Chenin, Cab Franc and Pineau D'Aunis 9/24
Chenin, Cab Franc and Pineau D'Aunis 9/24
Bellivière 2020 Coteaux du Loir "Vieilles Vignes Eparses"
(Arrives 10/1) 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....
$61.99
Bellivière 2021 Jasnieres "Les Rosiers"
The Nicolas have been crafted unique, chiseled Chenins from the terroirs of silex, sand clay over tuffeau in the little valley of the Loir, 40 miles north of the more famous Loire with "e", Within a couple of miles, they...
$41.99
Bellivière 2022 Coteaux du Loir "Rouge Gorge"
The 2022 "Rouge Gorge" is from 10 to 50 year-old Pineau d'Aunis vines on clay/silex over Turonian limestone in 13 small parcels of high-density plantings in the Coteaux du Loir. Fermentation with pigeage in vat, malo in barrique, aging in...
$39.99
Taille aux Loups 2022 Montlouis "Les Hauts de Husseau"
(Arrives 10/1) The Taille aux Loups 2022 "Les Hauts de Husseau" is from a high-elevation vineyard with 70 to 110 year-old Chenin Blanc vines. The is fermented and aged in barrel, 20% new, 80% 1-4 year old barrels. This is...
$45.99
Taille aux Loups 2022 Montlouis "Clos de Mosny"
(Arrives 10/1) Clos de Mosny, a 12-hectare south- and southwest-facing clos (the walls of which run for 1.6 kilometres) located a couple of kilometres south of Husseau The soils are superficially sand and flint, but dig deeper and the shovel...
$43.99
Taille aux Loups NV Pet Nat "Triple Zero"
(Arrives 10/1) The Taille aux Loups "Triple Zero" is a brilliant Pet Nat made from Chenin Blanc in Montlouis from 50 to 80 year-old vines. The three zeros refer to Zero chaptalization, Zero liqueur de tirage and Zero dosage. The...
$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
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...
$57.99
Rocher des Violettes 2022 Vin de France Chenin
The 2022 Rocher des Violette Chenin is from a small parcel of 80 year-old vines in "Les Borderies" on windblown sand over limestone, formerly in the Montlouis AOC, declassified as Touraine or Vin de France. "The 2022 is very expressive,...
$22.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2022 Vouvray Sec
100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon chooses vines from more clay-forward parcels for its annual sec bottling. They average 45 years old and have been certified organic since 2007. The bunches are harvested by hand, rigorously sorted and direct-pressed slowly and gently....
$27.99
Roche Bleue 2022 Coteaux du Loir La Belle D'Aunis
The talented Sébastien Cornille is making some of the most beautiful wines in Jasnières and the Coteaux du Loir - The 2022 "Belle d'Aunis" is 100% Pineau d'Aunis from old vines in clay with silex soils over limestone in the...
$31.99
Coulaine 2020 Chinon "Les Picasses"
This is a superb "les Picasses" from Jean de Bonnaventure at Chateau de Coulaine, which has been practising organic and biodynamic agriculture since 1988. The parcel is at the top of the vineyard with southern exposure, on the classic clay/limestone...
$30.99
Baudry, Bernard 2023 Chinon Rose
As always, this is one of the most elegant and delicious of all French rosés, a reflection of the Baudry's superb organic vineyard work and the great terroir, as well as their great talent in vinifications with minimal added SO2....
$24.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon "Le Domaine"
The Baudry Chinon "Domaine" is always one of our favorite reds from the Loire Valley and it's a sensational value as well. All Cabernet Franc of course, a blend of 70% from a parcel in St. Louans near "Les...
$22.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon Les Grézeaux
One of the most pleasurable red wines of the Loire Valley, the Baudry Chinon "Les Grézeaux" is from a unique parcel of sixty year-old vines near the bottom of the slope in Sonnay (near Cravant-les-Coteaux) on a bed of gravel...
$31.99
Chevalerie 2014 Bourgueil Breteche
Bretêche (Domaine de la Chevalerie is the only estate claiming this vineyard name) is the easternmost vineyard, a rented plot on the border of Ingrandes-de-Touraine. On the southwestern exposed upper part of the mid-slope, the vines are planted on a...
$27.99
Chevalerie 2019 Bourgueil Noms D'Oiseaux
The new Chevalerie cuvée "Noms D'Oiseaux" is from two parcels symbolic of the domain, each situated at the two extremities of the slope overlooking the Loire. “Nom d’Oiseaux” to warn of the urgent need to respect our biodiversity, not just...
$24.99
