The Story
Dreaming of the Roaring Twenties “Années Folles”, we created “Miss Chic”.
Miss Chic, it is this refined silhouette, dressed up by the most famous designers, emblem of an iconic fashion and embodying the modern and seductive woman.
Referring to the atmosphere of the cabarets back then, this cuvee perpetuates this festive and spontaneous impulse.
The Wine
100% Syrah
Typical of the Languedoc terroir, this is a true mineral rosé wine with the character of a swinging French Cancan!
Miss Chic is a great companion to cold cuts, salads or grilled fish. As for barbecues or improvised aperitifs, Miss Chic will assert its qualities and perfumed aromas.
Grandissime’s Advice
“With Miss Chic, a piece of Paris from the Années Folles is coming to you…“
The Story
Launching an «authentic collection» of rare and exceptional cognacs, the Prince Charmac range has been produced and personalized in our cellars in Cognac. It owes its name from Dider’s great grandfather race horse. Designs of VSOP & VS bottles were created by GRANDISSIME with a specific glassmaker’s mould, which makes this bottle design exclusive.
The Wine
50% Cognac Folle Blanche, 50% Colombard
Cognac is an eau-de-vie (literally, «water of life») aged in oak casks for decades. Cognacs mature in 3 different cellars; firstly the young «Eaux-de-vie» remain in young barrels and are then transferred into wooden barrels so as to complete their ageing in a cellar with a higher humidity level and in fine oak barrels rendering elegance and finesse. XO are between 20 and 40 years old, VSOP between 10 to 15 years and VS between 5 – 10 years.
Grandissime’s advice
“Fruity and elegant with intense orange peel, vanilla and caramel aromas – this seductive 50cl bottle of Cognac is the essential after dinner digestif !”
The Story
Jean-Pierre Rollet inherited a long wine-making tradition as Château Vieux Guinot, Saint Emilion Grand Cru, has been in his family since 1729. During the 19th and 20th centuries, two more chateaux were added : Château Roc Saint MIchel and Chateau Gaillard de la Gorce, which are both Grands Crus. The property now covers 44 hectares of Saint Emilion.
Le Vin
50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
Brilliant purple colour. Nose of mature red berries (blackcurrant) on grilled notes. Robust and powerful mouth. Structured finish with notes of cherry and clove.
Le conseil de Grandissime
“Open one hour before serving at 17°C. This wine will cellar well for 3 to 5 years. It will be the perfect accompaniment to all red meats and raosted game like guinea fowl.”
The Story
Wine advisor since 2010, Christian Gourgourio became aware in 2007, a year marked by mildew, that it is possible to grow organic vines.
With this experience, he supports the winegrowers to help them change the standard and to have a different vision of their vineyard: a less phytosanitary, more global vision of the vine, its soil and its environment.
In 2014, he decides to dive into the winemaker’s adventure and acquired 3.57 hectares at Tauriac in Côtes de Bourg.
The vineyards are located on a hillside and enjoy generous sunshine thanks to a beautiful south/ south-east orientation. It was planted between 1961 and 1976, on old stone quarries, which participated in the construction of the city of Bordeaux.
The Wine
100% Merlot
Subtle and nuanced aromas.It is a wine with natural, round, fleshy, expressing a very fresh taste on a base of tannins fitting to its character.
Grandissime’s advice
“This clay-limestone terroir allows this variety to express its finesse, vivacity and freshness.”
The Story
“Three generations, the same passion !”
Three men, Damien, Xavier et Marc Pagès, manage this 49 hectares wide estate of graves garonnaises swept by the winds of the Gironde estuary, in Noaillac.
The Pagès family, the richness of a enlightened spirit by a glass of Château Moulin de Noaillac.
The quality is initiated from the beginning, from the vegetative cycle of the vine to the pruning where they tend to limit the number of grapes ; the quantity is then set aside in favor of the quality. After fermentation and blending, the wine is aged in a rigorously selected different French oak barrels to allow it to age in optimal conditions.
The Wine
55% Merlot Noir, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot
An intense purple colour ; aromas of very fresh red fruit, raspberry and wild strawberry, with spicy and toasted notes.
Grandissime’s advice
“It will perfectly accompany an entrecôte, duck, game, sauce meals as well as black chocolate.”
The Story
The Médoc boasts a unique terroir on which the expertise of man allow traditional vine varieties to express their full qualities, typically elegant and delicate. It benefits of a moderate coastal climate. Rainfall is distributed fairly throughout the year. Temperatures give mild winters and hot summers. The good sunlight ensures good grape ripeness.
The gravel and clay soil is well adapted for producing high-quality grapes.
The Wine
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
Selection of the grapes at harvest time, grown in the best vineyards of Médoc.
The wine is made by expert winemaker Pascal Poussevin.
With a nice dark ruby colour, this wine shows an intense bouquet of ripe red and black fruits with subtle spicy notes on the nose.
Le conseil de Grandissime
“Round on the palate, fruity with a great structure, this wine will perfectly match grilled lamb chops, duck confit or beef casseroles. “
The Story
The word ‘Charentais’ gathers the ‘terroirs’ of both French departments Charente and Charente-Maritime.
The ‘terroir’, meaning “all the natural factors (climate, soil, subsoil, rainfall) and human factors (know-how and agricultural traditions) of both viticulture and wine-making”, is surrounded by the Charente River and the Atlantic Ocean.
The vineyard is an integral of the Charentes, its rows of vines highlight the landscape’s curves. The IGP Charentais offer huge diversity thanks to these varied types of landscapes and their soils.
Wine production in the Charentes region is much older than the production of Cognac that has made the region famous.
Diving its roots deep into chalky soils, rich of the vicissitudes of History (especially the “favorable” period of the 100 Years War), the vines take also advantage of the river and ocean around to offer all the characteristics of carefully selected plots in a modern, fresh Sauvignon Blanc.
The Wine
100% Sémillon
Mineral, fresh, zesty, crisp, with citrus notes, this wine reveals right from the beginning its natural freshness and fruity characteristics. It shows a great harmony between acidity and roundness, with a thirst-quenching finale.
Grandissime’s advice
“Maison Legrand is ideal as an aperitif but will also perfectly match all your summer salads, fish and seafood.”
