Characteristics: Revisited, this Carte d'Or silenced all around the table in a gratitude to be alive, together, sipping this, and privileged to ponder how Baumard does this -and let's not forget that some of life's greatest joys come in small packages... Oh, and I still feel as I did when I wrote these words below exactly a year ago!
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, December 2011

Wines like this remind me to be grateful. Lime trees and lanolin meld with freshly spun honey, scoops of melon and citrus rinds. Its touch of sweetness is checked by the ample inveterate acidity of Chenin Blanc. Here is a wine of both place and variety and fortunate for us the great Coteaux du Layon appellation and the noble Chenin Blanc who together reveal the synergy of matching the ideal grape variety to a generous terroir. Where else does one find such joy in half bottle format within all our reach! 12% alcohol 375ml.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, December 2010


Soft, rich aromas of honey and Golden Crisp apples. Beautiful, long and pervasive with more golden honey covered apples and sweet apricots in the mouth. Balanced with decent acid toward the really long finish. An excellent after dinner wine or pair with mango crème brulee. -SL

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Characteristics: The nose smells of dark, bittersweet chocolate with whole almonds in a very "aromatic" way. when you taste it the berry fruit is quite fresh - black cherry, even blueberry - a balanced and pretty counterpoint. This is not so sticky sweet as many chocolate dessert wines but a delicious, grown-up version - great balance of chocolate and fruit. -DYB (tasted February 2009)

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Characteristics: What an endevor this wine is; an honorarium to German ice wines. Freeze the grapes to concentrate the flavors then freeze your hands putting those berries through a delicate crush. The resulting nectar is worth it. Ripe peach aromas and flavours of preserved white fruits.

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Characteristics: A delicious sweet and fortified dessert wine, Hastings Reserve is made in the style of a ruby Port, emphasizing both youthful fruit and a maturity of flavor. With an abundance of jammy, berry fruit, the rich, raisiny flavor is enhanced by the warm and spirituous addition of brandy.

Made from a number of different grape varieties including Frontenac, Marechal Foch and Leon Millot, Alexis Bailly blends wines made from several vintages, each wine aged for at least 2 years and up to 8 years in a combination of French, American and old whiskey barrels. The result is a wine of magnificent complexity and depth of flavor. Drinkable upon release, this dessert wine can age in the bottle for 5 to 10 years and provide the patient drinker with an even more incredible intensity of flavor to savor.