Beyond the "cheap little wine", this new look cubi can condition interesting and quality wines which will be faithful even on sunny days.Flash on 15 of them selected blind.Bib!In 2016, it was impossible to mention meals on the terrace or in the garden without referring to the "Bag-in-Box".Beyond the "cheap little wine", this new look cubi can condition interesting and quality wines which will be faithful even on sunny days.Flash on 15 of them selected blind.Born in the United States, the cubitainer (the ancestor of the Bib) did not originally transport any food product.He packaged, for example, sulfuric acid for car batteries.In the 1950s, he began to transport foodstuffs such as milk.But it was in Australia, in the sixties, that he converted to wine.In the following decades, he transported the wine in bulk.However, this remains mediocre.Over the vintages, however, the quality of the container and content improves.Further progress and the new millennium welcomes Bags-in-Boxes.It is a real tidal wave in the Scandinavian countries.In Sweden, they reach almost 60% in market share.The Bag-in-Box (Bib) is a registered trademark of the company Smurfit Kappa Group.A leader in packaging.This packaging is designed to extend the shelf life of liquid and semi-liquid foods.The pouch of the Bib is made of a multilayer film meeting the requirements of the product, ensuring a real barrier to oxygen.A valve without return air isolates the contents from any oxidation.But it is not formatted to age.Six months would be a great maximum.The wines are ready for consumption and lose more than they gain when stored.Once started, the Bib should be drunk within six weeks.Unless otherwise stated.Bib regulars have no shortage of arguments to praise the advantages of these "wine bags": no need for a corkscrew, more stable than a bottle, no cork taste, no bottles to store and evacuate then, once opened, the wine can be kept for several weeks.Result: good winegrowers are now attracted by its possibilities.We are witnessing an increase in quality.While Bib frequently rhythms with BBQ, there are many selections that will not go out of place in the dining room.If 3 l Bags-in-Box are close to 40 or 50 euros, our blind tests also highlight wines for less than 20 or even 13 euros for 3 l!Like what nothing beats tasting.It's not often that you come across a Bordeaux castle in Bib.This selection in white gravel from Bruno Quenioux is reserved for BiBoViNo.The appellation begins in the suburbs of Bordeaux and continues on the left bank of the Garonne for around fifty km.The Charterhouse and the Magence wine estate were built in the 18th century.The property now has 55 ha of vines, 9 of which are white.Sauvignon (80%) and Semillon (20%) grapes are aged on a silico-gravelly croup placed on a clay subsoil.Under golden shimmers, fragrances of white flower, linden and a little mineral touch emanate from this 2014. The drinkable and fresh attack continues on citrus acidity and a supple and greedy flesh.Light pepper on the finish.To discover as an aperitif, with seafood, soberly prepared fish.At BiBoViNo (Tel. 02 229 41 11), 45 euros.Picked on land at the bottom of the slopes, the bunches of Grenache grapes are selected according to their health, their degree of maturity and above all their organoleptic potential.And so much the better if the grains are fleshy to bring freshness and suppleness.The harvest, 100% Grenache, undergoes a short maceration and fermentation at low temperature.Labeled Grenandise, this beautiful rosé harvested north of Nîmes by the Cave des Collines de Bourdic, offers red fruits (wild strawberries).Full of flavors and fruits, touched by a touch of sweetness, this thirst-quenching wine is to be enjoyed very young, at 8-10 ° C for pleasure and with simple dishes.De Vin en Vin (Tel. 010 40 02 55), 25.50 euros."There is no good rosé except that of Tavel", Philippe le Bel would have enthusiastically.We can no longer count the testimonies which celebrate the "first rosé of France", the first rosé also to receive the controlled designation of origin, in 1934. In Tavel and on plots of Roquemaure, rosé reigns supreme and honors a dozen of grape varieties including the essential Grenache Noir.The soil helps it with a mix of sand, clay alluvium and rolled pebbles.Its filtering capacity and the mistral (to sweep and dry) do the rest under exceptional sunshine.Michelle Lefevre orders a family estate of 18 ha.A traditional vinification with temperature control finalizes a blood rosé crossed by coppery reflections.Aroma of fruit candy and light spices return to the taste buds with a fine sequence of strawberries, a tad of sweetness and alcohol.An "all-terrain" sun wine for the barbecue.Les Vignerons Ardéchois belong to a cooperative group of 1,500 winegrowers bringing together 7,500 ha of vines on the right bank of the Rhône.Reasoned agriculture is practiced there.About two thirds of the grapes vinified are grown organically.The southern Ardèche department is subject to two climatic influences.One is Mediterranean with a fairly mild winter, a dry and hot summer, irregular rains with storms and the mistral which prevents grape diseases by drying them out.The other influence is continental with a colder winter, the latter part favoring maturity.The warm summer climate is tempered by breezes coming from the highlands.Favorable elements to make this "Bois Gourmand" cuvée, a marriage between Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon under a very light woody note.A hint of vanilla, cloves and fruit dress up a wine to be enjoyed on barbecues.From Wine to Wine, 29.30 euros.Between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, in the heart of Roussillon, the Cazes family has been running their business since 1895 near Rivesaltes.Today, the 220 ha of the vineyard give birth to 14 different crus worked in biodynamics.The wine selected is made from Syrah and Mourvèdre grapes and is part of the Cap au Sud range.A generic styling southern wines born in a particularly sunny and windy climate, conditions beneficial to the cultivation of the vine that it dries up and protects against disease.The wine is aged organically.The harvest is completely destemmed before vatting.A cold pre-fermentation maceration follows a few days before alcoholic fermentation under temperature control.It is a robust red wine with a dark garnet color, obliterated by black fruits and dried flowers.To be served with grilled meat.The Escaravailles estate has been in the Gilles Ferran family for three generations.It owes its name to the Occitan escaravay or scarab, a nickname given by the villagers to the penitents dressed in long black capes who ran the farm in the 17th century.The vineyards extend over 40 ha of stony clay-limestone slopes facing south in Rasteau, and 28 ha on the neighboring terroirs of Cairanne, Roaix, Villedieu and Saint-Romain.The vines are worked in the old fashioned way with plowing and organic fertilizers.After manual and sorted harvests, the destemmed grapes are aged in the semi-underground cellar, the highest in Rasteau, in the heart of the vineyard.Grenache vines over 60 years old (70%) and Syrah produce a young wine, deliciously aromatic (black fruits, spices), supple, finely structured on easy tannins for a rabbit with olives or a veal chop.In the Drôme, the village of Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues, cultivates a recognized vineyard since 1952. Now Côtes-du-Rhône Villages, it has the right to add St-Maurice in its appellation.The vines, laid out on hillsides facing north-south, ignore frost and freezing mists and benefit from maximum sunshine sheltered from the mistral.Red dominates 92% ahead of white (5%) and rosé (3%).The grape variety for the red favors Grenache Noir (50% minimum), ahead of Syrah (20% minimum) and Mourvèdre, and other authorized grapes (20% maximum).Under a dark garnet, the bouquet gives pride of place to ripe red berries and spices.To approach skewers and duck breast with green pepper.Destroyed by phylloxera (a gluttonous aphid from North America devastating European vineyards at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century), the Château Moulinat vineyard is then reconstituted on one of the highest points of the Médoc, overlooking the Gironde .From its summit, we can see the Lafite-Rothschild castles to the north and Margaux to the south."Les Graves du Château Moulinat" are located in Cussac Fort Médoc, a village near the Garonne characterized by small houses on high stilts called carrelets and used for fishing or, nowadays, as a holiday resort.The name of this cuvée comes from a selection of grapes picked on only gravelly soils.Cabernet sauvignon (60%), merlot (35%) and cabernet franc (5%) constitute the grape variety.This Haut-Médoc shows off on the nose (strawberry, black cherry).The material is greedy, round on a fine frame of well-integrated tannins after a passage in oak barrels.In the heart of the Carpentras, Orange and Vaison-la-Romaine triangle, Gigondas cultivates 1,213 ha of vines for a production of more than 48,000 hl of which 99% are available in red and the rest in rosé.With 33.5 hl per hectare, yields are particularly low (2015 figures).And yet the vineyard disappeared at the end of the 19th century with the invasion of phylloxera.Gigondas then developed the cultivation of olive trees.These did not withstand the great frosts of the winter of 1956. They will be replaced by the vines.From the 1960s, it reconquered all the hillsides.First appellation Côtes-du-Rhône, then Côtes-du-Rhône Villages (1966), it changed to a specific appellation in 1971. The combination of Grenache Noir, Syrah and Mourvèdre provides a nuanced palette.Under a light woody note, this 2014 evokes wild berries and brandy fruits.Persistent, structured, it is round with a nice finish.Touraine is the land of Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil and Chinon, but here, in Anjou, they are the Saumur and Saumur-Champigny that hold the top of the palate.In the running, the Château de Parnay, a beautiful 26 ha property taken over in 2006 by Matthias Levron, winemaker and his partner-investor Régis Vincenot.The vine grows on four islets of plots spread over clay-limestone soil.Three are located on the "Côte", some 200 m from the Loire.The fourth zone squats the heights of Dampierre at a place called "La Butte de la Folie", renowned for its precocity and its panorama.Under a purple accented with violet, the 2014 opens with small red fruits, flowers (violet, pink).Expressive, the mouth is delicious with fruity tannins.Marketed in a Bag-in-Tube (2L Bibcylinder), it is suitable for lamb, poultry, grilled pork.Exclusive to Argentina, the white torrontés grape is cultivated in most of the country's vineyards.Connoisseurs find it an aromatic resemblance to muscat.In Vino Sentada, he marries the famous Chardonnay, the Burgundian grape so popular in the "New Worlds".Carefully vinified, it deploys fullness and an acid and mellow balance with a certain fat.Torrontés and Chardonnay grapes ripen at high altitude in the sunny vineyards of the Cafayate Valley.The large temperature difference between day and night has a favorable influence on the aromatic characteristics.Excellent to taste, this 2015 shines in a pale color mixed with green reflections.Flowers (orange blossoms), fruits (pineapple, lemon), a dash of spices pass from the nose to the palate to seduce the aperitif.As for the name, sentada designates a sensual figure of the tango supposed to be reflected in this elegant wine!The packaging of Viña Maipo Chardonnay locates the origin of the wine in the Valle Central, a vast wine-growing area of ​​over 500 km, between the Maipo and Maule rivers and covering several sub-regions such as the Maipo, Maule, Curicó valleys, Recall .This would indicate various and unrestricted supplies to Maipo where Viña Maipo was founded in 1948. Twenty years later, the Chilean giant Concha y Toro acquires the cellar, improves production and quality to raise it to the fourth rank of producers in the Chile.The 2015 chardonnay is convincing.Complex, the bouquet balances flowers and citrus fruits with a touch of butter.A little soft on the attack, it is supple, fruity, exotic with a certain length and a little drop of white pepper on the finish.For shellfish, fish, seafood pasta.Cabernet Sauvignon, the main grape variety imported from France, accounts for some 35% of the grape variety in Chile.The Maipo valley is particularly favorable to it.But many other regions are raising it with some success.Although the mention Valle Central suggests a blend of wines from various origins.This in no way hinders the success of this 2015. With a beautiful purplish garnet, it expresses blackcurrant scents with a touch of clove.This is clearly present in a fruity substance, of a beautiful freshness, without tannic aggressiveness and of a good persistence.No barrel, but a short stay in stainless steel tanks.We will take pleasure in combining it with red meat.Since 2005, Castilla y Leon has had the regional appellation Vino de la Tierra which is equivalent to the vin de pays appellation (IGP).Since its inception in 1860, Marquès de Riscal has always been avant-garde in its production areas in La Rioja and, since 1972, in La Rueda.It is inspired by Bordeaux, infuses cutting-edge technology, vinification in stainless steel vats, low temperature fermentation, inert gas.The Bib of the verdejo 2014 grape variety prints, alongside the Riscal heritage, the letters SL, understand Sin Limousin, that is to say without barrel.What better way to appreciate a bright pale yellow wine, floral and intensely fruity (citrus), very dry, with a vegetal touch.Serve at 8-10 ° C with prawns, fish, ham, pasta.Marquès de Riscal undertakes a new challenge with a tempranillo red from outside the Rioja appellation.Created from a selection of vineyards, it is colorful, aromatic with body, structured with a nice freshness.The grapes are harvested in boxes of 18 kg maximum so as not to crush the grains.Drawing on the experience and advice of Bordeaux winemakers, Vino de la Tierra fulfills its contract and convinces.The fruity and floral sequences perceived on the bouquet return to the taste buds in a ripe flesh.Nice note of brandy on the finish.Learn more about it:The Trends-Tendances Partner Content offers companies, organizations and public bodies access to the Trends-Tendances network.The partners involved are responsible for the content.Inflation and labor shortage, two great dangersEvery day, a selection of the most important economic news.© 2021 Roularta Media Group All rights reserved.