RSJ Christmas Wine Offer 2013

The following wines are a special selection from the extensive RSJ Wine list and are offered at a discounted rate until the end of the year. We have already put together a number of ‘mixed cases’ but please feel free to mix your own cases if you prefer.

To order:  Tel 020 7928 4554                     e-mail tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ 33 Coin Street London, SE1 9NR

A Box for Christmas Day £60.00

1 Bottle Crémant de Loire Brut, Domaine de Nerleux              

Delicious dry sparkling wine made in the traditional method from Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay.

2 Bottles  2012 Touraine Sauvignon, Domaine du Clos Roussely

Stunning Sauvignon from a wonderful recent discovery, Vincent Roussely.

2 Bottles  2012  Chinon, Domaine de la Noblaie

Lovely ripe and fruity with an excellent balance and flavour.

1 Bottle  Cockburns Fine Ruby Port

Ripe well-structured Port from this famous house.

The Prestige case [6 bottles] £89.50

A stunning collection of our Vignerons’ top wines

1 Bottle                 2005 Le L’d’Or Muscadet, Vieilles Vignes,  Pierre Luneau

1 Bottle                 2010  Petit Princé, Chenin Blanc, Christophe Daviau

1 Bottle                 2011 Bourgueil ‘Racines’, Frédéric Mabileau

1 Bottle                 2010 ‘Evanescence’Anjou Villages, Yves Guegniard

1 Bottle                 2010 Chinon, Pierre de Tuf, Jérôme Billard

1 bottle                  2011 Coteaux du Layon ‘Les Rouannières’ [50cl], Claude Papin

The Sauvignon case  £ 120.00 

3 Bottles                 2012 Touraine Sauvignon, Le Clos Vincent Roussely

3 Bottles                2012 Sauvignon, Domaine de Bablut, Christophe Daviau

3 Bottles                2012 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Treuillet, Sébastien Treuillet

3 Bottles               2012 Sancerre ‘Les Pierris’, Domaine Champault

                       

The Loire red case [Cabernet Franc]  £120.00

4 Bottle                 2011 Anjou Rouge, Domaine Ogereau, Vincent Ogereau

4 Bottles                2012 Chinon, Domaine de Noblaie, Jérôme Billard

4 Bottles                2011 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, ‘Les Rouillières’ Frédéric Mabileau

 Champagne & Sparkling Wine

                                                                               Normal         Discount

Crémant de Loire Brut, Domaine de Nerleux        £11.95               £10.95

Crémant de Loire Rose, Domaine de Nerleux       £11.95               £10.95

Vouvray Brut, Domaine Champalou                     £13.95               £12.75

2009 Crémant de Loire Dom Nature D.Richou   £19.50             £18.25

Champagne J.P.Robert Brut  NV                         £23.70              £21.75

RED WINE

                                                                                                        Normal                   Discount

2012 Saumur Rouge, Domaine des Hauts de Sanziers                £8.95                     £8.25

A ripe and fruity Cabernet Franc from Dominique Tessier – this wine has an elegance and nice balance.

 2012 Touraine Gamay, Domaine du Clos Roussely                   £9.05                     £8.40

Delicious fruity Gamay from low yields grown organically by this exciting young vigneron, Vincent Roussely.

2012 Chinon, Domaine de la Noblaie                                           £10.25                    £9.50

Jérôme Billard’s lovely Chinon is packed with ripe fruit - it has a glorious nose of violets and a lovely balance. Made organically.

2012 Saumur Champigny Domaine de Nerleux                         £10.25                     £9.50

Régis and Amelie Neau have made a delicious Champigny this year, full of ripe fruit and charm.

2012 Château de la Roulerie, Cabernet Franc                                     £11.30                £10.50

Easy drinking, fruity and with a nice concentration, Philippe Germain’s latest vintage is fantastic value.

2011 ‘Les Rouillières’ St Nicolas de Bourgueil                              £11.75                 £10.85

Frédéric Mabileau’s delicious 2011 is rich ripe and elegant with an excellent balance. Made organically.

2011 Sancerre Rouge ‘Les Pierris’                                                 £12.95                  £11.95

Delicious Pinot Noir from the Champault brothers with good balance and drinking really well.

2011  Bourgueil ‘Racines’                                                               £14.25                  £13.25

Frédéric Mabileau is recognised by his peers as one of the finest vignerons in the Loire valley and his 2011 Bourgueil, made from old vines, is aged in large oak barrels for 11 months and has lovely ripe fruit and a very good length and concentration.

2010  Chinon ‘Pierre de Tuf’ Domaine de la Noblaie                  £14.75                 £13.75 

Christophe Baudry’s Chinon from old vines has a richness and concentration with a very good length.

                              

2010  ‘Evanescence’  Anjou Villages                                             £16.20                   £14.95

Yves Guegniard has produced a wonderful wine made from Cabernet Franc – it is aged for 18 months in oak barrels and has a lovely concentration of blackberry fruit and great length.

Sweet Wines
The following selection of sweet wines go extremely well with blue cheese, Foie Gras and various fruit desserts – why not treat yourself to a bottle or two this Christmas?

2011  Coteaux du Layon Rablay, Clos de la Girardière                     £14.50           £13.45

2011 Coteaux du Layon, Clos de la Soucherie [50cl]                        £16.50           £15.25

2011 Coteaux du Layon ‘Les Rouannières’ Claude Papin [50cl]   £18.25             £16.85

2010 Quarts de Chaume, Château Pierre Bise [50cl]                       £22.95             £21.25

DRY WHITE                                                                                 Normal           Discount

                                                                                                                                                      

2011 Saumur Blanc, Domaine des Hauts de Sanziers                       £8.95              £8.25

Dominique Tessier’s lovely ripe Chenin Blanc has a good length and is most appealing.

2012 Touraine Sauvignon, Vincent Roussely                                     £9.05              £8.40

Organically grown from low yields, this lovely ripe Sauvignon has much more concentration than most from this appellation.

2012 Sauvignon, Domaine de Bablut                                                    £9.40            £8.70

Christophe Daviau’s elegant organic Sauvignon is drinking really well and continues to be very popular with our clients.

2012 Muscadet Sur Lie ‘Le Clos des Allées                                         £10.85           £9.95

Pierre Luneau’s stunning wine from this special site is made from old vines and has a wonderful minerality with real ripeness and excellent balance.

2010 Vouvray Sec, Domaine Champalou                                          £11.95               £11.05     

Didier Champalou’s delicious dry Vouvray has lovely ripe fruit and great length.

2010  Petit Princé Chenin Blanc Dom. de Bablut,                             £12.55            £11.60

Christophe Daviau’s lovely Chenin Blanc is made organically and is bottled on the lees. It has a wonderful concentration and complexity.

2012 Château de la Roulerie,    Chenin Sec                                        £12.95             £11.95

Now in the hands of the dynamic Philippe Germain, this famous old Anjou property has gone through a transformation. This superbly balanced ripe fruity wine goes well with lightly spiced and oriental food as well as traditional fish and white meat dishes.

2012 Quincy , Domaine des Ballandors                                             £12.85                £11.85

Jean Tatin’s delicious dry zesty and beautifully balanced Sauvignon is now drinking superbly.

2012 Sancerre ‘Les Pierris’ Domaine Champault                           £12.95               £11.95

This classic Sancerre from the Champault brothers has a lovely blackcurrant nose, ripe Sauvignon flavours and is beautifully balanced.                                            

2012 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Treuillet                                             £12.95               £11.95

Classic Pouilly-Fumé from impressive young grower Sébastien Treuillet – lovely ripe flinty Sauvignon with great character.

2010 Savennières, Clos de Coulaine                                                    £13.15              £12.15

Claude Papin’s superb Savennières has wonderful honeyed fruit and an excellent balance along with a lovely minerality.

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Jérôme Billard (Domaine de la Noblaie)@RSJ Restaurant 11th November 2013

Jérôme Billard@RSJ Restaurant on Monday 11.11.13

Making a flying visit (by train) to London Jérôme Billard (Domaine de la Noblaie) came over specially to give a tasting at the RSJ Restaurant on Monday 11th. Although the picking has now finished, the vats in the estate's new winery are in full fermentation, so it was great that Jérôme made it over at a very stressful time.  

During an excellent tasting, Jérôme showed the following wines from the domaine:

2010 Mon Ange Touraime Mousseux Rosé 

(served as the apéro) 

2010 Chinon Blanc – La Part des Anges

One of the favourite wines of the evening – limited production Jérôme now moving onto 2011 

2012 Chinon Blanc

Worked well with the first course: 

hot smoked salmon, cucumber, Keta caviar and hollandaise

Reds: 

2010 Les Chiens Chiens 

From vines planted on clay

2010 Les Blancs Manteaux

 From vines planted on clay/limestone.

Although vinified and matured in the same way, these two reds are quite different. Les Chiens Chiens is the lighter cuvée and unlikley to last as long as Les Blancs Manteaux, which is a more structured, powerful wine

2000 Chinon, Domaine de la Noblaie

Made by François Billard, Jérôme's father 

Now retired François taught oenology at the wine school in Montreuil-Bellay 
and made Noblaie's wine in his spare time.
Although the vintage here was less favourable than in Bordeaux, 
the 2000 showed well with attractive, evolved brambly fruit   

 

2012 Domaine de la Noblaie

The straight domaine red with attractive juicy, red fruits.

Not a wine to analyse but rather one to enjoy with friends.

Has sufficient acidity to keep the palate fresh.

Was served with slow cooked duck, mashed potato, 

Heritage carrots, autumn greens and game jus 

27th October: Italian Sunday lunch with Ursula Ferrigno

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Ursula and her helpers

Italian Sunday lunch at RSJ

with Ursula Ferrigno

Sunday 27th October

[starts at 1.00pm]

‘The Italian Country Table’

£32.00

Passionate Italian cook and food author Ursula says:
“The aroma of good food for me is an instant rush of happy memories. Most of these dishes have been gathered from family & friends or just  sheer greediness on my part visiting countless trattorias on holiday or business trips”

Cream, of chick pea soup with wild mushrooms

Spinach Lasagne

Fillets of sole ina sweet & sour onion marinade

Braised fennel with lemon & chilli

Formaggio – specially selected cheese

Caramelised fig tart

We also have a few places available to learn from and assist Ursula in the kitchen  [£30.00]

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

Events at RSJ Restaurant – Autumn 2013

Château de Saumur

Wine Tasting with Dinner (3 courses) Start at 7.15pm
Monday 16th September:     ‘Scintillating Saumur’  £49.50

We will be looking at both red and white wines from the beautiful Saumur region and tasting wines from such luminaries as Régis Neau, former French Wine maker of the year Thierry Germain and Jean-Pierre Chevallier. We will look at various different vintages including ‘Les Châtains’ (Saumur-Champigny) from the great year of 1989.
Monday 14th October:  ‘Cellar Raid’ £49.50

The archives of the RSJ Cellars are always of great interest and we shall be tasting some fascinating older bottles from our celebrated Loire vignerons including  Claude Papin’s 1997 Savennières Clos de Coulaine, Cotat’s

1988 Sancerre in magnum and Victor Lebreton’s 1990 Coteaux de L’Aubance.

Jérôme Billard

Monday 11th November: Jérôme Billard – Chinon’ £49.50

We are delighted that one of the top young wine makers in the Loire, Jérôme Billard is coming to present his wines at RSJ. Jérôme trained at Château Pétrus and Dominus in California before returning home to the family vineyards in Chinon where he is making outstanding wine. He works organically and his wines have been very well received by our clientele since we started importing from him.
Jérôme speaks excellent English and this is sure to be a fascinating evening.
For reservations please contact:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Tel: 020 7928 4554

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London   SE1 9NR

RSJ Summer Sauvignon Special

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 Sauvignon Blanc and a few raindrops

 

Mixed case offer: £120.00 per case

We have put together a mixed case featuring 4 different styles of Loire Sauvignon from 4 of our favourite growers – all ideal for drinking this Summer and beyond!

3 bottles 2012 Touraine ‘Le Clos’  Domaine Roussely, Vincent Roussely

Vincent is a dynamic young vigneron based at Angé in Touraine. He did part of his training in the New World and came back to take over family vineyards and works organically. This wine has a lovely freshness and ripe rounded fruit. His wines have been hugely popular since we started importing from him 3 years ago.

3 bottles 2012 Sauvignon, Domaine de Bablut, Christophe Daviau

Christophe was one of the first vignerons in the Loire to work organically and he has since started working biodynamically. Christophe also had a spell working in Australia in the 1990’s. This Sauvignon has a lovely refined elegance.

3 bottles 2012  Sancerre ‘Les Pierris’, Roger Champault et Fils

Roger’s sons, Laurent & Claude, have taken over the running of this family property at Champtin in Sancerre and have scaled new heights with this delicious wine full of ripe fruit and a lovely balance.

3 bottles 2012 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Treuillet, Sebastien Treuillet

Sebastien has only a few hectares of vines but is rapidly establishing himself as a real star in this famous appellation and this wine has picked up numerous awards and commendations at wine fairs and tastings this year.This wine has a lovely clearcut minerality and is beautifully balanced.

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

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

RSJ Early Summer Wine Offer

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Marie and Pierre-Marie Luneau@RSJ May 2013

See: 2011 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie Pierre de la Grange

June 2013

We have put together a selection of wines ideal for current drinking this summer

 [Please feel free to mix cases]

                                                         List          Offer

                                                         Price        Price

WHITE

2012 Touraine Sauvignon ‘Le Clos’   £8.95      £8.25

Very attractive ripe Sauvignon from Vincent Roussely

in Touraine. Made organically.

2011 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie Pierre de la Grange £9.15   £8.45

Super Muscadet from the Luneau family.

Lovely minerality and excellent quality fruit.

Drinking very well!

2012 Saumur Blanc, Domaine de Nerleux £9.35  £8.65

Régis Neau’s fruity dry Chenin has a lovely balance

and good length with nice floral aromas.
2012 Sauvignon Domaine de Bablut  £9.35  £8.65

Elegant organically made Sauvignon from

Christophe Daviau in Anjou – lovely fruit and balance.
2010 Petit Princé Chenin Blanc   £12.50  £11.50

Stunning dry and beautifully balanced Chenin

from Christophe Daviau in Anjou .

Goes very well with oriental food. Organically made.
2012 Chinon Blanc, Domaine de la Noblaie £12.95      £11.95

Most attractive floral Chenin Blanc made organically

by the rising star of Chinon. It has a nice concentration

and lovely ripe fruit.
2010 Savennières Clos de Coulaine   £13.15     £12.15

Claude Papin has made a delightful floral, honeyed

dry Chenin full of fruit with a lovely minerality.

It has a really good length and balance.

SPARKLING
Crémant de Loire, Domaine de Nerleux  £11.95     £10.95

Régis Neau’s  ever popular, delicious dry sparkler

is made from 70%Chenin Blanc & 30% Chardonnay

and makes a wonderful aperitif!

Crémant de Loire Rosé, Domaine de Nerleux £11.95   £10.95

Delicious dry pink sparkler from Regis, made from Cabernet Franc.

Aromas of red & black fruits with a velvety &lively palate.

Rosé

Rosé de Loire, Domaine Ogereau             £8.95     £8.25

Vincent Ogereau’s delicious dry Rose made from a blend

of  Cabernet and Grolleau is perfect for a picnic, barbecue

or just an excuse for a glass of wine on a summer’s day.

RED 

2010 Anjou Rouge, Domaine Ogereau  £9.05  £8.35

Vincent Ogereau’s  classic cabernet Franc has

lovely mouthwatering fruit with good weight and a fresh finish.

2010 La Cerisaie, Domaine de la Bergerie  £9.55 £8.85

Lovely fruit and superb balance are the hallmark

of Yves Guegniard’s wines and this is drinking beautifully.

2009 Chinon, ‘Les Chiens Chiens’ Dom de la Noblaie  £10.25  £9.35

Outstanding organically grown Chinon from top young

vigneron, Jerome Billard, it is packed with ripe fruit.

It has an attractive nose of violets and a lovely balance.

A must for all dog lovers!

2012 ‘Irréductible’ Touraine Rouge  [new wine]  £13.10 £11.95

Vincent Roussely’s fabulous ‘natural’ wine is a blend of Gamay

and Cabernet Franc. Lovely ripe fruit and beautifully balanced.

Truly delicious!

2011 La Croix de Mission , Anjou Villages Brissac £13.35  £12.35

Jean-Yves Lebreton & his son, Jean-Hubert, have made

another outstanding wine in 2011 from their famous vineyard.

This is 90% cabernet Sauvignon and 10% cabernet Franc

2011 Sancerre Rouge, ‘Les Pierris’  £13.35 £12.35

Made from 100% Pinot Noir, this is an elegant

attractive and stylish wine from the Champault brothers.

E &OE

To order please contact:
RSJ  33 Coin Street London SE1 9NR   

Tel: 020 7928 4554    E-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com