Boutinot ‘La Côte Sauvage’, Cairanne Côtes du Rhône Villages
We all know how amazing the Boutinot Rhône range is, particularly the 2007 vintage; but word has now spread State side with our first Wine Spectator review (and 90 points to boot) for Boutinot 'La Cote Sauvage' Cairanne Cotes du Rhône Villages 2007.
James Molesworth, one of Wine Spectator’s specialist Editors had this to say about our 2007 Cairanne creation:
“Mature, this sports lovely, alluring mesquite and sandalwood aromas giving way to mulled damson fruit, black cherry and Lapsang souchong tea notes. The long, suave finish lets the mesquite note hang nicely. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Cinsault. Drink now. 1,500 cases made.”
See the Wine Spectator October 15th 2011 edition for more details.
For those of you wise enough to buy some of the 2007 when it was flowing freely a year ago, I suspect you already know how good it is! And for those who were clever enough to squirrel some away … pats on the back for your foresight. For everyone else, don’t worry because we have a small handful of magnums stashed away which we'll be releasing soon. If you miss out on those, don't panic because the 2009 is looking pretty good too!
The prestigious Hotel du Vin chain has just opened a Bistro du Vin on St John St, Clerkenwell.
New du Vin!
Whilst the Bistro concept is already present in the group’s hotels – this is their first ‘stand-alone’ Bistro site.
Open from breakfast, through dinner, and ‘til late – We’re pleased to be supplying wines including: our Les Coteaux Côtes du Rhône Villages.
A second Bistro du Vin is set to open in Soho this June, with the possibility of a couple more opening in and around London, before spreading further afield.
In order for the French team to finally see all the things Eric (one of our French winemakers) has been raving about over the past few years, they downed tools and abandoned the office to take a trip to the Rhône for a quick ‘team bonding’ session.
Roaming the Rhône
It was a whirlwind tour as they spent time visiting our Cairanne plots of vines and cellar, then it was off to the top of Gigondas (Col du Cayron) to visit the different places where we store our barrels. Of course, no training session would have been complete without sampling one or two of our barrels … good thing Eric was the designated driver for the day!!
