House Wine? Excellent idea!
'House Wine' at Le Grand Moulin
We are delighted to partner with Chateau La Colline to offer 'house wine'. We maintain a stock of Charles' excellent wines available at 'direct from chai' prices as an add-on service - ideal for those early days following arrival, or for the connoisseur who is happy for us to have done the searching and transportation!
For those keen to learn about La Colline, and about the wider art of wine-production, we are able to arrange visits to La Colline where Charles will entertain you with his informative tours and uniquely eccentric style. Alternatively, go on an organised trip with Divine Tours that will take in three vineyards and lunch.
About La Colline
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La Colline is a small boutique vineyard and winery in South West of France. It specialises in, and has established its reputation around the globe, for the quality of its Merlot and Semillon based wines. Dedicated to development of quality, affordable, and reliable wines that bring happiness and pleasure to customers, it is the producer of choice for excellent restaurants around the world, including L'Imparfait - slightly closer to home! |
About Charles Martin
Charles is an obsessional winegrower who takes his wine making to excessive extremes out of his passion for wine. He learnt his wine making around the world starting in the Napa Valley then to Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa before finally arriving in France. This passionate, perfectionist pioneer has introduced innovations to the Bergerac wine region which are now adopted by many other vignerons and have contributed to the quality revolution of Bergerac wines, such as the use of inert gases to protect the wines from oxidation, mechanical leaf plucking, integral grassing down of the vines, a system of very high density plantations of vines at 8000 vines per hectare. The latest development is the fermentation of the Merlot grape variety in small swimming pools. Thank goodness he is better at making wine than he is riding a bicycle! |
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Look out for...
Calista - "Semillion" - Aromatic complexity of extremely ripe passerillé grapes-lies contact in barrel- the wait will be worth it!
Carminé -
"Merlot" Red
style - Rich opulent class-classic wine making with great grapes - best
with a few years of age.
Confit - "Semillon"
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Balance between the concentration and the freshness for this wine made
from noble rot.
Coté Sud
"Semillon"
- Fresh up front fruit - very new world style - any time, with or with
out food wine. - Fun.
Coté Ouest
"Semillon" - Ripe fruit driven – complex - Semillon at
its best - food and friend wine.
Coté Sud -
- "Merlot" -
Fruit and complexity - very new world style - the softest round tannins
- easy going - different.
Coté Ouest
"Merlot" -
Classic rich ripe style-easy going due to soft round tannins when young
but can still age.