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Products
Batardiere 2022 VDF Amor Fati (Red)
Amor Fati is an ethereally light red from a small holding of Grolleau vines. Often a bit reductive on opening, these notes blow off with some air, revealing a floral and high acid Grolleau, perhaps the lightest one we've ever...
$24.99
Courault 2023 Le Verger de l'Etang (Grolleau/Pineau D'Aunis)
Benoit Courault's 2022 "Verger de L'Etang" is a delightful blend of Grolleau and Pineau D'Aunis vinified with minimal extraction to preserve the beautiful cherry/berry fruit. Vibrant and refreshing with light, silky red fruits with a hint of white pepper from...
$39.99
Courault 2023 Le Verger de l'Etang Magnum 1.5L
Benoit Courault's "Verger de L'Etang" is a delightful blend of Grolleau and Pineau D'Aunis vinified with minimal extraction to preserve the beautiful cherry/berry fruit. Vibrant and refreshing with light, silky red fruits with a hint of white pepper from the...
$84.99
Courault 2023 Les Tabeneaux (Grolleau/Cab Franc)
70% Cabernet Franc / 30% Grolleau. Tabeneaux is a straightforward and cheerful red from Benoit Courault, exhibiting some of the vibrant bright red fruit one might associate with a partial carbonic maceration wine, but with nice weight, ripeness, and subtle...
$34.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2022 Les Saints Martin
The 2022 Delrieu-Ducleux "Les Saints Martins" Rouge is made from 100% Grolleau from vines planted in 1955 on gravel soils over schist. While not a heavy wine, there is some density and depth here, with darker cherry and blackberry fruit...
$21.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2023 Le Jeau Rouge
Le Jeau Rouge is made with Grolleau and Cabernet Franc, grown on three small plots with different terroirs - schist, gravel and falun (rocks that are conglomerates of seashells). Whole clusters are foot-tred, with a short maceration, bottled without SO2....
$21.99
Garnier, Jean-Christophe 2023 Les Nouettes
Most likely a similar low and slow (more like long and slow) press, with Grolleau and Pineau D'Aunis. The Grolleau gives less grit and spice than the Gamay lends in the "Gamay-Aunis" cuvée. Instead it lends a delicious, very pure...
$21.99
Grandes Vignes 2023 P'tit Vaillant Vin de France
This is a vibrant natural red made from a blend of Groslot (Grolleau) and Cabernet Franc. The quintessential "bistrot" wine, with low tannins and good acidity. Not too fruity, not too light, and a pleasure to drink. Grapes are destemmed...
$19.99
Jousset 2023 Vin de France Exile Brut Rosé
This lovely Petillant Naturel is made from purchased, organically-grown fruit. It's Gamay and Grolleau from approximately 40 year-old vines on clay/limestone soils and 100% dry, delicate and delicious, with a little extra roundness and density in 2023, showing subtle aromas...
$19.99
La Grange aux Belles 2023 La Chaussée Rouge
La Chaussée Rouge is a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Grolleau grown on black schist soils, and named after the vineyard site, a battleground in the War of the Vendée. The grapes are hand-harvested before...
$23.99
Les Vignes du Fresche 2023 Radicalement Rouge
A blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay and Groulleau, some of which undergoes carbonic maceration and some of which is destemmed. No oak, this is a juicy and bright red with good ripeness and texture. There's more here than...
$23.99
Sansonnière 2022 Vin de France "Les Gelinettes" Rouge
Gélinette is an old French word for grouse, a bird you used to find wild quite a lot in this part of Anjou, especially when polycultural agriculture was still conducted. Mostly linked to high-yielding clonal selections dedicated to the production...
$43.99
