Wines

Rouge Cuvée Colombier AOC 2007 (glass stop)

Médaille de Bronze Concours de Macon 2010

12 months in oak barrel
80% Syrah, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
Colour:  ruby with bright glints
Nose:  ripe fruit, eucalyptus
Bouquet:  firm taste, beautiful structure, well-rounded, earthly
Bottled: August 2009, to drink now until 2013

Rouge Merlot 2007 Vin de Pays du Var

100% Merlot
Colour:  intensely red, silvery glints
Nose:  ripe cherries and other red fruits
Bouquet:  well-ripened summer fruits, cherries,
brambles, firm structure.
Perfect Merlot.

Bottled August 2009.
To drink now until 2012.

Rouge Cuvée Elisabeth 2007

MÉDAILLE D'OR CONCOURS DE MACON 2010

12 months in oak barrels
50% Syrah, 50% Mourvèdre
Colour: bright colour of dark cherries
Nose: red fruits, eucalyptus, garrigue
Bouquet:  brambles, herbs, pepper, slight vanilla,
light tannins, well-balanced.

Bottled: April 2010.
To drink from medio June until 2016

This wine is still maturing in de bottle.

Blanc Château La Martinette AOC 2010

100% Rolle
Colour:  light golden colour
Nose:  mainly citrus fruits, kumquat, white flowers,
very fresh aperitif wine
Bouquet:  nice open taste, mouth and nose tastes/scents go well together, light aromas with a hint of fresh hay, lengthy taste

Bottled:  March 2011, to drink until 2013

Blanc Viognier Vin de Pays du VAR 2010 (glass stop) 

100% Viognier
Colour:  light golden colour with greenish glints
Nose:  hints of stone fruits, apricot, white flowers
Bouquet:  excellent continuation in the mouth with
hints of minerals

Bottled:  March 2011, to drink until 2013

Rosé Château La Martinette AOC 2010

Cinsault 50%, Grenache 25%, Carignan 25%
Colour:  salmon and melon
Nose::  scents of citrus fruits and white flowers
Bouquet:  surprisingly fresh, with a "finale" of grapefruits

Bottled:  March 20101 to drink until  2014

Rosé Cuvée Colombier AOC 2010 (glass stop)

MEDAILLE D'ARGENT CONCOURS GENERALE DE PARIS 2011  

Cinsault 50%, Grenache 40%, Syrah 10%
Colour:  pale salmon
Nose:  a hint of bananas and pears
Bouquet:  excellent first taste, well-balanced  and long-lasting, final taste white peaches

Bottled:  March 2011, to drink until 2013

Rosé Cuvée Colombier AOC 2009 (glass stop)

Cinsault 50%, Grenache 40%, Syrah 10%
Colour:  soft pink, silvery glints
Nose:  white flowers, peach, excellent aperitif wine
Bouquet:  interesting well-balanced structure, fruity
Bottled:  March 2010.
To drink until 2012.
   

Rosé Château La Martinette AOC 2009, 75 and 50 cl

Cinsault 50%, Grenache 25%, Carignan 25%
Colour:  pearly salmon pink
Nose::  delicate white flowers
Bouquet:  surprisingly fresh, excellent aperitif wine

Bottled:  March 2010.
To drink until  2013.

Latest studies by the University of Bordeaux prove the excellent influence the glass stop has on the quality of the wine and the wine-preserving  process.

The wine is better protected against oxydation and the "taste of cork" is practically eliminated.