Red wine Flashcards
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Grace ‘Akeno’ Bordeaux Blend story
Story: Aiming for a wine that provides a glimpse of the place where it is from, we have decided to combine the three second wines “Grace Merlot”, “Grace Cabernet Sauvignon” and “Grace Cabernet Franc”, whose varieties are listed on the front label, into a single wine from the 2017 vintage.
This new wine is “Akeno”, the name reflects our cherishment of its origin. It is a blend of three varieties from a single vineyard, or a “wine with a view” of where it is from. After rigorous selection in the vineyard and the winery, small lots were selected and vinified separately with scrupulous attention to details as well as gentle extraction. Each variety or lot was matured in French oak barrels and bottled without clarification or filtration.
Grace ‘Akeno’ Bordeaux Blend characteristsics
Grape Varieties: 44% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot
Flavours: Ripe dark plum, blackberry, blackcurrant, leafy, herbaceous, smoky and meaty
Food Pairing: wagyu
Manoir du Carra Fleurie story
Story: This historic Domaine has been producing Beaujolais wines since 1850. The Domaine stretches over 34 hectares divided over many of the Cru Classe villages within Beaujolais. The beautiful vaulted cellar is still the hub of the winery. The Sambadier family have owned Manoir du Carra for many generations and take an active role in the vineyards and in the cellar.
The vines are tended to by hand and at harvest the bunches are picked by hand, and sorted on entry to the winery to check the individual grape quality. The wines produced show classic terroir and typicity, and have won many awards around the world.
Manoir du Carra Fleurie characteristics
Grape: Gamay Noir 100%
Flavour: violets, red berries, flint and spice on the powerful perfume,
Food pairing: All yakitoris, meatier nigiris
Marcel Lapierre Morgon story
Story: Marcel Lapierre was a leading light in France’s natural wine movement and Domaine Marcel Lapierre has been run by Marcel’s son Mathieu and daughter Camille since 2010. They continue the ethos of producing one of the finest wines of Beaujolais as naturally as possible. Old vines, natural yeasts and minimal intervention.
Marcel Lapierre Morgon characteristics
Grape: Gamey Noir 100%
Flavour: cherry, strawberry, violets, liquorice, oaky notes from 9 months oak aging
Food pairing: Beef tataki, Yakitoris, Pork
Domaine Nudant Bourgogne Rouge characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir 100%
Flavour: fresh, juicy, fruity, red fruit aromas, subtle hint of savoury spice
Food pairing: Yakitori, Pork
Philippe Livera Gevry Chambertin ‘En Champs’ story
Story: This 8.5 hectare domaine was founded in 1920 by the great grandfather of Damien Livera, who currently runs the property. Prior to Damien taking over in 2007, the grapes (from old vines planted in the 50s and 60s) were sold to the large Beaune negociants. However, since 2007, there has been a total regeneration of the domaine – low yields, a strict form of lutte raisonée (La lutte raisonnée means ‘the reasoned struggle’. Growers who practice this kind of viticulture claim to use chemicals less often and less aggressively than conventional growers.) no herbicides, manual working of the soils and a total upgrading of the vineyards and a new winery.
Philippe Livera Gevry Chambertin ‘En Champs’ characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir
Winemaking: The wines are matured in barrel for between 11-18 months and bottled without fining or filtration.
Flavour: red fruits, white pepper, liquorice, mineral, savoury , medium tannin
Food pairing: King Oyster Mushroom, Chutoro with truffle dashi, Pork
Clos de Tart Grand Cru Monopole story
Story: Clos de Tart as we know it today was founded in 1141 by Cistercian nuns of Tart Abbey, a dependent house of Cîteaux Abbey. Clos de Tart belonged to this order right up until the French Revolution. At the beginning of the Twelfth Century Clos de Tart was called Climat de la Forge. It was only after the Cistercian nuns of Tart Abbey acquired the land in 1141 that the Estate became known as Clos de Tart.
The Marey-Monge family sold Clos de Tart in an auction in 1932 to a Mâcon wine merchant, Henri Mommessin. Clos de Tart was then acquired by the Pinault family in 2018. Owners of several historic estates, including Château Latour in Pauillac and the Domaine d’Eugénie in Vosne-Romanée, the Pinault family are continuing to write the story of this famed-plot of 7.53 ha in Morey-Saint-Denis with just as much passion and permanent desire for excellence in all aspects of work.
Most of the Clos de Tart Grand Cru vines are at least 60 years old, bringing a great depth of flavour to the grapes.
Clos de Tart Grand Cru Monopole characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir
Flavours: fresh red fruits, such as wild strawberry and loganberry as well as darker fruit flavours of blackcurrant and plum, along with earthy, spicy notes and a delicate floral perfume
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes, Domaine Glantenay story
Story: Coming from a line of winegrowers from father to son since the seventeenth century, the DOMAINE GEORGES GLANTENAY, located in Volnay in Côte-d’Or, Burgundy, is a family wine estate born from the division of the estate of Pierre Glantenay in 1893. After his son Georges and then his grandson Pierre, it is now the fourth generation who is at the head of the estate, represented by Guillaume and Sarah, brother and sister.
Domaine GEORGES GLANTENAY has 8 hectares of vines, managed in sustainable agriculture, with the greatest respect for the terroir. They own vineyards in Volnay, Pommard, Monthélie, Meursault and Chambolle-Musigny.
The harvest is entirely manual, and the selection rigorous: the grapes are sorted first in the vineyard and then a second time on arrival in the winery by means of a vibrating sorting table. All of their wines are vinified in thermoregulated stainless steel vats and then aged in French oak barrels for 10 to 18 months depending on the appellation.
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes, Domaine Glantenay characteristics
Winemaking: 7-day cold pre-fermentation maceration, temperature regulation. Vatting 30 days. Ageing on fine lees in oak barrels (50% new)
Grape: Pinot Noir
Flavours: red plum, violet, lilac, spices with a minerally finish
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Michel Gros Vosne Romanee 1er Cru ‘Clos de Reas’ story
Story: The Gros family is well regarded in the region, dating back six generations to 1830. The family estate was divided in 1995 between Jean Gros’ children, of which Michel is the eldest.
The estate produces Pinot Noir from some of the best sites in Burgundy, and is well known for its Premier Cru monopole vineyard, Clos de Réas. The Clos is on the south side of Vosne-Romanée, just below the Grand Cru of La Tache. The walls protect the vines from the wind and retain warmth, so they ripen 2-3 days earlier than adjoining vineyards. The Pinot Noir vines are 5 – 50 years old.The slope inclines only 3-4% within the Clos, so there is little water runoff erosion. It may be flat, but the soil is very stony, so there is rapid drainage. Michel Gros believes that drainage is the key to this terroir. The vines are never waterlogged and send their roots deep. There is also low soil humidity, so reducing the risk of fungal diseases.
The high walls around the Clos look ancient but are perhaps a mere 200 years old. Michel Gros thinks that they are from when the Monopole was first created in the nineteenth century, rather than Monastic
Michel Gros Vosne Romanee 1er Cru ‘Clos de Reas’ characteristics
Region: Côte de Nuits’
Grape: Pinot Noir
Flavour: Plenty of forest fruit here with ripe plums and damson crumble on the nose and palate which is complex, powerful, succulent and elegant. This is a classy, super Réas.
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Domaine Comte Georges du Vogüé Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru story
Story: Established in 1450, it is now owned by sisters, Comtesse Claire de Causans and Marie de Ladoucette with the day to day management team comprising François Millet (technical director), Eric Bourgogne (vineyard manager) and Jean-Luc Pépin (sales and marketing director Chambolle-Musigny is a commune capable of producing wines which really charm. ‘Elegance’, ‘finesse’, ‘nobility’, ‘perfumed’ are all descriptions which flow from the pens of devotees, punctuated with others which infer understated, subliminal attributes, ‘seductive’, ‘beguiling’ and ‘enticing’ – hallmark Vogüé.
De Vogüé is a true producer of reference in Chambolle-Musigny, making a weightless yet flavour-packed style. The Domaine incorporates grands crus, premiers crus and villages Chambolle-Musigny in the holdings, including a tiny parcel of Musigny Blanc. Key here is exemplary terroir allied to strict vineyard husbandry and a sensitive, decisive hand in the cellar. The whole team is united in seeking the purest translation of the holdings within the context of each vintage
Domaine Comte Georges du Vogue Musign Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vegetarian
Flavours: violet and rose petal with intensely spiced extravagant red and black pinot fruit, as well as leather, earth and stone
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Nuis-Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 1er Cru story
Story: Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is based in the wine appellation of Chassagne-Montrachet in Burgundy. The eldest son of Marc Colin, Pierre-Yves worked at the family domaine from 1994 to 2005. Meanwhile, with his wife Caroline (née Morey) he had established a négociant business in 2001 under the name Colin-Morey. After the 2005 harvest he left the family domaine, taking with him his six-hectare share of the vineyards, which now form part of the Colin-Morey label.
Pierre-Yves’s techniques have evolved since leaving the family domaine, in part in response to the problem of premature oxidation. There is no more battonage and the cellar is no longer heated to encourage the malolactic fermentation.
“Aux Boudots” is a special premier cru parcel that sits on the boundary of the northern Nuits-Saint-Georges and southern Vosne-Romanée border. It touches the famed premier cru of Aux Malconsorts and is a mere stone’s throw from Romanée-Conti’s grand cru of La Tâche.
Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Nuis-Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 1er Cru characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir
Flavours: raspberry, blackberry, dark plum, spicy cinnamon and earthiness
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Pommard Domaine Justin Girardin story
Story: The first traces of the Girardin family in Burgundy goes back to 1570. Farmers for 13 generations, the family has worked for a long time in polyculture between the harvesting of crops, raising cattle and vine growing. It is only at the end of the second World War that the family specialises in winemaking.
In the late 50’s – 60’s, Jean Girardin acquires many parcels on the best terroirs of Santenay and begins to develop his estate. Jacques and Valérie, Justin’s parents, will continue this effort expanding to Chassagne-Montrachet, Pommard and Savigny-les-Beaune. With the inheritance and other succession games, the estate continues to grow to cover today 17 hectares of vines over the best terroirs of the Côte de Beaune.
Pommard Domaine Justin Girardin characteristics
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vegan
Flavours: Rich, powerful and structured wine red fruit with spicy notes.
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Nicolas Rossignol Volnay 2014 story
Story: Nicolas Rossignol is one of the best examples of a new generation of Burgundy wine makers. Born in 1974, he represents the 5th generation of vine growers from Volnay. Today, Nicolas makes wine from his own estate, as well as from his fathers’ vineyards. Nicolas is now buying all the fruit from his family’s domaine, thus everything is bottled under the name Nicolas Rossignol (either with or without the word ‘domaine’.) Since all the vineyards are under his sole control throughout the year, all wines can be purchased with utmost confidence.
Nicolas Rossignol Volnay characteristics
Subregion: Côte de Beaune
Flavour: The wine is fruity and charmer. The tannins are soft and round with a lot of silk. Really good balance
Food pairing: Black cod, Duck, King Oyster Mushroom, Pork
Chateau Montus Madiran ‘Prestige’ 2000 story
Story: Montus was a vision purchased by Alain Brumont in 1979 with 12 hectares and today expanded to 85 hectares. The secret is the terroir. Unlike most of Madiran, the soil at Montus is similar to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, large pebbles or galets some 20in to 6ft in depth over a clay soil, and the slopes are steep. The grape varieties are 80% Tannat and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, planted at 5000 to 8000 vines per hectare, hence low yields and harvesting by hand.
The cellar today is a showpiece of which many a Bordeaux Château would be envious. Rows and rows of small and large stainless steel cuves and an enormous barrel.