14 November 2021
What a joy to be able to taste these little marvels… grape varieties abandoned throughout the 20th century on the altar of the AOCs

Yet they all bring their own personality: freshness, fruit, structure… and offer us solutions for the years to come: disease resistance, late-ripening character, more pronounced acidity.
In short, we come away with our batteries recharged after this wonderful 10th edition, rich in encounters.
Les Rencontres des cépages modestes has never lived up to its name so well!
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-5%on your 1st order with code BIENVENUE
The essential92/100 RVFComme en 1900 red 2022
Vin de France — heritage grapes, 92/100 RVF
The pre-phylloxera Bordeaux blend, revived at the estate.
Castets, Mancin, Pardotte: the Bordeaux before Bordeaux.
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Our recommendationLa Dame Noire 2023
IGP Atlantique — rare grape variety
A forgotten grape brought back: dense colour, wild fruit.
For the curious about lost grape varieties.
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Go furtherDiscovery case, 12 bottles
12 bottles — the whole range
12 bottles, the whole range tasted: the best discovery-to-price ratio.
The complete tour of the estate, in a single case.
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