Château de Saint-Cosme AOC Gigondas: best vintages

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Introducing Château Saint-Cosme The great wine estate, Château de Saint-Cosme, boasts a historic terroir. A Gallo-Roman winemaking site, with preserved vats dedicated to fermentation carved into the rock. The family began its adventure on the estate in 1490, and that was just the beginning. Since then, the estate has been passed down through 15 generations. Saint-Cosme boasts 22 hectares of "Vieilles Vignes", with an average age of 60 years. Read more

The Great Wines of Dominique Laurent

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Find Dominique Laurent wines available to buy < The adventure of the Dominique Laurent estate The prestige of the estate began in 2006, with Mr. Dominique Laurent, renowned for his negociant wines. He started out with his son and created the structure in which they practiced the winemaking profession. For the most part, they rent the vines from Domaine Hagelin-Hayer, the estate of a former Vosne-Romanée winemaker. The Laurents vinify only from unstemmed grapes, and age their wines without sulfur. This... Read more

Meet Domaine Bruno Clair, great Burgundy wines

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The Bruno Clair estate Bruno Clair is the grandson of Joseph Clair, originally from Santenay, and Marguerite Daü, from Marsannay, whom his grandfather met while stationed in Dijon during the First World War. Bruno settled against a backdrop of family discord, and began by creating his own vineyard, replanting in Marsannay and clearing above the Morey-Saint-Denis hillside. Part of the family vineyard was sold by a family member to Louis Jadot, and the rest... Read more

All about Châteaux Guiraud

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 Chateau Guiraud, the origins of a great château In the past, Chateau Guiraud was known as the "Maison Noble du Bayle". Its name comes from Pierre Guiraud, a Bordeaux merchant who bought the estate in 1776. In the 1855 classification, it is listed as a Sauternes premier cru classé. The Bernard family, then the Maxwell family following a marriage, acquired the estate from 1861 until 1932. These were Guiraud's golden years. Indeed, Chateau Guiraud benefited from... Read more

Complete guide to French vineyard vintages

Comptoir des Millésimes' Guide to French vineyard vintages. The classification is based on a rating from 0 to 20. This little guide will help you with your purchases of grands crus, with ratings for all vintages from 1945 to 2011. You'll find the major French wine regions: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône, Champagne and Alsace. Let this vintage map guide you in your search. Find the most prestigious bottles of wine in their finest vintages! You can also download... Read more