience on the domain First Creek (Hunter Valley). Fort of its experience, and of these five years of wine making in the side of his father, creation of the company Michel and Sylvain Tête in 2015. It is a new breath in the management of the domain, to adapt itself to this wine-making world in change, but while respecting the tradition and the soil. They can be proud of their Juliénas cuvée Prestige 2016, argilo-siliceous ground, a wine allying flexibility and aromatic intensity, very harmonious and very well-balanced, everything in aromas and delicacy in finale, possessing a real potential of evolution, very typified. The Juliénas Tête de Cuvée 2015, when dominate cooked fruits and violet, everything structures it, mixes delicacy and carpenters, of powerful mouth, wine for ageing as gives evidence of the 2012, in the notes of ripe fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry) and of liquorice, of powerful mouth, an enriched and very delicious wine. Excellent Juliénas 2016, of full and rich mouth, in the complex nuances of fruits of the forest and stone fruits, spiced, is powerful and delicious. The Saint-Amour Capitans on 2017, allying flexibility and structure, in the nuances of black fruits and spices, is charming and very classic, when the Saint-Amour The Exception 2015, colored and perfumed (blackberry, Morello cherry and violet), powerful in the nose as in mouth. Enjoy white Beaujolais-Villages Fleur de Chardonnay 2017, classic and perfumed, the characteristic nose of fresh pear, lime tree and of almond, which allies curvature and nervousness, to result as well in the apéritif as in a bouquet of scampis, Beaujolais-Villages rosé 2016, everything in fruity, and Beaujolais-Villages 2017, perfumed (fresh fruit, humus), which develops scale and curvature.