Wines €25 - €40

• Regione: Prodotto interamente in Toscana, è un IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) che riflette il carattere autentico del Sangiovese in questa zona, con uve selezionate da diverse parcelle nei dintorni di Firenze e Siena. 
• Note di degustazione:

• Vitigni: È ottenuto da un blend di uve Chardonnay e Pinot Noir.
• Profilo Aromatico: La Maison stessa lo descrive come uno champagne leggero e minerale, con delicati aromi di mele fresche e more.
• Effervescenza: Un buon champagne si distingue per le sue bollicine fini e persistenti. 
• Esperienza Gustativa

• Al palato: l'attacco è franco, guidato dalla freschezza del frutto, con sensazioni setose e deliziose. È descritto come extra brut, con una tendenza al dolce, note di fragole e un po' di burro. Un leggero retrogusto fresco accompagna e struttura il finale. 
• Caratteristiche Principali
• Assemblaggio: parti uguali di Chardonnay, Pinot Noir e Pinot Meunier (33,3% ciascuno).
• Dosaggio: Brut/Extra Brut, il che indica un contenuto zuccherino molto basso.
• Abbinamenti: si abbina bene con formaggi e aperitiviri, il produttore lo consiglia come ideale per l'aperitivo per occasioni importanti.

 Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Catullo 2018 di Bertani è un vino rosso che unisce la freschezza tipica del Valpolicella alla ricchezza del metodo Ripasso. Questo vino affascina fin dal primo sguardo, con il suo colore granato scuro.

Profondamente radicata nella vigna fin dal 1580, la famiglia Beyer ha tramandato la sua passione per il vino di generazione in generazione.
Questa antica memoria familiare è garanzia del loro savoir-faire. Numerosi archivi, documenti e diari, scrupolosamente conservati, sono la memoria viva della loro tenuta vinicola. Immersi nella storia regionale, questi documenti sono stati scritti in francese antico o in tedesco antico. Raccontano la storia della loro passione: il vigneto di Eguisheim.
Le origini della famiglia Beyer si fondono con la storia della viticoltura alsaziana. Gli archivi della tenuta attestano la sua presenza a Eguisheim già alla fine del XVI secolo.

Il Gewürztraminer, un vitigno a bacca bianca espressivo e aromaticamente distintivo, è considerato una varietà nobile in Alsazia, in Francia, e produce vini meravigliosi nella regione montuosa dell'Alto Adige, nel nord-est dell'Italia.

Generalmente, quest'uva cresce bene nelle regioni più fresche e la sua naturale intensità lo rende un ottimo alleato per la cucina saporita come quella indiana, mediorientale o marocchina. 

Somm Secret: grazie al suo profumo affascinante e alla sua tendenza alla leggera dolcezza, il Gewürztraminer è un eccellente vino di ingresso per chi ama i vini dolci ma desidera avventurarsi nel regno dei bianchi più secchi.

Pompelmo, frutto della passione, papaya, spezie e zenzero.

L'aerazione esalta questi profumi e rivela note di mango e un leggero sentore floreale di peonia. L'attacco in bocca è moderatamente ampio e morbido. La classe dell'annata mitiga l'ampiezza del vitigno. Caratterizzato da una palette aromatica sofisticata e delicata, questo profilo è notevole.
Si abbina perfettamente a un curry di gamberi in latte di cocco, a una fricassea di pollo al cumino con salsa alla senape o anche a un formaggio a pasta molle a crosta lavata.

Il Gewurztraminer Tradition 2019 di Emile Beyer è un eccezionale vino bianco che incarna perfettamente l'anima della viticoltura in Alsazia. Questo vino bianco si distingue per il suo colore giallo brillante e un profumo intenso e aromatico, tipico del vitigno.

La sua Alsazia si esprime nel bouquet esuberante, dove si fondono sentori di litchi, rosa, zenzero e frutti tropicali. La degustazione rivela un ottimo sapore: è un vino bianco morbido e avvolgente, ma al contempo vivace, con un equilibrio perfetto tra dolcezza e freschezza.

Il suo ottimo sapore persistente lo rende ideale in abbinamento a piatti complessi. La sua complessità e il suo carattere forte lo rendono un vino adatto a tutti i pasti.

Château Pépusque, located in the Minervois appellation in the Languedoc region of France, presents its 2022 "Cuvée Marco," an exceptional white wine. This cuvée is made with carefully selected regional grapes, reflecting the diverse and natural terroir of Languedoc, where the Mediterranean climate provides warm, sunny summers. The winemaking process is geared toward the pure expression of aromas, resulting in a lively yet elegant wine. The region, rich in diverse soils ranging from limestone to clay-limestone, is home to generous and authentic wines. Renowned for its commitment to tradition and quality, Château Pépusque is a respected benchmark in the local winemaking scene.

To pair this Languedoc white wine, consider dishes such as seafood, a warm goat's cheese salad, or fish in a light sauce. The fresh, fruity flavors of the "Cuvée Marco" pair perfectly with the delicate textures and light notes of these dishes.

Also opt for regional dishes such as cod brandade or bouillabaisse, which will blend harmoniously with the minerality and elegance of this wine.

When tasting, serve this wine between 10 and 12°C to appreciate all its aromatic nuances.

Decanting is generally not necessary, although gentle aeration can reveal its complexity. When tasting, observe its bright color, smell the floral and fruity aromas it releases, then savor its freshness and persistence on the palate. This wine promises an enriching experience for lovers of expressive and refined white wines.

Every vintage since 2005, Philippe Raoux, owner of Château d'Arsac (Margaux), has invited a different winemaker to oversee the harvest on a plot of approximately ten hectares. This year, he has entrusted the reins to a Zulu winemaker, Ntsiki Biyela.

A land, a vineyard, a person. "The idea is to demonstrate that, of these three essential elements in winemaking, the third prevails."

Philippe Raoux smiles. Since 2005, he's invited a different winemaker to his vineyard, Château d'Arsac, every year. And he gives them carte blanche. Their mission: to choose the vineyard plots on the property, direct the harvest, oversee the vinification, blending, and aging of the wine, until finally creating his cuvée.

Selected from among internationally renowned professionals, seven winemakers produced "their" wine from the same material. They stayed at the estate seven or eight times for the duration of an adventure similar in format to an artist residency.

All the invited winemakers were given nicknames. Michel Rolland, aka "The Magician," inaugurated the series in 2005, followed by another Frenchman, Denis Dubourdieu, "The Professor." Later, the Italian "Poet" Andrea Franchetti, the Frenchmen Stéphane Derenoncourt ("The Autodidact") and Éric Boissenot ("The Médocain"), Californian Zelma Long ("The Scientist"), and Argentinean "Virtuosa" Susana Balbo, flexed their talents.

Each worked about ten hectares to produce a vintage of around 30,000 bottles. "The results are astonishing," enthuses Philippe Raoux. "It's as if we asked musicians from different backgrounds to play the same score. Today we can compare the vintages and discern in each the strong personality of these winemakers."

"This experience also increases our open-mindedness; each of the invited winemakers has specific requests for working in their own way," he continues. Some asked for the barrels to be placed outside during the day and brought inside at night. For others, it was necessary to split the entire vine, or remove the branches from the bunches to keep only the grapes attached to the main stalk...

Conceived with Jean-François Moueix and Dominique Renard, but later developed by Philippe Raoux, the concept is unique

Called "The Winemakers' Collection," the collection is commercially available with imagery borrowed from the movies. Each vintage's label features a black-and-white portrait of its producer, like a movie poster.

Retailing for between €300 and €350, the box set containing the first six volumes of the collection features a Hollywood-style pop-up setting, complete with spotlights and a folding producer's chair.

This fall, Zulu winemaker Ntsiki Biyela will arrive from South Africa to produce her eighth vintage, dubbed "Season 8" in honor of the American TV series. A box set featuring the first four female guests is already in the works. And like her predecessors, Ntsiki Biyela will have her name engraved on a bronze plaque embedded in the cellar floor: "Winemakers Boulevard."

From vines planted on the terraces of the Maipo River in the El Tránsito area and harvested very early, this Cabernet was aged 100% in barrels, although only 20% was new, resulting in a wine with an incredible precision of red fruit, spicy notes, and a hint of herbaceousness.

It has the herbaceous character of the Maipo Alto, but also has the softness and fine tannins of the Maipo Alto. It can be aged in the cellar for years.

Aroma of red fruit, nutty, slightly earthy and slightly woody, with hints of black berries, notes of tobacco, licorice, and a touch of aromatic herbs. Tart, slightly muted fruit, notes of dried flowers, earthy and dried vegetal, herbaceous, with a certain persistence. Noticeably dry tannins, notes of nutty wood on the palate. Not very deep, with some persistence, slightly bitter on the finish, still slightly dry.

This wine pairs very well with tasty red meats and mature cheeses.

The first estate in the Jura region to adopt organic farming practices, Le Clos des Grives has been Ecocert certified since 1968.

Made from 100% Savagnin Olle grapes, this wine boasts a delicious and inviting nose with notes of hazelnut.

On the palate it is round and silky, with spicy notes and pronounced hazelnut flavors, all complemented by a finish of remarkable persistence.

This superbly balanced Reserva is the perfect introduction to the wines of the famous Spanish winery La Rioja Alta, a highly respectable wine for those who have never tasted high-quality Spanish wines and want to approach this wine region starting from a wine of great class.

With perfect ripeness, energetic freshness, strength, softness and undergrowth spice, Viña Alberdi, after two years in American oak, offers a glimpse of the fascinating and seductive style found in the Rioja Alta.

A wine with strong flavours, which as a pairing requires seasoned meats, game, personally tried with wild boar I can say that they seem born to be savoured together.

Produced predominantly from Merlot and Cabernet Franc, Saint-Émilion wines tend to have a rich, thirst-quenching tannic structure, balanced by plum and black cherry characteristics, along with chocolate and sweet spices, developing savory tobacco and cedar characteristics with age thanks to aging in wood.

This structured wine pairs very well with aged cheeses, beef, venison and various poultry.

2015 Château Chevalier Lescours - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru - This vintage was strongly influenced by a spring that was already warm in May, an almost perfect summer that made this wine rich and intense, with hints of berries, blackcurrant and almost smoky flavors thanks to its aging in wood.

Pair with dishes such as venison, chamois, poultry or beef.

A very versatile wine for special occasions.

2019 Château L'Etoile de Viaud - Bordeaux

On the nose, it is fruity, elegant, and lively, offering richness and concentration, freshness, and a fine texture. It reveals notes of plump blackcurrant, strawberry, and subtle blackberry notes combined with hints of violet, small black berries, as well as hints of licorice and toasted bread. On the palate, it is fruity and balanced, offering a savory structure and pleasantness.
On the palate, this wine expresses notes of black cherry, plump and juicy raspberry and small notes of plump and juicy blackberry combined with small touches of plump and juicy blueberry, as well as hints of toasted bread, vanilla and very fine notes of chocolate.
The tannins are well-constructed. The finish is powerful. Good

2019 Casali Del Barone - Barolo -

2023 Dampt - Chablis -

It is a classic style that balances the flinty minerality with the soft and creamy fruit.
Hints of lemon, green apple, spring flowers such as peach.
A classic Chablis, a reference for those who want to drink a classic bottle of excellent Burgundy wine.
Excellent with white meat and any type of fish, crustacean or mollusc.
Not recommended as an aperitif as it is such a complex wine.