Last Case Sale - 20% Off French Favorites
Last Case Sale - 20% Off French Favorites
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2022 Beaune "Les Beaux et Bons"
Jean-Claude says this wine, sourced from lieux-dits Beaux Fougets (clay soils) and Bons Feuvres (iron-rich soils) on the Pommard side of Beaune, always shows aromas of "cerises noires" (black cherries). The 2022 has a bright red/garnet robe. The nose is...
$41.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Les Coucherias
Beaune 1er Cru "Les Coucherias" is a steep parcel high on the slope, on the site of an old quarry and much of the sub-soil is limestone tailings, permitting root penetration and drainage, with a topsoil of mixed clay and...
$53.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2022 Beaune Les Prevoles
The 2022 Beaune Les Prévoles (a lieu-dit below 1er Cru Chouacheux and les Tuvilains) is the most structured and dense of the Rateau Beaune "village" reds, which shows beautiful ripe aromas of cherry and black raspberry with rose, earth, citrus...
$43.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes
(Pre-Arrival) Jean-Claude Rateau has a large parcel in the 1er Cru Les Bressandes on a steep slope facing east with pebbly clay/limestone soils, conducted in biodynamic farming since 1979. The soil is warm and well-drained giving ripe, structured wines. There...
$68.99
Guillemot-Michel 2021 Une Bulle
The Guillemot-Michel "Une Bulle" comes from a tiny parcel of old vine Chardonnay on limestone with red clay, high in iron. The wine is a Pet-Nat (Methode Ancestrale) that is bottled after a short period of fermentation, leaving enough sugar...
$29.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 La Grande Chatelain Cote de Beaune Blanc
About a kilometer or two northwest of the Beaune 1er Crus, La Grande Châtelaine is a superb parcel on a cooler south-facing slope with thin soils of clay over limestone. The wine undergoes a long, slow fermentation in used barriques...
$46.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Pommard "Les Vignots"
The Pommard "Les Vignots" is from south-facing vines situated on the Montagne de Pommard, in a terroir of clay-marl. These 35 year-old vines grow in high elevation, about 330 meters above sea-level. (The name stems from a parcel of vines...
$59.99
Guion 2019 Bourgueil Cuvee Authentique
2019 brings us another superb wine from Stéphane Guion in Bourgueil, whose domaine has been certified organic since the 1960s. The new Cuvée Authentique replaces the Cuvée Prestige (we're not sure why?) coming from vines averaging 50 years-old on thin...
$19.99
Cady 2022 Anjou-Villages
The Domaine Cady 2022 Anjou-Villages is 100% Cabernet Franc from 35+ year-old vines grown on schist terroirs in Saint-Aubin de Luigne, harvested in October, de-stemmed, aged half in cuve, half in old barrrels. Deep red in the glass, this is...
$19.99
Cady 2022 Anjou Rouge (Cabernet Franc)
"The Domaine Cady 2022 Anjou Rouge is 100% Cabernet Franc from vines averaging 20 years of age, hand harvested. This wine, with a ruby-garnet color, reveals intense, very pretty aromas of red fruits. This Anjou will seduce you with its...
$14.99
Parentière 2018 Vin de France "Les 4 Vents - Cuvée Excellence"
Daomaine de la Parentière has been organic for more than 40 years - Michel, Guillaume and Odile Menager farm on the slopes of the Sanguèze river near Vallet, on sandy clay soils over the Gabbro bed-rock. "Les 4 Vents -...
$25.99
Finot, Thomas 2022 Coteaux Gresivaudan Etraire de la Dhuy
Étraire de la Dhuy is a rare grape from the Vallé du Grésivaudan in the Isère, with only about 6 hectares currently in production. The 2022 Finot Étraire de la Dhuy is from a parcel of 70 year-old massale selection...
$28.99
Amphores 2023 Condrieu La Côte
The Domaine des Amphores Condrieu is 100% massale-selection Viognier from 0.5 hectares on poor granite-based soils at 250 metres on "La Côte" at Chavanay. The 2023 La Côte has a pale yellow gold robe. The nose offers a subtle and...
$47.99
Amphores 2023 Saint-Joseph Blanc 'Altitude 300'
From Veronique, Philippe and Remi Grenier at Domaine des Amphores, certified organic and Biodynamic. 80% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne on granite soils in "Le Monteillet" at 300 metres altitude. Fermented and aged in anfora and vat rather than wood. The wine...
$23.99
Clos du Joncuas 2016 Gigondas
(Tasted January 2023: Lovely nose, perfect balance, great finish, more structured than the 2015, hold a few more years) 80% Grenache with Mourvedre, Cinsault and Syrah, on Triassic clay/limestone soils, always farmed organically. Whole cluster fermentation in vat with 12...
$48.99
Creve Coeur 2022 CDR Villages Seguret
Pablo Hocht of Domaine de Creve Coeur has 3 hectares of 60+ year-old vines in Seguret on sandy limestone marl soils, 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. As with his lovely Sablet, the Seguret is certified biodynamic, fermented slowly...
$17.99
Pierre André 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
The 2023 Pierre André Blanc is an extraordinary Châteauneuf-du-Pape from an extraordinary estate - organic since 1980 (one of the first in the AOC) and Biodynamic since 1992. The blend is now approximately 50-60% Bourboulenc and 40-50% old-vine Clairette (planted...
$57.99
Terre des Chardons 2016 "Chardon Marie" Costieres de Nimes
The 2016 "Chardon-Marie" is 100% Syrah grown on a tiny plot of very deep galet stone and silex soils, in organic and Biodynamic agriculture since 2002. This is a fascinating wine at almost ten years old - still remarkably fresh...
$29.99
Clos Des Boutes 2022 Costieres de Nimes Le Pluriel
The delicious Clos des Boutes "Le Pluriel" is made from Carignan, Syrah and Grenache grown in the "galets roulés" soils of the Costieres de Nimes. Hand harvested into small baskets, fermented with wild yeasts with minimal extraction, aging in vat....
$14.99
Clos Des Boutes 2021 Costieres de Nimes Chamboultou
Carignan from older vines, fluidity, freshness, finesse, a personal interpretation of this great Mediterranean grape variety, perfectly adapted to the terroir, decant to enjoy now...
$24.99
Turenne 2023 Vin de France Rosé "Histoire d'Haut"
This unusual rosé from Philippe Benezet at Domaine Turenne is a bit of Provençal history, made with all the estate's red grapes, with no SO2 added. It's a throwback to what Provence rosé was 100+ years ago: dark (still very...
$15.99
Les Fouques 2020 Cotes de Provence La Londe Rouge "Estelle"
The beautiful 2020 Les Fouques "Estelle" Rouge is 71% Syrah, 22% Grenache, 4% Carignan, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, certified Biodynamic (Demeter). Tucked away in the Vallons des Borels, the estate illustrates biodiversity at its finest: vines, forests of eucalyptus, pines, even...
$19.99
Les Fouques 2023 Cote Provence Aubigue Blanc
The Cuvée Aubigue Blanc from Les Fouques is made from 80% Rolle (Vermentino) with 10% Clairette and 10% Ugni Blanc. It's a delicious, full-flavored Provençal white with complex aromas of apple and pear liqueur and hints of dried flowers, almond...
$17.99
Traginer 2020 Collioure "Vieilli Foudre"
The 2020 Traginer Collioure "Vieilli Foudre" is from equal parts Grenache, Carignan, Mourvedre and Syrah from the steep schist terraces of Banyuls-sur-Mer, this is a pure and concentrated expression of this dramatic coastal stretch of the Roussillon. Dark black red...
$29.99
