Sardine Red Wine Flashcards
Chinon - Olga Raffault “les picasses” $79
Chinon - Olga Raffault “les picasses” $79
100% Cabernet Franc. Olga Raffault is a famous wine maker in Chinon. Makes her wine to age. They are do amazing and special. From the famouse Les Picasses vineyard.
Tasting note: light to medium bodied with the sweet yellow bell peppers vegetal notes, raspberry fruit, soft earth and lingering minerality. Very complex and soft.
Arbois, Gahier, Trousseau ‘Les Grand Vergers’. 2010 $95
This vineyard site produces Gahier’s greatest red. The vines are sixty to seventy years of age, the soil is heavily ‘marl’. The vines are on a gentle slope with superb exposure to the sun. The result is a classic Trousseau. The reds are as mineral-driven and occasionally as funky as Puffeney’s are with a freshness and length that are compelling. All of his reds are aged in old large oak.
French vergers = orchards in English
Mas Jullien (blend of Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre) 2012 Languédoc, France $65
Mas Jullien (blend of Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre) 2012 Languédoc, France $65
From a larger appellation within the Languédoc titled the Coteaux de Languédoc Coteaux du Languédoc serves as a starting point; smaller areas with in it may break off into independent appellations when recognized for a particular wine style of quality. The appellation covers most if the Languédoc region and is home to nearly a third of all the wine-bearing vines in France. Olivier Jullien’s vineyard are located 40km from the Mediterranean Sea. The soul is schist, rocky limestone and clay. 900 meters altitude helps freshness of the wine. Carignan gives freshness. Syrah gives aroma and color, Mouvedre gives structure . Tasting note: Light to medium bodied with concentrated cherry, cut grass, chalk, long finish.
Cote Rotie, Bernard Levet ‘Chavaroche’, 2006, Northern Rhone, France 115
Cote Rotie, Bernard Levet ‘Chavaroche’, 2006, Northern Rhone, France 115
100% Syrah from the Serine clone. A smaller berry that yields more concentration. The cuvée that we have imported from the outset (1983 vintage) is from the ‘Chavaroche’ vineyard. This wine is aged for thirty to thirty-six months prior to bottling. It is a ferocious wine, unique in its uninhibited expression of the smells and flavors of the appellation. The result is a wine that is controversial, too wild for many but, for us, one of the most elite wines in our personal pantheon.
Tasting Note: medium bodied with classic Northern Rhone, smoked meat, bacon, black olives and dark beautiful ripe raspberries. Gorgeous and silky.
