Loire Valley
Loire Valley
Chevalerie 2019 Bourgueil Busardières
"Busardieres" is a great vineyard fairly high on the slope in Bourgueil on Middle Turonian limestone with shallow topsoils of clay with pebbles of limestone with mica, always giving a wine that is a bit austere in its youth, very...
$46.99
Chevalerie 2019 Cuvée Chevalerie Bourgueil
We're big fans of the Caslot family at Domane de la Chevalerie, who make soulful Bourgueils from organic/biodynamic vineyards on their superb terroirs. The Chevalerie vineyard is above the winery on mid-slope Turonian limestone with shallow clay and alluvial sand...
$43.99
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...
$37.99
Guion NV VdF Methode Traditionnelle Rose "Bete de Benais"
Stéphane has made his first ever methode traditionnelle sparkling rosé (2021 vintage) from Cabernet Franc vines in a new parcel on clay/limestone soils in Benais. We can't say that it's equal to the Marie-Courtin "Indulgence," but it's a delightful wine!...
$18.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon Les Grézeaux
One of the most pleasurable red wines of the Loire Valley, the Baudry Chinon "Les Grézeaux" is from a unique parcel of sixty year-old vines near the bottom of the slope in Sonnay (near Cravant-les-Coteaux) on a bed of gravel...
$31.99
Lambert, Arnaud NV Cremant de Loire Breze
Arnaud Lambert is based in Brézé, in the heart of the Saumur appellation. He makes a series of excellent still and sparkling wines from Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc planted in quite porous chalk soils mixed with clay and sand....
$29.99
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
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
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
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
Guion 2023 Bourgueil Les Pionniers
The new Stéphane Guion 2023 Bourgueil "Pionniers" is dedicated to Stéphane's parents, "pioneers" in organic farming beginning in 1964, among the first in France, and now biodynamic. This is his first wine vinified and bottled with zero-added sulfur dioxide! The wine...
$18.99
Chevalerie 2020 Bourgueil "Noms D'Oiseaux"
The new Chevalerie cuvée "Noms D'Oiseaux" is from two parcels symbolic of the domain, each situated at the two extremities of the slope overlooking the Loire. Grapes from the "Peu Muleau" vineyard on limestone and wind-blown sands are blended with...
$25.99
Guion 2021 Bourgueil Cuvee Candide
This is another beautiful wine from the shy and affable Stéphane Guion who is quietly making some of the best wines in Bourgueil. His 2021 Cuvèe Candide (Formerly Domaine) is from not-so-young (15 to 40 year-old) vines, on clay/limestone terroir...
$14.99
Berthier 2024 L'Instant Sauvignon Blanc
Organically farmed, natural yeast fermentation Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley for $16? Sign us up! The Berthier family has been living in the Centre-Loire region for several generations. In the early 1980’s Jean Marie created Domaine des Clairneaux in...
$15.99
Les Equilibristes NV Zestos Pet-Nat
A delightful, unfiltered Pet-Nat from a blend of Grolleau Gris and Pineau d'Aunis, made by the traveling négoce project, "Les Equilibristes," a collaboration between Francois de Monval and Florent Girou. Grapes are certified organic from a small grower in the Loire...
$27.99
Chevalerie 2022 Vin de France "Bulle de Fort"
The new Domaine de la Chevalerie "Bulle de Fort" is a direct press rosé Petillant Naturel, 100% Cabernet Franc and just incredibly delicious!! Warning, this is not a wimpy pale pink rosé - it shows a deep cherry-red color and...
$25.99
Tue-Boeuf 2023 La Guerrerie VDF
90% Côt/10% Gamay. La Guerrerie is a flat, clay-rich site co-planted with Côt, aka Malbec, and Gamay in the 1980's. Dark red/garnet color, light and lovely, very floral aromas of raspberry and blackberry that darken with aeration, with earth, white...
$33.99
