Mas Champart - Saint-Chinian Causse du Bousquet 2018
91/100
James Suckling
90/100
RVF
"A wine for gourmets!"
"More muscular, Causses du Bousquet delivers a spicy expression of Syrah, with a fresh and slender palate. The tannins are well balanced, with notes of mocha, cedar, and leather on the finish." (Le Guide RVF 2024). This refined and elegant cuvée never ceases to charm us!
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Eye
Pretty ruby-colored dress
Nose
Aromas of spices, flowers, and fruit
Mouth
Concentrated but not heavy, deep and fresh, with a beautiful tannic structure offering good aging potential and a lovely, delicately peppery finish.
Serve
At 16°C
Open
1/2 hour before and in a carafe
Drink before
2027+
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with red meat, game, roast free-range poultry...
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2024 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)
About the estate:
Isabelle and Mathieu Champart created their estate from scratch in 1976 and have made it a signature brand because, year after year, everything there is always excellent. The apparent simplicity of these lesser-known wines was matched only by the length and complexity of their finishes. The estate has changed hands, with Pascaline Bour, a relative of the Mulliez family, taking it over. We await the wines produced by the new team and hope that they will continue an incredible series of great successes in an appellation that curiously suffers from a lack of notoriety.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2024 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the estate:
A magnificent landscape, terraced vineyards, a farmhouse on the hillside, and very stony, clay-limestone soil. Since 1976, Isabelle and Matthieu Champart have been cultivating 13 hectares of vines (80% of which are organic) in this picture-postcard setting, with an organic approach that predates their official conversion in 2019. They have been making wine since 1988, the year they left the cooperative.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2023 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2024 guide) 90/100
Rated estate (2024 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About wine:
More muscular, Causses du Bousquet delivers a spicy expression of Syrah, with a fresh and slender palate. The tannins are well balanced, with notes of mocha, cedar, and leather on the finish.
About the estate:
Fans of the Champart couple, both recently retired, can rest assured: the estate remains in excellent shape, following in the footsteps of its creators! Nicolas Gaignon continues to produce these beautiful vintages grown on clay-limestone soil. The 16-hectare estate, located on the limestone folds overlooking the town of Saint-Chinian, began its conversion to organic farming in 2019. Here, the wines are designed for both immediate enjoyment and long-term aging.
James Suckling
Wine rated (2022 guide) 91/100
About wine:
Toasted herbs accompany dark cherries and smoke. Juicy and elegant on the palate, with fine-grained tannins that round out the dried herbs and red cherries. Beautiful texture and smoothness on the palate, with a hint of spice on the finish.
Customer rating
4/5
based on 2 reviews
Note and opinion by Mr. GILLES D. Published on 12/19/2023
An unmissable Saint-Chinian offering good value for money. This cuvée combines power, density, depth, complexity, and concentration of crushed blackcurrants, crisp fresh cherries, and wild plums, infused with earthy and toasted spices, framed by structured, polished, and satiny tannins that retain a pleasant freshness. It finishes with great finesse, tinged with delicate hints of mocha and tobacco, and enhanced by a bold touch of stony acidity. Good longevity. This racy wine was paired with ostrich steaks in green pepper sauce, accompanied by a gratin dauphinois. Also good with small game. Rating = 4.
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Note and opinion by Mr. REMY P. Published on 11/05/2024
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