Rimapere Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Tasting Note: This is a remarkably refreshing white that displays purity of fruits, elegance and truly reflects its origins. A delightfully fruit-driven wine exuberating aromatic notes of passionfruit, guava, green apples & citrus, while on the palate, burstful of flavors with minerality and lemon zest. Clean, bright and persistentĀ finishing.
Food Pairing: Perfect by itself or pairs well with white meat dishes, grilled or with sauces. Lobsters, scallops, snow crabs, all will match ideally with freshness of the wine.Guillaume Gonnet Le Reveur Cotes Du Rhone Rouge 2022
CrĆØme de cassis, cherries, a lovely note of licorice on the palate, mixed with pepper and Asian spices. āLe Reveur Rougeā is a wine that marries with a great range of food. Imagine yourself enjoying this wine with a lovely mixed plate of charcuterie and cheese, a gourmet pizza or something a little different like Peking duck pancakes.
80% Grenache, 20% Syrah
First Drop ‘Real Time’ 2022 Chardonnay
Long mild mornings & days as well as bitterly cold nights slowly ripen, pristine chardonnay fruit allowing it to develop elegant flavours & tight texture. Delicate & minimal handling in the winery has seen us produce an outstanding Chardonnay from an excellent vintage.
Colour: Pale Straw
Nose: Apples, yellow peach & pear blossoms with hints of toasted hazelnuts
Palate: Nectarine & white peaches with yellow grapefruit. Fresh lemon curd & hints of brioche, on a tightly textured palate.
Waipara West Sauvignon Blanc 2022
The wine is an brilliant pale straw green colour. The aromas are as immediately striking as they are appealing, you are instantly saturated with lofty aromas of passionfruit sherbet and sweet florals. Asian herbs like lemongrass and Thai basil add a savoury backdrop. Dry river bed and salt crust provide further earthy complexity. Full and juicy in the mouth ripe tropical fruit like richness flows through to a textured and cleansing granny smith finish with a stain like persistence.
Food Pairing: Shellfish, Vegetarian, Goat Cheese
Domaine Roc de lāAbbaye Sancerre 2022
Terrior: Pink, black & grey flint
Varietal: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Colour: Pale golden hue
Nose: The discreet nose is dominated by notes of smoke and Earl Grey tea combined with swathes of clementine, yellow peach and mango.
Palate: Intensely fruity, reveals yellow peach, ripe nectarine, quince, as well as subtle notes of stewed fruits. The finish is long and saline.
Seafood platter or a fillet of red mullet in a white butter sauce with citrus and carrot flower honey.
Domaine Roc de lāAbbaye Florian Mollet L’Antique Sancerre Blanc 2022
Terrior: 100% flint
Varietal: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Colour: Golden hue with green glimmers.
Nose: The subtle nose opens up with notes of citrus fruits, wildflowers and citrus blossoms which give way to lime, lemongrass, bergamot and pineapple.
Palate: The palate is rich, velvety and underpinned by a delicate freshness. Notes of bergamot, grapefruit zest and green apple. A remarkably well-balanced wine with a saline finish.
Pairs well with goats' cheese, comtƩ, seafood, herb risotto or fish tartare.
Domaine Albert Mann Gewurztraminer 2022
Biodynamic. 100% GewĆ¼rztraminer.
A bouquet that is powerful and complex, an explosion of exotic fruits, flowers, and spices. The enveloping palate strikes a delicate balance between power and finesse. From vineyards located in Wettolseim and Kientzheim grown on marly-limestone.Ā Clear and delicate. Lovely lifted floral rose and peony aromas. On the palate, rich rounded exotic tropical fruit flavours with a beautiful core of clean refreshing acid. This is delightful.
Domaine Albert Mann Riesling 2022
Alain Geoffroy Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2022
THE EYE:Ā Pale gold in colour with green glints. Bright, luminous and limpid.
THE NOSE:Ā Evolves in purity and elegance.Ā We discover with pleasure the sweetness and mellowness thought fresh notes of citrus, menthol and fern, rounded by gourmet notes of vanilla.
THE MOUTH:Ā expresses power, delicacy, mellowness and character on a clearly mineral background that only aging can balance. A delicate hint of oak and a very long finish that gives us enough time to appreciate this wonderful moment of tasting.
Grape variety:Ā Chardonnay
Exposure:Ā Full south
Age of the vineyard:Ā 45 years
Geology:Ā Kimmeridgian
Wine-making process:Ā Traditional oak vats
Maturing:Ā in split merrain
Ageing:Ā 10 to 15 years or more, depending on the vintage
Serving Temperature: 10 to 12Ā° as an aperitif or for the pleasure of tasting OR 12 to 14Ā° served with a meal.
Food Pairing: Foie-Gras, Warm oysters with winkles, Fresh-water crayfish, Mussels and Small scallops with thyme leaves, Grilled lobster with melted butter, Steamed scallops, Young turbot with creamed cucumber, Scrambled eggs with sea urchins, Rolled monkfish with fresh pasta, Roast capon, Mature cheese, Warm pears and figs with cinnamon.
Alain Geoffroy Chablis 2022
Light gold with greenish glints. Bright, luminous and clear.
The nose is rich and ripe, full of flowers at first, then revealing its fruity aromas with sweet, mellow scents.
On the palate, the wine is very powerful with a strong mineral character that enhances the fruit and fine vegetal flavours. Its mellowness harmonizes perfectly with its vivacity on a solid structure that illustrates perfectly the special nature of the wine.
- GRAPE VARIETY : Chardonnay 100 %
- AGE OF THE VINEYARD : 20 to 40 years
- GEOLOGY : Kimmeridgian limestone
- EXPOSURE : South-East
- WINE-MAKING PROCESS : Traditional in temperature-controlled tanks
- MATURING : In temperature-controlled tanks
Amuse Bouche PrĆŖt Ć Boire RosĆ© 2022
We are pleased to offer you, loyal devotees of wine Ć la franƧaise, our 2022 PrĆŖt Ć Boire Napa Valley from our Napa Valley vineyards. The expression prĆŖt Ć boire (ready to drink) celebrates a wine that you can savor now, in the moment ā instant gratification with no need for cellar aging. And to further expedite your enjoyment of this wine, we will include a complimentary pink dog corkscrew with your six-pack
Made in the southern French style, the 2022 PrĆŖt Ć Boire is composed of 66.5% Grenache and 33.5% Syrah. Pale salmon pink in color, this rosĆ© wine is crisp, dry, and energetic, offering beautiful aromas of potpourri, watermelon rind and raspberry tart.
THE ARTIST
Some of you may not be aware that the world lost George Rodrigue on December 14, 2013. He was 69 years old. George, and his wife Wendy, have been dear friends of ours since 2005 when we initially commissioned George to paint a "blue dog" for our 2006 Amuse Bouche release. A native of Louisiana, George launched his painting career in the 1960s. He was not only a magnificent artist; George was a true community leader, philanthropist and advocate of arts education, inspiring a new generation of artists through the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts. Our hearts are heavy with George's absence. We are fortunate to be able to surround ourselves with so many vivid, vibrant reminders of his beautiful, whimsical outlook on life.Grand Bateau Blanc 2022 by Chateau Beychevelle
Bordeaux AOC, France
Aromatic to the nose with notes of buttery-vanillin oak flavours and exotic fruit (orange rind and honeyed grapefruit).Ā On the palate, the wine is round, fleshy with wonderful minerality and again, delightful exotic fruit flavours.Ā The new-oak flavours are present. Very nice balance between the oak, fruit and acidity.Ā Excellent finish.
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Harvest is done 100% by hand. Following a skin-contact maceration, 75% of the juice is fermented in vats and 25% in oak-barrels. During this ageing period, ābatonnageā is carried out.Ā After blending and filtration, bottling is carried out in late spring following the harvest.