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Brouilly 2013. Château de Grandmont. #france #beaujolais #wine

Posted on February 27, 2015 by VinoeStile

The Brouilly 2013 Château de Grandmont is an organic wine produced in the Beaujolais region, in Blacé

The label showing a beautiful castle with a bucolic background is not just a selling point.
The wine is made in a familial property located in the Grandmont hamlet. Originally, monks of Prieuré started to occupy the hamlet in the XIIthe century until year 1769, when Louis XV decided to dissolve this religious order.
At the top of the hill stands a church, built in he 19th century. The depicted castle was also built in the 19th.

This wine has an appellation “agriculture biologique” and testifies of a will to protect the ecosystem. The followed objective is to maintain the natural grounds richness, among others by adopting an ancestral method of fighting against pests.

Brouilly 2013 is an AOC (appelation d’origine contrôlée).
The grape variety is a gamay noir with white juice. The wine has a generous and silky taste. It is of a dark ruby colour, it has a delecate spicy nose with wild berries accents. When we taste, we feel little red fruit with slight tannins. It’s a fantastic wine with red meet of sausages. We loved il a lot !

Anastasiya Tretyak

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THE INESCAPABLE FROM ROUSSILLON: CHÂTEAU LES PINS.

Posted on November 19, 2013 by VinoeStile

Château les Pins is first a large and beautiful traditional Catalan building, stone and red brick (the famous “cayrous”), built in the mid-nineteenth century. But it is also, and above! A vineyard designed as a gem with a complete collection of the best wines of the region. It is on its 28 hectares, for more than 20 years, the Château Les Pins raise wines with both identity and pride of their roots, but also unique in their genre, their quality, with typical and excellent ageing potential after affinnage in the cellars, whether red or white.

A typical red with the well pronounced characters of the south and already full-bodied. Intensity, melting character, accompanied with notes of licorice, with spices and with vanilla. This wine is aged 12 months in oak barrels. Recommended to taste on beautiful red pieces of meat, wild meat, cheeses or any festive dishes.

Multi-award-winning wines that prove, if needed, that the Roussillon is known to produce excellent wines to enjoy on site in summer, but at home too, throughout the year.

Bronze medal at Decanter 2012 and Silver medal at Vinalies 2012 !

A vineyard that produces “AOP” and “IGP Catalan Coast” wines which are representative of the characteristics of the Roussillon terroir. And the only one certified in sustainable development agriculture in the Roussillon, and which continues to innovate in its techniques to develop its vintages.

Worth to own in his cellar as quickly as possible …elegance and finesse.

www.wijnendeclerck.be www.mouchart.be

Olivier Bulto

A GREAT CHILIEAN WINES TASTING

Posted on March 17, 2013 by VinoeStile

BRUSSELS-ProChile, the commercial organisation of the Embassy of Chile organised a great wine tasting at the Thon Hotel Stephanie to promote the wines from Chile.

PROCHILE gathered recently lots of winemerchants to produce a great event displaying lots of chilan wines. ue to the distance between Belgium and Chile, more winemerchants than producers were there and grape sorts like cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, syrah and carmenere enjoyed lots of visitors: professional visitors from the belgian wine sector and also Chili lovers. Previous to the tasting a funny cocktail presented the best aspects of the chilean culture and dancers from the Andes mountains played music and danced. A lovely evening too…

A GREAT WINE EVENING TO PRESENT FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA

Posted on November 22, 2012 by VinoeStile

The italian autonomous region FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA is a land of exceptional flavors at the crossroad of Italy, Slovenia (then the former Austro-Hungarian Empire), Austria, the Mediterranean see and the Adriatic). It has nice cities like Trieste and Udine and a huge historical heritage.

On 19 November, in Brussels the Friuli Venezia Giulia showed its best assets to a selected audience. A great masterclass was led by two experts: Walter Filiputti, a famous italian journalist and the belgian wine journalist Marc Vanhellemont (In Vino Veritas). They presented traditional grape sorts of the region as Ribolla gialla, Pignolo, Refosco, Malvasia istriana, Schiopettino, Friulano, Ramandolo and others. 5 wines were tasted (1 spumante, 1 white, 1 red, 2 sweet wines), first alone and then in the middle of a beautiful wine-food pairing with prosciutto San Daniele hams DOC and delicious cheeses.

Then the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Udine and ICE have received a wider audience for a walking dinner which allowed everyone to discover the specialties of Friuli-Venezia Giulia prepared by four chefs::

– From VITELLO D`ORO restaurant, slice of swordfish, fresh tomatoes, basil and buffalo mozzarella from Friuli.

– From COSTANTINI restaurant, traditional agnolotti from Carnia.

– From LA PRIMULA restaurant, typical Frico cheese with mushrooms and polenta molle.

– From LA TAVERNA restaurant, risotto with late red chicory.

What a succesfull evening !

Miguel D DESNERCK

pictures: Henry BORZI

A WONDERFUL EVENT OF CHATEAU CASTIGNO

Posted on May 31, 2012 by VinoeStile

Château Castigno from Assignans in the Aude(France) organized around Brussels a great event for their customers and friends in Belgium. Mr. & Mrs. Verstraete and their daughter, An-Sophie have invited their clients to a superb winemakers’meal preceded by a great tasting and explanation of their wines.

Their range of wines made from grape varieties typical of southern France (Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, Grenache, Syrah, Clairette …) is very extensive, ranging from sparkling wine to sweet wine.

We particularly liked:

* Grâce des Anges, White, 2011. The nose exhales a very strong strong flavour. Its mouth is powerful and bold notes give this wine an unusual strength

* Grâce des Anges rose, 2011. A highly developed nose of white peach. On the palate, a good acidity gives this pleasant rosé structure and a nice attack. The persistence of this wine is exceptional.

* Merlot. This is the only single-varietal wine of Chateau Castigno. Its nose is very beautiful. It has all the characteristics of a good merlot from Bordeaux with the southern side of Languedoc wines. A lovely wine!

* Secret des dieux. A red wine made from syrah / carignan / grenache / mourvedre. This wine is typical of the powerful sun of Languedoc. Very expressive nose and hints of garrigue, spices and dried black olives. What a powerful wine& .

All the wines of Chateau Castigno are remarkable and we have liked all of them … The family Verstraete took this opportunity to present its rehabilitation plan for the wonderful village of Assignans. A small forgotten village which will now be revitalized through the purchase of village houses which have been transformed into luxury holiday cottages for friends and the olvers of the wines of Chateau Castigno. This beautiful project involved an entire region and funds from the Languedoc-Roussillon region have helped the family to extend the dream of making wine to a beautiful resort of wine tourism ! We had a tremendously nice day and their public-relations event was impeccable. Bravo to family Verstraete. !

video: henry BORZI, Editor in chief VINEYARDS PAPER

http://www.chateaucastigno.com/en/news

2011 VINTAGE AT CHATEAU MALARTIC-LAGRAVIERE, 1st GRAND CRU CLASSE PESSAC-LEOGNAN

Posted on March 15, 2012 by VinoeStile

More than a winemakers’ vintage: a vintage that required cool-headedness and a tailored approach!

If there are vintages for which the precision of the work in the vineyard is particularly important, then 2011 is a fine example!

The dry weather and early development of the vines were key factors for this vintage, and it was thanks to the precision of the work in the vineyard that we were able to extract the full potential of every plot.

Leaves were removed in the spring on a parsimonious basis, depending on each vine; the first green harvests take into account the age of the vines and their root development, with a view to avoiding stress. This meticulous work carried out by the Château’s permanent team continued after the beneficial rain in mid-July with a second removal of leaves and thinning of the bunches in August in order ensure uniform ripening, which had been uneven due to the dry weather between May and July. The minimum use of pesticides approach (full ploughing, grassing, no herbicides, mixed hedges surrounding the vineyard…) initiated more than ten years ago also contributes to balanced ripening and the aromatic complexity of the grapes, particularly in the more complicated vintages…

At harvest, the grapes had reached optimal ripeness with very satisfactory balances, but selection was still important and extremely thorough. More successive sortings were necessary for the white grapes than for a more classic vintage, and the sorting of the red grapes was a huge task.

In the vats, the extractions were slow, but we prefer to let time have its effect… This patience is rewarded because as a result of this slow process, the grapes release silky, beautifully formed tannins.

The wines produced at Malartic-Lagravière in 2011 offer superb purity of fruit, very rich and yet also very refined, accompanied by a silky, elegant, complex tannin structure. Definitely a vintage to taste as soon as you can!