What a chance to organize this private evening Accord Tannique with this incredible view of the Royal Palace. On the programme, a subtle dialogue between the musical notes, the aromas and the tastes of prestigious wines, selected tailored for the participants. By my side, the internationally renowned guitarist, Thibaut Garcia, which as usual offers us magnificent musical transcriptions of these great wines. An evening of sharing, conviviality and emotion.
Custom selection of 5 prestigious wines
- Fallet-Gourron – White White – Extra Brut – AOC Champagne – vintage 2009/2010
- Cantina Rizzi – Vigna Boito – DOCG Barbaresco – 2016 vintage
- Clos des Papes – AOC Château-neuf-du-Pape – 2007 vintage
- Domaine Barmès-Buecher – Grand Cru Hengst – AOC Alsace – 2019 vintage
- Royal Tokaji – 6 Puttonyos – AOC Tokaji – 2017 vintage
Musical chords by guitarist Thibaut Garcia
With a high sensitivity, and with a lot of intuition, Thibaut has proposed perfect musical chords, which still resonate in our minds! A magnificent sensory journey, between baroque music, modern music and great classics of the Spanish repertoire! The list of songs is available in the report below.
Back in image of the evening
The tasting sheets of the Soenologist
Wine #1: A bubble, ideal to start with. The magic of old champagnes
Name: Champagne – Grand Cru – Avize
Area : Fallet-Gourron
Show the singularity and courage of this couple of small harvesters, among the last "craftsmen". A beautiful story to tell, a reflection of lost know-how.
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 (4g sugar)
Vintage: 1/3 of 2009 and 2/3 of 2010 (at least 7/8 years of lee breeding)
Service: 10°
Description The magic of old champagne! The minerality brought by the limestone soil gives the freshness necessary to balance the wine and to last in time.
Dress : Golden yellow – visible evolution
Nose : The nose is complex, marked by toasted scents of brioche bread, nuts, hazelnuts. The aeration also produces some notes of very ripe yellow fruits (pear, caramelized apple), flowers and d
Mouth : The attack is creamy, very tasty. On the palate, the foam is creamy, thin and dense. The bubble is discreet, due to the advanced age of this champagne, but it is still present. The body is astonished and full while remaining fresh and lively. The finish on the hazelnut is a superb length.
Music & Wine Agreement : BACH : Prelude of the 6th suite for cello (arr. Thibaut Garcia)
Keywords : Prelude / Technique / Variations / Virtuoso / Timeless
Wine n°2 : Distour in Italy, with a powerful Barbaresco on the vintage of the century: 2016!
Area : Cantina RIZZI
More than 40 years ago, love for the vine and its fruits led Ernesto Dellapiana and his wife to leave the city of Turin and his career as an entrepreneur to return to the land that has always belonged to the family and devote itself to the life of a farmer. And so the dream becomes reality and the Cantina Rizzi reaches now more than 44 hectares in total distributed among the grape varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Moscato, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Name: Barbaresco Riserva
Terror Barbaresco is one of the prestigious appellations of Italy. Located in Piedmont, south of Turin, the vineyard next to the city of Alba offers one of the most beautiful panoramas in the world. Carpeted with vines, the hills offer important elevations that accentuate the local effect where altitude, wind and exposure give the wine part of its personality. There are 760 hectares of Barbaresco in 3 villages: Neive, Treiso and Barbaresco. The legislation for the Barbaresco is very strict, beyond the cultivation methods and yields, it obliges the winemakers to wait 3 years before marketing the wines.
Grape(s): 100% Nebbiolo
Cuvée: Vigna Boito
Vintage: 2016 – is the greatest vintage in Piedmont in the last 20 years
Service: 16°
Carafage: 2H before
Alcohol: 15%
Description : An illustration of Italian power
Dress : Ruby, dark
Nose : In the glass, it is a construction around smoked instances, orange bark, notes of blood orange. The wine evolves in the glass and draws towards the fruit with water of life, a light autumnal awakening and touches of dried flowers in the final.
Mouth : It is ripe, sapid, fresh at the same time and concentrated. The tannins are as elegant as they are raced.
Music & Wine Agreement : Duplessy – Cavalcade
Listening link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7zgNCJaR4
Keywords: powerful / muscular / big cavalry
Wine n°3 : A Château-neuf-du-Pape that blends with a large Burgundy
Area : Clos des Papes – APRIL family (same family with handles since 1600)
Vincent Avril elected best winemaker of the year in 2026
Name: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Terror : Miocene land covered by the Alpine diluvium of plateaux or terraces, floors covered by the famous rolled pebbles
Grape(s): 65% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah + the rest of the 13 authorized grape varieties (Cunoise, Muscardin and Vaccarese etc...)
Vintage: 2007
Service: 16°
Carafage: 2H
Alcohol: 15,2%
Description : This 2007 was noted 100/100 by the great taster Robert Parker
Dress : Beautiful tiled dress, orange.
Nose : Great emotion, notes of undergrowth, mushroom, leather. It is delicate, very expressive, we go to Burgundy on the coast of Beaune! Magic 🙂
Mouth : Despite the 15° alcohol, the mouth is light, elegant and very fine. The tannins are melted, silky.
Music & Wine Agreement : Francisco Tarrega – Capricho Arabe
Listening link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJP3gH8SwY&list=RD6uJP3gH8SwY&start radio=1
Keywords : Old / timeless / power / fullness / quiet force
Wine #4: future star of the Alsatian vineyard; My love!
I always wanted to keep this bottle for a special occasion!
Area : Barmès-Buecher
Name: Alsace Grand Cru
Terror : Marno-calcary. Located 5 km southwest of Colmar, the Barmès-Buecher estate has been run in biodynamics since 1998. The estate has 7 terroirs, including 3 Grands Crus. It extends over nearly 17 hectares of vines with a mosaic of terroirs with various exposure, of varied geological quality, of 90 plots on 7 terroirs (The Great Hengst Crus, Steingrubler, Pfersigberg, and the so-called Clos Sand, Leimental Rosenberg and Herrenweg)
Grape(s): 100% Riesling
Cuvée: Hengst
Vintage: 2019
Service: 10°
Carafage: 2H before
Description : Incisive and invigorating / Unsung seed / Exotic
Dress : Golden yellow
Nose : Exotic fruits / Mineral, smoky, stony, flint, rifle stone, complex, petrole.
Mouth : Beautiful length, which confirms the beautiful nose! An invigorating acidity, which will go perfectly with cheeses.
Music & Wine Agreement : Francisco Tarrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Listening link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwjX-m4LkYk&list=RDfwjX-m4LkYk&start radio=1
Wine #5 : Golden nectar par excellence
Area : Royal Tokaji
Name: Tokaji (Hungary)
Proclaimed by Louis XIV: wine of kings, king of wines
« Tokaji » means the city seat of the appellation. A grape « Aszù » is a botrytized berry, that is dried, sipped with sugars. Everything in this Tokaj region is only tradition. It is women who primarily harvest berries, grain by grain, and this generation by generation.
berries said « Aszú » (which means « dried » from grapes dried on the vine or affected by noble rot
Grape(s): furmint, harslevelu (and some muscat)
Cuvée: Tokaji Aszú 6 puttonyos
Vintage: 2017
Service: 10-12°
Carafage: not required
Alcohol: 10,5%
Each grape affected by Botrytis is harvested by hand and placed in « puttonyos », hoods of traditional harvesters, which contain a maximum of 25 kg of grapes. The grapes are then assembled into a quiet wine. This process gives the wine more body, acidity and richness. The number of puttonyos that are added to a 136-litre barrel creates different levels of richness and sweetness in the wine. The more puttonyos are added to the wine, the more its concentration, aromatic complexity and richness increase.
Description : Among the world's finest liquorous wines
Dress : Orange yellow / golden
Nose : Intense nose with candied apricot, candied lemon, yuzu lemon, bergamot, Earl Grey, quince paste, raisins, orange marmalade, orange blossom, chestnut honey, dates, saffron, turmeric, cinnamon, or nutmeg. Very complex in the end!
Mouth : A magnificent example of balance between sugar (about 175g/L) and extreme acidity.
Music & Wine Agreement : Dowland : A Fantasia 71 + Lachrimae Pavan
Keywords : balance / illustration of the tear in music
