After a somewhat busy Summer and Autumn, back to Winter work with Jesus pruning
With 10 other domains all members of the Femmes Vigne Rhône association we will attend a wine tasting to present our Cairanne and Vin de France wines to the Stockholm market.
Thanks to the last few weeks of rain and the return of warm temperatures, there is vigourous growth, not necessarily at the same speed, of new vine plantations, of over-grafted vines and old vines and a few weeds!
It is Spring today but still pretty chilly, 4° late afternoon, 2& March 2018
Four american Master somms where asked to name some of the best wine steals in the 7 prestigious French wine region. In Southern Rhône Valley they named Vacqueyras, Rasteau, Cairanne and domaine l'Ameillaud specifically. http://www.foodandwine.com/wine/best-cheap-french-wine-inexpensive
Harmas Cairanne Villages 2015 is a red wine of which 25/% was matured in oak cask. Up to date this wine has been rewarded by Wine Advocate (US), Matt Walls (Gb) and 2018 Guide Hachette! It's now for sale
Bresilian journalist Isabelle Moreira Lima cites the Ameillaud Cairanne Villages in an article dedicated to the Femmes Vignes Rhône association. Published today in the national daily newspaper ESTADAO.
We were hoping to get some rain, expected for a few weeks and what we had instead....
Lovely deep red colour for this just born 2017 wine
For the last week the harvesters pick and Nick, ferments. A year of small production but the quality is promising.
A range of subjects embracing geology, climate, viticulture, wine making and ending by a tasting of the domaine's wines. From two to thirty people.
The excellent weather conditions of the last few weeks alongwith some good rain have stimulated growth. Vines are looking very healthy. We are at mid-flowering. We will soon start lifting the canopy.
What could it be like to have an outdoor breakfast at l'Ameillaud?
Size the opportunity of a stay starting 1st to 8th July at an exceptionnal rate. Please enquire.
Tonight April 10th, Femmes Vignes Rhône party. On this occasion we will present our last born cuvée, 2015 Harmas, a Cairanne CDR Villages, red wine.
L'ameillaud, 2015 AOC Cairanne Villages, a pleasant score for a pleasant wine,
...white pepper, black raspberry, creamy licorice and strawberry notes all emerge from this beauty and it has
elegance and richness, with top notch tannin quality...says Robert Parker. On sale in two weeks.
The Ameillaud wines mentionned in Essential Provence, La vie en Rosé, by Anthony Peregrine. You may read it on
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/essential-provence-rfszrxxwt.
Otherwise on the paper edition of Sunday 29th January.
2017, a real Winter. Frost , mistral and now snow. A welcome rest for the vines.
With some poppy red hints
The first hazy days as a premised #Winter at #lameillaud.