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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 BERNARD LONCLAS

BASSUET

Located in the middle of the typical village of Bassuet, surrounded by the slopes where the invaluable ground is favourable with the culture of Chardonnay, Maison Lonclas was founded in 1976 by Bernard Lonclas. This owner impassioned by the ground and the wine, is assisted today by his Aurélie daughter. One combines here learnedly traditional know-how with current technologies: rigorous selection of the grapes during the grape harvest, material of before guard as well for pressing as within the stainless fermenting room thermobabbited. That gives this brut Champagne Vintage 2006, old vines, majority Chardonnay (80%), supplemented by Pinot meunier, scented, with the aromas of hazel nut and nectarine, with the subtle and persistent nose, very fresh, of nice foam. The vintage Prestige Extra-dry, grapes resulting from a compartmental selection of vines best exposed to weak yields, assembly for 2/3 of Chardonnay and 1/3 Pinot meunier, with this point of freshness and fruity characteristic, very persistent stops, is ideal on a smoked salmon. Excellent brut Blanc de blancs, pure Chardonnay, the tradition of the house, with the flowered bouquet, with nuances of hazel nut and honey, combining suppleness and structure, a powerful wine, all in smoothness.

CRU LAMOUROUX

JURANCON

The Cru Lamouroux was bought in 1895 by the great-grandfather of the current owner, Mme Ziemek-Chigé. This very nice vineyard is located on rather deep slopes of argilo-siliceous ground with exposed slopes south-south-west, sheltered well wind by timbered thalwegs, at an altitude of 300 Mr. Certaines vines are planted on terraces laid out in amphitheater. The planted grape varieties consist of 3,50 ha of Petit Manseng and 1,77 ha Gros Manseng, 0,51 ha of Cabernets franc and Sauvignon. The grape harvest is done by successive sorting. The grapes, for the development of the Jurançon sec, are collected with perfect maturity about on October 30th, whereas the overripe grape harvest for the Jurançon begins after November 15th until Christmas. The grape harvest of grape red begins about the 2nd week from October. The wine making is the very attentive care object (in a hurry one is done with low pressure, great control temperatures…). The wines are then matured out of tanks stainless for the dry wines or out of barrels of oak for the others. Certain vintages remain between 1 year (cuvée Amélie-Jean) and 2 years (cuvée Nathalie) in old barrels. Formidable Jurançon moelleux cuvée Amélie-Jean 2005, in tribute to their parents, pure Petit Manseng, resulting from vines without weeding, without pressing, matured during 1 year in old barrels of oak, a wine superb, with the notes of pink and small candied fruits, a wine of a very beautiful balance, rich and delicate at the same time, tasty, dense and quite velvety, prevailed stops some by nuances of brioche, of great evolution. One gives as much pleasure with this mellow Jurançon 2006, (80% Petit Manseng and 20% Gros Manseng), a suave wine, very scented, of flattering and persistent mouth, all in bouquet, mixing powerfull and really remarkable distinction. Superb Jurançon cuvée Nathalie 2004, pure Petit Manseng, with the melted mouth, a full wine, with the discrete notes of lemon and white flowers, all stops some, all in smoothness, of nice golden robe, prevailed by emanations of small candied fruits and hazel nut finally, of guard. The 2003, of a beautiful persistence and aromatic complexity with the palate, subtle with the nose as in mouth, is a wine of nice brilliant robe, very attractive with these nuances of acacia, candied fruits and white flowers. Jurançon Tradition sec is a success, of nice dyes steady, very fresh, with almond and white fruit notes, to open on a roasted lobster.

CHATEAU FAMAEY

CAHORS

Château Famaey is a family company which works in a traditional spirit, combined with a modern infrastructure. The work of the vine and the maturing of the wine, guided by a philosophy based on the respect of nature, limit to the maximum the use of chemical additives to obtain the most natural possible wine. The setting out of bottle with the castle, in the respect of the soil, guarantees the authenticity of these single wines, with the excellent quality-price ratio. The soil is worked with a maximum of respect for nature in order to obtain the most natural possible product. The wine making is managed by our cellar master, Maarten Luyckx, who works in collaboration with a certified oenological laboratory. The maceration can vary according to our various vintages. The infrastructure is equipped with a thermoregulation system allowing us to control the temperature during this delicate phase. The wines thus obtained will be then directed towards our wine storehouse of storage to be, either matured in tanks envisaged for this purpose, or matured in barrels. We can store three harvests, times necessary to a good maturing for our Cahors A.O.C. certified wine. At least 40% of our Cahors wines are matured in oak barrels for a period of 12 to 24 months. The cellar has around 200 barrels of French oak selected at the best tonneliers (specialist hand-made oak barrel makers). Every year, a large part of the barrels is replaced with new ones. Cahors X, resulting from manual grape harvest, matured 24 months out of new barrels of oak with 70%, is a wine of intense color, with the spiced nuances, dense, all harmonizes some, rich with the nose with these notes of blackberry and humus, and the nuances of leather and prune in mouth. Cahors Malbec, of garnet-red color, with tannins quite present, rich in aromas, intense at the nose as in mouth, but all in roundness is concentrated.

CHEVILLON-CHEZEAUX

NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES

Here, one is vine growers since 5 generations (9 ha of vines). The work methods and of wine making remained traditional, with manual grape harvest, a long fermenting and a maturing in barrels of oak during 18 to 24 months. The Domaine Chevillon-Chezeaux produces several appellations: Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Bourgogne-Passetoutgrain, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits white and Rouge; appellations villages, Vosne Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges, and appellations Nuits-Saint-Georges Premiers Crus Champs-Perdrix, Bousselots Rouge and Saint-Georges, in particular. The type of vines are the Pinot noir and Gamay (1/3-2/3) for Bourgogne Passetoutgrain, the Pinot noir for the remainder of the red appellations; Aligoté, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc for the appellations of white. Currently, it is exploited by Philippe and Claire Chezeaux, and their wines became references. Beautiful Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Porêts 2010, of beautiful garnet-red robe, rich and structured, with the persistent nose where prevail of the notes of blackcurrant, morello cherry and spices, rich and length in mouth, powerful, tasty. Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Bousselots rouge 2010 does not have anything to envy to him and reveals a very powerful spice bouquet, of violet and truffle, a wine structured well with molten tannins. The Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Crots 2010, of garnet-red robe deep, with the nose complexes where prevail the cooked fruits, slightly spiced, slightly peppered, all stops some and very subtle. Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Aux Champs-Perdrix 2010, of color intense crimson, with rich and tasty tannins, very scented (plum, blackberry, pepper, groove…), combining powerfull and smoothness, fleshy and intensity, a bourguignon great wine. Formidable Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Saint-Georges 2010, where the velvety one is combined with the structure, the complexity of aromas (black fruits, mushrooms, pepper…) with the subtlety of a full matter, guard. Superb 2009, of beautiful intense red color, with the nose marked by aromas of blackberry and liquorice, a full wine, very persistent stop some, very full.

CHATEAU FABAS

MINERVOIS

To the North-East of Carcassonne, in the central zone of Minervois, soil “Balcons of Aude”, this medieval strengthened farm is a winegrowing of only one holding of 158 ha with 58 ha of vines including 45 planted in Minervois. It is on this winegrowing with the multiple Mediterranean scents that Roland Augustin, helped of his two sons Yann and Loïc, mature with a care meticulous person of the intense, complex and expressive wines. For better understanding the specificity of each vintage of Château Fabas, it is necessary to know of it the origins, type of vines and the type of maturing. The Winegrowing is pressed on a decoration of hillocks exposed to full midday, witness of the old relief to the very strong slopes where no culture is possible, only the pines of Alep and the Mediterranean vegetation is clutched on the red grounds of the hills. The vines are spread out over two levels over a reversed relief, the high terraces with the oldest grounds and the low terraces with the youngest grounds. The grounds are argilo-limestones, in the tops, the flint levels on the terraces, and the sandstone on the slopes. Superb Minervois Serbolles rouge 2008, vinified after one day a cold maceration, before alcoholic fermentation begins, all this care gives a structured great wine, of a great complexity of aromas (musk, leather…), with these notes of smoked and spices, with tannins powerful but delicate, harmonious, of guard. Remarkable 2007, fleshy, finely spiced, full and structured, with harmonious tannins, with this mouth of blackberry and violet, délicieusement molten and powerful at the same time. Minervois Serbolles blanc 2011 (bases of white Vermentino and Grenache), all in charm, with the green reflections with aromas of nut and citrus fruits, a wine which combines elegance and powerfull, of a great persistence, where roundness and distinction join. The 2010 are finely having a nice bouquet, complex, which associates freshness and structure, with the lemon-flavoured nose, refined, all in mouth. Minervois Le Mourral 2008, is a wine fleshy, with the nose of violet and blackberry, fleshy, with prune and pepper notes. Taste also the IGP Syrah/Petit Verdot 2011, dense, all in aromas, ideal on an hare terrine, very succeeded like Sauvignon 2011, marked by its type of vine, where freshness prevails.