RSJ Wine Offer: February/March 2016

The village of Champtin 

– home of the Champault family

RSJ  Wine Offer February 2016

We have put together a selection of wines from two of our favourite growers in the Eastern part of the Loire, Sébastien Treuillet & the Champault family:

 

The Eastern Loire Case        £144.00
3 bottles 2014 Pouilly-Fumé  Domaine Treuillet 
3 bottles 2014 Sancerre Blanc ‘Les Pierris’ Domaine Champault 
2 bottlles 2014 Menetou Salon Blanc ‘Le Clos’ de la Cure’ Domaine Champault 
3 bottles 2014 Sancerre Rouge ‘Les Pierris’ Domaine Champault 
1 bottle 2012 Sancerre Rouge ‘Côte de Champtin’, Domaine Champault [50YO vines] aged 12 months in oak

Pouilly-sur-Loire

  

Frédéric Mabileau listening to his wine fermenting 

Frédéric Mabileau [from St Nicolas de Bourgueil] is recognised as one of the great wine makers in France .

He works biodynamically and his wines are universally popular and such is the global demand they are getting more difficult to acquire. We have however been working with him since he started in 2003 and happily he continues to supply us with our requirements.

Frédéric Mabileau Case     £144.00 
3 bottles 2014 St Nicolas de Bourgueil ‘Les Rouillères’
3 bottles 2014  Anjou Cabernet Sauvignon 
2 bottles 2013 Bourgueil ‘Racines’  [old vines] aged 10 months in oak 
2 bottles 2013 St Nicolas de Bourgueil ‘Coutures’ [old vines] aged 10 months in oak 
1 bottle 2014 Chenin des Rouillères 
1 bottle 2011 Chenin du Puy [old vines]  aged 22 months in oak

To order please contact:
tom.king@rsj.uk.com
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street
London SE1 9NR
Tel: 020 7928 4554

Events at RSJ Restaurant Summer 2013: 24th June – The Eastern Loire

 

Wine Tastings with Dinner  Start 7.15pm

Monday 24th June   ‘The Eastern Loire ’  £49.50

We will be looking at appellations in this region including Sancerre, Pouilly,

Menetou Salon, Quincy and Reuilly and tasting the delicious and elegant Pinot Noirs

as well as a number of wonderful Sauvignons from top growers including

the Champault brothers, Sebastien Treuillet, Henri Bourgeois, Domaine Pelle

and 2013 Decanter World Wine Award Trophy Winner, Jean Tatin.

We also intend to taste a 1988 Sancerre from Cotat in magnum.

For event reservations please contact:
tom.king@rsj.uk.com      Tel: 020 7928 4554
RSJ Restaurant   33 Coin Street     London     SE1 9NR          www.rsj.uk.com

Autumn at RSJ Restaurant: Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé etc. 12th September

Wine Tasting with Dinner [3 courses]

Starts 7.15pm

 

Monday 12^th September    ‘Eastern Delights’                                   £48.65

 

 

 

We will be looking at both red and white wines from the eastern end of the Loire  and tasting wines from Reuilly, Quincy, Pouilly, Menetou Salon and Sancerre where Sauvignon and Pinot Noir can be found at their most enticing.

We will feature wines from the Tatin family, the Champault brothers and a new discovery, Domaine Treuillet in Pouilly as well as other distinguished names,

including Chateau de Tracy 1999.

 

 

For reservations please contact:

 

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

 

Tel: 020 7928 4554

 

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London

SE1 9NR

 

Super Sauvignons tasting & dinner

(15 September 2008)
Our autumn season of tastings kicked off with a very successful tasting of Sauvignon Blanc. With the exception of the aperitif – a Sauvignon from Anjou – all the wines came from the Loire’s central vineyards, the home of Loire Sauvignon Blanc. This was a rare opportunity to see how well these wines age as we tasted wines back to 1989. With the notable exception of the 1997 Château de Tracy, the wines had lasted well and generally were remarkably youthful for their age. As well as the wines, the quality of the cooking, particularly the main course of a trilogy of fish, was much applauded. Chef Alex was congratulated on getting the timing absolutely right – not easy when serving some 25 people at the same time. "I've really enjoyed myself – everyone is so friendly and relaxed," said someone attending their first RSJ tasting.

Unfortunately only the first three wines are still available.

Aperitif:
1] 2006 Sauvignon de Bablut £7.85
Christophe Daviau VDP du Val de Loire

From Brissac-Quincé in Anjou, some weight, easy drinking Sauvignon softer acidity than generally found in the wines from further east.

Then:
2] 2007 Quincy, Domaine des Ballandors £9.75
Jean Tatin & Chantal Wilk

Racy, lemony typical of the clean, precise flavours of 2007. Jean and Wilk’s wines tend to take on weight after a few months in bottle.

3] 2006 Menetou Salon ‘Clos de la Cure’ £9.75
Roger Champault et Fils
Disappointing: quite fat but dumb – lacked zip.

4] 1999 Sancerre (in magnum)
André Dezat
Opened up in the glass, citric and mineral, still youthful. Well liked by many of those present.

5] 2000 Pouilly Fume ‘La Rambarde’
Domaine Landrat-Guyollot
Showing well – yellow plum on nose, some weight with racy acidity in the finish.

First course: warm goats cheese, roasted peppers & ciabatta crostini

Badly oxidised 1997 Château Tracy

6] 1997 Pouilly Fumé, Château de Tracy
Comte Henri d’Assay

Both bottles badly oxidized. Served it anyway as an example of oxidation. Not clear whether corks were to blame or whether the fault lies elsewhere. Is this a similar problem to that suffered by some top end Burgundies from the same period?

7) 1996 Sancerre Dominique Midgeon
Last minute additional to replace oxisided Tracy. Still very youthful, quite lean.

8] 1997 Sancerre ‘Les Culs de Beaujeu’ François Cotat
Powerful, rich fruit matched by balancing acidity in the finish. Very good match with the fish.

9] 2004 Quincy, Cuvée Sucellus Jean Tatin
Tasted on its own the oak was not yet fully integrated leading one to wonder whether there was enough concentration to carry the wood. However, it was much improved with the fish and a particularly good match with the salmon. Sucellus was the Gaullish god of agriculture, forests and alcoholic drinks.

Main course: scallop, monkfish & salmon
Cress, crushed new potatoes
Peas & broad beans
White wine veloute

Jean Tatin's Cuvée Sucellus

10] 1989 Cuvée Pierre ‘Vendange tardive’ N/A
Joseph Balland Chapuis

Something of a curiosity. Not especially sweet with some honeyed and barley sugar flavours. Predictably overwhelmed by the dessert. Although it comes from Sancerre it can only be called a vin de table français as the Sancerre appellation is only for dry wines.

Dessert: spiced orange cake with plums & whipped yogurt