I recently met with him Jacques Disner, the cellar in Chamoson Polyte (Valais):
We turn first time in the winery where we tasted a lot of wines from the vintner chamosard, be they white or red. All are drawn to the tank. Jacques raises almost all of his wines in stainless steel tanks. His chardonnay and sweet Millennium are for their high undergrowth.
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Real Vins of champagne
In the winery, as the vine, Anselm Selosse is a perfectionist and is sparing no effort to better express the identity of its wines.
All parcels are vinified separately in Burgundy barrels. The proportion of new oak remains low in order not to mark the wines too. The departures are a natural fermentation, so no additional external challenge.Juices are not related and are periodically re suspended by stirring. After 8-12 months in barrels, wines continue their farming in tanks or lightning, always on their lees before bottle aging between 3 and 10 years.
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Undoubtedly, Anselm Selosse became in some twenty years one of the leading figures of Champagne. His experiments, his pursuit of perfection have attracted the interest of the whole profession and, of course, fans like us. This in itself symbolizes the surge qualitative champagne winemakers in recent years.
Created by Jacques Selosse, Father Anselm, the area now totals 7.5 hectares spread over 47 plots. The key is in the heart of the Cote des Blancs (Avize Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger), vineyards planted with Chardonnay which added a few nice hills pinot noir from the Montagne de Reims Aÿ , Ambonnay and Mareuil-sur-Ay. That land so beautiful.
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East of the Bay of Biscay, Bordeaux is a leading French seaport on the banks of the Garonne River, near the point where the Garonne and Dordogne rivers meet to form the Gironde River. The city administers five deepwater ports downstream were the large quantities of the famous Bordeaux wines are exported.
As far back as the time of the Roman Empire, Bordeaux was a flourishing city, called Burdigala. In 1154, when the husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine became Henry II of England, the Bordeaux region passed under English control. It became French again at the end of the Hundred Years’ War in 1453. During the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly in each world war, the French government moved to Bordeaux.
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Fantastic architecture Bodega Ysios enters the constellation of the most attractive sites of wine tourism to Spain. Winery Marques-de-Riscal Frank Gehry designed by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Bodega López de Heredia worked Zaha Hadid, the grand lady of the world of architectural deconstruction, and Bodega Ysios made the most futuristic and surreal architect in the world, Spaniard Santiago Calatrava.
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La Tota – Barbera d’Asti D.O.C.
This wine takes its name from one of the winery’s historical Barbera vineyards: “La Tota” which in Piedmontese language means “young lady”. This Barbera wine has a sound structure, a perfume of mature fruit and a soft, captivating taste. It is ready for consumption one year after harvest, but it may be aged up to 4 or 5 years.
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The name of the Marquis Alfieri family, Lords of San Martino, is closely linked with the history of Piedmont in northwestern Italy. Listing all the illustrious personalities of the Alfieri family would be impossible, so we shall just mention a few.
The Marquis Cesare Alfieri, a politician and activist who inspired the Albertine Statues of 1848, contributed to the liberal transformation of the monarchy during Italy’s unification and became President of the Senate.
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The castle is located at 14010 San Martino Afieri, about 10 miles southwest of Asti, Italy. From the Torino-Piacenza highway, take the Asti East (Asti Est) exit. Follow State Route 231, from Asti to Alba, turn right at Motta (16 kilometers from Asti) and follow the road to San Martino Alfieri. The castle is visible on the hilltop.
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Origin: Piedmont, Asti Province, San Martino Alfieri Castle.
Producer: Marquis Alfieri
Grape Variety Barbera d’Asti
Preparation: Grapes are crushed, de-stemmed and slowly fermented on skins. Refined in oak barrels for at least 12 months. Light settling and bottling in the summer season. Aged in bottles for at least one year before being released for sale.
Characteristics: Intense ruby red color with slightly garnet hues. Complex and well balanced bouquet, fruity with spicy influences. Well structured wine, rich in taste.
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