I’m in the garden … and I drink the mondeuse!

And yes, the notes of Robert Parker are out yesterday. Nice notes, although high, really high, which may have some impact on the prices of bottles … Image of Bordeaux, as always. The story even though it Repeat? To think …
The weather is prolonged, I am less and less behind my screen, and increasingly in the garden … And you know what I want when I’m in the garden? Beaujolais! The wine full of fruit and freshness, the wine buddy, enjoy wine, a madeleine of Proust for me! The only problem is that right now, I do not … So I console myself with mondeuse of Savoy, the son of Charles Trosset Cuvee Prestige Acres of 2007, because that style of wine fun, love! You know?


Arbin is a small village (less than 200 hectares) of Savoy, located in the Combe de Savoie more precisely, south of Chambery. In this small valley of the Isere, including micro-climate is conducive to the cultivation of the vine, there are several vintages, including the Chignin Bergeron-white (made from the Rhone varietal Roussanne, bergeron called here) and Arbin in the red are more qualitative. For Arbin is also a red wine appellation, or more exactly a wine of AOC Vin de Savoie, developed from a single grape variety: the Mondeuse. Is there a relationship between the mondeuse and Syrah (note also that these two varieties are female, while most are male)? It says, yes. In any case, notes of violet and pepper variety that can sometimes develop suggest (And somewhere, I feel reassured because I confess that I first tasted a Arbin, I thought of a Rhone. It was a Arbin of Louis Magnin , a treat!). The vines in the appellation are backed Arbin Bauges, on exposed hillsides Southeast, where the soil consists of clay and limestone boulders.

In the son of Arbin Charles Trosset, Prestige Cuvée 2007 acres, it is this time neither side violet, or pepper as I felt, but a nose of flint pronounced red fruit. A nose that reminded me of some Beaujolais. A wine of great freshness, a beautiful purity as well, drinkable wine par excellence, I am smitten! Note that this is a wonderful accomplishment for a seemingly difficult vintage. Domaine Charles Trosset, became the son of Charles Trosset, is a small area of 4 hectares, held by two brothers, Louis and Joseph Trosset. The soils of the property are worked, the vinification is made at the plot in the traditional and the wines are blended for the development of three vintages: Harmony, Prestige Acres and Confidential. The breeding will vary according to these three vintages: Harmony will be bottled in November, Prestige Acres after about 8 months of rearing, and Confidential, the most concentrated wine, after 10 months.
Well, if you seek me, I’m in the garden, and I drink mondeuse … in moderation, yes yes yes!