Loire Valley
Loire Valley
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
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
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
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
Sansonnière 2023 Vin de France "La Lune"
Pre-Arrival, due May 29 "The name La Lune was chosen by our former worker, Stéphane Bernaudeau (who has since joined the little world of exceptional wine growers), because of the crescent shape of the ranks : they look like the...
$49.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2023 Le Jeau Rouge
Le Jeau Rouge is made with Grolleau and Cabernet Franc, grown on three small plots with different terroirs - schist, gravel and falun (rocks that are conglomerates of seashells). Whole clusters are foot-tred, with a short maceration, bottled without SO2....
$21.99
Tessier 2022 Cour-Cheverny
The 2022 Tessier Cour-Cheverny is 100% Romorantin from vines grown on sandy clay soils over limestone. The wine goes through the malo and is vinified and aged in vats. This is a beautiful Cour-Cheverny showing the ripeness and sapid fruit...
$26.99
Grange Aux Belles 2023 VDF Princé
This is a beautiful Cab Franc from Marc Houtin at la Grange aux Belles in Anjou. In a very diferent style than in Chinon or Bourgueil, the wine shows lovely aromas of black raspberry, strawberry and prune with earth, musk...
$29.99
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...
$23.99
Chevalerie 2018 Bourgueil "Peu Muleau"
Peu Muleau is located on the upper part of the hill in Bourgueil, just below the forest, on Cenozoic eolian sands with iron, clay and altered limestone tuffeau. The vines are around 35 years old, and farmed biodynamically. The maceration...
$22.99
Chevalerie 2018 Bourgueil "Les Galichets"
Domaine de la Chevalerie's "Les Galichets" vineyard is on the lower part of the Turonian slope just below the "Chevalerie" plot, with clay -alluvial sand and gravel topsoils, rich in silex, giving a wine that is more open and easy...
$24.99
Margot et Natalia 2022 Vin de France Salve
From vines ranging from 15-65 years-old, this is an exquisite Chenin Blanc from vines in Anjou. We love the density and mineral length of this wine, which seems like it will only improve with further months and years of aging....
$29.99
