France BrumontBouscasse Vieilles Vignes

1996 Bouscasse Vieilles Vignes

Brumont

French Regional / France

Red

12x75cl	-	0 Immediate \| 2 Marketplace		£451.00
Bts	-	0 Immediate \| 3 Marketplace		£41.00

Bordeaux Safari: The Story Behind The Vines

Working the vines is a truly magical thing. We are delighted to launch Bordeaux Safari, an exclusive, first-of-its-kind trip where customers can experience the behind-the-scenes management of a top vineyard, overseen by the very best in the business. As any grower will tell you, great wine starts with great vines. While state of the art equipment and care in the ...

BY FINE+RARE,

ON September 19, 2017

Marco Simonit on Why Old Vines Matter

Marco Simonit has been at the forefront of modern viticulture techniques aimed at protecting old vines from disease and decay ever since vineyards worldwide became crippled by ever-escalating levels of vine disease in the last decade. Since the ban of chemical preventions came into practice across Europe in the early 2000s, vine disease has grown to epidemic proportions, including in ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON July 13, 2020

Roaming the Rhone - Wines, Vines and the 2015 Harvest...

Buyer Jessica Bryans reports back from FINE+RARE trip to Rhone, with producer profiles and a very early look at what could be a phenomenal vintage... The Rhone Valley’s Wines From the Epic 2015 Harvest Could be Excellent... If you take one thing away from this report, it should be this – 2015 could be one of the great vintages of the ...

ON October 12, 2015

Phylloxera: A Vine Pandemic

While medical researchers work furiously in search of a vaccine for COVID-19 in 2020, the response to the phylloxera pandemic in the mid 19th century was remarkably lackadaisical. Following the release of Bollinger’s latest vintage of Vieilles Vignes Françaises, a wine grown from vines planted on its own roots and thus vulnerable to attack by phylloxera, FINE+RARE talks to Denis Bunner, ...

BY Rebecca Gibb MW,

ON May 6, 2020

Domaine Gérard Raphet - Producer Portrait

Gérard Raphet - the quiet man of Morey-Saint-Denis - lets his wines do the talking. With some exceptional terroir to play with and some very old vines, his wines exude "terroir". His impressive holdings (totally 12 hectares) include five cuvees coming from four of the best Cote de Nuits Grands Crus – Chambertin Clos de Beze, Charmes Chambertin, Clos de la ...

ON September 24, 2018