About harvest… I would say that what we have in the barrels and tanks is looking great. But most of those vats are empty… I think we underestimated the loss with frost. I will give more details later. Now I need to clean my mind for a couple of days. Jean-Marc Sélèque Champagne J-M Sélèque,…
Dear Roy, [In response to severe July 10th hail in Beaujolais]. So far everything is okay. We’re crossing our fingers every vintage! Frost damage was negligible, no hail damage yet, good yields, disease pressure low. Life is good. Thanks for your concern. Have a great summer! Cheers, Kerrie de Boissieu Château de Lavernette Wednesday, July…
Peter Liem recently blind tasted 45 Champagnes from 1996, all but one sourced directly from producers. Only eight wines, including selections from Jacquesson and Lilbert-fils, were given a top rating. Among the very best wines of the tasting were Louis Roderer’s Cristal and Cristal Rosé, Philliponat’s Clos des Goisses, and Salon; alongside these were the…
Dear Vintage ’59 Team, You will not find cépages details anymore on our brochures, back labels and other documents. The Cuvée 700 can be considered as the Wine of the Domaine as it represents on average 95% of the production. It means that the % of cépages does not vary a lot; 50% + chardonnay,…
The March issue of La Revue du Vin de France (that country’s top wine magazine) did a feature on producers in Provence and singled out Carole Salen from Domaine Les Bastides. Here’s what they said: In Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Domaine Les Bastides has belonged to the Salen family since 1967. Jean Salen was one of those rare…
Check out this killer review on Domaine Serrigny by Michael Franz. Photo courtesy of Jeff Bramwell.
It is the smallest appellation of Languedoc and the only one delimited around a single terroir: schist. When it is no longer schist, it is no longer Faugères. It is then called “AOP Languedoc” or “IGP Pays d’Oc”. Schist is why the wines of Faugères are very recognizable: a texture of tannins very soft and…
At the beginning of every year we do a pilgrimage through France. Two cars, eight people, a start in Champagne with a journey down through Chablis, the Côte d’Or, Jura, Mâcon, Beaujolais, the Rhône, Provence, and an end in the high scrublands of Languedoc. Some years back, the family at Coupe Roses took us to…
We are a small domain which we manage ourselves, my mother Corinne and myself. My mother manages the bottling, all the preparation of orders and all the administrative parts tied to our clients. I manage the production, the distillation, the aging, and the assemblages as well as the administrative parts tied to Calvados. Together we…
Interview with Bertrand Lilbert of Champagne Lilbert by @yokobubble on Instagram: • What is the best thing being a Champagne grower? – “To have a chance to be in each step from the vineyard to what goes in the glass.” • If not working as a Champagne grower, what would you do? – “Enologist. I…
