2010s
2010s
Čotar 2013 Kras Rosso Terra Rossa
Here are my tasting notes from first trying this wine in the Fall: "Iron! berries! rocks! violets! gravel! smoke!" This wine is the perfect canvas for the red, iron rich soils, and balanced by the pretty fruit and florals. Always...
$39.99
Dehu, Benoit 2019 Champagne 'La Rue des Noyers' Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature
A 4 hectare plot on the western edge of the Vallee de la Marne in Fossoy. The vines were planted between 1970 and 1975 on limestone soils. The wine is aged 11 months sur lee in oak barrels, some of...
$124.99
Traginer 2016 Collioure "Cuvée Octobre"
Cuvée Octobre is made from equal parts Black Grenache, Mourvèdre, Carignan, and Syrah from vines raised on steep slopes above the Mediterranean in the Collioure AOC. The organic vineyards are situated high above Banyuls-sur-Mer and are picked late which adds...
$34.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Brut Non-Dose
François and Julien Pinon make some of the finest sparkling wines in the Loire Valley. The superb Brut Non-Dosé comes from 45 year-old Chenin Blanc vines on Turonien limestone with topsoils of clay with silex, from four parcels; Les Haut...
$33.99
Bouland, Daniel 2019 Morgon "Delys" VV 1926
Daniel Bouland's Morgon "Delys Vieilles Vignes 1926" is from a 45 ares parcel in the hamlet of Corcelette, in Morgon. "The very friable soils in this parcel really allow the roots of the old vines to dig deep and produce great...
$44.99
San Fereolo 2012 1593 Dolcetto Langhe Rosso
1593 refers to the date of the first written documentation of Dolcetto in the archives of Dogliani. It’s a fitting title, since Nicoletta Bocca has made it her life’s work to reveal this grape’s profound connection to her special zone...
$54.99
Chateau D'Arlay 2018 Corail
This is a fascinating style of Jura wine known as Corail, which is all but extinct nowadays. It's a blend of all the Jura varietals, including about 60% Pinot Noir and 40% a combination of Trousseau, Poulsard, Savagnin and Chardonnay....
$34.99
Ronchi di Cialla 2015 Ciallabianco
Sourced from the 4.69 hectare estate vineyard of Quercigh. The Ribolla Gialla and Verduzzo are harvested and fermented together. The Picolit is normally harvested about 10-15 days later. Fermented in barriques, about 10% new and the rest second to fifth...
$49.99
Rovero 2019 Brachetto d'Asti
Brachetto is usually made in the same style of Moscato d’Asti -- the fermentation is stopped when alcohol is still quite low and some of the CO2 is captured to create a slightly sparkling, sweet wine. The folks are Rovero...
$19.99
Bianchi 2016 Gattinara DOCG Vigneto Valferana
Vigneto Valferana is a single vineyard in Gattinara. Dried cherry, leafy, woodsy, a touch of smoke and potpourri. Definitely drinking well now, but still enough tannins to suggest further aging is possible.
$38.99
Laherte Freres 2019 Les Empreintes Extra Brut
From Importer Polaner: Les Empreintes is a blend of historic parcels in Aurélien Laherte’s home village of Chavot, including 50% Chardonnay, 1/3 of which is Chardonnay Muscatel, from west-facing "Les Chemins d’Epernay" planted in 1957, and 50% Pinot Noir from north-facing...
$129.99
Empire Estate 2019 Dry Riesling
The 2019 Dry Riesling is not your typical Finger Lakes Riesling, although it still has all the minerality and stone fruit you might come to expect. It is made with a higher percentage of botrytized grapes than the Reserve Riesling,...
$21.99
Ca de Noci 2019 Brine d'Aprile Emilia Rosso
Likely your first (and hopefully not last) wine made from Malbo Gentile. Winemaking brothers Giovanni and Alberto pick early to enhance a spicy aromatic profile. Light-medium bodied with notes of blueberry, cranberry, and red apple skins, but then opening towards...
$29.99
Descombes, Georges 2018 Morgon "Vermont"
This is certainly one of the most beautiful of all Beaujolais, from the lovely 2018 vintage. It's drinking superbly now and will age beautifully over the next ten years. The rare "Vermont" bottling, named for the hamlet in which the...
$63.99
Moric 2017 Hidden Treasures # 2 Somlo
"A blend of 40% Harslevelu, 35% Furmint & 25% Welschriesling grown in Somlo's pure basalt volcanic soils near the top of the mountain itself. Hidden Treasure Project No. 2 is a collaboration with Tamas Kis from Somlo. The wine undergoes...
$26.99
Reveille 2017 'Elan' Côtes du Roussillon Rouge
Elan is a lovely and nicely aged expression of Grenache from old vines in the Roussillon. Half of the grapes were destemmed, and half were left whole cluster, with a 3-week long maceration. Though it speaks earth and spice, it's...
$27.99
Lapuyade 2019 Jurancon Cuvee Marie-Louise
Régine and Jean-Joseph Aurisset of Chateau Lapuyade/Clos Marie-Louise produce sensational dry, moelleux and dessert wines from Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng on their Biodynamic estate deep in the hills of Jurançon, southeast of Pau. The soils are primarily "poudingue," a...
$39.99
Laguerre 2014 IGP Cotes Catalanes Oxy
Eric has once again made a small quantity of "Oxy" - his extraordinary Grenache Blanc that spends five years sous-voile. The current release is based on 2014 (we think) - for any lover of Vin Jaune, or anyone making chicken...
$29.99
Jousset 2019 'En Aparté' VDF Sous Voile 500ml
En Aparté is a very special wine from Lise and Bertrand Jousset, an oxidative Chenin Blanc from the 2019 vintage - a year with some heat and some tannins in the Loire Valley. The Joussets made this wine in a...
$44.99
