France – Domaine d’Emile et Rose La Potion de Marcel 2013

Domaine and vineyard

The Domaine d'Emile et Rose was founded in 2004 by the will of Caroline and Marcel Gisclard. The name pays tribute to grandparents of Caroline, winegrowers in Cornailhan, near Beziers, and founders of this family saga that has arrived now in its fourth generation. Grandparents have grown vignati throughout their lives and have continued to buy small parcels whenever the opportunity presented itself, until you reach the current 9.50 hectares.Caroline was in the vineyard with parents and grandparents from a young age and viticulture has been a natural outlet for his life. Marcel was more to life before his journey is incrociasse with that of Caroline, and with the world of wine. Marcel is passionate, is among the first to go to Georgia to study their viticulture and winemaking techniques.The Domaine stretches between the sea and the town of Beziers, on a predominantly sandy soil. In the vineyard they follow the principles of organic and biodynamic with a strong push towards the production of natural wines.

The wine
The Domaine d'Emile et Rose La Potion de Marcel is a blend of all in both white and red grape varieties grown on the farm. The wine is made in the manner of pitcher Georgian wines. The wine is left to decant and possibly be decanted two hours before tasting. Being an "experiment" we do not find even the vintage indicated on the label and the website does not mention this wine domaine.

Tasting Note

Date	24 August 2016
Wine name	LA POTION DE MARCEL	Vintage	2013
Nation	France	Region	Languedoc
AOC-DOC	//	Grape Varieties	Cinsault, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Grenache, Aramon, Carignan noir, Carignan blanc
Serving temperature	16-18° C	Alcohol	12
Price (in euro)	16,5	SO2 (in mg/l)	//

Visual Examination		Taste analysis
Limpidity	Limpid	Body	Weak
Color	Garnet with brown shades	Balance	Balanced
Consistency	Scarcely Consistent	Soft sensations	Quite Warm
Effervescence	//	Hard sensations	Quite Fresh
		Flavors intensity	Quite Intense
Olfactory analysis		Flavours	Rose, Resin
Aroma intensity	Quite Intense
Complexity	Scarcely Complex	Finish/Persistence	Scarcely Persistent
Quality	Quite Fine	Overall evaluations
Aromas	Rose, Resin, Sweet Spices	Development	Ready
	Smoked	Harmony	Harmonious

Food and wine pairings
White meat, sweet and sour dishes made with duck or rabbit. Also try with smoked cheeses.

It is an experiment, both in terms of selection of varieties to be used both for the wine-making technique. The wine has a garnet color, quite matt, almost translucent. The olfactory sensations are very light, the scents of rose and a sweet glaze reminiscent of the resin. In the mouth the wine is fresh and leaves a nice sensation of sweetness in the mouth (still rose in the final). pretty weak body, a light wine.
I dare not make comparisons with Burgundy, as read about, but for me it is a light wine, table wine, without a specificity of its own. And with a price quite important.


Official website: www.domainedemile-et-rose.com

France – Bunan Moulin des Costes Cuvée Charriage 2010

Domaine and vineyard

The history of Domaine Bunan begins in 1961 when Paul et Pierre Bunan fell in love with a piece of land in the prestigious and noble AOC Bandol, in the south of France. With the second generation of Bunan to the head of the company the family takes a more granular control of the entire production and sales chain. In recent years, crucial for the domaine, the Bunan name makes its appearance in the envoironment of world wine, in particular the United States, and the company becomes a destination of great interest both for wine tourism circuits and as a location for ceremonies or vernissage of art.What over the years has never changed is the philosophy of the family that is to make good wine respecting the vines. Which means, nowadays, the turning of production towards the biological and biodynamic.The Domaine Bunan covers an area of ​​40 hectares distributed in the municipalities of La Cadiere d'Azur and Le Castellet on a clay-limestone soil, ideal especially for the main grape of this AOC, the Mourvedre. The yields are very low, to obtain a concentration and a higher quality: here we are about 35 hectoliters per hectare.

The wine

The Bunan Charriage Cuvée 2010 is mainly Mourvèdre (the specification of the AOC Bandol does not allow single-grape wines that still has to be added a 1% of other grapes, with no impact on the taste and characteristics). The grapes are selected when they are still in the vineyard and exclusively on older vines, grown in the parcel called Moulin des Costes. Following stripping, maceration, pre-fermentation  and then daily pressing during the 31 days of maceration in wooden conical. Following a slight shift in barrels before bottling and a long aging before being marketed.The result is a wine with intense and brilliant color, with a strong body and round and soft tannins. An ambitious wine, able to make his mark in the memory of one who tastes.It 'a wine to be stored in the cellar (again the optimum comes ten years after the harvest). In any case, however, before tasting the wine is decanted and left to breathe for about two hours.

Tasting Note

Date	21 September 2016
Wine name	CUVEE CHARIAGES	Vintage	2010
Nation	France	Region	Provence
AOC-DOC	Bandol	Grape Varieties	Mourvedre
Serving temperature	18° C	Alcohol	14
Price (in euro)	29	SO2 (in mg/l)	Nd

Visual Examination		Taste analysis
Limpidity	Limpid	Body	Full
Color	Purple Red	Balance	Balanced
Consistency	Consistent	Soft sensations	Warm, Soft
Effervescence	//	Hard sensations	Quite Tannic
		Flavors intensity	Intense
Olfactory analysis		Flavours	Blackberry,Pepper
Aroma intensity	Intense
Complexity	Quite Complex	Finish/Persistence	Persistent
Quality	Fine	Overall evaluations
Aromas	Spices, menthol, cedar	Development	Ready
		Harmony	Harmonious

Food and wine pairings

The wine holds up well pairing with red meat, confit de canard, dishes made with truffles, lamb shoulder or leg of lamb stuffed.

After buying this wine, so great was the curiosity of taste it again that, when I came home, I immediately uncorked a bottle. The first impact was however unfortunate: the wine had a great flavor, moderately intense aromas and above all, lacking in body, it seemed watered down!
I had not read, in all honesty, the board to let him breathe. I waited, hopeful, and after a couple of hours I was enyoing anything but wine, rich, round, fragrant and tasty. A wine that will remain in the memory.
Small anecdote: a bottle of this cuvee is heavier than traditional bottles, as if to emphasize the weight of this product within the range of the company offers.

Official website: www.bunan.fr