Northern Rhone
Northern Rhone
Amphores 2022 IGP des Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah "Les Iris"
The 2022 Domaine des Amphores Syrah "Les Iris" is from vines in Chavanay, just outside the Saint-Joseph zone, tended organically since planting, in the early 90's, and now certified Biodynamic as well. The wine shows a deep red/black color with...
$14.99
Bonnefond 2020 Cote-Rotie "Cote Rozier"
Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond make very pure, concentrated wines (both Condrieu and Côte-Rôtie) with the top cuvées, Rochains and Côte Rozier, both adjoining La Landonne on either side, built for long aging. The 2020 is drinking beautifully as a young...
$74.99
Lionnet 2021 Cornas "Terre Brulée"
("from very old vines, between 40 to 100 years of age, in several notable Cornas vineyards, which are all blended into their flagship cuvée “Terre Brûlée”: Mazards, with granite-inflected soils of clay-limestone, is dark and powerful; Chaillot contributes classic granitic...
$73.99
Barou 2023 Vin de Pays Collines Rhodaniennes Marsanne "Rendez-Vous"
The Barou family family makes delicious wines, and grows cherries and apricots on their mixed-use organic estate in Charnas, in the northern section of the AOC Saint-Joseph. Their 2023 Vin de Pays Marsanne "Rendez-Vous" is a simply superb everyday wine!...
$14.99
Barou 2022 Saint-Joseph Blanc "Le Sud"
The beautiful 2022 Barou Saint-Joseph Blanc is 50 % Marsanne, 50% Roussanne grown on decomposed granite soils at the top of the slope in Charnas (Saint-Joseph), overlooking the Rhone. There is a "macération pelliculaire" of 10 to 12 hours followed...
$23.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
From 85% Marsanne and 15% Roussanne grown on hillsides of powdered granite with clay and gravel - great terroir producing this delightful wine from the Rousset family. The Rousset Crozes Blanc is lovely again in 2022 - the fifth vintage...
$21.99
Gilles, Guillaume 2021 Cornas
"Gilles’s flagship Cornas comprises three separate parcels, all within the renowned vineyard of Chaillot, planted between the early-1950s and the mid-1970s) " dark red; the nose makes a statement, an noted air of blood, with mulled raspberry, herbs, licorice, a...
$99.99
Levet 2021 Côte-Rotie "Chavaroche"
100% Syrah, 60% from Chavaroche (1940s), 40% from Mollard, Côte Brune, Côte Blonde (1978-80), whole bunch fermentation, 3 week vinification in 50 hl concrete vats, cap is immersed, twice daily pumping overs, held at 29°C , aged in 30% new,...
$104.99
Amphores 2022 Vin de Pays "Detour" Blanc
The 2022 Domaine des Amphores Detour Blanc is a beautiful blend of 60% Clairette from 50 year-old vines, with Marsanne and Roussanne grown on granit soils in Chavannay, just south of Condrieu.
$16.99
Barou 2022 Saint-Joseph Rouge "Un Autre Monde"
Domaine Barou has been organic since the 1970s and also produces cherries, apricots and peaches. The Saint-Joseph vines are in Limony, on thin soils of decomposed granite over the bedrock. Shallow plowing ("griffage") is done in the summer, with rye...
$22.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Saint-Joseph Rouge
The 2020 Rousset Saint-Joseph is from a one-half hectare parcel of 35 to 70 year-old vines in "Les Rivoires" on the slope in Tournon, a cool, very steep, late-ripening terroir with clay, sand and stones over firm granite. Aged 12...
$27.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Crozes-Hermitage Marsanne Vieilles Vignes
This is an oustanding Marsanne from vines planted in 1933 and 1965, aged in 10% new, 90% 1 - 3 year-old 400 liter barrels, 8 months on the lees, no batonnage. The 2022 shows elegant aromas of apricot, peach skin,...
$27.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge
100% Syrah from 40 - 50 year-old vines on hillside vineyards in Erôme, Gervans and Crozes, on mostly granite hillsides and clay/limestone soils as well. A true wine of the granite terroirs, the 2022 Rousset is a bit closed when...
$22.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Crozes-Hermitage "Les Picaudieres"
Les Picaudières is perhaps the best vineyard in Crozes-Hermitage, formerly owned by Raymond Roure and now tended by Stéphane Rousset. It's a steep slope of granite terraces, isolated in an oak forest facing due south and protected from the wind....
$28.99
Barou 2023 Saint-Joseph Blanc "Le Sud"
The lovely 2023 Barou Saint-Joseph Blanc is 50 % Marsanne, 50% Roussanne grown on decomposed granite soils at the top of the slope in Charnas (Saint-Joseph), overlooking the Rhone. There is a "macération pelliculaire" of 10 to 12 hours followed...
$23.99
Amphores 2022 Saint-Joseph "Les Sept Lieux"
The Amphores "7 Lieux" is from vines planted in the 90's, always organic, and from parcels of old vines, converted to organic, in Chavanay, below Condrieu. Philippe and Veronique Grenier have always farmed organically and now they are certified Biodynamic...
$23.99
