First collaborationAccord Tannique with the platform Melotick. In the magnificent setting of a private hotel in the Marais, I had the chance to offer 4 exceptional wines at the tasting. Next to me, cellist Andrew Briggs put these wines into music. The first Tannic Accord of a long series to come in the capital!
prestigious selection of 4 wines
- Domaine Fallet-Gourron – Blanc de Blancs – AOP Champagne Grand Cru – 2015/2016
- Field of Ourea – Belles Cimes – AOP Gigondas – 2023
- Domaine Germano – Tre Vigneti – Barolo – 2018
- Seppi Landmann – Zinnkoepfle Grand Cru – Tardive Harvests – 2001
Musical chords by Andrew Briggs
Very happy with this first collaboration with the talented cellist Andrew Briggs
Back in image of the evening
The tasting sheets of the Soenologist
Wine #1 : A beautiful festive bubble to sharpen our palates
Name: Champagne – Grand Cru – At the heart of Avize, on the mythical Côte des Blancs
The most prestigious and known region in the world. They managed to make it a mark. When you have a moment, one thing to celebrate: you go to Champagne!
Area : Fallet-Gourron
Terror : Coteaux exposed south-east, with limestone soil. They are old vines: 50 years on average, 80 years for the oldest.
Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay (White White)
Cuvée: Grand Cru – Extra Brut
Vintage: 1/3 of 2015 (exceptional vintage) and 2/3 of 2016 (large vintage)
Service: 10° / no carafing
Description : A real champagne winemaker! The minerality brought by the limestone soil gives the freshness necessary to balance the wine.
Dress : Golden yellow – visible evolution
Nose : The nose is complex, it is marked by toasted scents of brioche bread. The aeration also produces notes of very ripe yellow fruits (pear, caramelized apple), flowers and dianis.
Mouth : The attack is creamy, very tasty. On the palate, the foam is creamy, thin and dense. The body is astonished and full while remaining fresh and lively. The finish on the hazelnut is a superb length.
Music & Wine Agreement : A sparkling and quiet piece at once. Invitation to the party. Illustrating the effervescence in music!
Piatti – Caprices 1,7 and 9
Wine #2: Mystery wine, UFO
Area : D-Ourea (Adrien Roustan)
Name: Gigondas
Terror : Parcel selection of altitude, 0.25 hectare located at 520 meters, on the southern slope of the Dentelles de Montmirail, place said « Grand Montmirail ». It is a unique place surrounded by green oaks and limestone with a cool, ventilated and bright climate. The vines were planted in 2019.
Manual harvest, white wine of maceration (short) raised in clay amphora.
Grape(s): Clear white and pink
Cuvée: Beautiful Cime
Vintage: 2023
Service: 10°
Carafage: 2H
Description : Wine in a coppery dress with notes of honey and bark of citrus slightly preserved. It's very original as an approach! Risk taking of the winemaker.
Mineral and energetic wine where limestone prints the texture of the wine.
Traditional Gigondas antithesis with rare energy and limestone density. A wine that will be on fineness and balance. Or an aerial side!
Dress : copper / gold
Nose : At first sight, we are on a maceration white. There is a beautiful material, very fine bitters in the middle of the mouth. It's very expressive!
Mouth : The mouth is also surprising, there is a lot of minerality, freshness. It's tense, without exuberance. A wine that marks the spirits!
Music & Wine Agreement : To go with originality and the mysterious side of this wine, an unexpected piece, full of various influences (rock & jazz). A little like this wine, which is not conventional
Sollima – Lamentatio
Wine #3 : An iron hand in a velvet glove
Name: Barolo (Piedmont)
A noble and renowned region, Piedmont offers iconic wines such as the famous Barolo and Barbaresco. The Nebbiolo grape variety expresses all its complexity and refinement and fascinates amateurs around the world!
Terror : beautiful hills, some of which are classified at UNESCO
Soil of limestone marnes rather compact, fresher and fertile, giving relatively fine, fruity, aromatic wines
Area : Germano Angelo
Grape(s): 100% Nebbiolo Cuvée: Trevigneti Vintage: 2018
Service: 16° Carafage: 2H Alcohol: 14,5%
Description : Fruity, floral and spicy wine as it should, and more prominent tannins.
Dress : Pale, orange colour.
Nose : Nice typical notes of flowers, camphor (cardamom), citrus zest, crushed strawberries, black pencil size.
Mouth : Medium intensity for this elegant wine, fragrant, full-bodied, with a tannic background that remains discreet and controlled.
Music & Wine Agreement : possible combination of tannic power and elegance
Deep Mediterranean coin! Great depth! Intensity and energy. We'll let you choose the best deal 🙂
Kodaly – 1st movement of the cello sonata
Cassado – 1st movement of the cello suite
Wine 4 : A wine of meditation, journey through time
Field: Seppi Landmann (8.5 ha)
A figure of Alsatian winemaking, Seppi Landmann managed to develop a vineyard of eight hectares of vines, but also and above all to build a reputation of quality among the wines of Alsace.
Name: AOC Alsace – Zinnkoepfle GC (one of the largest terroirs)
Terror : Argilo-calcary, altitude, the highest terroir of the appellation
Grape(s): 100% Riesling (40 year olds)
Cuvée: Zinnkoepfle GC (means « sunhead » southern orientation) – Tardive harvests
Vintage: 2001
Service: 10°
Carafage: not to be used directly at the time of opening
Alcohol: 12%
Description : Unique moment, how lucky to be able to taste such an old vintage. Last bottles in circulation. Wine is a time machine!
Tasting old wines deserves a form of cultivation, it is an unacquired taste that requires experience. This makes it possible to understand a terroir, a history. Unfortunately this habit is lost, there is almost no one who offers this type of bottle. I fear that the younger generations will no longer understand these wines that build the history of a region of a terroir.
Today we are looking for primary and more physical than spiritual sensations.
Bottle not found, maybe the last one in circulation?
Dress : Orange yellow, golden
Nose : Still fresh and expressive. Honey/basil and candied apricots + mushrooms
Mouth : Round but acidic, soft and smoky, nice length, salivating, leaves a nice sensation in the mouth. A well integrated sugar
Music & Wine Agreement : Unique time / timeless / old vintage
Bach : J.S Bach – Suite n°1 in major floor
