Loire Valley
Loire Valley
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....
$47.99
Huet 2009 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
With its green clay and its perfect exposition on the Première Côte de Vouvray just above the winery, Le Mont is an outstanding site for Chenin, and I have to admit often my favorite in the line-up. It has the...
$74.99
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
Delrieu-Ducleux 2022 Les Saints Martin
The 2022 Delrieu-Ducleux "Les Saints Martins" Rouge is made from 100% Grolleau from vines planted in 1955 on gravel soils over schist. While not a heavy wine, there is some density and depth here, with darker cherry and blackberry fruit...
$21.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec
"Domaine Huët’s 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec bottling is also excellent. The wine is deep, complex and beautifully focused on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of quince, apple, a touch of pink grapefruit, complex, chalky soil...
$51.99
Huet 2022 Vouvray "Le Mont" Moelleux
I love the 2022 vintage in Vouvray, especially at Pinon and Huet, where the acidity and intense mineral character backs up the fruit which is so gorgeous, ripe and fresh. Here is Rebecca Gibb in Vinous on the "Le Mont"...
$47.99
Huet 2023 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
As is frequently noted, the "Le Mont" Sec needs time to open up and reveal it's mineral mysteries, so be sure to get some "Le Haut Lieu" for current drinking... Here's Rebecca Gibb again in Vinous: "The 2023 Vouvray Sec...
$48.99
Roche Bleue NV Jasnières Clos des Molières (21/22)
100% Chenin Blanc, from 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long, slow one year fermentation, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox;...
$34.99
Pépière 2023 Muscadet "Les Gras Moutons"
Les Gras Moutons is a great parcel on gneiss, in layers that permit a deep penetration by the vines, with sandy clay and amphibolite stones. The vines are at the top of a hill and on the south facing slope...
$22.99
Gilbert 2022 Menetou-Salon Rouge
From 30 year-old vines planted at 10,000 vines per hectare, on clay over Kimmeridgian limestone in Menetou-Salon, where the highly valued "Marnes de Saint-Doulchard," rich in fossilized shells, gives particularly outstanding wines. Mostly de-stemmed, 3 week wild yeast fermentation in...
$30.99
Villemade 2020 Cour-Cheverny Les Chataigniers
Hervé Villemade makes beautiful natural wines in the town of Cellettes, working with organically farmed vines in the appellations of Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny. Les Chataigniers is 100% Romorantin from younger vines, harvested by hand, directly pressed, and fermented and aged...
$33.99
Chevalerie 2020 Vin de France "Bulle de Fort"
The brand 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...
$19.99
Pinon 2022 Vouvray Buvez du Bon Pinon
From the estate's website: "This is the renaissance of a cuvée created by my great-grandfather - a dry wine from our oldest parcel, planted in 1945 on soils of silex noir and vinfied in our oldest foudres - old 'tonneaux'...
$27.99
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...
$34.99
Courault 2023 Le Verger de l'Etang Magnum 1.5L
Benoit Courault's "Verger de L'Etang" is a delightful blend of Grolleau and Pineau D'Aunis vinified with minimal extraction to preserve the beautiful cherry/berry fruit. Vibrant and refreshing with light, silky red fruits with a hint of white pepper from the...
$84.99
