After the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe [Copernicus] and with the return of the first autumnal frosts, we are pleased to present you with this new "Autumn-Winter 2022/2023" catalogue, which will accompany us until the end of the next winter, which we hope will not be too harsh (energy crisis).
A new season, therefore a new selection, mainly marked by the arrival of the first wines of 2020, a great vintage with countless successes both in Bordeaux and everywhere else in France.
If 2020 is the result of another hot and dry summer favourable to the vine, what differentiates it from its predecessors is the recurrent coolness of the nights in July and August. This cool night-time temperature preserves the acidity, while the day/night thermal amplitude gives the grapes their aromatic complexity.
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2020 in Bordeaux
For the red Bordeaux wines of the two banks, the three vintages 2018, 2019 and 2020 may seem similar at first glance. Although all three are remarkable and of a high standard, these vintages show very different qualities and profiles:
• 2018, wines, with superior density and tannins, to be forgotten in the depths of your cellar. Count on 10 years of ageing for the non classified wines, and double or even triple that for the greatest classified wines. or even triple for the greatest classified growths.
• 2019, wines are like the 2015s in their maturity, roundness and the softness of their fine, velvety tannins. Like them, they will evolve quite quickly and open up in 3 to 5 years.
• 2020, perfectly balanced wines, both rich and dynamic, concentrated and precise, in line with the exceptional 2016s. Like them, they will delight us in the short term (wait at least 5 years as they have only just been bottled) as well as in the long term (20 years and more).
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2020 in Burgundy
To set the scene, we will quote the serious magazine Bourgogne Aujourd'hui which did not hesitate to headline its cover in August 2021 "Vintage 2020 - The Greatest? This while qualifying (April 2022) the 2018-2019-2020 vintages in Burgundy as "the fantastic 3!".
Clearly, the reds are leading the way in 2020. The wines are simply magnificent: pure, fleshy, simultaneously airy and deep, and certainly with long and beautiful cellaring.
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Tasting Offers
Our traditional Tasting Offers feature two highly recommended (and discounted) whites and two reds:
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New domains
Among other things, several new domains are joining (or returning to) our catalogue this season:
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