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Clos du Joncuas 2022 Gigondas
80% Grenache with Mourvedre, Cinsault and Syrah, on Triassic clay/limestone soils, always farmed organically. Whole cluster fermentation in vat with 12 months aging in large old barrels. This is a dense, old-school Gigondas from great farming showing a dark purple/black...
$34.99
Bonhomme, Pierre-Olivier 2023 Vin de France Le Telquel
This "poil dur" is wagging its tail again in 2023. This round, our favorite dog wine is a blend of mostly Gamay with a dash of Pinot Noir, all fruit from the Loire Valley (trust us we tasted with Pierre-O...
$25.99
Davenne, Clotilde 2023 Sauvignon de Saint Bris
A plot of 20-25 year-old vines on Kimmeridgian and Portlandian soils. Fermented in tank to showcase the fruit first. The wine undergoes full malolactic fermentation which brings complexity, and is rested on the lees for 8-13 months. The resulting wine showcases...
$29.99
Perrin 2022 Aloxe-Corton "Les Boutières"
The Perrin Aloxe-Corton "Les Boutières" is from a parcel at the southern tip of Aloxe-Corton, bordering Chorey and Savigny-les-Beaune. The name refers to an ancient road that continued up though Savigny and Pernand-Vergelesses used by mule-drivers carrying "boutes' - goat-skins...
$44.99
Zelige-Caravent 2014 Fleuve Amour
This is a charming and comforting red from our friends Luc and Marie Michel of Zélige-Caravent, in the Pic-St-Loup appellation of the Languedoc. Primarily old-vines Grenache, with a touch of Syrah and Cinsault, it's full-bodied and silky, with crushed dark...
$29.99
L'Enclos 2023 Chablis
Romain and Damien Bouchard make the lovely Domaine de L'Enclos Chablis on their certified organic estate. "The vinification is done without any input, no sulfur, with indigenous yeasts and the maturation of our wines in tanks and barrels can last...
$39.99
Pinon 2005 Vouvray Moelleux "Cuvée Botrytis" 500ml
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...
$84.99
Beck-Hartweg 2022 Alsace "F" Pinot Noir
This Pinot Noir comes from the Grand Cru Frankstein, composed of granitic soils with very old vines. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a long two-week maceration before aging 11 months in a 100-year-old cask. It's a deep ruby color...
$36.99
Grandes Vignes 2021 Varenne de Combre
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...
$46.99
Grandes Vignes 2018 Le Malabé Bonnezeaux
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
Chantal Lescure 2022 Pommard 1er Cru "Les Bertins"
From organically farmed vines in 1er Cru "Les Bertins" in the southern part of Pommard, close to Volnay. "Les Bertins" has a greater amount of limestone than other Pommard premier crus, and the wines are sometimes a bit lighter and...
$86.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Cote de Beaune "Clos des Topes Bizot" Blanc
"Le Clos des Topes Bizot" is a unique spot, high on the slope in Beaune just above the 1er Cru "L'Ecu," facing east, in a terroir of clay and pebbles over limestone. Harvested by hand into small crates, slow fermentation...
$43.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Cote de Beaune "Clos des Topes Bizot" Rouge
From vines planted in 1960, high on the slope in Beaune just above the 1er Cru L'Ecu, facing east, in a terroir of clay and pebbles over limestone. (The name refers to "toppe" meaning field or fallow land before planting...
$43.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns"
The Chantal Lescure Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns" is from 40 year-old vines on a soil of "marnes blanches" in this unusual south-west-facing parcel high on the slope adjacent to Pommard "Les Vignots." Vinification is 100% with whole-clusters, without addition of...
$39.99
La Grave Figeac 2022 Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Château La Grave Figeac converted to organic farming in 2009 under owner/winemaker Laurent Clauzel. Located at the border of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol on sandy clay and gravel soils over the limestone, it's neighbors are Cheval Blanc and Figeac in Saint-Emilion...
$37.99
Traginer 2017 Banyuls Grand Cru 750ml
Grenache, Grenache Gris and Carignan, aged for six years or more in ancient barrels, bottled without fining or filtration. Jean-François Deu at Domaine du Traginer makes elegant, complex and beautifully balanced Banyuls at his organic and biodynamic estate. The 2017...
$49.99
Traginer 2023 Banyuls Blanc
This is a gorgeous Banyuls Blanc, that is to say a Vin Doux Naturel (at 17% alcohol) made from Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris and Muscat Petits Grains grown in Traginer's organic/biodynamic vineyards above Banyuls. Beautiful aromas of lime flower, apricot,...
$34.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru "Les Vallerots"
"Les Vallerots" 1er Cru is a near monopoly of Chantal Lescure on a steep slope in the combe above "Vaucrains" on very shallow stony soils over the limestone at 260m altitude. Less exposure to sun but protection from wind gives...
$99.99
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...
$33.99
Guion 2022 Bourgueil Cuvée Candide
"This wine expresses the natural characteristics of Cabernet Franc without frills or fuss with its aromas of red fruits, mineral flavors, a certain freshness accompanied by a slight tannic structure, it can be tasted now or kept for 4/5 years."...
$17.99
