Chenin: New Arrivals from Pinon, Chidaine, Closel and More!
Chenin: New Arrivals from Pinon, Chidaine, Closel and More!
Pinon 1995 Vouvray "Botrytis" 500ml
1995 "Botrytis" "In recent years I have come to recognise François Pinon as one of the great vignerons of Vouvray, too long overlooked in favour of Foreau, Huet and one or two others. His wines today are top class, but...
$99.99
Pinon 2003 Vouvray Moelleux 1er Trie 750 ml
The greatest producers of Vouvray such as Pinon, Huet and Foreau, made beautiful moelleux wines in 2003 despite the heat, with adequate, if not high acidities. We have tasted many Pinon 2003s which have been superb - here is Chris...
$99.99
Pinon 2005 Vouvray Moelleux "Cuvée Botrytis"
The 2005 "Botrytis" is one of François Pinon's finest wines..."I have tasted this cuvée much more regularly than the straight Moelleux from François over the years, and once again it does not disappoint. In the glass it displays a polished...
$104.99
Pinon 2018 Vouvray Goutte d'Or 500ml
"Goutte d'or 2018, Raisins séchés par le vent et le soleil" The grapes were harvested in one pass on October 26th in the "L'Arpent" parcel of 55 year-old vines on clay over lower turonian limestone, facing south-west, with yields of...
$61.99
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,...
$45.99
Pinon 2019 Vouvray "Les Trois Argiles"
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)....
$31.99
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
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'...
$31.99
Pinon 2023 Vouvray "Silex Noir"
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 2022 Vouvray Brut
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. Unlike the other top producers in Vouvray, whose sparkling wines come...
$31.99
Chidaine 2020 Montlouis Brut Nature
The Chidaine 2020 Brut Nature is a beautiful Champagne Method sparkling wine sourced from 10 to 50 year-old vines on clay with silex soils over the limestone tuffeau. The wine shows shows a beautiful, bright pale-gold color. On the palate,...
$31.99
Chidaine 2021 Montlouis "les Choisilles"
Francois Chidaine has been one of the leading proponents of organic and regenerative agriculture in the Loire valley and has had a profound influence on the resurgence of Montlouis. Les Choisilles is vinified dry, from parcels of 30 to 90...
$48.99
Chidaine 2022 Montlouis "Les Bournais"
This is our favorite wine from François and Manuela Chidaine, long-time champions of organic and biodynamic farming in the Loire Valley. Named after the soil type "Les Bournais," a unique clay topsoil over limestone (tuffeau blanche) also found across the...
$51.99
Chidaine 2023 Montlouis "Clos du Breuil"
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...
$41.99
Chidaine 2023 Vin de France "Baudoin"
Francois and Manuel Chidaine have led a revival of quality in Montlouis over the last twenty-five years and are now making outstanding Vouvrays from the former Poniatowski vineyards in Vouvray. The Chidaine's vinyeard work is among the finest in France...
$52.99
Closel 2022 Savennières "Clos du Papillon"
"The Clos du Papillon is a small valley at mid slope, beautifully exposed southwest to the light of the Loire. There are schist, rhyolite but also quartz. The topsoil layer is very shallow (60 cm) which provides excellent drainage for...
$76.99
Closel 2022 Savennières "La Jalousie"
2022 is a lovely vintage for the superb Savennières of Domaine du Closel, in a relatively forward and full-bodied style. La Jalousie shows subtle, complex aromas of citrus peel, pear, almond, stone , lime-flower and honeysuckle which follow through on...
$51.99
Closel 2022 Savennières "Les Caillardières"
"Les Caillardieres" is from a vineyard which sits up the slope from the Clos du Papillon and the Moulin du Gué. "The grapes are harvested later ; the berries are golden, producing wines with aromas of baked apple, exotic fruits,...
$66.99
Cady 2022 Anjou Blanc "Cheninsolite"
The Domaine Cady "Cheninsolite" is 100% Chenin Blanc grown on schist soils in Saint-Aubin de Luigné, harvested late but vinified dry, fermented in barrel, finishing dry with 2 gr/l RS and aged on the lees. The wine shows a lovely...
$21.99
Cady 2022 Anjou Blanc "Moulin Ste. Catherine"
While most of the Cady vines are in St. Aubin de Luigne just above the Layon, the "Moulin Ste. Catherine" is from a north facing slope above the Loire in Rochefort-sur-Loire, adjacent to the famous Baumard "Clos Ste. Catherine." The...
$24.99
