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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Musketeers' tasting and dinner: Emmanuel Ogereau

A week last Saturday we – Nigel Wilkinson and Tom King of RSJ Restaurant, Chris Kissack and myself – had an excellent tasting with three Anjou domaines. Domaine de la Bergerie, Domaine Ogereau and Château Pierre-Bise make up the trio of domaines we have dubbed the Three Musketeers.  

There has been a two-year gap since the last Musketeers tasting. During this interval the younger generation have moved increasingly to the fore. The format for the event remains the same – presentation and tasting of the latest wines from all three domaines following by dinner at La Table de la Bergerie.      

Emmanuel Ogereau, Domaine Ogereau

Emmanuel with a cask sample of their first vintage 

of Quarts de Chaume (2015) 

The generational change was immediately underlined with Emmanuel Ogereau presenting the wines of Domaine Ogereau (23 hectares) rather than Vincent, his father. Vincent and Catherine Ogereau did, however, claim the right to dinner over Emmanuel!

It was impressive to see Emmanuel do an assured presentation in English – before returning to the family domaine at Saint Lambert-du-Lattay he worked in New Zealand and Oregon. 

Highlights from the tasting of the Ogereaus' latest wines included: 

2014 Anjou en Chenin  

From vines planted on grey schist in Saint Lambert du Lattay and picked in several tris selecting golden Chenin. Wild ferment in 500-litre oak casks. Good weight and texture, honeyed with attractive acidity in the finish. Aging potential.   

2013 Clos Grand Beaupréau, Savennières

From two parcels. Mid-yellow colour, textured, some honey, clean, precise, good length and balance.  

2014 Clos Grand Beaupréau, Savennières  

Richer and fuller than the 2013 with good weight, texture and citric character.  Lovely wine. 

2014 Vent de Spilite, 
From eight rows of old Chenin vines. Just one barrel – richly textured, attractive length and bright acidity in the finish.

2014 L'Enthousiasme Savennières
From a vein of sandstone, richly textured, honey and citric notes.  

Reds
2013 Anjou Rouge   

85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Grolleau. Juicy still youthful, slight greeness but good for this difficult year. 

2014 Anjou Rouge
Blend the same as in 2013 but naturally richer and fuller with attractive red fruits and some potential to age, although really made to drink young. 

2013 Côte de la Houssaye, Anjou Villages 

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from an especially warm site. This cuvée is only released in good vintages. Given the difficulty of the 2013 vintage this has surprisingly soft blackcurrant fruit. The Ogereaus only released a small amount of the 2013 Houssaye.    

2014 Côte de la Houssaye, Anjou Villages 

100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Ripely textured black fruits, mouthfilling, big structure with ripe tannins, nicely balanced although needs more time.

Sweet wines
Conditions in 2014 made it impossible to make very concentrated sweet wines in this vintage. The 2014 Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert is delicately sweet and nicely balanced with fresh acidity making it a more versatile wine, if less impressive than the very concentrated cuvées. There is certainly a trend towards this style of sweet wine in Anjou. 

2014 Harmonie de Bonnes Blanches, Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay 
Lovely 100% botrytis, rich but delicate freshness from the acidity. The Ogereaus look for concentration but also pick early to keep freshness.  

2010 Clos des Bonnes Blanches, Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay
Just lovely balance of sweet fruit and acidity from a great sweet wine vintage.    

No Clos des Bonnes Blanches was made in 2015 as the Ogereaus wanted to concentrate on their first vintage in their parcel of Quarts de Chaume. We tasted their very promising and exciting 2015 Quarts de Chaume, which is still fermenting.  

 

To come: René Papin (Château Pierre-Bise)  

René Papin, Château Pierre-Bise

Yves Guegniard (Domaine de la Bergerie)

 

Dinner at La Table de la Bergerie 

Autumn 2012 at RSJ Restaurant

RSJ Restaurant

 

Wine Tasting with Dinner [3 courses]

Starts 7.15pm

 

Monday 10^th September    ‘Chenin Blanc’ - why the Loire is leading the world in quality    £48.65

                                                

An opportunity to taste some really interesting wines from the Loire, including wines from stellar vignerons, Claude Papin, Didier Champalou , Yves Guegniard and Christophe Daviau.

For reservations please contact:

 

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

 

Tel: 020 7928 4554

 

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London

SE1 9NR

The three stars of the Layon: tasting 6th September

Yves Guegniard testing his 2010 Chenin Blanc@Domaine de la Bergerie  

This much anticipated dinner featuring three stars from the Layon – Claude Papin (Château Pierre-Bise, Beaulieu-sur-Layon),   Vincent Ogereau (Saint-Lambert-du-Lattayand Yves Guegniard (Domaine de la Bergerie, Champs-sur-Layon)– is completely sold out.

The following wines will be served during the dinner:

Aperitif:  

2009 Rose de Loire, Vincent Ogereau

White:
2008 Les Pierres Girard,  Yves Guegniard
2009 Savennières, Clos de Coulaine, Claude Papin

Red:
2008 Anjou Rouge, Vincent Ogereau
2009 Anjou Rouge, Yves Guegniard

Sweets:
2007 La Soucherie, Coteaux du Layon, Claude Papin
2007 Chaume, Coteaux du Layon, Yves Guegniard

Wines at the pre-dinner tasting:

 

Vincent Ogereau:

2009 Anjou Blanc
2008 Savennières Beaupreau
2008 Anjou Villages
2008 Anjou Villages, Côte de la Houssaye

Claude Papin:

2008 Le Haut de la Garde, Anjou Blanc
2008 Savennières Roches aux Moines
2008 Le Grand Beaupreau, Savennières
2008 Anjou Villages Schistes

Yves Guegniard:

2007 Savennières La Croix Picot
2007 Le Grand Beaupreau, Savennières
2007 Anjou Villages Evanessence

Three great growers from Anjou: Vincent Ogereau, Claude Papin and Yves Guegniard

Wine Tasting with 3 course dinner at RSJ      £45            

An informal tasting with the growers will take place from 6.00 pm
and dinner with wine at 8.00pm

Monday 6th September   ‘Three great growers from Anjou’     

We are delighted that three of Anjou’s finest producers,
Claude Papin, Vincent Ogereau and Yves Guegniard will be
showing their wines on this date.

They are all based in the heart of the Coteaux du Layon and make
a full range of Anjou wines, Red, Rose, Dry white and Sweet white
from some of the best-sited vineyards in the Layon Valley.

The three are close friends and have  a joint vineyard in Savennières,
‘Clos Grand Beaupreau’. They work closely together sharing ideas,
tasting and advising on each others wines. A full list of wines being
tasted is available.

Vincent Ogereau is an ‘ intellectual’ vigneron, always happy to experiment and innovate in order to maximise the potential quality of his 24 hectare domaine.

Claude Papin is a great geological specialist and there is probably no one who knows the complex and diverse terroir of this part of Anjou better than him.

Yves Guegniard is the 7th generation of family wine growers and has been working at his 36 hectare Domaine de la Bergerie since 1979.
His philosophy is ‘respecting the authenticity and expression of terroir’. 
 

Menu:   Dived Scottish Scallop, Cod Brandade , Beurre Blanc
   Roast saddle of Lamb, seasonal vegetables, roasted new potatoes, lamb jus
Apple & hazelnut tart, vanilla ice cream

[vegetarians and non meat eaters can be catered for!]

For bookings please contact:

Tom King
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street
London SE1 9NR
Tel: 020 7928 4554      E-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com