First collaborationAccord Tannique with the Royaumont Foundation. In the intimate setting of the private apartments of the daughter of the founders, Marie-Christine Daudy, this evening brought to light the talent of brilliant French winemakers and composers. A subtle dialogue between music notes, aromas and flavors, celebrating excellence in feminine. By my side, Celia Oneto Bensaid, renowned pianist and specialist in French composers. Also worth noting is the presence of the cellar master Tarek Berrada who shared with us his journey and the history of his estate in Champagne.
Custom selection of 4 wines
- Champagne Blanc de Noirs (not vintage) – Ernest Remy – Pinot Noir
- Aline Beauné – Recognition 2023 – AOC Montagny
- Clos Centeilles – Le Clos 2010 – AOC La Livinière
- Château Guiraud – 2022 – Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc
Musical chords by Celia Oneto Bensaid
A journey to the heart of French vineyards animated by the melodies and stories of great French composers including the pianist Celia Oneto Bensaid is the specialist.
Back in image of the evening
The tasting sheets of the Soenologist
Wine #1: a bubble to celebrate wine and music
Area : Ernest Remy
Name: Champagne
Terror : Reims Mountain – typical chalky soils that give fineness and freshness to the wines.
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir
Cuvée: Black white
Description : 36 months on lees / 7g /L
Dress : light gold with light copper reflections, fine and regular bubbles.
Nose : expressive, with notes of ripe fruit (apple, pear), dried fruit (almond, hazelnut), and a touch of honey.
Mouth : lively and elegant attack, beautiful structure, aromas of white fruit and honey, silky texture.
Finish: long and mineral, with a nice persistence and a feeling of freshness.
Music & Wine Agreement : Glass – studies 6 & 9
sparkling, bright, shiny, but all round
The virtuosity of Celia in Glass will highlight the chiseled acidity of the wine, and its lively side!
Wine n°2 : Alchemiste de la Côte chalonnaise.
A magnificent white wine from the RVF revelation of the year 2026, Aline Beauné
Area : Aline Beauné
In 2018 she takes over the estate after her mother, a story of Woman!
Name: Montagny in Côte Chalonnaise
Terror : between 250 and 400 meters of altitude. The soils are marnous, or limestone and marnous, from the lias (jurassic) and trias (older, around 200 million years back).
Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay
Cuvée: Recognition (any small production, 2000 bottles)
Vintage: 2023
Service: 10°
Description : The magical encounter of a Burgundy terroir with an Alsatian lightning: each one its history = a lot of things to express in wine! Let terroir speak rather than technique.
It came from a plot in the heart of the village, next to her grandmother's house, where it all started. It is a cuvée in tribute to the work of the past and the efforts made, which allow it to be there today. It is her now to take care of this heritage!
Dress : Yellow lemon
Nose : Very subtle nose with lemony details and some pear. A resolutely mineral frame is very stony. Sesame side, autolysis, discrete wood.
Mouth : Very nice length in the mouth, a lot of energy. We smell the terroir, it's PUR and ELEGANT
Hybrid between the minerality of Chablis and the roundness of the Côte de Beaune!
Music & Wine Agreement : Russian air Varies of Louise Farrenc : 11
Wine #3: Wine; a time machine
Area : Clos Centeilles
The audacity of a woman in the heart of the Minervois. Since 1990, Patricia Boyer Domergue, soul of Clos Centeilles, has fought to rehabilitate the forgotten varieties of Languedoc. Her daughter Cécile takes over the estate in 2016
Name: AOP Minervois-La Livinière
Terror : Emile Peynaud : the wine must have the mouth of the place and the guts of the person who does it
Grape(s): Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre
Cuvée: The Clos
Vintage: 2010 (no water stress) – big vintage
One of the most elegant ways to travel in time
Description : Even their most classic assemblage is signed by finesse and their mania of originality. The well-known balance of the assembly Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre is here reinvented by the addition of a... Very old grape variety! Again no wood but a simple combination of fruit and passion.
4 weeks maceration, ripe harvests
Dress : Dark, advanced, beautiful!
Nose : Truffle, minthol, balsamic, Complex, Dried grasses / Black olives / Old Parmesan / St Nectaire / Cacao
Mouth : Tannic, powerful. You can smell truffle (morvèdre), chocolate, coffee, blackberry and blackcurrant, it can mint with the Syrah, undergrowth, forest after rain, resinous notes, you walk to Arcachon.
Music & Wine Agreement : Temptuous! Fineness and elegance, all in power and strength. An iron hand in a velvet glove
Qqch of very dense, powerful, enchanting, but all in finesse, balance and subtlety.
Rita Strohl / Orage extractes music on water 8
Listening link: https://youtu.be/ktq5D2QNfqY
Wine 4 : We finish smoothly
Area : Château Guiraud
Magic of these great liquorous wines comes from a mushroom, Botrytis Cinerea, which develops thanks to the region's unique microclimate. Morning mist and sun change Fragile ecosystem. Late harvests, successive sorting. Keep the most beautiful grapes. Technique invented by Françoise Joséphine de Sauvage d的Yquem.
1 vine foot = 1 glass of Sauternes
Sandrine Garbay, chai master of the castle of Yquem since 1994, joined Guiraud in 2022. So it's his first vintage we're going to taste tonight.
Name: Sauternes – nestled in the heart of Graves (disinterested by the general public)
Terror : 1st Cru Ranked 1855 / 80% serious sand, 20% serious clay
Grape(s): 65% Seed + 35% Sauvignon
Vintage: 2022
Service: 10°
Carafage: 2H
Alcohol: 13.5% // 134 g/l sugar
Description : A fresh balance, carried by frank acidity, yes, which makes the liquor live and resonate. Already very harmonious and coherent
The sensation of crunching in a mixture of pineapple, mango, dapricot followed by a very beautiful, lively finish.
Dress : Yellow dress, with green reflections
Nose : Crushed apple, spice and dried pearl character. Medium body with a fresh spice and intense finish at the end.
Candied orange, white flowers, peach and some mint shades
Mouth : an opulent mouth, complex and harmonious, as well as a great freshness that gives it a beautiful lightness.
Music & Wine Agreement : Dana Suesse – Serenade to a Skyscraper 4
Elegance, sensuality, roundness, but in balance. It's harmonious, light. It's the image I'm making of liqueur, mellow, almost sweet music.
In the flames / Celestial voices
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