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
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
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 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
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
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
Tue-Boeuf 2025 Cheverny Rouge Rouillon
50% Pinot Noir, 50% Gamay from small parcels of clay and flint soils over limestone of Blois. "Rouillon" is consistently one of our favorite reds from Cheverny and the 2025 vintage is no exception. Drinking remarkably fresh with bright crunchy...
$32.99
Jousset 2023 Menu Pineau Vin de France
The Lise and Betrand Jousset 2023 Menu Pineau (aka Orbois) is a balanced and beautiful expression of this unusual grape, complete with a whimsical label by Michel Tolmer. A probable native of the Loire, similar to Meslier according to some,...
$31.99
Jousset 2024 Nagori Chenin Blanc
Nagori is a Chenin Blanc made in collaboration between Lise and Bertrand Jousset and their friends Catherine and Hervé Bourdon in Saint-Pierre-de-Quiberon, in Brittany. It is lean but has surprising depth and length in the mouthfeel, along with saline/sea-spray influence...
$36.99
Jousset 2024 Vilain P'tit Ch'nin VDF
The Jousset Vilain P'tit Ch'nin is a delightfully fresh and delicious Chenin Blanc at a great price. The wine shows bright citrus, pear, honeysuckle, fines herbs and stone aromas. The palate is vibrant and refreshing with white stones, pear, key...
$25.99
Jousset 2020 Premier Rendez-Vous VDF (Montlouis-sur-Loire) Magnum 1.5L
A special, back-vintage release of the Premier Rendez-Vous available only in magnum! Chenin Blanc from two terroirs in Montlouis - 40 year-old vines on sand and silex soils over limestone and 70 year-old vines on clay/limestone soils, yields of about...
$89.99
Jousset 2023 Premier Rendez-vous Montlouis-sur-Loire
'Premier Rendez-vous' is Lise and Bertrand's flagship Chenin Blanc from two terroirs in Montlouis - 40+ year-old vines on sand and silex soils over limestone and 70+ year-old vines on clay/limestone soils, aged in 2 to 8 year-old large barrels....
$33.99
