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Cathy Huygue, writer for the website forbes.com and author of the book « Hungry for wine » expresses herself on the transition to Bio-Dynamic culture for the winegrowers, and makes a reference to the estate Montirius. “Vibrancy, Vitality, Narrative” are for Cathy the most important qualities for a wine and obviously… Our wine has been able to reach her expectations ! (Garrigues, 2014 Vacqueyras Red)
Forbes.com
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« Seen on the magazine » La Revue des Vins de France speaks about us ! The famous oenological magazine put two of our wines in the spotlight : « Confidentiel » and « Terre des Ainés » each of them ranked 15-16/20 and 14,5-15,5/20.
La revue du vin de France
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It happens sometimes that our wines cross the Atlantic Ocean and are tasted… with closed eyes ! The blind tasting allows us to judge a wine only by the interest it is giving to our senses. Despite all, our wines made sheep’s eyes to Andreas Larsson Master Sommelier 2007, see the publication on his website.
Blindtasted.com : palmarès of the blind tasting
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Do you know the Wine Spectator, the American journal specialized in wine and its culture? Four of our wines has been ranked as “Exceptional Wines” by the tasting team who awarded our wines with the following notes:
Wine Spectator, Wine reference in the United States of America
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Oliver Hauser, winelover, shares with us his experience with our Montirius « Terre des Ainés », A.O.C Gigondas.
Olivier Hauser, blogger at legoutduvin.com
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We just received our very first article in the famous magazine Gastro with our Montirius « Jardin Secret » 2011 Côtes du Rhône Red. This wine sees itself awarded by “Wine of the Month” with a grade of 6/6 stars.
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The Amphore Guide 2017 just reveal its last medals:
Guide Amphore – Vins Bio
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Pierre VILA PALLEJA, wine taster from the RVF Magazine, has been nicely surprised by our Montirius « Minéral » 2011 Vacqueyras White that he discovered at the wine shop in Paris (A L’ombre d’un bouchon). He testifies of an amazing meeting in the 2016 edition from La Revue Des Vins de France : “A Bio-Dynamic white Vacqueyras made from a blending of Bourboulenc, Roussanne and Grenache with sapid flesh and Hydrocarbons flavours that reminds me of an Alsatian Riesling. Puzzling !”
La Revue du Vin de France
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The 2017 Edition of the Guide des Vins Hachette appreciate our Montirius “Le Clos” 2014 Vacqueyras Red and describe it as follow:
Guide Hachette des Vins
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The 2017 Edition of the Guide Bettane & Desseauve awarded beautiful notes to our wines :
With a particular attention to our Montirius « Garrigues » 2013 Vacqueyras Red that has been awarded the title of Crush – Blow of Heart♥ Guide Bettane Desseauve
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The Vaucluse CCI magazine talks about the actions and strategies we put into action daily in the context of our responsibilities as a company. These actions resulted in our being awarded the regional prize.
Dynamiques
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Having received the regional prize for the management of a small company, The ’Dauphiné Libéré’ talks about our strategies in this area.
Le Dauphiné Libéré
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‘Decanter.com’ chose our Montirius AOC Gigondas ‘Terre des Aînés 2012’ , and praises its length, freshness and depth.
Decanter.com
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John Euvrard, Best Wine Waiter of France 2007, tastes our Montirius ‘Terre des Aînes’ AOP Red Gigondas 2009, for the catalogue Cavissima.
John Euvrard for the catalogue Cavissima
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Our Montirius AOC Cotes du Rhone ‘La Muse Papilles’ got the silver medal at the ‘Concours Général Agricole’ 2015.
Concours Général Agricole 2015
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Following his wine tasting in January 2015, Jeb Dunnuck gives two excellent marks to two Vacqueyras wines of the domain :
erobertparker.com
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The magazine ‘Echo du Mardi’ a weekly economic magazine, talks about our prize as a company in this region. According to the article ‘Montirius is notable for its global approach vis a vis the strategy of the company and its balanced impact’..
L’Echo du Mardi
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The ‘Magazine du Vin’ describes our domain as the ‘Gloire de Vacqueyras’ and dedicates two pages to two vertical wine tastings: one on 4 vintages of our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras red ‘Le Clos’, and the other on 9 vintages of our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras ‘Minéral’.
Le Magazine du Vin
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The Wine Advocate gives excellent marks to our wines :
Wine Advocate
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The magazine ‘La Revue du Vin de France’ gives a mark of 16/20 and selects our Montirius AOC Gigondas red ‘Terre des Aînés’ 2007 in its selection of 23 bio wines not to be missed at the wine show ‘Millésime Bio’.
La Revue du Vin de France
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Following our award for our company policies and approach, the daily newspaper ‘Vaucluse Matin’ published an article on our policies as a small company.
Vaucluse Matin
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The web site ‘1001 degustations’ gives excellent marks to our wines :
https://www.1001degustations.com/
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Following his wine tasting of our wines the 28th October 2014 in Gigondas, Jancis Robinson gives us :
Degustation odJancis Robinson
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The ‘Magazine du Vin’, in its exclusive independent classification of the 100 best wines of France, classed our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ AOP Vacqueyras 2004 in 83rd position with 92 points and described our domain as ‘wonderful’!
Le Magazine du Vin
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The Guide ‘Carité des bonnes addresses du vin bio & biodynamique’ gives several ‘favourites’ to our wines:
Le Guide Carité des bonnes adresses du vin bio et biodynamique 2015 / 2016
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Jeb Dunnuck, did a wine tasting of our wines for ‘Wine Advocate/Parker’ in August 2013. The result was the following:
Degustation of Jeb Dunnuck for the Wine Advocate – Robert Parker’s
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This is the result of the wine tasting done by Jancis Robinson at the end of 2013, of two of our wines: Motirius ‘Le Clos’ AOP Vacqueyras red 2012 and Montirius ‘Garrigues’ AOP Vacqueyras red 2012.
Degustation of Jancis Robison
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The magazine ‘WinePlanet’ gives a whole article to our work with our Spanish partner Rich Xiberta on our FSC corks, qualified as ‘corks of the future’ by the magazine!
Wine Planet
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The Dutch magazine ‘Lux’ gives a score of 9/10 and a red grape (the equivalent of a ‘favourite’), to our Montirius ‘Garrigues AOP red Vacqueyras 2012!
Magazine Lux
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The wine guide ‘Un vin Presque parfait’, chose our Montirius ‘Terre des Aînés’ AOP red Gigondas 2007 in a selection of 400 wines ‘can be served with your eyes closed’. It appreciated its ‘intense red robe, with pink hints prior to its spiced red fruits on the nose’.
Guide des Vins “Un vin presque parfait”
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The ‘Echo’ newspaper echoed our obtaining Biological certification in Brazil.
L’Echo du mardi
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The 2015 edition of ‘Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve’ qualifies our wines as ‘luxurious, whole and of a rare homogeneity’. It chooses our Montirius Garrigues AOP Vacqueyras 2012 as a favourite and gives excellent marks to 10 of our other wines:
Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve
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The 2015 edition of ‘Guide des Bonnes Affaires du Vin’ and ‘Revue du Vin de France’ gives marks of :
Guide des Bonnes Affaires du Vin
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For the 2015 edition of ‘Guide Hachette des Vins’ our Montirius ‘Minéral’ AOP white Vacqueyras 2013, ‘seduces in the mouth with its volume and balance its smoothness, freshness and slight lemony hints’. Regarding our Montirius ‘Confidenteil’ AOP red Gigondas 2011 ‘ on the nose it is engaging and typical. Meridional in character, it echoes a gracious roundness and fullness on the palate with silky tannins’.
Guide Hachette des Vins
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The 2015 edition of ‘Guide des meilleurs vins de France of the ‘Revue du Vin de France’ gives marks from 12 to 15.5 to eleven of our wines.
Guide des meilleurs vins de France
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The 3rd edition of ‘Guide des Vins en Biodynamie’ gives several awards to our wines:
Guide des Vins en Biodynamie (3ème édition)
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The story of a visit and wine tasting at our domain by an enlightened amateur from Alsace!
Vins, vignobles et vignerons
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The 2014 jury of consumers and professionals selected our Montirius Terre des Ainés AOP Gigondas Red, as vin 2014 presque parfait. An almost perfect wine.
Jury “Un vin presque parfait”
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The ‘Guide Hubert’ described our Montirius Confidentiel AOC Gigondas Red 2009 as the Leading Light of the Year!
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Our Montirius Jardin Secret AOP Côtes du Rhône 2010 Red got a medal from the consumer’s jury of the Bettane & Desseauve Prix Plaisir competition.
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The Ventoux Magazine interviewes us about Biodynamy.
Ventoux Magazine
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The Concours Général Agricole de Paris awarded two of our wines :
Concours Général Agricole
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The German magazine gives :
www.aus-lust-am-genuss.de
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The 2nd International competition of Grenaches du Monde gave us:
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Le site allemand Wein-Plus.eu attribue deux excellentes notes à nos vins :
Wein-Plus.eu
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In its file consecrated to the white Côtes du Rhône wines, the magazine ‘In Vino Veritas’ appreciated ‘ the flagrant aromas of honeyed flowers and almond trees, a sprinkling of grey pepper on flint, subtly grilled quince jelly’, of our Montirius ‘Minéral’ AOC white Vacqueyras 2008.
In Vino Veritas
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In its special edition no 25, ‘La Revue du Vin de France’, chose our Montirius Minéral AOC white Vacqueyras 2011 and gives it a 15/20 : ‘ raised and powerful in the mouth, it finds its balance with an intense mineral character’.
La Revue du Vin de France – Special Edition n°25
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The December magazine ‘Decanter’ focused on the Gigondas wines. Our Montirius ‘Confidentiel’ red AOC Gigondas 2010 and our ‘Terre des Aînés’ red AOC Gigondas 2010, get respectively 16 (86 points) and 14.25 (+80 points).
Decanter
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For its 2013 selection, the web site www.1001degustations.com choose and commented on a tasting of 13 of our wines from 2007 to 2012. Our Montirius ‘Terre des Aînés’ AOC red Gigondas 2009, gets no less than 4 stars.
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The Rhône Valley wine guide consecrated a page to our Domain. Amongst the wines selected, it appreciated our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ AOC Vacqueyras 2007, which it describes as ‘an exceptional wine’.
Guide des Vins de la Vallée du Rhône
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The ‘Guide des Meilleurs Vins’ 2014 give marks to our Montirius wines of between 15.5 and 20.
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‘A table’, a supplement of ‘La Provence’ daily newspaper, appreciated the quality of the welcome at our Domain, and also the fact that we offer our visitors the possibility of participating at the birth of a new wine.
A table
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The ‘Guide Hubert des Vins’ appreciated our Montirius AOC Gigondas! Our Montirius ‘Confidentiel’ AOC red Gigondas gets the title ‘Tenor of the Year’, as well as our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ AOC red Vacqueyras. Similarly, our Montirius ‘Terre des Aînés’ AOC red Gigondas and Montirius’Garrigues’ AOC red Gigondas both got excellent marks.
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Our Montirius ‘Garrigues’ AOC Vacqueyras 2010 was elected ‘a favorite’ by the ‘Guide Hachette’ 2014! !
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Canalbio, the supermarket specializing in biological products, qualified our Montirius ‘La Tour’ AOC Gigondas as ‘an achievement a red wine full of presence yet subtle’.
Canal-bio.net
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An article from the blogger David Lawrason, who particularly appreciated our Montirius Garrigues AOC Vacqueyras Red 2010
www.winealign.com
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The newspaper 100% Blind tested 8 of our wines and gave them marks from 86.5 to 90.5 points
100% Blind
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Le Weinzeitung gives us a mark of
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Melba Allen, “wine blogueuse”, écrit un long article sur notre Domaine, suite à sa visite à l’été 2013.
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The Norwegian magazine ‘Aftenposten’ gives a great score to our Montirius 2011 AOC Côtes du Rhône Red and our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ 2007 AOC Vacqueyras Red. Aftenposten
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The annual wine guide of the magazine ‘Proefschrist’ included our Montirius 2010 AOC Vacqueyras, which it qualified as ‘ a wine which is complete and pure’. Jaardigs Wijn
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A Swedish blog particularly appreciated our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ 2010 AOC Vacqueyras, during a winetasting. https://smakjakten.blogspot.fr/
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The Italian blog ‘Gusto Campania, qualifies our Montirius ‘Jardin Secret’ 2010 AOC Côtes du Rhône Red as ‘…..legendary’! GustoCampania
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On the occasion of a wine tasting at sea, of the wines of the Rhône valley, ‘La Provence’ qualifies our Montirius ‘Jardin Secret’ 2010 AOC Côtes du Rhône Red, as ‘pure bliss’. What more can we say ! La Provence
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The web site www.fidelesdebacchus.com classed our Montirius ‘Terre des Aînés’ 2007 AOC Gigondas Red amongst its ten ‘favorites’ of the week. www.fidelesdebacchus.com
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In its special edition ‘Special Millésime 2012’, the magazine ‘La Revue du Vin de France’ classed our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ AOC Vacqueyras Red and Montirius ‘Minéral’ AOC Vacqueyras White ‘ exceptional achievements’! La Revue du Vin de France
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An article in the blog https://vins.blog.laprovence.com consecrated to an event organized by ‘La Maison du Gigondas’ on the 22nd July, during which the chefs and winemakers of Gigondas (of which Montirius is one), made known ‘their know how both on the plate and in the glass’ Future date marked! https://vins.blog.laprovence.com
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On the occasion of the Prowein salon, the ‘Weinwirtschaft’ published an article on the wines tasted in a given area called ‘France 2013’. They give three badges to our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras red ‘Le Clos’ 2010.
Weinwirtschaft
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The blog gangofpour.com appreciates our Montirius AOC Gigondas red 1999, already 13 years old and which it advises should be kept another 7 years to unveil its abundance.
https://blogs.gangofpour.com/red-wings-and-red-rhones-2013
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The blog saveurpassion.over-blog.com appreciates our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras white ‘Minéral’, which it suggests as an accompaniment for a recipe of ‘salmon chazuke’.
Saveur Passion
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The celebrated Norwegian daily newspaper ‘Verdens Gang’ (the largest circulation newspaper in Norway and known by the abbreviation VG), attributes a score of 82 points and one of 6 points (6 being the maximum) to our Montirius AOC red Côtes du Rhône 2011.
Verdens Gang
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Jancis Robinson gives marks for the 2011 vintage:
Jancis Robinson
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In the magazine ‘Terre de Vins’ March 2013, the bio cellar man Dominique Bry (Paris 9ème) cites Montirius as his favourite domain in the Rhône valley.
Terre de Vins
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Our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras red ‘Le Clos’ 2010 got a gold medal at the ‘Concours Général de Paris 2013’..
www.concours-agricole.com
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Our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras red ‘Le Clos’ 2010 comes in the top 200 in a 100% blind tasting by the ‘Tasted journal’ with a score of 92 points in a blind tasting!
Tasted Journal
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K&L Wines, wine retailer in California, interviews us and presents 5 of our AOC wines: Gigondas, Côtes du Rhône and Vacqueyras.
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‘La Provence à table’ N° 7, specifically mentions our bio-dynamic approach, and chooses the Montirius AOC Gigondas red ‘Terre des Aînés’ 2009 in its article ‘3 biodynamic wines and 3 cosmic prices’.
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In its article consecrated to the white wines of the Rhône valley, the magazine ‘La Revue du Vin de France attributes scores of:
La Revue du Vin de France
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John Raynolds, in an article in Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, gives excellent marks to our wines.
Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
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François Régis Gaudry of ‘l’Express’ says : ‘To uncork a bottle naturally filled by big hearted winegrowers – a Gigondas from Domaine Montirius (…) is a new way of communing in this world’!
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‘Le Figaro.fr’ appreciates our Montirius AOC Vacqueyras red ‘Garrigue’ 2010, to which it gives a score of 14/20. Wine taster and journalist Bernard Burtschy says’ the wine presents a lovely open fruitiness and light tannins’
Lefigaro.fr
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For the magazine ‘La Revue du Vin de France’ N° 568, Christine and Eric Saurel make the headlines in the ‘Rhone valley’ wines.
La Revue du Vin de France n°568
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The web site ‘1001 degustations.com attributes:
1001degustations.com
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The ‘LivetsGoda’ attributes a score of between 87 and 94 points out of 100 to our wines depending on the vintage! LivetsGoda
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Following their visit to our Domain on the 29th September, the journalists Joshua and Stephen Hall wrote this article in English regarding our Montirius ‘Le Clos’ red Vacqueyras 2009, which was published in the Korean magazine ‘Bar and Dining’.
Magazine Bar & Dining
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2013-2014 edition of ‘Guide Carité’ attributes:
Guide Carité des Bonnes Adresses du Vin Bio et Biodynamique
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The web-site 1001 degustations.com gives three stars (and two ‘favourites’) to the 2006, 2009 and 2011 vintages of our Montirius ‘Minéral’ white Vacqueyras.
1001degustations.com
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Our Montirius Vacqueyras ….. a ‘favourite’ in the 2013 diary of Philippe Lapeyrie. He concludes ‘ In my opinion, few bottles under the price range of 20 to 25 dollars will be able to give you so much pleasure, flavours and satisfaction’.
Diary 2013
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The magazine ‘Vins & Gastronomie’ consecrates an article to the Gigondas certified wines in its autumn edition. Our Montirius ‘Confidentiel’ red Gigondas is in there and well placed !
Vins & Gastronomie
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The ‘Guide des Vins un Vin Presque Parfait’ appreciated our Montirius ‘Garrigues’ red Vacqueyras and gives it one star.
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The newspaper ‘Tasted’ gives 92 points to our Montirius Le Clos 2010 Vacqueyras red.
Tasted
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The specialist magazine DVPE gives 94 points to our Montirius Le Clos 2010 Vacqueyras red which it qualifies as ‘extraordinary’.
Dina Viner Professional Edition
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The 2013 edition of the Bettane and Desseauve gives the following points:16/20 to our Montirius Confidentiel 2010 Gigondas red16/20 to our Montirius Terre des Aînés 2010 Gigondas red
Bettane & Desseauve Guide ‘Vins de France’
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The American blogger Jeb Dunnuck, came to Gigondas to taste the 2010 and 2011 vintages in July, published his notes in No 13 of his Rhône Report:
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Our Montirius Le Clos 2009 Vacqueyras red was chosen ‘wine of the week’ by Observer Magazine which describes it as ‘full of character and charm.
The Observer Magazine
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Montirius is present in the new Netherlands wine guide of Rhône Valley Wines for the Belgian market. The authors tasted more than 2000 Rhône valley wines and analyzed 800 domains.‘In terms of the quality of the wines and the way in which we were able to meet with and consult the wine growers, we established a special and personal selection of the 220 best wine growers who made the best impression on us’. We are proud to be part of this selection on page 69 of the guide. It will be available in the book stores at the end of the year 2012.
Rhone Valley Wines (BEST RHONEWIJNEN) 2013
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The 16thNational Competition for Biological wines and wines in conversion to Biological Agriculture, gave to our Montirius Confidentiel 2010 Gigondas red wine, a gold medal, and our Montirius Garrigues 2010 Vacqueyras red a bronze medal.
>> Concours National des Vins issus de l’Agriculture Biologique
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The web site ‘Maverick.ca’ particularly appreciated our Montirius 2011 Vacqueyras red: ‘A little wonder… On the nose it emits delicate perfumes of black cherry, blackcurrant, thyme and lavender. In the mouth, it is frisky with a lovely complexity. Spicy and ample in black fruits. Discernible minerals. One cannot say it is a thirsty wine because it is meaty with delicate tannins and has an agreeable freshness making it very digestible.’
>> Maverick.ca
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The Norwegian newspaper ‘Aftenpolten’ gives five glasses and 82 points to our Montirius 2011 Côtes du Rhône red.
>> Aftenpolten n°2
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The association of Norwegian Wine Clubs interviewed Christine and Eric Saurel for their article on Bio-Dynamic Culture.
>> Trade magazine Bulletin n°2
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The Canadian blogger, David Nathan selected our Montirius Terre des Aînés 2006 Gigondas red amongst his three favorites during a wine tasting of Rhône valley wines organized in Quebec in June.
>> https://somanythingstodo.com/
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The 2012 Jury of consumers and professionals selected our Montirius Garrigues 2010 Vacqueyras red and our Montirius Terre des Ainés 2007 Gigondas red as ‘2012 wines that are almost perfect’.
Jury “Un vin presque parfait”
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In an article consecrated to the Côte du Rhône wines, the ‘Wein Markt’ cites our Montirius Jardin Secret 2010 Côte du Rhône red as ‘ having complex aromas of black fruits on the nose. On the palate it has aromas of mint and a discreet vegetable aroma. This wine is ripe and ready to drink’.
Wein Markt
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The ‘Livets Goda’ describes our Montirius Perle de Rosée 2011 Vacqueyras rosé as ‘a magnificent rosé, one of the best this year’!
>> Livets Goda.se
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The newsletter of the German magazine ‘Falstaff’ appreciated our Montirius Jardin Secret 2007 Cotes du Rhone red , and made it known!
>> Falstaff
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The professionals of AOC Cotes du Rhone and Rhone valley wines appreciated the visits that we organize.
>> vins-rhone.com
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The ‘Livets Goda’ describes our Montirius Perle de Rosée 2011 Vacqueyras rosé as ‘a magnificent rosé, one of the best this year’!
>> LivetsGoda.se
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A Beautiful Montirius article in the Danish magazine, interested in Bio-Dynamic farming
>> Spis Bedre
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An article in ‘La Vigne’ destined for those who ask ‘How to talk about ones wines to beginners’. The answer is given in an interview with Christine Saurel who describes the workshops she holds in spring and summer, and gives advice.
La Vigne (n°241)
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An article by David Santerre on our domain and our wines following his visit to our stand at the ‘Salon Return to Terroir’.
La Bande des Vins
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The blog Cotes du Rhone news appreciated our Montirius Minéral Vacqueyras White which enchanted an Easter lunch…
Côtes du Rhône News
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An interview with Christine Saurel and a report on ‘Biodyvin’ on TV7 Bordeaux on the occasion of ‘Primeurs de Bordeaux’.
TV7 Bordeaux
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The wine expert Jean –Frederic Bernier recommends our Montirius 2011 Vacqueyras red in a weekly Canadian magazine article in ‘L’Avantage’.
L’Avantage
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In his blog dedicated to good wines, Fabien Lainé showed his enthusiasm, having tasted nine of our wines!
Libervino
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The wine expert Philippe Lapeyrie chose our Montirius 2011 Vacqueyras red, wine of the week during his program ‘Tout le Monde en Parle’. His comments were: A deep red wine. There is an explosion of red fruits on the nose. In the mouth we discover a lovely tannic structure, with aromas from the planes and of underwood.
Tout le monde en parle
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The magazine ‘Vin de France’ classes our Montirius Gigondas ‘Confidentiel’ amongst the 60 ‘Loveliest Grenaches in France’ and qualifies it as ‘a sumptuous laying down wine’.
La Revue du Vin de France
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Nice article about the ‘soirée Gourmande’ organized at the domaine the 9th of december 2011. See the video included in the article : click here.
https://lostinwine.blogspot.com
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The 29th of February 2012 during the Return to Terroir wine tasting, the journalist Eve Dumas interviewes Nicolas Joly, one of the member creator of Return to Terroir group of which Montirius is member. A nice article for all ‘amateur of authentic wines’
www.lapresse.ca
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Exclusive interwiew from Fly FM of Christine, Eric and Justine Saurel
Fly FM
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Jacques Benoit, Quebec journalist, discribes our Montirius Garrigues Vacqueyras red ‘ monumental in 2009 and savoury in 2010’
www.lapresse.ca
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L’union des Maisons du rhône et L’AOC Gigondas, have brought out a reference guide of their village, their wines, the land, and their people. They give our Domaine a whole page. Extract:‘The acknowledgement of Montirius wines, now well established, shows a deep rooted logic of daily commitment and hard work’.When one knows the authors of this book, specialists of wine and gastronomy, one is even more flattered by the compliment. Amongst them: Ned Goodwin, Master of Wine, Alain Passard, Alain Senderens, John Livingston-Learmonth, British wine taster and critic, Louis Barruol, member of the Board of Administration for Gigondas classification, and Véronique Raisin, wine taster and journalist.
Gigondas, ses vins, sa terre, ses hommes.
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Josh Raynolds, of Stephen Tanzer’s Wine cellar, gives 92 points to our Vacqueyras Garrigues 2009 and 2010.
www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer/newhome.html
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Josh Raynolds, of Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, gives 92 points to our Vacqueyras Le clos 2009 and 91-92 points to our 2010 wines.
www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer/newhome.html
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The Wine Lovers Diary 365 (in Mandarin) honours our Gigondas an Côtes du Rhône, three times.
Wine Lover’s 365
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About our Montirius 2010 Vacqueyras red, Phaneuf guide writes « lots of power and depth, dense tanins, and a splendid structure in mouth. It is rare that in the general wine listing general, wines have a so much superbe.
www.michelphaneufvin.com
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The newspaper ‘Weinwisser gives a mark of 16/20 to our Montirius Perle de Rosée 2010 Vacqueyras rosé and 18/20 to our Montirius Le Clos 2007 Vacqueyras red !
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Press articles before 2012 (extracts)
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Our “Montirius Vin de Pays Rouge Le Cadet 2010” received a gold medal.
Prix Plaisir 2011
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Last february in Neustadt (Germany) for the meeting and wine tasting ‘France 2011’, our ‘Vacqueyras Montirius AOC Garrigues 2009, vin tranquille rouge’ has been chosen in 100 best wines’ category (86/100 points). The book house, Meininger Verlag has chosen our Vacqueyras among 400 other wines.
France 2011
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94 points rated for our ‘Montirius Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos 2009’ in Dina Viner edition, one of the most prestigious Swedish wine review.
Dina Viner
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The magazine ‘Terre de Vins’ attribues mark from 14,5/20 to our ‘Montirius Vacqueyras Rouge Garrigues 2008’.
Le guide Patron
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‘Le guide Patron’ attributes very good marks to our Montirius wines :
Le guide Patron
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Decanter (british magazine), deals with « vintage 2009, southern Rhône » this month. According to John Livingstone-Learmonth, our ‘Vacqueyras, Le Clos, 2009’ is ‘gutsy, deep content, robust…’
Decanter Magazine
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‘The 2009 Domaine Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos is massive and color intensive. The smell in very young and literary sparkling of fruit aromas like cassis, blue berries and raspberries. Here is a creamy fruit that is very nice, complex and interesting with many layers of garrigue, nuts, figs and a lot of sweet liquorish”. And this article goes on with very nice comments…’
>> https://vinare.blogspot.com/2011/03/2009-domaine-montirius-vacqueyras-le.html
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‘In the glass, a calibrated vintage 2007 Vacqueyras from Domain Montirius but now vTintage 2009. Grapes are Grenache and Syrah in same shares. Exactly as last time, when we opened the bottle the cork was wet but as last time the wine have survived. The initial bad smell disappears very quickly and we notice dark berries, nutmeg, liquorices, nettles and chalky minerals, we notice a sweetfruty mouth with a lovely length where the generous alcohol of 15% doesn’t destroy the wine. The tannins are smooth with a note of seeds. It is a very nice wine that we can enjoy young but it will get better after a couple of years.’
>> https://rhonarna.blogspot.com/2011/03/2009-montirius-vacqueyras-le-clos.html
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About our Vacqueyras Montirius Red Le Clos 2006 :’A fabulous wine. Congratulations.’
>> https://wines-for-the-rest-of-us.blogspot.com/
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In its last magazine, « Le Vieux-Montréal » wrote an article about our domain and wines. Pascal Fernand recalls that in Quebec, we started to sell the « Vacqueyras, Les Garrigues »…
Le Vieux Montréal
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Referring to the journalist Josh Raynolds’ tasting, on november 18th, 2010 in Gigondas, you can see below, the marks that we got : Montirius Gigondas Rouge Confidentiel 2009 : 91-93 /100 Montirius Gigondas Rouge Terre des Aînés 2009 : 90-92 /100 Montirius Gigondas Rouge Terre des Aînés 2008 : 90 /100More info : www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer/newhome.html (tasting observations). Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
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The « La Provence » newspaper keeps up with Christine and Eric Saurel as the seasons go by. third step : trimming time.
La Provence
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This wine guide identifies our estate and our wines : Côtes du Rhônes Rouge, Jardin secret, 2007″, “Vacqueyras Blanc, Minéral 2006”, “Vacqueyras Rouge, Le Clos, 2006”, “Gigondas Rouge, Confidentiel, 2006”.
Le Guide carité des bonnes adresses du Vin Bio – Les bonnes choses
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Wine guide of french oenologists official selection introduces our “Vacqueyras Montirius Minéral 2007”, which is « an barefaced creative wine » according to its.
Published in Financial Times and Jancis Robinson’s website
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Jancis Robinson, wine correspondent, awarded marks to our « Gigondas Montirius Confidentiel 2009 », to our « Gigondas Montirius Terre des Aînés 2009 », to our « Vacqueyras Montirius Garrigues 2009 » and to our « Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos 2009 » after having gone to Gigondas, last october…
Published in Financial Times and Jancis Robinson’s website
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The 2011 Guide of «Les meilleurs Vin de France» attributes marks froms 14 to 16,5/20 to our wines.
Les meilleurs vins de France
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Jacques Berthomeau, Jim Budd, Hervé Lalau, Michel Smith and Marc Vanhellemont, french journalists wrote an article in their blog « Les 5 du Vin » about their experience in Paris for a « Biodyvin » tasting.
Les 5 du Vin
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The website “erobertparker.com ” gives 91-93 points / 100 to our 2009 Vacqueyras Rouge Montirius “Le Clos” , 87-90 / 100 to our 2009 Vacqueyras Montirius “Garrigues” and 87-89 / 100 to our 2009 Montirius Gigondas “Confidentiel”.
Robert Parker
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The magazine “In Vino Veritas” finds our 2006 Vacqueyras Montirius Blanc “Minéral” a very good wine combined with some Appenzeller, the famous swiss cheese.
In Vino Veritas
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The website “1001degustation.com ” apreciates our Vacqueyras Montirius “Minéral” 2004.
1001degustation.com –
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Wine Enthusiast gives great marks to our wines (89 / 100).
Wine Enthusiast
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The « La Provence » newspaper keeps up with Christine and Eric Saurel as the seasons go by. second step : after grape harvest.
La Provence
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The 2011 Guide of « La Revue du Vin de France » attributes marks froms 14 to 16,5/20 to our wines.
Les meilleurs vins de France 2011 – La revue du vin de France
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The 2011 Guide of «Bettane & Desseauve » attributes marks froms 14,5 to 15,5/20 to our wines.
Le grand guide des vins de France 2011 – Bettane & Desseauve
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“Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2011” has just published an new article about our “Montirius Terres des Aînés 2007” and our “Montirius le Clos 2007”.
Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2011
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93 points rated for our Montirius Gigondas Terre des Ainés 2007 in Dina Viner edition, one of the most prestigious Swedish wine review.
Dina Viner
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The Wine Spectator magazine gives 90 points to 2007 Gigondas “Terre des Aînés” and 91 points to 2007 Vacqueyras Le Clos.
Wine Spectator
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The newspaper « La Provence » will keep up with Christine and Eric Saurel as the seasons go by. First step : organization of grape harvest.
La Provence
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The magazine “Vie pratique Gourmand” chooses the “Vacqueyras Montirius Garrigues 2008” in its section : “sélection bio”.
Vie pratique Gourmand
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Hamar Arbeiderblad – 28.000 copies – gives 6 points to “2008 Montirius Côtes du Rhône” : “Character of red berries, light spices and a good mineral hint. Great balance. From the CustomerOrderRange, but the Monopoly at Hamar has it in their shop. Biodynamic grown grapes.” Hamar Arbeiderblad
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Jónás Csaba tells his one-day visit to our Montirius domain in his blog.”A great wine tasting, human and poetic experience”.
A Muvelt Alkoholista – https://alkoholista.blog.hu/2010/08/24/igy_utazunk_mi_xi_resz
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Léon Mazzella di Bosco, a journalist and publisher wrote a great article about our Vacqueyras AOC, on his french blog : Kally Vasco, which is specialized on literature and food.
Kally Vasco – https://leonmazzella.hautetfort.com/vins/
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Our red Gigondas « Montirius Terre des Aînés 2006 », red Vacqueyras « Montirius Le Clos 2007, red Vacqueyras « Montirius Garrigues 2008 » and white Vacqueyras « Minéral 2007 » have been selected as ‘coups de coeur’ by « Le Guide des Vins de la Vallée du Rhône 2010-2011 ».
Le Guide des Vins de la Vallée du Rhône
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Our Gigondas Montirius « Confidentiel » has been enhanced at the party “les Epicuriales” in which the chef, Thierry Marx (who runs a two-star restaurant in Cordeillan Bages – France), cooked for the dinner.
Les étoiles d’Epicures
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The newspaper « Le Vieux Montréal » interviewed Justine Saurel (who did a 3-month training course in Quebec) about our estate and our wines.
Le Vieux Montréal
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Hamar Arbeiderblad – 28.000 copies – has written about Powerful redwine for the barbeque : Montirius Côtes du Rhône “From 1996 Eric and Christine Saurel have been biodynamic producers. The wine is characterized by red berries, light spices and a nice hint of minerals. Great balance. The price has been reduced from 160 to 125 and this should therefore makes to a very good buy.” Hamar Arbeiderblad
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The trade magazine “l’Hôtellerie Restauration” looks back on the dinner show, “Fables” (see previous news), in which our “Vacqueyras Rouge Montirius Le Clos 2007’ was chosen to accompany the turkey supreme with seven chutneys, based on the fable : “Le renard et les poulets d’Inde”.
www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr (/journal/restauration)
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Our “Vacqueyras Rouge Montirius Le Clos 2007” was choosen for Dinner Show Fables on the 9th, 10th and 11th 2010 July in the “Cour d’Honneur de la Maison des Vins” ( Avignon Festival 2010).
www.fables-and-tables.net
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Our Montirius Le Clos 2009 is chosen among the Grate “2009 Millésimes”.
Revue du Vin de France n°542
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The Norvegian Norsk Ukeblad newspaper apreciates our Côtes du Rhône Montirius 2008 : “A tasteful redwine from Rhône valley in south of France. Rich and a bit developed taste, moderate tannins, but with good acidity which deals with the lamb fat very well.”
Norsk Ukeblad
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The Swedish Livets Goda Magazine likes very much our Vacqueyras Garrigues 2008, Vacqueyras Le Clos 2007 and Gigondas Terre des Aînés 2007.
Livets Goda
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The Faedrelandsvennen newspaper (Norway) appreciates our history and our wines.
Faedrelandsvennen
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The Decanter Buying Guide likes our Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos 2007.
Decanter Buying Guide 2007
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The website “Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar ” gives 88-90/100 to our 2008 Montirius Gigondas Confidentiel, 93/100 to our 2007 Montirius Gigondas Terres des Aînés and 93/100 to our 2007 Montirius Gigondas Confidentiel 2007.
Stephen Tanzer’s international Wine Cellar
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The Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide attributes 93 points to 2006 Montirius Vacqueyras LeClos.
Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide
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Joe Czerwinski has tasted different wines from the Rhone Valley from 1997 to 2007 and declares in its article than the 2002 Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos is the better wine of that year.
The Southern Rhône’s Golden Decade
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The Wine Spectator magazine gives 91 points to 2006 Vacqueyras LeClos and 2006 Gigondas Confidentiel.Wine Spectator November 2009 |
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The « Världens Viner » Magazine dedicates a 3 pages reportage on our domain and gives the golden medal to our 2006 Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos.
Världens Viner
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The « Vins&Vignobles » Magazine dedicates its « Entre2Verres » illustrated report to the Montirius Domain and the beneficits of biodynamie. It especially appreciates the 2007 Vacqueyras Montirius , the 2004 Vacqueyras Le Clos Montirius, and the 2004 Gigondas Montirius.
Vins&Vignobles
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The « Världens Viner » Magazine gives the golden medal and the first place to our 2006 Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos.
Världens Viner
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The 2010 Guide of « La Revue du Vin de France » attributes marks froms 14 to 16/20 to our wines.
Revue du Vin de France
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The « Cuisine et Vins de France» greatly appreciates our 2007 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues.
Cuisine et Vins de de France (Hors Série)
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The Prima Magazine of October is attracted by the openness, the fruitness and the deepness of our Montirius wines.
Prima
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The « Amero Rosso» Italian Magazine attributes 91 points to our 2005 Montirius Vacqueyras White wine and 92 points to our 2006 Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos Red wine.
Ambero Rosso
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The «Rogalands Avis» norwegian magazine dedicates an article titled “Excellent Bio Wine” to our wines and gives the following marks to them : 2005 Montirius Gigondas Confidentiel : 92 points 2006 Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos : 89 points 2008 Montirius Côte du Rhône : 85 points 2007 Montirius Le Cadet de Montirius : 84 points Rogalands Avis
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The « Amateur de Bordeaux » Magazine praises our 2007 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues.
L’amateur de Bordeaux
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The Wine Enthusiast gives excellent marks to our wines (from 90 to 93 / 100).
Wine Enthusiast
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The Guardian appreciates our 2006 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues.
Guardian WE
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About our 2007 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues : “an open and well-rounded wine, with a condensed and ripe fruit “.
Télé 2 semaines
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Mathey Jukes greatly appreciates our 2006 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues.
Moneyweek
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Our 2007 Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues wins the price of the best Red Wine of the Year !
www.proefschrift.nl
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« Le Guide des Vins de la Vallée du Rhône 2009-2010 » dedicates a whole page to the Saurel family and their bio-dynamic vineyards. The author especially highlights the 2006 Le Clos , 2007 Garrigues , 2005 Terre des Aînés red wines and the 2007 white wine.
Le Guide des Vins de la Vallée du Rhône
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« Le Nouveau Guide des Vins Bio 2010-2011 » highly praises the 2005 Gigondas Terre des Aînés.
Le Guide des Vins Bio 2010-2011
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“Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2010” praises the bio-dynamic Montirius vineyards and gives good marks (from 14/20 to 15/20) to its Vacqueyras, Gigondas and Côte du Rhône wines.
Le Guide des Vins 2010 Bettane & Desseauve
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“Le Guide des Vins Gault Millau 2010” presents the history of Montirius Domain and gives excellent marks to Le Cadet, Montirius Garrigues and Le Clos (marks from 15,5/20 to 18/20).
Le Guide des Vins 2010 Gault et Millau
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Pour le Magazine Métro, “les vins Montirius des appellations Côtes du Rhône, Gigondas et Vacqueyras font mouche à tous les coups”
Métro
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Montirius 2006 and 2007 wines get excellent marks in eRobertParker.com, “The Independant Consumer’s Guide to Fine Wines”.
Robert Parker (n°181 p. 39)
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“The 2009 Southern Rhone Decanter’s Guide” delighted by our wines !
Southern Rhone Decanter’s Guide
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The French magazine “Terre de Vins” describes our way to produce our wines.
Terre de Vins
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The Swedish newspaper “Dina Viner” greatly appreciates Montirius wines.
Dina Viner
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The French blog “Rubrique à Grappe” (https://rubriqueagrappe.wordpress.com) describes our 2004 Vacqueyras Montirius Le Clos as a velvet cloth that soflty wraps our mouths. The author of the article praises the actual beverage but suggests to keep some bottles in a fine cellar in order to soften them a bit more.
La Rubrique à Grappe
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The Swedish newspaper “Livets Goda” hightlights the quality of Montirius wines.
Livets Goda
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The French magazine “La Revue du Vin de France” attracted by the lively taste of the Clos Montirius wine.
La Revue du Vin de France
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An article of the “Dina Viner Professional Edition”, the Leading Swedish Wine Newsletter, about our 2005 Montirius Gigondas Confidentiel.
DVPE 2009-09
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Here are the marks that have been given to our wines by the 2009 French Guide “Le Grand Guide des Vins de France” : 16,5/20 for our 2005 Gigondas Confidentiel 17/20 for our 2005 Gigondas Terre des Aînés 15,5/20 for our 2006 Vacqueyras Garrigue 16/20 for our 2005 Vacqueyras Garrigue 15/20 for our 2006 Vacqueyras Le Clos 15,5/20 for our 2005 Vacqueyras Le Clos Grand Guide des vins de France M. Bettane et M. Desseauve
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Here are the marks that have been given to our wines by the 2009 French “Gault & Millau” Guide : 16,5/20 for our Cote du Rhone 2007 17/20 for our Gigondas Confidentiel 2005 16/20 for our Gigondas Terre des Aînés 2005 16/20 for our Vacqueyras Garrigue 2005 16,5/20 for our Vacqueyras Le Clos 2005 17/20 for our Vin de Pays de Vaucluse 2007 Gault & Millau
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Montirius wines get excellent grades (between 90 and 93 points) in Stephen Tanzer’s !
Stephen Tanzer
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About our 2004 Clos Montirius 2004 : “Classic nose, explosive taste and very long finish” .
Hidden Strength
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About our 2004 Gigondas Confidentiel 2004 : “Les heureux élus qui pourront déguster cette cuvée, effectivement confidentielle, pourront savourer un vin puissant et un peu sauvage.”
Guide Hachette des vins
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“Le Clos est riche et plein avec un fruit plus abouti qui lui donne un air presque sucré”.La revue du vin de France 2009 January |
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Nos vins depuis 10 ans notés par le Wine Spectator.
>> www.winespectator.com
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Notre Terre des Aînés 2005 Vinalies d’Argent à la sélection 2009 des Vinalies Internationales.
Vinalies Internationales – Hachette Pratique
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About our vin de pays du Vaucluse (Vinalies’Award) : “un vin de très belle facture qui peut se permettre de côtoyer les meilleures appellations régionales”.
Guide des Vins
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‘Gigondas Rouge Terre des Aînés 2005 : garde assurée pour de somptueux plaisirs futurs et renouvelés.’
J.M.Carité – Mes bonnes adresses du vin bio
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