Chenin, Chenin, Chenin - Jan. 2026 edition
Chenin, Chenin, Chenin - Jan. 2026 edition
Grandes Vignes 2018 Museme Brut (Arrives 1/13)
Museme Brut is 100% Chenin Blanc, made in champenois method, aged on the lees for almost 5 years. Rich and generous aromas of burnt honey, brioche and honeysuckle, and a broad, dense mid-palate.
$36.99
Grandes Vignes 2021 Les Mailles A L'Endroit
A perfectly bone-dry Chenin Blanc from soils that are a mix of degraded gray schist (schiste grezeaux), sandstone and talc. Very chiseled and stony, mineral... ideal! This is a relatively new cuvée for the domaine, and a welcome addition to...
$31.99
Grandes Vignes 2021 Varenne de Combre (Arrives 1/13)
La Varenne de Combre is a dry and crystalline Chenin Blanc, with great precision and a long mineral finish. The parcel is situated on black schist on the slopes of the Arcison (a tributary of the Layon river). The 2021...
$39.99
Boudignon 2023 Anjou Blanc (Arrives 1/13)
Thibaud Boudignon is an established star in the Loire Valley wine scene, especially amongst lovers of Chenin Blanc from the schist vineyards of Anjou, and Savennieres. The Anjou Blanc here is from average 40-year-old vines of Chenin, with mostly old...
$52.99
Boudignon 2023 Clos de Frémine Savennières (Arrives 1/13)
Just on the other side of the schistous wall of Clos de la Hutte, on the way to the Loire river, the Clos de Frémine was replanted by Thibaud in 2015, with the same massale selections diversity and rootstocks (rupestris...
$96.99
Boudignon 2023 Clos de Frémine Savennières 1.5L Magnum (Arrives 1/13)
Just on the other side of the schistous wall of Clos de la Hutte, on the way to the Loire river, the Clos de Frémine was replanted by Thibaud in 2015, with the same massale selections diversity and rootstocks (rupestris...
$196.99
Boudignon 2022 A Francois(e) Anjou Blanc (Arrives 1/13)
A tribute to his mother, A François(e) comes from a historic plot of St-Lambert-du-Lattay previously dedicated to liquoreux. A selection of the heart of the plot and the best barrels - the rest is blended in the regular Anjou cuvée...
$82.99
Boudignon 2022 Clos de la Hutte Savennières (Arrives 1/13)
Out of the 3 communes of production allowed for Savennières - Bouchemaine, Savennières (and the hamlet of Épiré), La Possonnière - the last one has been overlooked for some time, not having any benchmark producers or famous vineyards and today...
$121.99
Boudignon 2022 Clos de la Hutte Savennières 1.5L Magnum (Arrives 1/13)
Out of the 3 communes of production allowed for Savennières - Bouchemaine, Savennières (and the hamlet of Épiré), La Possonnière - the last one has been overlooked for some time, not having any benchmark producers or famous vineyards and today...
$239.99
Boudignon 2022 La Vigne Cendrée Savennières (Arrives 1/13)
This is a relatively new release for Thibaud. In 2011 he managed to rent a superb .5 ha isolated plot at the bottom on the Roche aux Moines on the Savennières side near the Châteu de Varennes. The land used...
$112.99
Pinon 2023 Vouvray Silex Noir (Arrives 1/13)
Our friend Julien Pinon produces sensational Vouvray at his estate in Vallée du Cousse and the 2023 Silex Noir is another superb example. From approximatley 40 year-old vines on soils of clay and black flint over limestone in the vineyards...
$31.99
Pinon 2019 Vouvray Les Trois Argiles (Arrives 1/13)
The 2019 Pinon Demi-Sec Vouvray "Les Trois Argiles" is from average 40 year old vines in three east facing parcels, Mortier, Vau Cheavreau and Les Fosses Rouges. The soils are shallow clay and sandy clay over the limestone (lower Turonien)....
$35.99
Roche Bleue 2023 Jasnieres Sec (Arrives 1/14)
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 2023 Coteaux du Loir L'Oree de la Berterie (Arrives 1/14)
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
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'...
$31.99
Jousset, Lise et Bertrand 2019 Version Longue 1.5 L (Arrives 1/13)
A special, magnum-only release of the top Montlouis from Lise & Bertrand Jousset! "Version Longue"is from 5 to 100 year-old vines from 8 parcels in Montlouis with clay and silex soils over limestone. The grapes are hand-harvested into small containers,...
$99.99
Jousset 2019 'En Aparté' VDF Sous Voile 500ml (Arrives 1/13)
En Aparté is a very special wine from Lise and Bertrand Jousset, an oxidative Chenin Blanc from the 2019 vintage - a year with some heat and some tannins in the Loire Valley. The Joussets made this wine in a...
$44.99
Grandes Vignes 2018 Le Malabé Bonnezeaux (Arrives 1/13)
The current fashion in Anjou is to make dry wines on the great terroirs formerly used to produce some of the finest sweet wines in the world. Here we have have a classic sweet wine from the outstanding Domaine Les...
$52.99
