We can say that summer is officially launched. Summer means free time, fun, and extended aperitifs. So it's better to have a little bit of stock.
Cours Toujours - Winery du Possible - Roussillon
To find freshness, you can put your nose in there, then your lips. Some minerality too. In short, the balance is good. At the same time quite marked on the sweet spices, the herbaceous touches (not vegetal eh), Cours Toujours is well worth to be chased.
Les Jacquaires 2016 - Château La Colombière - Sud-Ouest (Fronton)
A vestigial blend (40% Chenin, 40% Sauvignon, 20% Bouysselet) of an outstanding terroir. Freshness, enough fat to give the juice staying power. Surprising! Then, these small aromas of peach, lemon to boost the palate as it should. Ohlala. Energy in the mouth and in the bottle with a very very nice tension. Sauvignon rather in the background...for our great happiness?
Léon 2016 - Les Bottes Rouges - Jura (Arbois)
First information: open Leon a little early. He likes that. Then, apple well present, a little bit of peach and grapefruit. Then, the spices come in, at ease, all in subtlety. The balance is there, since a nice fatness takes over. The vivacity holds and accompanies marvelously the end of mouth. At the top, my friend!
Step by Step 2016 - Jérôme Jouret - Ardèche
First of all, there is the beautiful dark color to point out. The nose is clear, frank, let's not be afraid to say explosive on black fruits. The spicy touches are there too! In mouth, the matter is tender, velvety on spices and return of crushed black fruits. A balance of freshness and fine tannic tension! Straightforward, elegant and racy! To be opened a little bit in advance.
Prémices 2016 - Rémi & Laurence Dufaitre - Beaujolais
The pleasure is immediate. After all, it's what we often look for! There is in this Gamay a very nice wine of pleasure, of lightness. How to say otherwise: fruit, fruit, fruit. Then, little by little, the fruit also gives way to spices, to a more floral and more complex background. A seasonal delicacy, to be drunk like a candy.
Vie 2013 - Clos Massotte - Roussillon
Let's talk about life! It's not bad when you drink things like this! Very nice material (chewiness) with still a lot of power and time to keep... but here is once again a crazy wine proposed by Pierre-Nicolas Massotte who surprises us more and more by his research of wine making (4 months of maceration). A jewel.
