2020s
2020s
Bonhomme, Pierre-Olivier 2022 Thésée Sauvignon Blanc
A Chambers Street Wines exclusive, brought in by the fine folks at Louis/Dressner/McKenna! Fresh and easy Sauvignon Blanc from Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme. Thésée is a small commune in the Loire-et-Cher department, famous for its gallo-Roman ruins (hence the name Thésée, from...
$24.99
Bodegas Ponce 2023 Manchuela White
The "Ponce" white, which is formerly known as Reto, is an organic wine from winemaker Juan Antonio Ponce, and the only white wine he produces. The 2023 consists of nearly all Albilla, a rare white grape native to the high-altitude...
$27.99
Chateau de Manissy 2023 Tavel "Cuvee des Lys"
Tavel, the deliciously complex Grenache-based rosé famously espoused by AJ Liebling, is well suited for the table as well as a light quaff on the patio. A darker pink than your typical salmon-hued wines of Southern France with a palate...
$18.99
Lorient 2021 Saint-Peray Saute Mouton
The Saute-Mouton is the second white that was produced at Domaine de Lorient, highlighting a larger percentage of Marsanne. There is an immediately enticing nose on opening, with notes of orange marmalade and fresh ginger. The wine has medium weight,...
$29.99
Source du Ruault 2020 Saumur-Champigny Rouge
Jean-Noêl Millon at La Source du Ruault has 13 hectares on turonian limestone in Saumur-Champigny, organic since 2007 and using biodynamic methods. The "regular" Saumur-Champigny is from younger vines on clay and sandy soils over the limestone; the wine is...
$16.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Les Coucherias
Beaune 1er Cru "Les Coucherias" is a steep parcel high on the slope, on the site of an old quarry and much of the sub-soil is limestone tailings, permitting root penetration and drainage, with a topsoil of mixed clay and...
$53.99
La Loue (Catherine Hannoun) 2022 Le Rouge Trousseau blend
Le Rouge is 95% Trousseau with 5% local varietals, grown in clay and limestone-rich parcels in Arbois then fermented in tank and raised in neutral barrique with no added sulfur. On the palate there are flavors of vibrant, high-toned red...
$39.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2020 Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé
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...
$38.99
Gravillas 2023 Vin de France "Sous les Cailloux, des Grillons"
Sous les Cailloux, des Grillons, means "under the rocks, crickets" - made from Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache, and Terret Noir, a red wine, frank and fresh—red fruit, fluidity and a touch of tannin. 8 days skin time for this blend...
$16.99
Tessier 2023 Cheverny Blanc
The lovely 2023 Tessier Cheverny Blanc is 80% Sauvignon Blanc with 10 % each of Menu Pineau and Chardonnay, farmed organically since 1998 and made with minimal SO2. Aromatically, there are a lot of textbook Sauv Blanc notes, but it...
$23.99
Brand 2022 Pfalz Electric Chardonnay Acid Test
From the electric Brand Bros in the northern Pfalz comes the new cuvee of Electric Chardonnay Acid Test. The 2022 vintage is 85%Chardonnay and 15% Riesling, from 30 yr old vines grown in limestone soils with loam and loess. Hand...
$17.99
Blankenhorn 2020 Chasselas Le Clocher
From the Southwestern corner of Baden abutting Alsace and Switzerland (Mulhouse is 12 miles west and Basel 18 miles south), Schliengen lies at the foot of the Blauen, a 4000 foot mountain at the edge of the Black Forest. Here,...
$25.99
Roche Bleue 2023 Jasnieres Sec
100% Chenin Blanc, from 20 to 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long fermentations, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox; élevage...
$29.99
Quinta do Infantado 2023 Palhete Douro
From João's new Infantado Junior project, this is an exciting and exuberant wine that is a blend of 75% native red varieties and 25% white varieties from a single hectare of 40-year-old vines. The bunches are co-harvested by hand and...
$19.99
Celler Pardas (R. Parera & J. Arnan) 2022 'Sus Scrofa' Sumoll
Ramon Parera and Jordi Arnan have been making wines under the Celler Pardas label since 1996, when they acquired an old estate in Alt Penedès. They have a passion for the traditional grape varieties of the region, and Sumoll is...
$20.99
Delmee, Philippe 2023 Carpe
Carpe is a new wine from Philippe, from younger (10-15 year old) Chenin Blanc vines on schist soils. It's a pure and fresh expression of Chenin, with some flinty reduction on the nose and crisp apple fruit. There's an underlying...
$21.99
Cossard, Frederic 2022 Bourgogne Blanc 'Bigotes'
This Bourgogne Blanc is a very lean, crisp, refreshing style with beautiful minerality and notes of grapefruit and lemon zest. It concludes with a long, salty finish. This wine just kept getting better with air as I drank through a...
$34.99
Sclavos 2021 Alchymiste
For lovers of mineral driven Sancerres and Santorini Assyrtikos: Waves of herbs, wet stones, sea spray, lime and lemon zest blast the nose and palate. Intense minerality and crisp acidity rounded out from the neutral barrels coat the palate with...
$14.99
Kalogris 2022 Mrs Poulia
From the Mantinia plateau in the center of the Peloponnese, Moschofilero's birthplace. Mrs Poulia is a 10 day skin contact wine from the gray-skinned Moschofilero grape, in stainless steel with no temperature control, ambient yeast, no additives, and no filtration...
$25.99
Peybonhomme 2022 Cuvee les Deux C
The Hubert family welcomes newborns Camille and Colette with the new cuvée 2 C. "Syrah and Touriga Nacional, unusual among us in the Gironde but which, thanks to Biodynamics, wonderfully reveal our terroir." The wine is supple and ripe with...
$19.99
Vina Zorzal 2022 Rosado
Viña Zorzal offers some seriously delicious wines from old vines for very little money (as fans of their delightful red Graciano can attest). This one honors the traditional wine of the Navarra region - rosado of Garnacha. Fragrant red currant,...
$14.99
Hermann J. Wiemer 2023 Finger Lakes Riesling Dry
Hermann J. Wiemer saw the great potential of the Finger Lakes to create high-quality cool-climate Riesling as they do in his native Mosel, Germany. The winery was founded in the 1979, one of the first in the region, and continues...
$23.99
