VertdeVin Magazine

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to discover this 2021 Spring edition of VERTDEVIN Magazine that is our 17th edition. For this new issue we chose to explore and taste some wines from France, Italy, the United-States and Spain… This magazin

Château Gazin is a family owned and operated winery of Pomerol, located in the eponymous village. This estate has been in the hands of the De Bailliencourt family since the beginning of the 20th century. It was bought in 1918 by Louis Soualle, great-

Barboursville Vineyards is one of the most iconic wineries of the Virginia state. It was created in 1976 by Gianni Zonin, descendant of an old italien winegrowers family who started to work vines at the beginning of the 19th century. The winery was c

The Domaine de Montcalmès, a family property, is one of the most famous estates in Languedoc. Located about thirty kilometers from Montpellier, the cellar is located in the town of Puéchabon. It was in 1998 that Frédéric Pourtalié decided to take ove

The new generation, between traditions and modernity, creates delicious Japanese sakés. Can you talk about your Kura: its history and story ? Hiroshima, the world-known peace-memorial city, has another face. Throughout it’s history it has been well-k

Similar to the hype on New World wines and regions, the same is also happening inside the European boundaries. The term new old world is now a thing to recognized emerging, once smaller regions in old world countries that are now making waves and sho

Douro The nose is fresh, fruity and racy. There are notes of small wild berries, cassis and small notes of violet associated with touches of small black fruits, wild strawberries, hints of local grove, olive leaf, plum, plum blossom as well as discre

owner & winemaker of the Domaine de la luolle (Bourgogne, France) For us, wine is the link. Indeed we arrived at wine by the bottle! We created the La Luolle estate in 2017 while taking over vines organic since the beginning. The link was first estab

Okanagan valley, British Colombia Martin Lane’s winery is a state-of-the art facility with a great attention to details. Everything in the winery is destined to let the terroir and single blocs expression shines, from the 6-level 100% gravity winery

Château de Fouilloux – Belairissime 2019 Brouilly The nose is fruity and offers a fine concentration. It reveals notes of Bigarreau cherry, blackberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of spices, plum as well as a hint of fresh leathe

Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer 2018 Côte de Nuits-Villages The nose is flowery and offers a small intensity as well as good definition. It reveals notes of fresh / pulpy cassis, small wild red fruits and small notes of violet associated with touches of flesh

Florent Garaudet – Vieilles Vignes 2017 Monthelie The nose is fresh, fruity and offers a certain concentration as well as a fine grain. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, wild raspberry and small notes of juicy / ripe

Château d’Etroyes – Champenard 2019 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise The nose is fresh, aromatic, mineral and offers a small incisive side, a fine grain as well as a certain generosity. It reveals notes of fresh / juicy Boysenberry, rose and small notes of

Domaine Jean Claude Courtault – Pinot Noir 2018, Côte de Griset Bourgogne Epineuil The nose is fresh, racy and offers a small sharp side. It reveals notes of cassis, cassis leaf and small notes of crunchy small red berries associated with a touch of

Domaine des As 2017 Mâcon Péronne The nose is relatively aromatic. It reveals notes of blackberry, lilac and small notes of small blue fruits associated with touches of rose, peony as well as a hint of crunchy strawberry and pepper. The palate is min

Clothilde Davenne 2017 Irancy The nose is fruity, racy, slightly tight and offers a slight sensation of tension. It reveals notes of cherry, small red fruits and small notes of mulberry leaf associated with touches of blackberry, hints of racy minera

Château La Conseillante 2018 Pomerol The nose is elegant, full of control, aromatic and offers a very beautiful power (like a glove of silk), precision, a beautiful finesse of the intensity, a very beautiful fine grain and complexity. This wine shoul

Château Beynat – Cuvée Léonard 2018 Castillon Côtes-de-Bordeaux (Organic) The nose is fruity, racy and offers a small power as well as a fine intensity and deepness. It reveals notes of ripe Boysen berry, fleshy strawberry and small notes of blueberr

Château Prieuré de Blaignan 2018 Médoc The nose is fruity and offers a small power. It reveals notes of crunchy blackberry, iris and small notes of fresh violet associated with fine touches of cassis, rose as well as a hint of pepper and a subtle hin

Château Fontis 2018 Médoc, Cru Bourgeois The nose is aromatic and offers a fine complexity and elegance. It reveals notes of pulpy cassis, wild blackberry and small notes of coffee associated with touches of strawberry, liquorice stick, lily as well

Château La Lagune 2010 Haut-Médoc, Cru Classé The nose is fruity, elegant, beautifully defined and offers a silky side, a small richness and intensity. It reveals notes of quite ripe blackberry, crushed strawberry and small notes of crushed cassis as

Château Laurence 2018 Bordeaux Blanc The nose is fruity and offers a beautiful freshness as well as minerality and a small chiseled side. It reveals notes of fresh apple, juicy/fleshy peach and small notes of zests associated with touches of orange a

Vignoble Art Mas 2019 Côtes du Rhône Villages, Visan (Organic) The nose is aromatic, elegant, fruity and offers a certain intensity. There are notes of Bigarreau cherry, blackberry and small notes of cassis associated with touches of small pulpy berr

D. Guidal 2019 Condrieu The nose is elegant, aromatic, precise and offers a fine richness. It reveals notes of kumquat, juicy/pulpy vine peach, small notes of quince associated with touches of mesocarp, apple, fine hints of fresh apricot, dry citrus

Terre des 2 sources – Empreintes 2020 Languedoc The nose is fruity, pulpy and offers a small flattering side as well as a fine intensity. It reveals notes of bright vine peach, lychee and small notes of exotic fruits associated with small touches of

Domaine Paul Prieur & Fils Vendanges Entières 2017 Sancerre This Pinot Noir comes from the southern part of ”The Pichons” Lieu dit on Limestone clay. Nose of cherries, black fruits, vegetal notes and spices. On the palate, the attack is on freshness

Corison — Kronos Vineyard 2017, Cabernet Sauvignon St. Héléna, Napa Valley The nose is fresh, elegant and offers concentration (full of justness/control), power (full of finesse), a beautiful deepness as well as delicacy of grain, an aerial side and

Champagne Bollinger R.D. 2007 – Extra-Brut (disgorgement: 10/07/2020) The nose is elegant, fruity, pulpy and offers freshness as well as strength (in delicacy). It reveals notes of juicy pear, crunchy peach and small notes of peach blossoms, verbena

Priorat 100% Cariñena, from a warm Licorella Vineyard in the Gratallops zone, this wine is always an example of freshness, but also shows the warmth of where it comes from. There’s layered aromas of ripe mixed berries and deep dark plums as well as s

To remember: the Japan Awasake Association is born in 2016. The purpose of this association is to define and the quality standards of the products” but also to develop the market of Awasake in the world. The Awasake is certified with natural fermenta