GOOD MARKETING MEANS GOOD WINE ??

Today we want to show you something really strange….

A fight between wine of Languedoc Roussillon and wine of Bordeaux but not only… 

Un Vin De Merde ? 

OR 

Une Levrette ?

Hmmm, what a choice !!!

Yes, we are talking about wine, with a funny and surprising label. 

Maybe the label is significant but the wine it is provided ?

Round 1 :  The Nose

Le vin de merde : With a black Grenache and Syrah grape, this red wine with intense color is surprisingly subtle nose with aromas of red berries

La levrette : With 60 % Merlot and 40 % Cabernet Sauvignon the nose is expressive and complex . Notes cherries, blackberries, black fruit. Sweet vanilla and spicy notes.



Round 2 : The Taste
Le vin de merde : A high quality wine but without complexity and 
for all to enjoy .

La levrette : honest, this structure with much tannins, vanilla , toast / brioche stand out.

Round 3 : The Price 
Le vin de merde : With a price of 12 € you will bring a quality wine and a touch of humor on your friends table.
La levrette : 15,80 € for a well-structured wine, it goes verywell with your evening. 
Sexy and fun, there is no more that tried doggie style !




Finally the crappy wine is well
worth a good doggie, try and give your opinion !

Espana !

This week we’re going in holidays : sun, tapas, vinos y Espana, we are in Spain this week for an awesome fight between two wines from the Ribeira del Duero region.

 

Two big actors in this region which are Pintia « Vega Sicilia » from the Alvarez family well known in the fine wine industry in Spain and on their own terroirs in San Roman de Hornija. 

The second is a direct competitor and a medium bodega Arzuaga Navarro, the first wine in 2008 and the second in 2009  which are two realy good vintages in Spain.

 We have already talk to much in Spanish , let’s have a glass 

POR FAVOR !!!

 

Round 1 : The nose

Pintia « Vega Sicilia » 2008

Nice nose with a small evolution of the wine, elegant nose of cherry jam and black pepper. The Nose shows a fresh wine far away from what we can expect for a Spanish Gringo !

Arzuaga Tinto Reserva 2009

First we can only smell young oaky notes and red fruits. It’s hot and we can feel a lot of alcohol, but after few minutes you forget the wine and it became more balanced. When you heard about 24 month in french oak barrel you Can’t wait to taste !?

Round 2 : Let’s taste

Pintia « Vega Sicilia » 2008

Tasty and fresh, fine and elegant , with a nice balance ollééééééé this is a perfect wine

 Arzuaga Tinto Reserva 2009

A lot of Vanilla and red fruits is it a smoothie ? Nice structure with strong tannins this wine is too powerful for this game maybe for some palates.

Round 3 : The Price

Pintia « Vega Sicilia » 2008

It will be around 50 Euros for this big label of the Ribeira del Duero region, « Vega Sicilia » it’s a wine that you need to taste

Arzuaga Tinto Reserva 2009

30 Euros for the challenger , that could be a good deal what do you think ? 

Rhône wine contest

Today it's about Rhône wines, 

About powerful red wines of the south of France, 

 

 

In one hand we have Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre in an organic wine... 

This is a Côtes Du Rhône Domaine des Espiers 2013 from

the heart of Vaucluse, between the banks of the Ouvèze and Montmirail

Price:  10,30€

Nose : Raspberries, Blackcurrant buds, simple nose but really friendly.

Mouth : This wine is just juicy, easy to drink, really smooth. Just the wine you want to drink on a sunny Sunday at barbecue with friends. 

On the other hand, we have mainly Grenache (60%) and after Syrah (40%), it's an unfiltered wine, a powerful wine around 15% Vol of alcohol...

 

This a Vacqueras Domaine La Bouïssiere  2011 is

Located on the heights of the Dentelles, 400m above sea level

Price: 16€

 

Nose : Liquorice cherry, the noze is powerful, gingerbread, withe-wood, caramel.

Mouth : Good acidity, soft tannins, good confirmation of the nose. Quite long after taste for a 16€ wine.

Honestly the Côte du Rhône is a better value for money. The Vacqueras caricature.

Wine trip in Cahors

 

We had this trip last week. This article come bit late, the time for us to digest the quantity of wine and food we had.

Cahors is a small appellation in south west of France with only 4000 hectares planted on the 20 000 available. The AC rules allows a minimum 70% malbec but all the best cuvee were 100% malbec. 

This grape variety is the king in this places.

According to a very specific terroir study, made by Claude Bourguignon we can find different type of terroir.

The valley, the terrace and the coteaux. Each terroir gives specific characteristics to the wine. The valley give strong wine, the terrace give more interesting wine more complex, the coteaux give for us the most interesting wine stunningly fresh and elegant for a malbec.

 

On the valley we tried the wine from Domaine Le Prince.  Their Best Cuvee Lou Prince is a highly concentrated 100% malbec aged 36 mouths in new oak barrels. The wine is brilliant dark, smooth. Well balanced. A decade cellaring will permit it to give is best.   

You can have this for 25 € ex cellar.

 

On the terrace we meet madam Baldes From Clos Triguedina, we had the chance to try the very best cuvee from the estate. The new Black wine comes from a 1,30 hectare plot, 100% Malbec, the wine making is very specific. A part of the grapes are cooked in a prune outdoor oven. We expect a jammy wine but not at all. The wine was  complex, black fruit, full bodied but really easy to drink. A must buy in the appellation.

Around 50€ ex cellars

 

  The last visit was Château Chambert. This 65 hectares estate is fully biodynamically run. Philippe Lejeune the ower early 40 ex IT is enthusiast, passionated it’s wine really looks like him : Happy. The coteaux terroir, reveals astonishing wines. To be honest if we had done this testing blindly, no one will guess a Cahors. The Chateau Chambert 2007 we tried was just perfect. Nice red fruit, wonderful acidity, tannin perfectly mature, present but not too much. 

A really good value for money for only 25 €. The Château it self is also wonderful.

 

Don’t forget this appellation, the quality is improving constantly, and today it still a very good value for money, price will growth. The people we meet there were really nice. We spend a amazing week end. 

Thank you Cahors...

It's not wine...it's CIDER !

                After the food and beverages intoxication you've done for the last three weeks, you're fed up, you're broke, you're tired and kind of fat. Good news, Wine Esle have THE solution for you : 

CIDER !!!

              Cheap and easy drinking bubbles that will make your ready to face the hard beginning of 2015, there is many countries that produce cider all over the world but we will compare ciders that you can find easily: 

Bulmer's Irish Cider & Loïc Raison Cidre de Bretagne!!!

Cider helps you to...

Round One: The taste


Bulmer's Irish Cider 

Clear light amber colour, sweet and light tart aroma of apple juice, with sugar, very light yoghurt, light alcohol. Light body, thin but slightly slick palate.

Loïc Raison Cidre Traditionnel Bouchée

 

 
The colour is orange and a little bit cloudy due to the unfiltered bottling process. This cider is bright, full-bodied and generous.



 













Round two: The price 

It will be 3.50€ in a nice British Grocery for a half liter. you can also find Bulmer's Original and flavored cider in Pubs and Bars for around 6€.

2.99€ for a bottle of 75CL