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VINI VITI VINCI, NICOLAS VAUTHIER – Organic. These are the stick-a-brown-bag-over-the-bottle wines of Vini Viti Vinci in northern Burgundy (parental guidance labels) made by Nicolas Vauthier, the Ayatalloh of Iran-cy. Nicolas Vauthier has been a big fan of non-interventionist wines, at the forefront of promoting the wines he loves, for donkey’s years. He opened Aux Crieurs de Vin, a wonderful natural wine bar/store/restaurant in the city of Troyes, and ran it for ten years. Eventually, having been surrounded by so much good wine, good times and conversations, Nicolas decided he wanted to make some wine for himself. What he has created is a micro “negoce” house in Avallon, in the northern part of Burgundy near Chablis. Nicolas buys organically grown grapes ‘a pied’, still on the vine, harvests them with his own pickers, and then, in the spirit of minimal intervention, lets the wine make itself, intervening as little as possible. Wonderfully vibrant fruity aromas, satin textures and a vibrant, mineral core characterise the reds. He works with partial carbonic maceration which helps to make his northern Burgundy wines fruitier and more delicious. The fermentation takes place in large old wooden foudres with no sulphur – only a drop in the bottle. The only thing ripe about Vauthier’s wines are the labels, as the Kenny Everett used to say, it’s all done in the best possible taste.
2015 COTES D’AUXERRE ALIGOTE BREAU W
2015 COULANGES CHANVERRE BLANC W
BOURGOGNE GRANDE ORDINAIRE R
2013 IRANCY ROUGE R
IRANCY “BEAUX MONTS” R
2015 IRANCY “LES MAZELOTS” R
IRANCY “LES RONCES” R
2015 BOUROGNE COULANGES VINEUSE R
BOURGOGNE EPINEUL VALS NOIRS R
A STUDY IN CLARETS – by Sir Robert Parker Doyle
“To the curious incident of the oak in Chardonnay”. “There was no oak in the Chardonnay”. “That was the curious thing”. “Holmes, for the life of me, I cannot tell what this wine is”. “It’s all there in front of you, my dear fellow. You know my methods, Watson, apply them”. Obediently, I wrote down each sensation with as much method as I could muster: “Lemon entry in the mouth, smooth vanillin…” “Lemon entry, my dear Watson?” said Holmes quizzically peering over my shoulder .
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~ The Alternative Wine Glossary
2016
MACON-FUISSE “BOIS DE LA CROIX” W
2015 POUILLY-FUISSE “LES SCELES” W
POUILLY-FUISSE “LES SCELES”– ½ bottle W
2014 POUILLY-FUISSE NON-FILTRE W
DOMAINE PHILIPPE & GERARD VALETTE, Mâcon – Organic Working the soil, chemical-free viticulture, short pruning, the Valettes do a huge amount of work amongst the vines to maximise the expression of their terroir. This effort from one of the region’s steadfastly independent families in the village of Chaintré, 10km south of Mâcon, is from vines aged 60 years and above planted on clay-silica soils. Harvest is manual in late September and the entire harvest is pressed slowly with a pneumatic press. Vinification is natural: without sulphur, without yeasts, chaptalisation or acidification. Elevage is for twenty-six months on the fine lees in tank (20%) and futs de chêne (80%). Ripe apple, honey, lemon and grey mineral all come together in a distinctly mature, winey nose. Clarity of fruit and good acidity show through, with a lusher profile than Chablis but a long, almost crystalline finish. On the nose, fresh citrus, minerally and leesy notes abound, while the palate’s emphatic, zippy, with a generous mealy texture. The Pouilly-Fuissé is an assembly of several different terroirs: Clos Reyssié, Clos de Mr Noly, Chevrières and Plantes Vieilles. The vines are around 50 years old on limestone-clay. The harvest is in October when the grapes have reached full maturity and elevage is thirty-six months on the fine lees in futs de chêne. With lovely intensity of colour the Pouilly bequeaths aromas of white flowers, hazelnuts and grapefruit – in the mouth the wine combines richness, tension and acidity and a sensation of powerful minerality. 2014
MACON-VILLAGES W
2014 MACON-CHAINTRE VIEILLES VIGNES W
POUILLY-FUISSE W
DOMAINE CELINE & LAURENT TRIPOZ, Mâcon – Biodynamic All the Tripoz vineyards (11 hectares) are in or just outside of Loché, where the cellar is located. With vines on eastern exposures rooted in clay loaded with limestone, the Céline and Laurent believe that the only way to express a sense of terroir is to work in the most natural manner. Having been completely free of herbicides and chemicals since 2001 they have been certified organic and biodynamic since 2006. The Cremant de Bourgogne is 100% Chardonnay from various plots around the property. Laurent and Celine decided early on that they had to invest to make everything at the property instead of sending their juice to a "champagnisateur." After a few years of doing two versions, one with dosage and one without, they decided to make only one cuvee without any additions, dosage or otherwise, which has become one of the most successful sparkling wines of the region. The Pouilly Loché "Reserve" is from vines outside the village, in the Pouilly AOC. This wine sees a long elévage in oak for almost two years and is the domaine’s most ageworthy and complex wine. 2014
CREMANT DE BOURGOGNE NATURE Sp
2016
MACON CUVEE DU CLOCHER W
2014 POUILLY-LOCHE 1ere RESERVE W
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Once upon a time, dear reader, Les Vignes du Maynes (planted originally in the 10 th century) belonged to the monks of the Cluny abbey and subsequently became the property of the powerful Comtes de Montrevel (1557). Fast forward a few centuries and Pierre Guillot takes over the domaine and starts practising organic farming and vinification with conviction and dynamism ever since, respecting both the consumer and nature. Today, the Domaine des Vignes du Maynes comprises about 6.5 hectares. Facing due east, the vines benefit from the rising sun. They grow on a terroir of a clay and limestone mixture. Avoidance of weedkiller and modest yields characterize these authentic wines produced from Pinot Noir, Gamay and Chardonnay. From the time the grapes are picked by hand to the time the wines are bottled neither additives nor SO2 are used. The pressing operation is slow, carried out on wooden wine presses dating from 1895. Fermentation takes the form of carbonic maceration over a period of ten days (Jules-Chauvet method). All wines, regardless of creed or colour, are left on the lees in oak barrels for eleven months producing wines full of character. Aragonite is white Mâcon which undergoes two strict selections. Fermentation is in barrels with wild yeast. The wine is left on the lees and aged eleven months, without chapitalization or the addition of artificial yeast. Its striking appearance may be described as a lovely pale gold. Initially, the nose releases voluptuous aromas of exotic fruit and white flowers (acacia). Once it has opened up, the bouquet evolves and notes of citrus fruit and pineapple may be distinguished along with pollen, truffle and grilled almond. The Bourgogne Rouge is a solid citizen. Grapes for this wine are not destemmed at harvest. Thorough extraction of colouring and aromatic substances of Pinot Noir produces a well-rounded wine with lots of personality. Its striking colour of pomegranate invites you to discover a nose bursting with red berries and pervaded by notes of macerated blackcurrants. On the palate, this airy, fruity wine is superbly balanced. The Gamay grapes harvested in Mâcon-Cruzille Rouge yield approximately 38 hl/ha. The Jules Chauvet method is used for semi-carbonic maceration, lasting thirteen days. This intense ruby red Burgundy’s nose releases spicy aromas of mango and musk, as well as cooked cherries and delightfully juggles notes of sandalwood and an aromatic array of red berries (wild cherries).
militates into the flavour of the wine. Stonefruit, earth, iron filings. It is sappy and stony and the acidity is nicely coiled like a cobra about to strike.
Great White (or, in this case, a Great Red). I haven’t tasted a Pinot Noir of this mineral intensity for a very long time. It is difficult to describe – liquidised rocks, perhaps? – cloudy cherry-red colour a natural Griotte cherries, wild strawberries, menthol, saffron plus a fizzing bright yeasty quality. Wow – this makes 95% Burgundy taste flabby. So pure – the terroir of the monastery. 2015
MACON-CRUZILLE BLANC “ARAGONITE” W
2013 BEAUJOLAIS-LEYNES LES HAUT DE BALMONT R
BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES “LES PIERRES BLEUES” R
2016 MACON ROUGE R
MACON-CRUZILLE ROUGE “MANGANITE” R
2016 MACON ROUGE “CUVEE 910” R
BOURGOGNE ROUGE R
2014 BOURGOGNE ROUGE “AUGUSTE” R
MARC DE BOURGOGNE – 50cl Edv
LES CADOLES DE CHARDONNAY, NICOLAS & PATRICK LAUGERE, Mâcon – Organic Also called a cabotte (hut) in the Beaune region, caborde near Auxerre, caborne in Lyon or even casèle in southern France, the cadole describes a hut, a term from the Latin casa. These rustic buildings, although often at risk with contemporary agricultural land being developed, remain inseparable from a typical wine-making landscape among others. Made out of dried or bricked-up stones, the Laugeres are pleased to have these different types of buildings on their vineyards and have restored them as a tribute to the age-old work of their ancestors. This is how the Les Cadoles de Chardonnay estate came to be. Their uncle, Marcel, maintained the cadole that he inherited from his father-in-law, Pierre Piguet, back in 1945! Like a sentry box, Marcel’s cadole watches over the adjoining vineyards of the place called Nécuge. Thanks to the water from the Marcel cadole, they will never lack in wine. In tribute, they christened their first Mâcon-Chardonnay vintage “La cadole à Marcel”. The Mâcon-Chardonnay comes from blending plots of land all planted with Chardonnay and situated on the very uplands of the village of Chardonnay. All the maturity of these southeast-facing vines, thanks to their vantage point, is expressed in their fruit. The plots themselves are located in Nécuge, La Luquette and La Roche. The last name indicates the very close presence of the stone quarry of Chardonnay from which the village houses were built. Farming is pretty well organic and the fruit is hand-harvested from 30 year old vines. The wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in a stainless-steel vat. Typical Mâcon wine, mineral, expressive with citrus fruit and white flower notes. 2015
MACON CHARDONNAY “LA CADOLE A MARCEL” W
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2016
GIVRY BLANC “CHAMP POURROT” W
2015 GIVRY 1
er CRU BLANC “GRANDES VIGNES” W
GIVRY ROUGE VIEILLES VIGNES R
2015 GIVRY ROUGE “CHAMP NALOT” R
GIVRY 1 er CRU ROUGE “GRANDES VIGNES” R
DOMAINE JEAN-BAPTISTE PONSOT, Rully Just a few miles south of the Côte d’Or, the village of Rully produces distinguished, elegant wines. The mineral rich limestone soil accentuates the grapes natural acidity, making the wine fresh in youth and rich with age. Domaine Ponsot was created in 1954 by Lucien Ponsot. The soil is worked throughout the vegetative cycle and no herbicides are used. Yields are controlled by various measures and vineyard health is maintained by severe debudding and canopy management (Ieaf removal to allow better photosynthesis) After the must has settled it is transferred into barrels for the fermentation (20% of which are new) with regular batonnage for a period of three months. It is then matured for eleven months in barrel and three months in vat before bottling. The basic Rully Blanc is crisp and flinty with the engaging citrus fruit flavours, whilst the Montpalais reaches an extra level with vibrant pears, minerals, and green apples sheathed in some sympathetic oak. 2014
RULLY BLANC “EN BAS DE VAUVRY” W
2014 RULLY BLANC 1 er CRU “MONTPALAIS” W
DOMAINE BELLEVILLE, Rully Really good Rully – really! Chapitre is a wine of lovely finesse combined with great texture with aromas of acacia honey and cinnamon bread – try with sea bass or rascasse (pardon my assonance). The Rabourcé with its intense golden colour with flavours of spicy yellow fruits (pineapple and apricots) and secondary sensations of hazelnuts, almonds and violets, is a wine of great personality and marked minerality, suggesting definite ageing potential. This structured wine would be a fine partner to lobster, scallops or turbot. 2014
RULLY BLANC 1 er CRU “LE CHAPITRE” W
2014 RULLY BLANC 1er CRU “RABOURCE” W
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DOMAINE EMILE JUILLOT, NATHALIE & JEAN-CLAUDE THEULOT, Mercurey Domaine Emile Juillot has been a work in progress since Nathalie and Jean-Claude Theulot combined forces to completely overhaul practices in the vineyard and the winery. In order to improve the quality of the grapes they started debudding in the spring, instituted a green harvest as necessary, put the grapes into small boxes, set up a triage table to sort the grapes and started cutting down the use of herbicides and phytosanitary treatments. Equal care is taken in vinification in order to preserve the aromatic quality of the wines. Since 2004 the estate has adopted une culture raisonnée and further evolved vinification techniques to highlight the improved quality of grapes being harvested in order to achieve harmony, richness and equilibrium. Less extraction (reducing the number of pigeages), adapting the length of cuvaison, reducing the pressure, natural settling of the musts in tank with the juice resting on the fine lees. The next development will involve pulling up some vines and replanting to continue to improve quality while at the same time moving towards either organic or biodynamic viticulture. The watchwords of the domaine are fruity, elegant, rich, precise and incisive. It is all about finding fabulous grapes made in the most natural way possible. 2014
MERCUREY ROUGE “CHATEAU MIPONT” R
2014 MERCUREY 1 er CRU ROUGE “LA CAILLOUTE” R
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