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Demi-sec in style, so expect rich, but not overly sweet fruit flavours. Delicious, as always, from a classic producer.
Gaston Huet sadly died several years ago but his son in law, Noel Pinguet, carries on his work and, apart from the addition of a pneumatic press, in the 1980's, his methods. This quote from their website says it all - "In modern agriculture, with the race on for so-called viability and for ever-more intensive productivity, the use of chemicals is constantly increasing. However, the use of chemical more info >>
Gaston Huet sadly died several years ago but his son in law, Noel Pinguet, carries on his work and, apart from the addition of a pneumatic press, in the 1980's, his methods. This quote from their web-site says it all - "In modern agriculture, with the race on for so-called viability and for ever-more intensive productivity, the use of chemicals is constantly increasing. However, the use of chemical more info >>
Demi-sec in style, so expect rich, but not overly sweet fruit flavours. Delicious, as always, from a classic producer.
The sweetness of 52 grams of residual turns this into a taste of golden syrup infused with lime peel. Real intensity and great balance.
Gaston Huet was a hero of French viticulture. He relentlessly championed the cause of top quality wine and his own beloved Vouvray in particular. He established his domaine as the standard for all others. As mayor of the village of Vouvray for many years he presided over the rise of the Vouvray appelation and exerted influence to promote the wines at every occasion. One notable battle was when he more info >>
Gaston Huet sadly died several years ago but his son in law, Noel Pinguet, carries on his work and, apart from the addition of a pneumatic press, in the 1980's, his methods. This quote from their website says it all - "In modern agriculture, with the race on for so-called viability and for ever-more intensive productivity, the use of chemicals is constantly increasing. However, the use of chemical more info >>
Gaston Huet sadly died several years ago but his son in law, Noel Pinguet, carries on his work and, apart from the addition of a pneumatic press, in the 1980's, his methods. This quote from their web-site says it all - "In modern agriculture, with the race on for so-called viability and for ever-more intensive productivity, the use of chemicals is constantly increasing. However, the use of chemical more info >>
The Steinmaier family bought the 13 hectares of this domaine in 1965. They added a further 10 hectare and some farm buildings in 1973. The soils are principaly limestone which suits the growing of red grapes. Concentration is the hallmark of this domaine.
A family-owned property in Morey-St-Denis, Domaine Robert Gibourg practices lutte raisonée, with a hands-on approach to both cultivation and harvesting. This amazing value Pinot Noir is made with great care, with hand picking and sorting of the grapes, and full de-stemming before fermentation. The result is a Pinot of impressive purity.
This diminutive property of 1.8 hectares is planted with 100% Syrah and farmed along the principles of lutte raisonnée. The domaine has been in the family for four generations and the majority of methods Gilbert Serrette employs very much follow the family tradition - crushing is still carried out manually by foot, as is pigeage and they still use a manually operated, vertical press, with élevage being carried out in old wooden vats.
Beatrice and Jean Claude Bouche, owners of this domaine, are impassioned wine-makers. Together they manage their vineyards using organic farming methods, creating wines of great character. Just to the east of Orange the Domaine du Vieux Chene vineyards spread out on a slightly sloped and very rocky plateau. This location offers the wines the benefit of a beneficial microclimate thanks to an especially high yearly level of sunshine.
Beatrice and Jean Claude Bouche, owners of this domaine, are impassioned winemakers. Together they manage their vineyards using organic farming methods, creating wines of great character. Just to the east of Orange the Domaine du Vieux Chene vineyards spread out on a slightly sloped and very rocky plateau. This location offers the wines the benefit of a beneficial microclimate thanks to an especially high yearly level of sunshine.
The well-connected Mignard family (Pierre Mignard was artist to the court of Louis XIV) bought Domaine Fontarèche in 1682, and it has been handed down the generations.Once owned by the Archbishops of Narbonne, this distinctive terroir of clay and limestone terraces is located in the Aude region, west of Narbonne, and is now run along ecologically sound lines ('la lutte raisonée'). vines more info >>
Just to the northeast of the spectacular town of Minervois is the 30 hectare domaine of Jean-Christophe Piccinini. The Piccininis are an ancient family of Minervois vignerons going back many generations but Jean-Christophe only set up this domaine in the early 90's. He makes a full range of local wines but this organic red, made from 20-year-old Syrah vines grown on the testing stony clay soils, caught our eye because it combines abundant fruit matched to a solid backbone.