Loire Valley
Loire Valley
Bregeon, Michel 2022 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie
Fred Lallier is now in charge at Domaine Bregeon and is doing great work at this important estate - one of the leaders in the return to quality in Muscadet. Certified organic, the 2022 Muscadet is from average 40 year-old...
$23.99
Jousset, Lise et Bertrand 2018 Montlouis-sur-Loire Sur le Fil
A beautiful moelleux Chenin Blanc, from our friends Lise and Bertrand Jousset in Montlouis. The vines are 60 to 80 years old, on sand and silex soils over limestone giving tiny yields for the Sur le Fil of 15 hl/ha. ...
$39.99
Parentiere 2020 Vin de France Fraicheur Iodee L'Atlantique
The Parentière Fraîcheur Iodée de L'Atlantique, which roughly translates as "Atlantic sea-spray" is made from Gros Plant (aka Folle Blanche) grown on gabbro soils near Vallet in the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine region. Domaine de la Parentière is a tiny...
$12.99
Bonnefoy (La Madone) 2022 IGP Urfe Roussanne de Madone
The beautiful Roussanne from Gilles Bonnefoy is from 20+ year-old vines (partly massale selection from Quenard in Savoie) grown on the steep south face of the volcano of Purchon. Bonnefoy farms these young vines carefully, keeping yields very low to...
$26.99
Lunotte (Christophe Foucher) 2019 Vin de France Les Rossignoux 3
The 2019 Roussignoux 3 is the third release of Sauvignon Blanc from the 2019 vintage. After aging in barrel for over a year, Christophe moved this wine into fiberglass tank, where it rested for an additional 2 years. Some flor...
$19.99
Bonhomme, Pierre-Olivier 2022 Vin de France Tesniere Blanc
Menu Pineau, also known as "Arbois" is described in Wine Grapes (J. Robinson et al.) as "an old variety from the Val de Loire named after its similarity to Gros Pineau (Chenin Blanc)...although it has nothing to do with the...
$32.99
Roche Bleue 2022 Coteaux du Loir L'Oree de la Berterie
This is a beautiful Chenin Blanc from Sébastien Cornille at Domaine de la Roche Bleue, from 30+-year-old vines on slopes (80%) and terraces (20%) in the lieu-dit "Le Haut Perray" in Chahaignes, Coteaux du Loir. Thin red clay soils over...
$26.99
Jousset, Lise et Bertrand 2022 Vin de France Menu Pineau
The Lise and Betrand Jousset 2022 Menu Pineau (aka Arbois or Orbois) is a balanced and beautiful expression of this unusual grape, complete with enigmatic label by Michel Tolmer. A probable native of the Loire, similar to Meslier according to...
$27.99
Guion 2020 Bourgueil Cuvee Candide
This is another beautiful wine from the shy and affable Stéphane Guion who is quietly making some of the best wines in Bourgueil. His 2020 Cuvèe Candide (Formerly Domaine) is from not-so-young (15 to 40 year-old) vines, on clay/limestone terroir...
$14.99
Tue-Boeuf 2022 Touraine Le Brin de Chevre
100% Menu Pineau. Tasted in February of 2023, this wine was sensational with extraordinary herbal, mineral, citrus and white fruit aromas and flavors, elegant and vibrant - please leave some for us! Brin de Chèvre ("goat's hay") comes from two...
$46.99
Parentiere 2020 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Vieilles Vignes
Michel and Guilhaume Ménager produce this lovely Musacdet on their tiny estate near Vallet, which they have tended organically for more than 40 years. The sub-soil is gabbro, a type of basalt, that gives a unique aromatic quality to the...
$12.99
Pepiere 2019 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Cru Chateau Thebaud
The Château Thébaud comes from old vines in vineyards with great terroir on slopes overlooking the river Maine. The granite here (Granite de Château Thébaud, oddly enough) is fissured and permeable by the vine roots which have access to water...
$31.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Frizzante 500ml
This is a unique and very unusual sweet Vouvray, as descibed by Chris Kissack in The Wine Doctor: "Poured from a 50cl bottle, this presents a modest golden hue, it not yet having taken on the rich patina of age....
$52.99
Bonnefoy (La Madone) 2022 IGP Urfe Sauvignons Gris/Blanc Volcan
The Bonnefoy 2022 "Sauvignons" is 60% Sauvignon Gris and 40% Sauvignon Blanc (massale selection) grown in basalt soils on the east face of the volcano of Purchon. Farming is certified organic and Biodynamic, all harvests are by hand, and Gilles...
$20.99
