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Cady 2022 Coteaux du Layon Saint-Aubin
The 2022 Cady Coteaux du Layon Saint-Aubin is from grapes harvested in successive "tries" at the end of October, with approximately 70% botrytized fruit. The wine shows "a finely polished light gold hue in the glass. Despite this apparent role...
$22.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Clos du Vougeot Grand Cru
From vines in the upper part of the Clos (Lieu-dit "Montiotes Hautes") Terroir pebbly clay/limestone, 50% of the vines are 70+ years-old, 50% were replanted in 2011. (The exact position is a bit unclear on the Beteta maps, which put...
$279.99
Cady 2022 Coteaux du Layon 1er Cru "Chaume"
The 2022 Cady 1er Cru "Chaume" is from 3 parcels harvested in successive tries at the end of October. "I find more dried-fruit intensity here, perhaps not surprising given this was made using 100% botrytised fruit, with layers of confit...
$33.99
Saisons 2022 Saint Veran
From the lieu-dit ‘Les Cornillaux’ on hard limestone and grey Liassic marl soils. Organic farming without certification. Long gentle pressing with indigenous yeast fermentation in older barrels. Aged 11 months in barrel and 5 months in stainless steel tank before...
$85.99
Dumien Serrette 2021 Cornas "Patou" Vieilles Vignes
Dumien-Serrette is a happily old-fashioned estate in Cornas with 1.5 hectares in the Patou vineyard, which has primarily granitic soils; the remainder, .3 hectares, is located in Les Savaux. The vines in Patou date back to the 1920’s, with some...
$45.99
Millot, Jean-Marc 2022 Cote de Nuits-Villages 'Le Vaucrain'
60+ year old vines from one of the top sites in Comblanchien. The vineyard sits high on the slope above Clos de Marechale. The wine is 100% whole cluster with indigenous yeast fermentation. This very small 0.11 hectare plot produces...
$94.99
Petite Empreinte 2023 Coteaux Bourguignons 'Mas a Tierra'
Note from David Bowler: "La Petite Empreinte, or “the little footprint” is an estate that truly lives up to its name. Founded by Mélissa Bazin with the help of her husband Romain De Moor in 2020, together the couple work...
$54.99
Petite Empreinte 2023 Cotes d'Auxerre 'Tapis Rouge'
2023 is the second vintage from this hectare of Pinot Noir on a gentle, south-facing slop of Portlandian limestone in Saint Bris. Planted in 1978 and farmed organically with low yields (40 hl/ha). The bunches are hand-harvested, left in whole...
$54.99
Petite Baigneuse 2021 Maury Grenat
This is a regional sweet dessert wine akin to Rivesaltes or Banyuls. Alcohol here is 16.5, but it tastes like it could be a chapetilized wine from California or Australia. As luck would have it, it's a natural sweet wine,...
$34.99
Rijckaert 2022 Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Vigne des Voises Vieilles Vignes
A beautiful, fresh Chardonnay from the Cotes du Jura. This Old Vine wine is sourced from a vineyard with seashell fossils within the soil. The wine is lean with excellent acidity and minerality. The finish is clean and will keep...
$34.99
Terre des Chardons 2023 Costières de Nimes "Bien Luné"
The 2023 "Bien Luné is made with 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 10% Cinsault grown on this small Biodynamic estate, on soils of rolled stones with silex, left by the Rhone river. "the nose gives blackberry with sweet appeal, a...
$16.99
Cady 2023 Coteaux du Layon
The 2023 Cady Coteaux du Layon is from vines on schist soils just above the Layon river in Saint-Aubin de Luigné. The Chenin Blanc grapes were picked in successive tries in October, the wine finished at about 80 grams/liter of...
$18.99
Domaine La Patelle 2023 Bout d'Vin VdF
This is 100% Trousseau from 40-year-old vines grown in red marl soils of Les Bodines. In 2023, a combination of whole cluster and destemmed fruit were used. The texture is silky and elegant, a bit more vibrant and tantalizing than...
$45.99
