Belargus, and Loire Chenins We Love!
Belargus, and Loire Chenins We Love!
Belargus 2020 Savennières "Ruchères"
Located at the beginning of the Côte des Forges, at the base of La Roche-aux-Moines, the "Clos des Ruchères" (monopole) rests on a hillside of purple schists which are rare in the appellation area. It is covered with a very...
$179.99
Belargus 2021 Anjou "Ronceray"
A terroir from which world-renowned sweet wines are produced, the Chaume 1er Cru and Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru appellations also have the capacity to produce great dry whites. The Ronceray cuvée refers to the Abbey of the same name, owner of...
$71.99
Belargus 2020 Anjou Blanc "Quarts"
"Les Quarts" is the original plot which gave its name to the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation. Indeed until the French revolution the lords of Haute-Guerche, farming this vineyard, were paying the Ronceray Abbey with "the best quarter of the harvest"... The "Quarts-de-Chaume"...
$148.99
Belargus 2020 Anjou Blanc "Treilles"
The "Coteau des Treilles" (monopole) was resurrected in the late 1990s by Jo Pithon. Enjoying an exceptional situation, this hillside had been abandoned after the war because of its steep slopes (from 30 to 70%). After having acquired 70 plots from...
$209.99
Closel 2021 Savennières "Clos Papillon"
We've tasted every vintage of this wine since the mid sixties - acidic and full of sulfur back then, we still loved it - and Evelyne de Jessy has transformed it into one of the great Chenins of the Loire....
$79.99
Domaine Aux Moines 2022 Savennieres - Roche aux Moines
Domaine aux Moines is operated by Tessa Laroche, organically, and now with biodynamic practices as well, farming under 10 hectares of Chenin Blanc. The vineyards stand next to the famed 'Coulée de Serrant' on South-West facing hillsides of predominately schist...
$62.99
Bellivière 2020 Coteaux du Loir "Vieilles Vignes Eparses"
Vieilles Vignes Éparses is Bellivière's oldest-vine cuvée, with ages ranging from 70 to 90 years old, across multiple parcels in the Coteaux du Loir: the name "éparses" is in fact in reference to the parcellation of the vineyards. These old...
$61.99
Bellivière 2022 Jasnières "Prémices"
The Belliviere Jasnieres "Prémices" is a selection of the most fruit-forward barrels and is the first release in any given vintage. The fruit comes from vines ranging from 10-40 years old, planted on variations on flinty clay soils over tuffeau...
$25.99
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
Roche Bleue 2022 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...
$28.99
Roche Bleue NV Jasnières Clos des Molières (21/22)
100% Chenin Blanc, from 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long, slow one year fermentation, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox;...
$34.99
Chidaine 2022 Montlouis "Clos du Breuil" Sec
The Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire "Clos du Breuil" is from a great parcel of 60 year-old Chenin Blanc vines, next to the Clos Habert, sloping to the northwest, on soils of clay with silex stones ("perruches") over the white limestone "tuffeau." Biodynamic...
$39.99
Pinon 2018 Vouvray Moelleux 750ml
Francois and Julien Pinon made superb sweet wines in 2018, with gorgeous aromatics, beautiful ripeness, and perfect balance with a wonderful brightness and freshness despite the high levels of RS. The 2018 has approximately 50 gr/L RS and is silky,...
$41.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Frizzante 500ml
This is a unique, very unusual and outrageously delicious sweet Vouvray, as described 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....
$47.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2019 Vouvray Brut
This classic dry Chenin is the perfect sparkling wine for Thanksgiving! The Chenin's of Pinon are some of the best in Vouvray due to their impeccable farming, diversity of clay, limestone, and silex soils, and deliberate, albeit low-intervention, cellar work....
$28.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2022 Vouvray Les Deronnieres
The grapes for "Les Déronnières" from Julien Pinon (first made in 2014) used to be included in the Silex Noir, but this wonderful vineyard, the Pinon's best parcel on a hill-top directly above their cellar, much deserves to be bottled...
$34.99
Pinon 2022 Vouvray Buvez du Bon Pinon
From the estate's website: "This is the renaissance of a cuvée created by my great-grandfather - a dry wine from our oldest parcel, planted in 1945 on soils of silex noir and vinfied in our oldest foudres - old 'tonneaux'...
$27.99
Huet 2009 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
With its green clay and its perfect exposition on the Première Côte de Vouvray just above the winery, Le Mont is an outstanding site for Chenin, and I have to admit often my favorite in the line-up. It has the...
$74.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec
"Domaine Huët’s 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec bottling is also excellent. The wine is deep, complex and beautifully focused on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of quince, apple, a touch of pink grapefruit, complex, chalky soil...
$51.99
Huet 2022 Vouvray "Le Mont" Moelleux
I love the 2022 vintage in Vouvray, especially at Pinon and Huet, where the acidity and intense mineral character backs up the fruit which is so gorgeous, ripe and fresh. Here is Rebecca Gibb in Vinous on the "Le Mont"...
$47.99
