Vire Clesse 2017 gold medal for this 2020 guide

Viré Clessé 2017 note 88/100 gold medal

Shiny gold dress. Nose of dried fruits (almonds), white flowers (linden), smoky touches. The mouth has body, with a well-ordered chardonnay expression. The finish preserves the expression of the fruit. A beautiful “Vire Clesse” .

Beaujolais Villages “Le Bois de la Fee” note 84/100 silver medal

Ruby purple color, limpid. Crunchy nose of fresh red and black berries, with a floral presence. Classic palate, well balanced, with a fresh and greedy dimension. The fruit is healthy, precise. A typical “village” for a charcuterie evening.

2019 Gibert & Gaillard wine guide : 3 gold medals

Beaujolais Villages “Le Bois de la Fee”  note 87/100 médaille d’or

Bright purple dress. Seductive nose, ripe fruit (morello cherry, blueberry, plum), floral touch. Smooth, ample, fresh mouth, where the fruits express themselves happily accompanied by spices and subtle vegetal notes. All in purity and natural.

Mâcon Azé 2016 note 87/100 médaille d’or

Bright pale yellow color. Pleasant nose evoke white fruits, cherry plum, floral touch. At the palate a beautiful soft, round, coated presence. The intensity and purity of the aromas are appreciated. Mineral dimension, harmonious whole.

 

Viré Clessé 2016 note 89/100 médaille d’or

Crystalline light yellow color. Delicate nose, mineral, floral fragrances, fruity background. In the Beginning flagrant, creamy, full-bodied, mingling sensation of fullness and pleasant tension. Stubborn mineral effluents, the essential and nothing else than a success.

Chénas 2016 84/100

Purple purple dress. Nose of red fruits (strawberry, raspberry), presence of the violet. Soft palate, greedy for its freshness and the juvenile expression of its fruity scents. We enjoy tasting the fruity of this wine. To be drink with fine delicatessen .

Ventoux 2017 84/100

Bright garnet color, violet hues. Pleasant nose evoking strawberry, blueberry. Smooth mouth, concentrated, alert, enriched with notes of garrigue, chalk, spices. Evolution and finish firmer, slightly vegetal. We can wait for it.

For this 2018 edition, all our wines got a gold medal winners

Macon Azé white 2015 rated 86/100

Light gold dress. Smoked mineral nose on a background of dried fruits, white fruits and wild flowers. Mouth quite robust, predominantly mineral. The wine is enveloping but lets the fruit awake.

Mâcon 2015 rated 83/100

Purple purple dress. Nose of fresh forest fruits (strawberry, raspberry), floral presence. Right mouth, with freshness, suppleness, a pleasant fruity beat. The aromatic youth (fruits, flowers) is its asset. Good wine of cold cuts.

Moulin a vent 2015 rated 87/100

Deep robe, purple, Nose end, heady, on the flesh of red and black fruits, floral presence. Soft palate, juicy, entirely focused on fruity freshness, a gourmet, crunchy, sappy mill. Its friendliness is its main asset.

Chiroubles 2015 rated 84/100

Deep ruby ​​color. Nose of fresh red and black berries, floral presence (peony). Mouth welcoming, simple and flexible, which highlights a fruity delicacy combined with a nice freshness. A very convivial vintage, good wine of friends.

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2017 EDITION - gilbert&gaillard wine guide

Mâcon Azé blanc 2014       86/100
Light gold dress. Smoked nose with brioche fragrances and white flowers. Generous and fruity expression. An imposing corpulence but nevertheless greedy, for a successful marriage with snails.

Viré Clessé blanc 2014    84/100
Light gold dress. 1st nose opening on notes of honeysuckle, smoked. Nice attack ample and perfumed. The evolution and the final are more difficult to keep pace although the freshness is at the rendezvous. A traditional chardonnay

Beaujolais Villages « Le Bois de la Fée » 2015      88/100
Deep purple color, purple hues. Happy nose, blackberry, blackcurrant, currant, touch of candy. The palate has the same aromas in a full, succulent, lively frame, framed by fine tannins. Nice combination of tradition and modernity.

Crozes-Hermitage 2013  « Les engoulevents »       86/100
Deep purple color, purple highlights. Attractive nose, black fruits, violet, fine spices, vegetal background. Mouth well drawn, fragrant, quite rich, full-bodied, spicy, touches of aromatic herbs, final firm, discreetly vegetal. can wait 3 years.

Côtes du Ventoux 2015     84/100
Ruby color quite strong, young. Nose fond, strawberry, cherry, touch of candy. On the palate a sweet wine, rich, smiling, some warm spices and a small evocation of the scrubland. Pleasant and accessible set that will open now.

Moulin à Vent 2011      87/100
Garnet young color. Nice nose of ripe red and black fruits, spicy touch. A mill very flexible, very tender. We appreciate the persistent fruity freshness. Generous matter. Tannic tip in the final. Beautiful expression of the terroir.

Beaujolais Villages « Le Bois de la Fée » 2014    88/100
Purplish ruby ​​color. Deep nose, small red and black fruits. A high-end villages, which crunch the fruit with a full tooth. A lot of freshness, flexibility, great aromatic freedom. typical beaujolais by its persistent greedy fruit..

Crozes-Hermitage 2012  « Les engoulevents »   86/100
Deep garnet color, purple hues. Pleasant nose, currant, blueberry, violet, fine spices. On the palate a flexible and accessible style, easy to drink, peppery , framed by molten tannins. We will wait a little.

Viré Clessé blanc 2013    84/100
Light gold dress. 1st nose still little talkative opening on notes of honeysuckle, smoked. Nice attack ample and perfumed. The evolution and the final are more difficult to keep pace although the freshness is at the rendezvous. A traditional chardonnay