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V & B

"A wine that make you pleasant and want to share with friends is the best one"

Mr Brice Allioux  joined  the  V&B  chain  store  for  3  years  with  his  passion  of  wine, it's a 50/50 place : 50% bar, 50%  cellar shop. In this place, you can find whatever you want, wine, beer or spirit!  With  an  open-mind  of  tasting, they  pick  the  wines from all the world, like Chile, Italy, Argentina and Australia ........

If you want to have a glass and take a bottle after happy hour, V&B is a good choice!

  

Just like some cellars, V&B also has wine tasting party. And in this cellar, one of the five bottles is a foreign one!

                               Let's look the 3 wines he loves:

 

 -Vale do Sao Francisco-Bahia-Brazil,

Rio Sol 2008 , 9,9 € (red wine): Carbernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, combined to create complex wines full of bright-berry and dark-fruit flavors, but also a little spice.

-Bodega Colome - Argentine, Amalaya 2011, 11, 9€ (red wine) : Bodega Colome is nestled in the Calchaqui vally, in the Argentine Northwest founded in 1831, who has a high quality and use Biodynamic technology. 85% malbel, 10% cabernet sauvignon and 5% Syrah, this wine is bright, very fruity and with intense aromas of mulberry, cherry, ripe red fruit with a touch of pepper and chocolate.

-Piedmont DOCG - Italy, Moscato d'Asti 2012, 11, 9€. This is the wine we tasted, it's a good choice for aperitif (semi-sweet).

-Colors: sunshine yellow, lightly sparking made from Moscato.

-Nose: elegant floral aromas and flavors of peaches, apricot, orange and rose.

-Tasting: very easy drink and a little sweet, the mouth was full of the aromas of flower and fruit.  

Find where it is !



Let's have a walk on the other side...

"A good wine is the one we talk about"

Opened since August 2013, you just have to cross the Pont de Pierre to find this lovely and friendly cellar! 

Nicolas, the owner is passionate about wine and you can definitely feel it when you're speaking with him. 

With 110 referencing at the beginning, it's now turned into 240 and only after 4 months! This success is due to Nicolas, but also because it's the only one cellar on the right side, and this neighborhood is growing (slowly but surely)

Ma Cave à Vins is about talking, advising and sharing. You will definitely find something you’ll like. We didn't know the 3 wines he suggested us (tell us if you knew these wines & what you though):

     -  Sancerre, Domaine Fouassier 2011, 15.50€ (white) : From 50 hectares in biodynamic vineyards, this white wine is mineral and fruity. Smelling like chalk, it’s got a well-balanced acidity. 

- Bordeaux, Chateau Camus 2010, 9€ (red) : With Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this wine is made by a familial property located in Langon. You can drink it now and keep it for the next 5 years, you will be surprised by its freshness, fresh spice and crunchy fruits.

- Le Roc, La Folle Noire d’Ambat 2012, 10€ (red) : With a rare cepage the Négrette, this wine is coming from Toulouse, Fronton. This wine is perfect for an aperitif, blackcurrant, pepper, it’s an explosion of smells.

You should go across the bridge… First you will find Nicolas in his cellar Ma Cave à Vin and secondly you should have a look at the view from this side of the Garonne ! ;)

Find some more about this place and all the events on the website, facebook and twitter !

Art & Vins

"A good wine is the one I like, well balanced, it's a unified whole"

Patrick is a passionate who works into the wine industry for many many years (he kept it secret like his age!) 

The motto of this cellar is : "The experience of drinking"

Whatever you want to drink you could find it here, red wine, white one or even spirituous, there is a large range of choice. 

More than a cellar, you can also do a tutored tasting about wine, champagne or any spirituous. Once per month, you'll learn the making, the terroir and the tasting. 

Let's see the 3 wines he suggested : 

- Côtes de Roussillon, Domaine de Vénus 2008, 10€ (red) : 

From a property of 6 hectares, made of Syrah, Carignan and Grenache, this wine has a very beautiful intense, clear garnet red color

- Bordeaux Supérieur, Château Vieille Chapelle 2010, 8.90€ (red) : Hand made with 80% of Merlot, its round and greedy with soft powerful tannin

- Villa Chambre d'Amour 2010, 7.50€ (white) : Manseng and Sauvignon Blanc are collected to give this sweet, refreshing and sweet wine at a time. It enchants with its notes of grapefruit, pineapple, pear and vanilla bourbon and its low alcohol (10.5%). A wine that bears the evocative name of the famous beach of Anglet, on the Atlantic Coast. 

There website !

Welcome to l'OENOLIMIT !

"A good wine is the one that brings you to the second glass and why not to the second bottle"

This place, located 8 rue des Ayres is just AWESOME ! 

The owner is an oenologist who worked with Gordon Ramsey (just that!), the cellar man is an ex winemaker : you're definitely in good hands when you're coming here ! 

Cyril, cellar man welcomed us passionate about wine, he's working at L'Oenolimit for more than a year now and his motto his : "We're learning everyday"

Opened since June 2009, it was first a cellar, but became a wine bar as well. 

The concept : To make people discover new things. Opened all week long from 12pm to 12am, you can have a glass of wine (or bottles ! as you want) to drink in or take away (only 'til 10pm!)

Come and enjoy this place cosy and original.

L'Oenolimit suggests as well tasting session to talk about wine and to discover the secret of tasting & winemaking. 

From 4 to 10 people you can come with your friends, family, who you want, to spend hours talking about this product we all love ! 

Like every week, we asked him to suggest 3 wines : 

- Hérault, Mas de l'oncle cuvée Denis 2009, 15€ (red) : Made with 100% Chenanson, this wine is coming from a little production really rare. Powerful but well balanced it taste like ripe black fruits. 

- Côtes de Gascogne, Guillaman cuvée Colombard 2012, 6€ (white) : This wine fruity and floral is perfect for the aperitif, its bouquet is breathtaking !

- Bordeaux, Chateau Haut Cruzeau 2010, 8.50€ (red) : Drinkable today or in 4years, the tannin is quite rounded and melted, tasting like blackcurrant & blackberry. It's all about structure, that's the reason we chose it !

Feel free to have a look to this place, you will like it ! 

Meeting to Le Chai des Chartrons

After visiting Le Chai des Chartrons, have a look and listen to Leanne who is working there

In few days, you will find the Enira tasting!

So keep in touch 

Let's have a look to Le Chai des Chartrons !

You who live in the famous and oh so pretty Chartrons district this place is the one you need ! Suggesting wine from everywhere you will love the atmosphere of the cellar Le Chai des Chartrons !

Here are the three wines we could choose : 


- Bessa Valley, Enira 2009, Bulgaria, 11€ (red): 
75% Merlot 15 Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Syrah, this wine is produced with the French Touch because the owner's coming from St Emilion. Red fruits and crispy aromas, it's like tasting a red-fruit pie
Because it seems really mouthwatering we chose this one ! 

- Bordeaux AOC, Château Machorre 2006, 9€ (red): 
80% Merlo 20% Cabernet, this fruity & silky wine could be compare to the greatest wines of Bordeaux after been in a carafe

- Pessac Leognan, Barron de Rouillac 2010, 14€ (red): 
60% Cabernet 40% Merlot, fruity and spicy there's some vanilla as well & will have all its taste in 6 or 7 years. The vineyard and the vine got a second youth due to the new owner and of course the wine can't but be better

Let's have a look here !
And stay tuned for the tasting :)

20 rue Minvielle

Quartier des Chartrons

33000 Bordeaux