Juliette - Blog

Welcome to the Juliette Edition.

The Juliette Edition is a celebration of French excellence. Amazing people, producing amazing food and wine. It also so happens that France is the home of wine, cheese and charcuterie.

Have a read below and meet some true artisan producers along the way.

Sit back, pour yourselves a glass of wine, get comfy, slow down and enjoy.

APPEARANCE - SMELL / AROMAS

The first step of assessing wine is looking at it

Wine snobs like to talk about the legs of wine. In all honestly, this is a bit of a waste of time.

The wine legs (or tears of the wine as the French refer to them) can give an indication of the alcoholic content of the wine. But it’s so difficult to be accurate with a reading from legs,

So we say just read the label!

For appearance, we only ever find it useful to note something if the colour is completely out of the ordinary i.e. it’s a really dark rose

TASTE - CONCLUDE

Finally you get to actually taste the wine. Funnily enough though, tasting is predominantly to detect the structure of the wine.

Body: Think how differently skimmed milk, full-fat milk and cream coat the mouth.

Acidic: How much does it make your mouth drool?

Tannin: An annoying word but an easy one to detect. Imagine sucking on a teabag and how dry it would leave your mouth. That’s tannin.

Dry or sweet? Tannin can trick you to think there’s no sweetness in a wine. Stick the tip of your tongue in as the best detector of sugar (probably not the done thing to do in a restaurant).

WINE - DOMAINE MABY, VARIATIONS 2019, CÔTES DU RHÔNE

PROFILE - TASTING - SCALE

Name: Domaine Maby, Variations 2019, Côtes Du Rhône

ABV: 14.5%

Grape: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Carignan

Country and Region: France, Rhône

Winemaking: High Environmental Value, Organic, Sustainable


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PRODUCER - DOMAINE MABY

THE MAKER - THE ESTATE

Initially, the wines were produced for home consumption. After the Second World War, Domaine Maby was officially launched by Armand Maby, who developed a modern, functional winery and acquired new plots of vines. In 1946, the first bottles with the “Domaine Maby” label were produced. In the 1960s, Armand was joined by his son Roger and his sons-in-law. The estate was further extended, onto the Tavel appellation and the beautiful pebbled terroir of Lirac. In 2005, Roger’s son Richard Maby joined the estate. After fifteen years spent in finance, driven by his love of wine and the special potential of Lirac and Tavel, he brought new energy to the estate and a modern style to his wines.

PROFILE - PRODUCER - INGREDIENTS

Country + Region: France, Les Glaciers

Milk Type: Cows

Pasteurised: No

Strength Of Cheese: 2.5

Style Of Cheese: Hard

Texture: 4


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PROFILE - PRODUCER - INGREDIENTS

Country + Region: France, Savoie

Milk Type: Cow

Pasteurised: No

Strength Of Cheese: 3

Style Of Cheese: Hard

Texture: 3

Taste & Pairing: This cheese is rich, fudgy and earthy. A true tomme, separating itself from the rise of its industrialised counterparts. A cut of this tomme with the fruity wine with its vanilla finish is a match made in heaven.


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PROFILE - PRODUCER - INGREDIENTS

Country + Region: France, Deux-Sèvres

Milk Type: Goats

Pasteurised: Yes

Strength Of Cheese: 3.5

Style Of Cheese: Soft ripened

Texture: 3


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