Genuine Wines

Jura wines tasting in New York city

Fanny — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:52:30 +0000

Now the habits is on with a Jura wine tasting every year in New York city ! This year it was in June, a group with winemakers came to show their wines and let them taste.

We were with Pierre Rolet there too ! We saw lots of people, passioned with wines from Jura, and it seems that the Vin Jaune has no secrets for any New Yorkers now !

We have presented a wide range of wines all made in the estate from the vineyard, starting with the Crémant, actually the range is full, since the sparkling Rosé has a new shape, showing its beautiful colour. We had three Chardonnay coming from Arbois, Côtes du Jura and Etoile, a very nice tasting actually, bringing the importance of the Terroir, showing that depending on the soil where the Chardonnay grows the wine will be different even if the winemaking is close ! Usually Chardonnay in Arbois, will be more fruity instead of in l’Etoile, the minerality will be dominant. We of course brought some rosé and reds : Trousseau, full of fruits in mouth and the Poulsard becoming famous in NYC. To finish, both emblematic Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille !

It was a really nice tasting in a very nice place … see you next year, same place ! …

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VINO VINO VINO

Fanny — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:51:32 +0000

A cerea en Avril, nous présentions les vins de la Stoppa lors du salon annuel organisé à l’occasion de Vinitaly pour les vins naturels ! Une belle manifestation qui a fait venir beaucoup de monde d’un peu partout ….

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Wine tasting with Nicolas Mestre

Fanny — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:50:14 +0000

Tuesday 8th of March, Nicolas Mestre from Williams Corner Wine’s company, http://williamscorner.com/, was in Alsace where a wine tasting marathon was expecting us :

–> We started in the morning by stopping at the estate Klein Aux Vieux Remparts and tasting the whole wines collection of Françoise and Jean Marie ! Thanks a lot Françoise for the organisation … Because it was her birthday, she couldn’t stay with us the whole time so she prepared everthing to let us taste verticals of each categories of wines …. which means 36 wines … we were really busy.

This is always great to taste old vintages, and really see how the wines will evolve in some years, it is a little like learning to know them well ! The Riesling Schlossreben 1985 was so fresh, incredible ! We also discovered the Muscat 1983 not typical from Muscat anymore … with hints of mint, still very well balanced and so elegant. The red from St hippolyte 1988 was wonderful, lots of precisions and a length … so long !

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–> We continued then to the estate Rolet, where the different appellations from Arbois, Côtes du Jura and Etoile were fllowing to each others, in all colours. I like so much wines from Jura, each wine having its own specificity and history. In Rolet’s estate, we were just lucky tasting these high quality for each cuvée, the whites staying young and fresh even with some years of bottle now (2003, 2004, 2005), the reds so pleasant, easy to drink on an entire dish, but we cannot forgive the great VIN JAUNE with its powerfull, and unbelievable length, this wine has a complexity, starting with flavors fo nuts, chestnuts, curry, following with humus, cumin, dry fruits … Also the Vin de Paille definitly well balanced, a sweetness for desert, such as Chocolate cake !

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We visited the estate and several cellars, even the hidden one were old vintages in magnum are asleep …

Bron and la Remise … fairs for wines from Terroir

Fanny — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:07 +0000

My italian friends were in France at the end of January to participate to both fairs Bron, vin et passion and La Remise in Montpellier … a real success as for each time !

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Wishes 2010

Fanny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:04:03 +0000

Vineyards are asleep, a vital and deserved rest before the activity that will lead to the next harvest !

La Stoppa – Gambero Rosso

Fanny — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:49:01 +0000

aGambero Rosso, the famous italian guide gave the Three glasses for la Macchiona 05 from La Stoppa. A really good reward for this Barbera and Bonarda blend, typical varieties from Emilia Romagna. This wine, which has a strong potential, has been vinified with no articifial products and is very well representatif of the Terroir from La Stoppa. It has a nice freshness, lots of tannins already elegant, lots of body, in this wines coming from a sunny region, aromas of black berries and forest.

In addition to the “tre bicchieri” of the Macchiona 05, the special “green” price for the estate producing in environmental sustainable culture. It is a year rich for rewards and the recognition of natural wines !

“Elena Pantaleoni, Premio Viticoltura sostenibile azienda La Stoppa”

Wines from Estate Rolet in Boston

Fanny — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:58:21 +0000

Wine tasting in Boston with Didier Boutet from D.B. Selection. The wines from the estate Rolet are now represented in the New England and the welcome was really positif on the last Thursday 8th of October.

The complexe Chardonnay from Etoile and Arbois, the Trousseau, pleasant, rich and fruity, the sparkling wines, all elegant and sophisticated, but moreover the plaisant, riche Vins de Paille, real nectar for desert and the Vin Jaune 2001, with gold medal, emblematic wine from the appellation, led passionned people stopped by the table.

Harvest at La Stoppa

Fanny — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:11:19 +0000

The harvests are slowly ending, a large part of grapes are now in the cellar. The Malvasia di Candia Aromatica is drying under the sun in order to produce Vigna Del Volta, the passito wine.

Some Bonarda grapes are on the vines left, anyway, vintage 2009 will be a really good one !

Rolet’s Vin Jaune at the Frenchlaundry

Fanny — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:08:45 +0000

The magazine Tasted drew a very nice article about wines from Rolet Père et Fils in Jura. The wine is tasted with gougère made by the chef Thomas Keller in Yountville – Napa Valley – in the prestigious restaurant The French Laundy ***.

” A truly great and underrated wines style that should get more attention. It pairs especially well with cheese such as Comté or Gruyère, it has the tanginess of a great Sherry, yet with some more freshness and a lot of complexity. Enjoy at around 14°C / 58°F”.

Mas Foulaquier and La Stoppa in Oslo

Fanny — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:02:26 +0000

In Norway, August was the month for Ageno wine … this gold-colour wine from La Stoppa, a long maceration white wine, that Ole Jacob Skagen and David Johansen with Vinum, so surprised by so much aromas and such a structure presented to the Monopole some months ago.
They were right : this wine received a warm welcome and is today in some Monopole stores, the same with la Macchiona in all sizes : bottles, Magnum and Dobble Magnum. Gutturnio is a private importation from Vinum and we hope would be soon in the stores too …

The trimestrial wine tasting organized with the Monopole in order to let the stores taste the new wines is also a good occasion for importers to present again other wines from their Portfolio … up to 8. I was really pleased to know that Ole Jacob and David selected wines from Mas Foulaquier : Orphée and Calades. A very qualitative tasting thus !

Orphée more on the fruit and very lively, Calades 2005 open and more structured have been tasting and tasting again by the professionnals … thanks to you Ole Jacob and David !