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
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
Delmee, Philippe 2023 La Vieux de La Vieille
"Les Vieux de la Vieille" is a French film about 3 mischievous old pranksters who move to a retirement home, much to the joy and relief of their village. Hilarity ensues when they grow bored of the retirement home and...
$23.99
Jousset 2020 'KM 510' Vin de France
'KM 510' is a collaboration of six hands, including those of Lise and Bertrand Jousset and their friend and winemaker Sébastien Fezas from Gascogne. The name is a reference to the distance between the Jousset's home in Montlouis-sur-Loire and Sébastien's...
$39.99
Batardiere 2024 L'Esprit Libre VDF
L'Esprit Libre is from different parcels in the village of Rablay from vines aging from 15-90 years old, with plateaus of sandy soil and gravely soils of quartz over schist. More specifically, it's quartz, gravel and magma mixed with big...
$48.99
Delmee, Philippe 2024 Ch'nins on Boit VDF Chenin
Vinified in small barrels, and then aged in a large old barrel, this is a broad and subtle revealilng expression of Chenin. Very Anjou, with ripeness, mineral-driven sharpness and structure from the schist soils. . On the palate, it has...
$34.99
Delmee, Philippe 2024 Ch'nins on Boit VDF Chenin 1.5L
Vinified in small barrels, and then aged in a large old barrel, this is a broad, 'leesy' expression. Very Anjou, with ripeness and mineral-driven sharpness and structure from the schist soils. This firm mineral backbone gives structure and lingers long...
$74.99
Bainbridge 2022 Highway 8
Highway 8 is 100% Cabernet Franc from Julie & Toby Bainbridge. While light and fresh in style, it shows a depth and beautiful texture that makes it a great option for drinking alongside grilled meats, cheeses, or simply on its...
$29.99
Bainbridge 2024 50:50
This is a 50/50 blend of Grolleau done in fiberglass and Cabernet Franc made in concrete from vines planted in deep calcium-rich soils. The Cab Franc sees 12 days maceration with the Grolleau seeing four days. It's a light, chillable,...
$25.99
Morin, Pierre 2025 Sancerre Rosé
The youthful Pierre Morin makes some of the finest Sancerre reds and rosés, from Pinot Noir grown on limestone "caillottes" soils in and around Bué. This rosé is high-toned, chiseled, mineral, and chalky with subtle, delicate, red-fruit tones. The wine...
$29.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2024 Taillemouche
The 2024 "Taillemouche" is a beautiful Cabernet Franc grown on schist soils - wonderfully fresh and vibrant, and with nice depth and a supple texture. A great pairing with any lighter meat or poultry dish.
$27.99
Huet 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux 1er Trie
2020 Le Mont Moelleux 1er Trie: 12.5% alc, 91 g/l RS, 3.91 g/l total acidity, pH 3.36 The nose has a sense of polish, with sweetly grilled peach, apricot stone and honeysuckle, communicating a great purity. This is followed by...
$59.99
Chevalerie 2015 Bourgueil Les Galichets
The Chevalerie "Galichets" vineyard is on mid-slope Turonian limestone with clay and alluvial sand and gravel topsoil, rich in silex; the vines average about 60 years of age - similar to the "Chevalerie" parcel but a bit lower on the...
$27.99
Chevalerie 2020 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...
$24.99
Delrieu-Ducleux 2024 La Joue Blanc VDF
La Joue is a natural Chenin Blanc from younger vines planted in 1976 on typical schist soils of the Anjou region. The wine is fresh with nice cut and a lovely mouthfeel, albeit less dense and voluptuous than their old...
$29.99
Chidaine, François 2024 Montlouis Les Bournais
This is our favorite wine from François and Manuela Chidaine, long-time champions of organic and biodynamic farming in the Loire Valley. Named after the soil type "Les Bournais," a unique clay topsoil over limestone (tuffeau blanche) also found across the...
$54.99
Roche Bleue 2023 Jasnieres Sec
100% Chenin Blanc, from 20 to 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long fermentations, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox; élevage...
$29.99
Pinon, Francois & Julien 2018 Vouvray Frizzante 500ml
This is a unique, very unusual and outrageously delicious sweet Vouvray, as described by Chris Kissack in The Wine Doctor: "Poured from a 50cl bottle, this presents a modest golden hue, it not yet having taken on the rich patina of age....
$43.99
Tue-Boeuf 2025 Cheverny Rouge Gravotte
"La Gravotte" from Clos du Tue-Boeuf is majority Pinot Noir with a bit of Gamay grown in a 1.2 ha vineyard on clay with flint over limestone of Blois, aged for 8 months in 400L and Burgundy barrels. This is...
$42.99
Tue-Boeuf 2025 La Butte VDF Gamay
100% Gamay on clay and flint over limestone, organic and biodynamic farming. La Butte or "the hill" is a small parcel of old vines (around 90 years old) in the Touraine appellation. A small percentage of the fruit is of...
$28.99
