Wine 2013

German most famous and oldest viticulture is the „Steilhange“, steep slopes along the Mosella river. No wonder that Weingut Milz can praise such a long winemaking tradition and history. Since 1520, the Milz family has been known as great winemakers in Trittenheim, a wine village in the well-known Moselschleife. Parts of the original 1680 wine cellar are today still visible....

Cabernet Sauvignon is a vine variety favoured in the production of great reds destined for long-term ageing. Thanks to an incredible capacity to adapt to different climates, it is the most diffuse vine in the entire world. Altavilla della Corte Cabernet Sauvignon is a label with a single varietal Cabernet Sauvignon which attests to the surprising versatility of this French...

The Marsala wine comes from the western lands of Sicily and its name derives from the homonymous town. The Marsala is the oldest Italian DOC wine, with an average alcohol content of about 18 degrees. The Marsala wine owes its birth to a storm which in 1773 forced John Woodhouse, a rich and famous merchant of Liverpool, to land with his ship in the port of Marsala instead of...

The wines of Saint-Émilion are typically blended from different grape varieties, the three main ones being Merlot (60% of the blend), Cabernet Franc (nearly 30%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (around 10%). Merlot usually dominates the blend (cuvée). Four other appellations situated immediately north and northeast of the Saint-Émilion AOC are collectively known as the "Saint-Émilion...

The Château Haut-Piquat is located in the Lussac Saint-Emilion growing area and was the first winery in 1972 taken over by the Rivière family. From the elegant wine cellar, the view over the surrounding hills is remarkable: hectares of vines and forest, especially on the hill of Picampeau, where there is also an impressive megalith. Today, the winery has 22 hectares of...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux. Saint-Émilion is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of France, where it is situated in the Libourne subregion on the right bank of the Dordogne. The wines of Saint-Émilion are typically blended from different grape varieties, the three main ones being...

In the 1950s, the Clos des Menuts only covered one hectare of vineyards. Today it extends to over 25 hectares, not far from the historic town of Saint Emilion and located mainly in the western part of the municipality. This wine is a blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. The high proportion of Merlot is a consequence of the iron-containing...

With the 2013 Chateau la Fleur Pauillac comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you. We deliver the 2013 Chateau la Fleur Pauillac with the following guaranties and wine documents. The wine is in excellent conditions and has to be drank and savored. We guarantee the authenticity of the wine and its professional storage. It is a high-quality, dry,...

In 1610, the ancestors of the recent owner Meslin, the Gurchy family, were already winegrowers in Saint Emilion. In 1880 they founded the family estate of Laroze. Château Laroze is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé and its 27-hectare (67-acre) vineyard is located at the foot of the hill to the north-west of the medieval village of Saint-Emilion. The vines grow around the...

La Rose Pauillac was born in 1933 with the will of twenty growers coming together to make a great Pauillac. Pauillac is a small town that, since ancient times, sailors and winemakers has built on the edge of the estuary of the Gironde. In the 1960s, almost all small farms in Pauillac had joined this fine working tool and the wines reputation has spread beyond the local...

Mercurey is a rival to the most highly regarded villages of Burgundy. Its reputation was already established under the Romans, themselves quite versed in viticulture, and documents going back to 557 and 885 confirm this fact. The slopes have a south or south east orientation. Its subsoil, the famous Oxfordian limestone is only a few feet below the surface. With the 2013...

The Nebbiolo grapes for this wine come from vineyards located in Barolo villages, at 200 to 300 ft. above sea level. The average age of the vines is 50 years and they are grown on a southern exposure in calcareous clay soils, at a density of about 5,000 plants per hectare. After harvesting, the grapes are pressed and the must is fermented in temperature-controlled steel...

Vintage champagne is the noblest form of sparkling wine. The extra brut is matured for 5 years on fine yeast in the bottle. The grapes come exclusively from 1er Cru and Grand Cru sites. In Montagne de Reims (Bouzy, Ludes, Taissy) grow the 70% Pinot Noir, which give the champagne its fruit and freshness, and in Vallée de la Marne (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ) the 30% Chardonnay, which...

The Castello di Banfi winery was founded by two Italian-Americans from New York, Harry and John Mariani, who had become very wealthy by importing Lambrusco. In the mid-1970s, they created a very ambitious wine project based on the highest quality, which quickly gained great recognition. Around 1870, Ferruccio Biondi-Santi began to set out in his vineyards a clone of the...

Set among the rolling hills of Serralunga d’Alba is Tenuta Cappallotto, where the Lanzavecchia family have worked their vineyards, made, aged and bottled wine for four generations. Serralunga d’Alba has always been famed for its Barolo, the king of wines and the wine of kings. With the 2013 Barolo Sori Paradiso Villadoria , comes a personal present meant for a person who is...

Chateau Lagrange started out life as Maison Noble de Lagrange Monteil as far back as the middle ages. Historical documents mention the future Bordeaux wine producing estate as far back to 1631. The large 157 hectare, St. Julien vineyards of Chateau Lagrange has a terroir of gravel based soils. The red wine grapes are planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 7% Petit...

Grand Puy Lacoste is one of those Chateaus that is stable, can always be found and is always excellent. It is one of the big representatives of Pauillac with a long-standing tradition: it was classified in 1855 as 5eme Grand Cru Classé until the passage in 1980 to the talented Jean-Eugène Borie and then to the son Francois-Xavier. It benefits from a very good reputation due...

The Gran Selezione San Lorenzo combines the best grapes from the four individual layers of Castello di Ama and is extremely durable. Extraordinarily elegant, well structured with fine fruit. 80% Sangiovese and a total of 20% Merlot and Malvasia Nera were aged in barriques for 12 months. In 1972, four families founded a company in Ama that would soon become a model for the...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation St.Julien in Bordeaux. Château Léoville Barton is the smallest portion of the great Léoville estate and has been owned by the Barton family since 1826. There is no château and the wine is made at Langoa Barton. Léoville Barton has 48 hectares of vineyards on gravelly-clay soils The property is located in the east of the...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation St.Estephe in Bordeaux. Château Calon-Ségur, the most northerly of all the Médoc Grand-Crus Classés, is the château with a heart on ist label. That is because the former owner, Marquis de Ségur, though he owned such Estates as Lafite and Latour, he declared "My heart belongs to Calon". Calon-Ségur has 74-hectare of...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation St.Estephe in Bordeaux. Château Montrose is one of the leading wine properties of St.Estéphe, and produces some of the longest-lived wines in the Médoc. Montrose had been owned by Jean-Louis Charmolue from 1962 until 2006. The winery is located in the east of the appellation St.Estephe, just north of the hamlet of...

Perfect Riserva from a perfect Brunello vintage 2013 (the Poggio all'Oro of the 2013 vintage was ennobled with 96 points by Robert Parker). Around 1870, Ferruccio Biondi-Santi began to set out in his vineyards a clone of the Sangiovese variety known as Brunello. Brunello began to be talked about after 1880. The first great vintage, officially, was the 1888 Brunello, of which...