4/27/24 - New Arrivals: Our Best Value Rosé plus Northern Rhone Favorites, Loire Whites and Jurançon!
4/27/24 - New Arrivals: Our Best Value Rosé plus Northern Rhone Favorites, Loire Whites and Jurançon!
Rosé season is upon us and our favorite Provençal rosé has arrived, from our friends at Les Fouques. For lovers of the Northern Rhone we offer a superb Cornas and great values from Saint-Joseph and Condrieu. Plus Biodynamic Jurançon from Chateau Lapuyade, and some favorite Loire Valley whites have arrived as well…
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Les Fouques 2023 Cote de Provence "L'Aubigue" Rosé
Year after year, Yves Gros, Christelle and Jacques at the Biodynamic Domaine les Fouques make our favorite Provençal rosés. "Cuvée Aubigue" is their house rosé, with a refreshing palate, and flavors of peach, strawberry, and nectarine over cool herbal notes....
$15.99
Les Fouques 2022 Cotes de Provence La Londe "Cuvee L'Estelle" Rosé
Original Price: $18.99! (We're making way for the 2023 that has just arrived) // Domaine Les Fouques has been certified Biodynamic (Demeter) for 30 years, and also raises sheep, ducks, chickens and guinea-hens on their old-fashioned mixed-use farm. The La...
$15.99
Amphores 2022 Vin de Pays "Detour" Blanc
The 2022 Domaine des Amphores Detour Blanc is a beautiful blend of 60% Clairette from 50 year-old vines, with Marsanne and Roussanne grown on granit soils in Chavannay, just south of Condrieu.
$16.99
Amphores 2022 Saint-Joseph Blanc "Altitude 360"
From Veronique, Philippe and Remi Grenier at Domaine des Amphores, certified organic and Biodynamic. 80% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne on granite soils in "Le Monteillet" at 300 metres altitude. Fermented and aged in anfora and vat in 2022 rather than wood....
$24.99
Amphores 2022 Condrieu "La Cote"
The Domaine des Amphores Condrieu is 100% massale-selection Viognier from 0.5 hectares on poor granite-based soils at 250 metres on "La Côte" at Chavanay. The 2022 La Côte has a pale yellow gold robe. The nose offers a subtle and...
$41.99
Amphores 2022 Saint-Joseph "Les Sept Lieux"
The Amphores "7 Lieux" is from vines planted in the 90's, always organic, and from parcels of old vines, converted to organic, in Chavanay, below Condrieu. Philippe and Veronique Grenier have always farmed organically and now they are certified Biodynamic...
$23.99
Amphores 2022 Vin de France "Sphé-érique"
The 2022 Vin de France "Sphé-érique" from the Grenier family in Saint-Joseph is a lovely Syrah from Biodynamic farming that is fantastically delicious! The wine is from young massale-selection Syrah vines on granite with shallow clay soils in the Richagnieux...
$28.99
Barou 2022 Vin de Pays "Cuvee des Vernes" Syrah
From 40 year-old Syrah vines in Charnay, just outside the Saint-Joseph AOC, on living soils tended organically for forty years by Marie-Agnès and Emmanuel Barou. Plowing by tractor or weeding by hand on the steep slopes. Hand-harvested, wild-yeast fermentations, aging...
$13.99
Barou 2022 Saint-Joseph Rouge "Un Autre Monde"
Domaine Barou has been organic since the 1970s and also produces cherries, apricots and peaches. The Saint-Joseph vines are in Limony, on thin soils of decomposed granite over the bedrock. Shallow plowing ("griffage") is done in the summer, with rye...
$22.99
Dumien Serrette 2021 Cornas "Patou" Vieilles Vignes
Dumien-Serrette is a happily old-fashioned estate in Cornas with 1.5 hectares in the Patou vineyard, which has primarily granitic soils; the remainder, .3 hectares, is located in Les Savaux. The vines in Patou date back to the 1920’s, with some...
$49.99
Lapuyade 2022 Jurancon Sec
Clos Marie-Louise/Château Lapuyade is a beautiful biodynamic estate deep in the hills of Jurançon, south of Pau. Their wines are harvested by hand, fermented with wild yeasts and aged in old barrels purchased from Yquem and Haut-Brion. This bottle, based...
$15.99
Lapuyade 2022 Jurancon Sec Cuvee Dentelle
The Cuvée Dentelle from our biodynamic friends at Chateau Lapuyade in Jurançon is one of the rare dry Jurançon that is made from 100% Petit Manseng, in this case from 45 year-old vines always tended in organic and biodynamic farming,...
$24.99
Lapuyade 2019 Jurancon Moelleux Petit Manseng
Clos Marie-Louise/Château Lapuyade is a beautiful biodynamic estate deep in the hills of Jurançon, south of Pau. Their wines are harvested by hand, fermented with wild yeasts and aged in old barrels purchased from Yquem and Haut-Brion. Their 2019 Petit...
$24.99
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
Lapuyade 2010 Jurançon "Confidence"
The superb 2010 Chateau Lapuyade Moelleux "Confidence" is from 100% Petit Manseng harvested at the end of December. The wine shows intense and complex ripe fruit aromas and a beautiful unctuous palate that is balanced by firm acidity. Forget about...
$84.99
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
Grange Tiphaine 2022 Montlouis-sur-Loire Clef de Sol Blanc
Coralie and Damien Delecheneau make beautiful organic wines in Montlouis and Touraine. Their Clef de Sol means treble clef and is a tribute to music, Damien being an accomplished clarinetist and Coralie a choir singer. Clef de Sol is a...
$35.99
Gilbert 2022 Menetou-Salon Blanc
Philippe Gilbert makes beautiful wines in Menetou-Salon, which abuts Sancerre, including lovely rosé and red from Pinot Noir and superb Menetou-Salon blanc from Sauvignon Blanc, certified Biodynamic by Demeter. The living soils are evident in the excellent 2022, showing elegant...
$29.99
Boulay, Gerard 2023 Sancerre Chavignol
Gerard Boulay is certainly one of the greatest producers in Sancerre. His Sancerre "domaine" comes from average 35 year-old vines on kimmeridgian limestone soils on the hills surrounding the village of Chavignol. The 2023 vintage brings lovely freshness and elegant...
$41.99
Boulay, Gerard 2022 Sancerre Rose Sibylle
From 35-40 year old Pinot Noir vines on the steep hillsides in front of the Boulay home in Chavignol. Unlike many Sancerre Roses, Gerard harvests his Pinot specifically to make rose by direct press, then into tank. It is not...
$19.99
