RSJ Wine Offer August/ September 2017

RSJ Wine Offer August/September 2017
A selection of wines ideal for drinking this year

Please feel free to make your own selection in a mixed case 

Jérôme Billard, Domaine de la Noblaie

White wines

2016 Touraine Sauvignon L'Enclos Domaine Roussely  £9.35
Vincent Roussely 

Attractive Sauvignon with good length and lovely pure fruit

2015 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie Clos du Verger  £9.50

Pierre Luneau Papin 

Fresh zingy Muscadet with good weight from much vaunted producer

2016 Vouvray Sec Domaine Champalou    £12.50

Didier, Catherine and Céline Champalou

Wonderful Chenin Blanc – lovely fruit and balance 

2016 Sancerre Les Pierris   £13.50

Roger Champault et fils
Classic Sancerre with lovely concentration and balance

2016 Pouilly-Fumé Domaine Treuillet   £13.75

Sébastien Treuillet

Superb ripe Pouilly with lovely minerality

2014 Savennières Le Grand Beaupréau   £18.50
Vincent, Catherine and Emmanuel Ogereau

Evocative of fresh quince with lovely minerality 

from this tiny exclusive vineyard site 

Sparkling wines
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, Domaine de Nerleux        £11.75
70% Chenin Blanc and 30% Chardonnay

Crémant Rosé, Domaine de Nerleux             £11.75

85% Cabernet Franc and 15% Chenin Blanc

Red wines 

2015 Saumur Rouge, Domaine Haut de Sanziers   £8.95

Dominique Tessier
Lovely ripe fruit with good structure and length

2016 Saumur Champigny, Domaine de Nerleux  £9.95

Amélie and Régis Neau

Wonderful quaffing Champigny – delicious when lightly 

chilled and great with barbecues

2015 Le Temps des Cérises, Domaine de la Noblaie   £10.50

Jérôme Billard

Delicious ripe rounded fruit with good length. Organic estate.

2014 Anjou Cabernet Sauvignon   £11.30

Frédéric Mabileau

Organic. Soft ripe fruit with lovely concentration.  

2015 Touraine Chenonceaux  £11.95
Vincent Roussely
Superb handpicked Côt (Malbec) and Cabernet Franc. Organic

2015 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères  £12.50
Frédéric Mabileau
Wonderful ripe rounded red fruits with good length and long finish. Organic 

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

We have also put together a selection of mixed cases as follows:

The Eastern Loire case  £162.50Laurent and Claude Champault took over the family domaine from from their father, Roger, some years ago. Based in Champtin in the commune of Crézancy-en-Sancerre, they are making wonderful wine. Their good friend, Sébastien Treuillet, makes delicious minerally Pouilly-Fumé at his small property a few miles away on the other side of the Loire River.
 

4 bts 2016 Sancerre Blanc Champault 

4 bts 2015 Sancerre Rouge Champault
4 bts 2016 Pouilly-Fumé Domaine Treuillet

The Bourgueil Case £171.00
A selection of outstanding Bourgueils from three of the leading growers in the appellation:

3 bts 2014 Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes, Lamé Delisle Boucard

3 bts 2011 Bourgueil Cuvée Prestige, Lamé Delisle Boucard

3 bts 2014 Bourgueil Racines Frédéric Mabileau

3 bts 2014 Bourgueil Le Grand Clos Yannick Amirault

Chinon Pierre de Tuf, Domaine de la Noblaie £228.00
Jérôme Billard is an outstanding young vigneron, who works organically, and is based in Ligré in the Chinon appellation. We have put together a selection of the four best vintages of the past decade of his top cuvée – Pierre de Tuf. 

3 bts 2014 Pierre de Tuf

3 bts 2011 Pierre de Tuf 

3 bts 2010 Pierre de Tuf 

3 bts 2009 Pierre de Tuf

 
The Half-Bottle case    £84.00

2 halves 2015 Saumur Blanc Domaine de Nerleux

2 halves 2016 Sancerre Les Pierris, Roger Champault et fils

2 halves 2016 Pouilly-Fumé, Domaine Treuillet

2 halves 2015 Saumur-Champigny, Les Châtains, Domaine de Nerleux

2 halves 2015 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau

2 halves 2011 Bourgueil, Cuvée Prestige, Lamé Delisle Boucard  

To order please contact:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

tomwbking@gmail

Tel: 020-7928 4554

33 Coin Street, London SE1 9NR

 

 

 

 

 

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 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 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

RSJ Spring Wine Offer: Stunning Sauvignon + Chinon from a new star

 Vincent Roussely, Domaine Roussely, AC Touraine

  

‘Stunning Sauvignon’

£120.00 per case

 

We have put together a mixed case featuring 3 different styles of Loire Sauvignon from 3 of our favourite growers – all ideal for drinking this Spring and beyond!

 

6 bottles 2014 Touraine ‘Le Clos’ Domaine Roussely Vincent Roussely

Vincent is a dynamic young vigneron based at Ange 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 4 years ago.

 

3 bottles 2013 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 2014 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Treuillet Sébastien Treuillet

Sébastien has only a few hectares of vines but is rapidly establishing himself as a real star in this famous appellation and his wines regularly pick up numerous awards and commendation at wine fairs. This wine has a lovely clear cut minerality and is beautifully balanced.

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Jérôme Billard@RSJ in 2013

Chinon from a new star

£130.00

 

We have now been working with outstanding young vigneron, Jérôme Billard for a couple of years. After training at Chateau Pétrus [Pomerol] and Dominus in California , Jérôme came back and transformed his family vineyard at Domaine de la Noblaie in Chinon. He works organically and makes wonderful wine – we offer a selection of his cuvees, 1 white made from Chenin Blanc and 4 different reds from Cabernet Franc as follows:

 

3 bottles 2013 Chinon Blanc

3 bottles 2013 Chinon Domaine de la Noblais

2 bottles 2011 Chinon ‘Les Chiens-Chiens’ 

2 bottles 2012 Chinon ‘Les Blanc Manteaux

2 bottles 2012 Chinon ‘Pierre de Tuf’

 

To order please contact:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ Restaurant, 33 Coin Street , London, SE1 9NR

Tel: 020 7928 4554

Sébastien Treuillet: profile of our producer of Pouilly-Fumé

Sébastien Treuillet in one of his parcels of vines in AC Pouilly-Fumé

Sébastien Treuillet is the first in his farming family to be a vigneron, previously they have been cereal producers. Indeed Sébastien still looks after 140 hectares of cereals in addition to his 12 hectares of vines. The majority of his vines are in the Pouilly-Fumé appellation but he also has 3.5 ha in the Coteaux du Giennois and 2 hectares of vin de pays. 

"I started to get into vines and wine when I was around 15 as I had a friend in Sancerre whose family were vignerons and I would go and stay there," Sébastien explains. "After working in Sancerre for Pierre Dézat (Verdigny) and then the Champaults (Champtin) I started up on my own in 1991."  

He has a number of different parcels on different soils – argile-kimmeridgean, sandy soils as well as some caillottes – limestone dominated with very little soil. On the argile-kimmeridgean soils Sébastien is unusual in using the Courson-Royat pruning system, which he finds keeps the yields down, whereas on his more sandy soils he has the Guyot system, which is classic in this area (see photo above). 

Vines pruned using the Courson-Royat system 

Recently Sébastien has been able to plant vines at Villiers where a considerable area of potential vineyard has become available in the north east of the appellation not far from the well established Château Favray. He is one of a number of vingnerons, including Alexandre Bain, who are now planting there. Much of this new vineyard is bare limestone – cailottes. 

 Bare limestone soil@Villiers 

Eight day old vine amongst the rocks 

Back at Sébastian's winery in Fontenille we tasted the recently bottled 2011 Pouilly-Fumé. "I haven't need to chaptalise since 2004," says Sébastien with some pride. "This 2011 reached 13% natural alcohol on an average of 60 hl/ha." This grassy 2011 has attractive weight and richness – very much in the style of 2011 – but with some freshness in the finish. We then moved onto the 2010, which is again characteristic of this vintage, much more austere and leaner with a long, precise and clean finish. Once again I think 2011 will be an easy vintage to sell because it is more flattering, while Loire fanatics are likely to prefer the austerity of 2010.   

Sébastien Treuillet

Fontenille

58150 Tracy-sur-Loire

Tel: 03.86.26.17.06

Email: domainetreuillet@orange.fr