News of one of our favourite producers – Vincent Roussely

 Vincent Roussely with two handfuls of 

Pineau d'Aunis picked on Saturday

News of one of our favourite producers – Vincent Roussely:

'Last Monday (18th September) on our way to the Central Vineyards we dropped in to see Vincent Roussely at his winery in Angé. Vincent was well into his 2017 harvest, having started on 4th September, with all his Sauvignon Blanc now picked. 

"The Sauvignon Blanc has great potential," enthused Vincent. "The potential alcohol is between 13.5% and 13.7% with 5.0 acidity. In terms of volume 2017 is much better than last year when we were badly frosted – making only 9 hl/ha. This year we are at 35 hl/ha I am happy with that." 

Vincent is organic, so accepts that his yields are likely to be well below the level that producers who use a range of chemicals on their vines can expect to achieve. 

He is waiting for his Cabernet to ripen properly.'    

 Vincent in his cellar at Angé with his amphore

 Sauvignon Blanc in the amphore 

 Vincent with his series of small vats that allows 

him to vinify small parcels of his vines separately

 Vincent has been very go-ahead with wine tourism 

– this is part of his shop

A selection of local goats' cheese (chèvre)
Sauvignon Blanc is a great match

 More shelves and a pink couch for the boss's siesta

RSJ Wine Offer June 2017

Amélie Neau

Domaine de Nerleux, Saumur

RSJ Wine Offer June 2017

A selection of wines ideal for drinking this summer 

Please feel free to make your own selection in a mixed case
(Prices per bottle)

White wines
2015 Saumur Blanc, Domaine de Nerleux, Amélie & Régis Neau  £9.35
Attractive Chenin Blanc with good length and lovely pure fruit. 

2015 Sauvignon Touraine Chenonceaux, Vincent Roussely £11.95
Made from old parcel of vines – handpicked, organically made.

2015 Menetou-Salon 'Clos de la Cure', Roger Champault et Fils £11.95
Round, full and floral Sauvignon. 

2015 Chenin des Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau    £12.95
Elegant, stylish Chenin Blanc with good weight and length. 

2016 Pouilly-Fumé, Domaine Treuillet, Sébastien Treuillet  £13.50
Superb ripe Pouilly with lovely minerality.

2016 Sancerre 'Les Pierris' Roger Champault et Fils £13.50
Classic Sancerre with lovely concentration & balance.2013 

Savennières 'La Croix Picot' Yves Guegniard £14.25
Evocative of fresh quince with lovely minerality.

Vincent Roussely

Rosé
2016 Sancerre 'Les Pierris', Roger Champault et Fils £12.95
Stylish & elegant dry rosé made from Pinot Noir.

Sparkling
We have been listing the Neau family's wonderful Crémants for over 20 years and they continue to have a huge following.  

Crémant de Loire white, Domaine de Nerleux    £11.95
70% Chenin Blanc, 30% Chardonnay

Crémant de Loire Rosé, Domaine de Nerleux   £11.75
85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Chenin Blanc 

Red 
2015 Saumur Rouge, Domaine Hauts de Sanziers, Dominique Tessier 
Lovely ripe fruit with good structure & length.

2015 Saumur Champigny, Domaine de Nerleux, Amélie & Régis Neau  £9.75  
Wonderfully quaffing Champigny – delicious when lightly chilled and great with barbecues. 

2015 Touraine Chenonceaux, Vincent Roussely  £11.95
Handpicked Côt (Malbec) & Cabernet Franc – organic.

2015 Chinon 'Le temps des Cerises', Domaine de la Noblaie, Jérôme Billard £10.25

Delicious ripe, rounded fruit with good length – organic. 

2014 Anjou Rouge, Cabernet Sauvignon, Frédéric Mabileau £11.30
Organically made, soft ripe fruit with lovely concentration.

2015 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau, £12.50
Wonderfully ripe, rounded red fruits with good length and a long finish – organic. 

2014 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, 'Eclipse' Frédéric Mabileau, £24.95
We have been fortunate to obtain a small parcel of this superb wine only made in the best vintages. From vines of over 50 years old from Frédéric's best vineyard, it is aged for 18 months in oak. Wonderful concentration.

Jérôme Billard

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSJ Wine Offer April 2017 – Roussely, Billard and Mabileau

The Roussely Case     £128.40

Vincent Roussely is a leading grower in Touraine and his property is close to the famous Château de Chenonceau. He works organically and has a very esteemed reputation in the region.

3 bottles 2015 Touraine Sauvignon ‘Le Clos’ 

3 bottles 2015 Touraine Gamay ‘Canaille’ 

2 bottles 2014 Touraine Chenonceaux Blanc [old Sauvignon vines] 

2 bottles 2014 Touraine Chenonceaux Rouge [old Côt [Malbec] & Cabernet Franc] 

1 bottle  2014 Irreductible Blanc [‘Natural Wine’ from old parcel of Sauvignon] 

1 bottle 2014 Irreductible Rouge[ ‘Natural Wine’ from old parcel of Côt, Cab Franc & Gamay]

 

The Chinon Case        £140.00

Jérôme Billard is rapidly developing a stellar reputation for his wines at the Domaine de la Noblaie. Like Vincent Roussely, who is a great friend, he works organically and his wines are much sort after.

 

2 bottles 2015 Chinon ‘Le Temps des Cerises’

2 bottles 2014 Chinon ‘Chiens-Chiens’

2 bottles 2014 Chinon ‘Les Blancs Manteaux’

2 bottles 2014 Chinon ‘Pierre de Tuf’

2 bottles 2015 Chinon ‘Goutte de Rosé’

2 bottles 2016 Chinon Blanc ‘La Grande Ourse’

 

The Mabileau Case    £172.80

Frédéric Mabileau has for a number of years had a reputation as one of the greatest growers in the Loire. Based in St Nicolas de Bourgueil, he works organically and such is the international demand for his wines that they are on allocation. We are delighted that with our long association with him means that we continue to receive an allocation from him.

 

3 bottles 2015 St Nicolas de Bourgueil ‘Les Rouillères’

2 bottles 2014 Anjou Cabernet Sauvignon

2 bottles 2015 Bourgueil ‘Racines’

1 bottles 2014 St Nicolas de Bourgueil ‘Eclipse’

3 bottles 2015 Chenin des Rouillères

1 bottle 2014 Chenin du Puy, Saumur

 

 

Eastern Loire Case     £150.00

Laurent & Claude Champault make wonderful wines in Sancerre and they also have some vines in neighbouring Menetou Salon. With their good friend Sébastien Treuillet from nearby Pouilly, we offer the following:

 

3 bottles 2015 Sancerre ‘Les Pierris’

3 bottles 2015 Menetou Salon ‘Clos de la Cure’

3 bottles Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Treuillet

3 bottles Sancerre Rouge ‘Les Pierris’

 

To order please contact:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Tel : 020 7928 4554

RSJ

33 Coin Street 

London

SE1 9NR

 

RSJ Autumn Mixed Case Wine Offer

2016 harvest – pickers in Le Clos, Vincent Roussely
(above and below)   

Stunning Sauvignon: £132 per case 
We have put together a a mixed case featuring four different styles of Loire Sauvignon Blanc from four of our favourite growers, all ideal for drinking this autumn.   

Three bottles 2015 Le Clos, Vincent Roussely

Vincent is a dynamic young vigneron based at Angé near to the famous Château de Chenonceau in Touraine. He did part of his training in the New World and came back to take over the family vineyards where he works organically. This wine has lovely freshness and ripe rounded fruit. 

Due to late April frost Vincent has a very small crop in 2016, so we suggested you stock up now!

Three bottles 2015 Sauvignon, Domaine de Bablut, Christophe Daviau
Christophe has been working organically for many years at the beautiful family property in Anjou. His delicious Sauvignon has real elegance and quality and has long been a wine in great demand by RSJ members.

Three bottles of Pouilly-Fumé, Domaine Treuillet

Sébastien Treuillet has a small property at Fontenille near Pouilly-sur-Loire. He makes wonderfully intense Pouilly-Fumé with a lovely minerality. His wines have had a terrific following at RSJ since we started importing him four years ago. 

Three bottles 2015 Sancerre, Les Pierris, Domaine Roger Champault et fils

Laurent and Claude Champault have been running their family domaine in Champtin, near Crézancy for a number of years since taking over from their father Roger. Their Sancerre has a lovely concentration and real elegance. 

The Nerleux Case: £120 per case 
We have also put together a mixed case of red, white and sparkling wines from the Neau family, who own the beautiful Domaine de Nerleux at St-Cyr-en-Bourg just outside the historic town of Saumur. Amélie has joined her father Régis and they make consistently excellent wines, which we have listed at RSJ for a number of years. 

5 bottles 2015 Saumur Blanc (Chenin Blanc), Domaine de Nerleux

2 bottles 2014 Saumur-Champigny (Cabernet Franc)

2 bottles 2014 Clos des Chatains, Saumur-Champigny (old vines - Cabernet Franc)

2 bottles Crémant de Loire, La Folie des Loups (sparkling)

1 bottle Crémant de Loire Rosé (sparkling)

Awesome Anjou: £138 per case 

The Lebretons of Domaine des Rochelles and Christophe Daviau are both situated close to the historic Château de Brissac in Anjou. We have for this case selected two wonderful organically grown whites from Christophe – a lovely elegant Sauvignon and a stylish concentrated Chenin Blanc.  

The stunning reds from Jean-Yves and Jean-Hubert Lebreton are a Cabernet Franc (Breton is the local name) and a Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Cabernet Franc (La Croix de Mission). Both are from the superb 2014 vintage.    

3 bottles 2015 Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine de Bablut

3 bottles Petit Princé, Chenin Blanc, Domaine de Bablut, 

3 bottles Anjou Villages Brissac 'Breton', Domaine des Rochelles, 

3 bottles 2014 La Croix de Mission, Domaine des Rochelles 

To order please contact:

Tom King 

RSJ Restaurant, 33 Coin Street, London SE1 9NR. Tel: 020-7928 4554

Email: tom.king@rsj.uk.com 

    

 

 

RSJ's Great Summer Wine Offer: Stunning Sauvignon + Chinon

Vincent Roussely

Stunning Sauvignon – £126 a case

We have put together a mixed case featuring three different styles of Loire Sauvignon from some of our favourite growers – all ideal for drinking this Summer and beyond.  

4 bottles 2015 Touraine ‘Le Clos’ Vincent Roussely 

Vincent is a dynamic young vigneron based at Angé in Touraine's Cher Valley.

He did part of his training in the New World and came back to take over family vineyards where he works organically. This wine has a lovely freshness and ripe rounded fruit.

Vincent's wines have been hugely popular since we started importing from him four years ago.

4 bottles 2015 Sauvignon Domaine de Bablut, Christophe Daviau 

Christophe has been working organically for many years at the beautiful family property in Anjou  His delicious Sauvignon has a real elegance and quality and for many years it has been a wine in great demand with RSJ customers.

4 bottles 2015 Quincy Domaine des Ballandors, Jean Tatin & Chantal Wilk

Jean & Chantal’s ever-popular Quincy has a lovely clear cut minerality and is beautifully balanced. This appellation [the 2nd oldest after Châteuneuf du Pape] has become increasingly fashionable in recent years and Jean & Chantal’s wines are right at the top of the tree.

 Christophe Daviau

Jean Tatin testing the grapes 

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‘Chinon Selection’  £ 126.00 per case – Domaine de la Noblaie

We have also put together a mixed case case of Red White and Rosé from outstanding young vigneron, Jérôme Billard of Domaine de la Noblaie.

Jérôme worked at Chateau Pétrus and also Dominus in California, two of the world’s great domaines before returning home to Chinon where he has transformed the family vineyards. He is working organically and has received great plaudits for the outstanding quality of his wines.

6 bottles 2014 Chinon Rouge, Le Temps des Cerises
4 bottles 2015 Chinon Blanc, La Noblaie
2 bottles 2015 Chinon Rosé, Goutte de Rosé 

Jérôme Billard, Domaine de la Noblaie 

To order please contact:

Tom King:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ Restaurant, 33 Coin Street, London, SE1 9NR
Tel: 020-7928 4554 

 

  

RSJ Mixed Case Wine Offer May 2016

Jérôme Billard

Jérôme Billard (Domaine de la Noblaie) is an outstanding young vigneron, who has transformed his family vineyards in Chinon since returning from working at Chateau Pétrus (Bordeaux), Dominus in California and in New Zealand. He works organically and is one of the most exciting growers in the Loire.
The Chinon Case  £126.00

3 bottles 2015 Chinon Blanc

3 bottles 2015 Chinon Rosé

4 bottles 2014 Chinon Rouge ‘Le Temps des Cerises’

2 bottles 2014  Chinon Rouge ‘Chiens-Chiens'

 

 Frédéric Mabileau at the sorting table during the vintage

Frédéric Mabileau (St Nicolas de Bourgueil) is recognised as one of the great winemakers 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 1995 and happily he continues to supply us with our requirements.

The Mabileau Case £140.00

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

4 bottles 2014 Chenin des Rouillères  (White – 100% Chenin Blanc)

 Nigel Wilkinson with Vincent Roussley 

in Vincent's vineyard at Angé, Loir et Cher 

Vincent Roussely is another young vigneron who has travelled the world working in different countries to expand his wine making skills. On his return home, he has developed his vineyards, in Angé near the famous Château Chenonceau to organic production. He has now introduced some ‘Natural Wines’ – ‘ Irréductible’.

The Roussely case £120.00 

3 bottles 2015 Touraine Sauvignon ‘Le Clos’

3 bottles 2015 Touraine Gamay ‘Canaille’ 

2 bottles 2014 Touraine Chenonceau Blanc (Sauvignon)

2 bottles 2014 Touraine Chenonceau Rouge

1 bottle Irréductible Blanc (Sauvignon)

1 bottle Irréductible Rouge (Côt, Pineau d’Aunis, Cabernet Franc & Gamay)  

To order please contact:
Tom King – tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street 

London SE1 9NR 

Tel: 020-7928 4554