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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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CHATEAU DES MAILLES

SAINTE-CROIX-DU-MONT

The castle belongs to the Larrieu family since 1734, it is located on a slope argilo-limestone facing the Garonne, and resting on enormous fossil oyster benches. Thus profiting from a southern exposure full, the vineyard extends on a surface from 28 hectares of which 23 are devoted to the white vines and 5 with the red vines. The Sainte-Croix-du-Mont 2005 is of beautiful golden dress, with aromas of white flowers and honey, an unctuous mouth with the sharp and dense, typified and rich finale, very scented, very persistent, which associates smoothness and aromatic richness. The 2003 are all in subtlety of aromas (cooked fruits, hawthorn), of a soft consistency, a wine to be discovered with aperitif or on a dessert, very accessible. The 2002 are a persistent wine, with the complex aromatic nuances (pink, acacia, honey…), very well-balanced, melted in mouth, of beautiful guard like this remarkable 2001, unctuous with wish, the complex and powerful nose prevailed by crystallized apricot and honey notes. Superb vintage Laurence 2005, of golden color, with the nose prevailed by the ripe fruits (pear) and the dry small fruits, slightly with the honey taste, all in sweetness and smoothness, of beautiful guard. For the pleasure, this superb vintage Laurence 98, with the rich nose prevailed by macerated fruit notes, which starts to be tasted perfectly.

DOMAINE DES TROTTIERES

ANJOU

The Domaine des Trottières created with the whole beginning of last century, exploits 102 ha of vines in AOC, including 16 ha of a recent acquisition: the Domaine du Regain. Property of the Lamotte family since 1985, the vineyard is the subject of a repairing, with a development of the type of vines Cabernet and Chenin. A functional wine storehouse was built in 1990. The winegrowing produces 9 appellations: Anjou rouge, Anjou-Villages, Rosé de Loire, Rosé d' Anjou, Cabernet d' Anjou, Coteaux-du-Layon, Bonnezeaux, Anjou blanc, Crémant de Loire. Remarkable Anjou-Villages 2009, typified well, with the cinnamon and raspberry aromas ripe, rich and attractive, with melted tannins, at the same time intense and supple. The Anjou-Village Expression 2010 associates aromatic concentration, smoothness of tannins and powerfull in mouth, a full and fleshy wine, with ripe fruit aromas, slightly spiced as it is needed. Cabernet-d’Anjou 2010 is a true greediness, tenderly fruity, of robe peony, with the aromas of fresh red small fruits. Nice Anjou Expression blanc 2009, a vintage well-balanced, harmonious, all in smoothness of aromas, a scented and round wine, with the delicate nose, of nice mouth, with the pear and fresh nut accents. You also give pleasure with Rosé d’Anjou 2010, very successful like Anjou rouge 2009, traditional, very well-balanced, all in mouth, very quite robust, round but quite fullbodied also, and Cabernet-d’Anjou 2010, a light wine, very pleasant.

CHATEAU LESTAGE DARQUIER

MOULIS

This family estate was founded in 1868. In the past, it was somewhat larger and included land in both Listrac and Arcin. When Brigitte and François Bernard took it over in 1982, its production was limited to just a few bottles. Having replanted a large part of the vineyard, they are now turning all their efforts to the winery, to both the wine-making and maturing processes. The 8-hectare vineyard lies on a gravelly hilltop to the west of Grand Poujeau and benefits from soils of the very highest quality. The wine is remarkably full-bodied, rounded in the mouth with a lot of substance and aromas of over-ripe fruit, spices and leather. The wine is fleshy and well structured with tannins which are both rich and flavoursome. It is good for laying down and offers excellent value for money.

DOMAINE COMTE PERALDI

VIN DE CORSE

Beautiful winegrowing of 50 ha vines, broods on the slopes of Mezzavia, floret of the insular vine growing. This old winegrowing (the first vines were planted there in XVIème century) was completely restructured in 1965 by Comte de Poix-Peraldi. It is currently the most important vineyard of the controlled appellation “Ajaccio”. The winegrowing proposes to you this remarkable Ajaccio Comte Peraldi red 2005, of robe crimson, supple and robust at the same time, with the complex nose (ripe blackcurrant, scrub, pepper), slightly spiced in mouth as it should be, of very good evolution. Beautiful vintage Clos du Cardinal red 2003, resulting from Sciacarello, matured out of barrels, with the nose of humus and spices, associating wealth and smoothness of mouth, fleshy and very full, of very good evolution, to taste on a stew. Excellent Comte Peraldi rosy 2006, with notes of rose and blackberry, delicious and slightly spiced wine, of persistent mouth, ideal on spiced food, of complex mouth like this white 2005, with the mineral nose where the citrus fruits and the dry small fruits, full and having a nice bouquet prevail, of spiced and dense mouth. The white 2007, finely having a nice bouquet, are of mouth fresh and tender, with the subtle nose (white flowers, almond, apple), all in roundness and persistence, with a very pleasant note of freshness to the palate, is combined perfectly with a bar with fennel.

H. DARTIGALONGUE ET FILS

ARMAGNAC

It is in 1838 pennies Louis Philippe, that Pascal DARTIGALONGUE originating in Saint Lannes close to Madiran settled in Nogaro in the Gers and founded its House of trade of Armagnac which is still ours. In 1969, Pierre Dartigalongue installed its distilling with Salles d ' Armagnac. Since, five generations followed one another to ensure and perennialize “the oldest house of the Armagnac”. Producer, distiller and stockbreeder, installed in the area of best believed of this brandy seven times centenary, Dartigalongue is specialized in the very old Bas Armagnacs, products selected and matured according to the ancestral tradition. It offers this single Eau de Vie, declined in credits or vintages, in luxurious and personalized presentations. The house holds in its old original wine storehouses a very important range of old Armagnacs Millésimés, growing old and improving in barrels in oak of the country under the permanent control of the Master of wine storehouse which supervises the evolution and carries out of it various handling of transfer and ventilation. In addition, following meticulous research and tastings, certain vintages are assembled in order to create “special vintages” giving rise to traditional assemblies such V.S.O.P., OUT OF OLD, or to “15 YEARS of OLD”,” 25 YEARS”…, thus to celebrate the 170ème birthday of the creation of the house an exceptional assembly of 70% of 1974 and 30% of 1976, was carried out under the denomination Cuvée Louis-Philippe 42%,70 Cl. (Carafe) (king of the French in 1838). Remarkable Bas-Armagnac cuvée Louis-Philippe (70% of 1974 and 30% of 1976), with the nuances of rancio and spices, very floral, at the same time dry and suave, very persistent with the palate. Also discover this 25 years Bas-Armagnac, assembly of several Armagnac of which young person is at least 25 years old, elegant, with these cocoa and dry fig connotations, slightly fume, of a great consistency in mouth, very scented (nut, prune), of a long final.