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CONTENTS Le SOULA, altitude 600m Languedoc…………..…………………………………….………… Domaine Aigues-Belles Domaine Alain Chabanon October 2011 Domaine Zelige-Caravent Château Coutinel Domaine Cébène Domaine Le Conte des Floris Mas Champart Roc d’anglade Domaine Montrose Domaine St Sylvestre Domaine Oustal Blanc Plo Roucarels Terrasse d’Elise Roussillon…..…………………………………………..…….…….. Clos del Rey Domaine Danjou Banessy Le Clos des fées Domaine des Enfants sauvages La Nouvelle Donne Jean Louis Tribouley Domaine Olivier Pithon Le Roc des Anges Le Soula Domaine des Soulanes Les Terres de Fagayra W LAGRANGE Rhône.......…………………………..……………..…….…..……. W LAGRANGE Spring 2012 Domaine Saint Damien Château la Font du Loup Le Clos des Centenaires Mas Saint Louis Domaine des Ondines Domaine Julien Pilon Vincent & Alexandre Cluzel Bordeaux………………………………………………………....... Château Courronneau Closerie Saint Roc Cépages Corporation Domaine Combel La Serre Bourgogne………………………………………..……….…........ 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Just before 2000, Thunevin, Brigitte Chevalier acquired a group of vineyards in a Gilles Palatan decided, with the help of his 2 nephews Patrice remote part of Faugères centered around a ziggurat-shaped and Thierry Lombard, to vinify his grapes instead of selling hill at an elevation of 320m above sea level. This location them to the local coop as this family-run domain has been affords a range of exposures from north-facing, to full been doing since the years following the war. Vintage after southern exposure. Underneath these sites is the classic soil of vintage, Gilles has been ceaselessly improving the quality of his Faugères – schist. Soil, exposure and climate, combine to allow wines. Although part of his vines are classed as AOC, this Brigitte to makes wines that suit her palate, what she calls, talented wine producer has deliberately chosen the Pays d’Oc “Vin du Nord in the South.”Brigitte is meticulous in her farming IGP denomination to benefit from greater freedom and and winemaking. Her vineyards are certified organic and produce the wines he loves. In explaining the success of his everything is harvested by hand and transported in small bins. wines Gilles always put forward team work ethic and the total Brigitte prefers native yeast, and whole cluster fermentations dedication of each team member to his tasks. Gilles knows like as well as aging in tank. All wines are balanced, rich and soft, no other producer in Southern France how to use new oak and with abundant fruit and spiciness, complex structures, fine age wine. His wines all have a strong aromatic personality, tannins and hints that they will continue to evolve over a freshness and great balance. number of years. In choosing a name for her Domaine, Brigitte took as inspiration an ancient goddess of the celtic tribes of the region, Cébenna, mentioned by Julius Cesar in the first RED century BC. VDP d’Oc ‘Lombarde’ 2017 Y3,080 Surface: Grenache (35%), Merlot (15%), Syrah (50%) Surface: White: 5ha Red : 11ha RED Chardonnay, Roussane, Langudoc ‘Le Grand Classique’ 2013 Y4,004 Sauvignon Syrah, Grenache, Syrah (30%), Grenache (30%), Mourvèdre (50%) Mourvedre, Carignan Red: 15ha Faugeres Le Pelerin 2018 Y2,235 syrah, grenache, VDP d’Oc ‘Nicole’ 2017 Y3,700 Soils: Syrah (55%), Grenache (25%), Carignan (10%), mourvèdre, merlot, Syrah (64%), Cabernet Sauvignon (36%) Mourvèdre (10%) cabernet-sauvignon Schist, pebble and WHITE sand Soils: IGP d’Oc Ex-Arena 2012 Y3,311 Limestone, Clay VDP d’Oc ‘L’autre blanc’ 2017 Y4,390 Average vines age: Grenache (90%), Mourvèdre (10%) Roussane (40%), Sauvignon (30%), 50 yrs Average vines age: Faugères Les Bancels 2012 Y4,000 30 yrs Chardonnay (30%) Type of viticulture: VDP d’Oc ‘Le blanc’ 2018 Y4,390 Organic farming Syrah (60%), Grenache (20%), Mourvedre (20%) Type of viticulture: Chardonnay (100%) Organic Average yearly Faugères Belle lurette 2014 Y4,000 VDP D’Oc ‘Le Premier Rolle’ 2017 Y4,315 Average yearly production: Carignan (70%), Grenache (20%),Mourvedre (10%) production: Rolle (100%) 30,000 bottles 45,000 bottles Faugère Felgria 2014 Y7,395 Mourvèdre (50%), Syra (25%), Grenache (25%) 2 LANGUEDOC Domaine Alain Chabanon Clos du Serres After studies in agronomy Alain crossed paths with one Sébastien Fillon was born in the Loire and first of France’s most talented wine producers, Alain Brumont, founder of the Château Montus at Madiran, worked as an engineer. At 30, he switched careers allowing him to imbibe from his experience. At the end and became a winemaker. In 2006, Sébastien and of the 1980s, Alain bought his first parcels of vines in his wife Béatrice bought Domaine le Clos du the terrasses du Larzac and produced his first cuvées in Serres in the relatively new Terrasses du Larzac 1992. The respect for the life in the soil is Alain’s first appellation. ‘Serres’ translates as ‘hills’ in Occitan priority: The Domaine has been organic since 1992 and dialect. “There’s everything one needs to make has adopted biodynamic principles since 2007. Yields great wine: diverse and arid soil, deep water and a are kept low and the soils are ploughed. The work in the very special climate where the sun is tempered by cellar is admirable too: long ageing in old oak barrels or the proximity to the limestone Larzac plateau in concrete eggs for its top cuvees. Alain aims to produce exceptional wines that are subtle and elegant, which brings in cool air during the summer with a true identity of their terroir,. Wines that would nights.“ This large shift in temperature between become even more complex after several years but that day and night helps the grapes mature slowly, are delicious young. Without a doubt this domaine is increasing complexity and maintaining acidity. among the top 10 in Languedoc-Roussillon. Clos du Serres produces terroir-driven wines with lovely fruit and freshness. Surface: RED Surface: White : 1,5ha White : 2ha RED Vermentino, chenin Grenache blanc, blanc VDP d’Oc Le petit merle aux alouettes 2016 Y3,773 Roussanne,Vermentino Terrassses du Larzac La Blaca 2012 Y3,462 Merlot (100%) Red : 15,5ha Red : 13ha Syrah (65%), Grenache (20%), Carignan (15%) Syrah, Mourvèdre, Languedoc Campredon 2017 Y3,850 Œillade, Syrah, Grenache, Merlot Syrah(50%),Mouverdre(30%),Grenache(20%) Grenache, Carignan Soils: Coteaux du Languedoc Boissières 2013 Y6,160 Soils: Clay and limestone Grenache (88%), syrah (8%), mourvedre (4%) Sandstone, schist, ruffs, pebbles ON SALE Average vines age: Coteaux du L. Saut de cote 2014 Y7,625 セール中 25 yrs Mourvedre (80%), syrah (20%) Average vines age: 50 yrs Type of viticulture: WHITE Biodynamic farming Type of viticulture: Organic farming Average yearly VDP d’Oc Petit Trélans 2016 Y4,160 production: Vermentino (55%), Chenin blanc (45%) Average yearly 50,000 bottles production: VDP d’Oc Trelans 2013 Y6,470 50,000 bottles Vermentino(55%),Chenin blanc(45%) 4 LANGUEDOC Château Pech Redon Domaine Le Conte des Floris « I like to feel that La Clape has made me. The strength of the terroir has taught me modesty. He is the one After a first career as a professor of computational who decides and makes his mark. The winemaker is science and four years at the French magazine "La only an artisan who makes shine what Mother Nature Revue du Vin de France" (RVF) where he worked wants to give us. Year after year I gained some serenity. And little by little it came upon me that I had to respect as assistant chief editor, this wine aficionado this wild nature around me. Over time I understood realised his dream in 2000 by settling down in something: if you don’t respect nature, you don’t respect yourself. So I stopped using chemicals and Pézenas after a training period in Beaune. He is began to farm organically. It is so obvious now that the now in charge of a 7 hectare domaine in organic estate is in the middle of a protected natural area. farming. "Through the expression of our very Being organic allowed me to revitalize the soils, bring more balance and vigor into the wines, and helped me diversified soils, we look for the delicacy and the live in harmony with this land that welcomed me. freshness in our wines more than the I like to know that La Clape was an island long time ago. Perhaps even an archipelago. concentration and the power. The wine is made to untouched massif from where the Mediterranean sea be drunk, we shall never say it enough... " can be seen.” Christophe Bousquet Surface: RED White : 2,2ha Carignan, Marsanne, Coteaux du L. 6 Rah noirs 2017 Y2,926 RED Roussanne Syrah (90%), Grenache (10%) Red : 5,3ha Languedoc- Pézenas Basaltique 2014 Y3,542 La Clape Les Cades 2016 Y2,770 Grenache, Syrah, Carignan (90%), Grenache (10%) Carignan (30%), Cinsault (20%), Syrah (20%), Carignan Grenache (10%), Mouvedre (10%) Coteaux du L. Villafranchien 2013 Y3,850 Soils: Grenache (80%), Carignan (15%) and syrah (5%) La Clape L’épervier 2013 Y3,545 Basalt, Gravels, Schist Coteaux du L. Homo Habilis 2010 Y5,000 Syrah (60%), Grenache (40%) Syrah (80%), Mourvèdre (10%), Grenache (10%) Average vines age: 30 yrs WHITE White Type of viticulture: Organic Languedoc Pleine Lune 2017 Y4,160 Marsanne (65%), Carignan blanc (35%) La Clape La Centaurée 2014 Y4,470 Bourboulenc (80%), Grenache blanc (20%) Average yearly production: Coteaux du L.