Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Chantal Lescure 2022 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru "Les Vallerots"
"Les Vallerots" 1er Cru is a near monopoly of Chantal Lescure on a steep slope in the combe above "Vaucrains" on very shallow stony soils over the limestone at 260m altitude. Less exposure to sun but protection from wind gives...
$99.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes
(Pre-Arrival) Jean-Claude Rateau has a large parcel in the 1er Cru Les Bressandes on a steep slope facing east with pebbly clay/limestone soils, conducted in biodynamic farming since 1979. The soil is warm and well-drained giving ripe, structured wines. There...
$68.99
Beaufort, Andre NV Champagne Ambonnay Brut Nature Reserve
50 years of organic farming in Ambonnay! Disgorged in Sept, 2024. Right off the bat, the Ambonnay presents a completely different, more masculine profile from the Polisys. Still more mineral than fruit forward on the nose, the palate skews more...
$84.99
Ponson NV Champagne Premier Cru Brut
Maxime Ponson, of Champagne Ponson, is a strong proponent of organic viticulture in Champagne, making delightful wines in area around Montagne de Reims. The straightforward and remarkably well-valued "Premier Cru" is a blend of Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir...
$47.99
Beaufort, André 2016 Brut Reserve Nature (1er Cru Hautvillers)
A unique and beautiful wine, meant for the cellar as John McIlwain said back in 2021: "This extraordinary special cuvee of 2016 “Reserve” Brut is from Beaufort vines in the 1er Cru village of Hautvillers located in La Grande Vallée...
$119.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Beaune "Clos des Mariages" Rouge
Located toward the bottom of the slope beneath Beaune Grèves and adjacent to Les Cents Vignes, Clos des Mariages is a mix of young and very old vines planted in clay and brown limestone soils. "This fertile soil gives wines...
$49.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
From vines in the upper part of the Clos (Lieu-dit "Montiotes Hautes") Terroir pebbly clay/limestone, 50% of the vines are 70+ years-old, 50% were replanted in 2011. (The exact position is a bit unclear on the Beteta maps, which put...
$269.99
Perrin, Céline 2022 Aloxe-Corton "Les Boutières"
The Perrin Aloxe-Corton "Les Boutières" is from a parcel at the southern tip of Aloxe-Corton, bordering Chorey and Savigny-les-Beaune. The name refers to an ancient road that continued up though Savigny and Pernand-Vergelesses used by mule-drivers carrying "boutes' - goat-skins...
$44.99
Beck-Hartweg 2022 Alsace "F" Pinot Noir
This Pinot Noir comes from the Grand Cru Frankstein, composed of granitic soils with very old vines. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a long two-week maceration before aging 11 months in a 100-year-old cask. It's a deep ruby color...
$36.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Pommard 1er Cru "Les Bertins"
From organically farmed vines in 1er Cru "Les Bertins" in the southern part of Pommard, close to Volnay. "Les Bertins" has a greater amount of limestone than other Pommard premier crus, and the wines are sometimes a bit lighter and...
$86.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Cote de Beaune "Clos des Topes Bizot" Rouge
From vines planted in 1960, high on the slope in Beaune just above the 1er Cru L'Ecu, facing east, in a terroir of clay and pebbles over limestone. (The name refers to "toppe" meaning field or fallow land before planting...
$43.99
Chantal Lescure 2022 Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns"
The Chantal Lescure Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns" is from 40 year-old vines on a soil of "marnes blanches" in this unusual south-west-facing parcel high on the slope adjacent to Pommard "Les Vignots." Vinification is 100% with whole-clusters, without addition of...
$39.99
Drew 2023 Mid-Elevation Pinot Noir
Drew Family Cellars was established in 2000 with a mission to create age-worthy, cool climate California Pinot Noir. They settled in the coastal appellation of Mendocino Ridge and planted their own estate in what was once an orchard, at 1250ft...
$42.99
Messager-Germain 2023 Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge
Sourced from 40-year-old vines in the ‘En Malpertuis’ plot in Couchy just north of Fixin. The soils here are clay and limestone with silt. This is made with 100% destemmed fruit. After fermentation the wine is aged for 12 months...
$39.99
Vignes du Maynes 2023 Bourgogne Rouge Les Crays
Julien Guillot's "les Crays" is 100% Pinot Noir from old vines in this very chalky vineyard in the Macon, vinified whole-cluster with zero added sulfur, aged in barrel for 24 months. It has a dark red core with clear violet...
$61.99
Legou, Vincent 2022 Bourgogne HCN Red 'Le Corton'
With many Burgundy super-stars buying vineyards in the Hautes-Cotes and making beautiful, but still rather expensive wines, it's a pleasure to offer the wines of Vincent Legou, a native of the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. Vincent worked at DRC for almost...
$39.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Beaune "Les Prévoles"
The 2023 Beaune Les Prévoles (a lieu-dit below 1er Cru Chouacheux and les Tuvilains) is the most structured and dense of the Rateau Beaune "village" reds, showing beautiful ripe aromas of cherry and black raspberry with rose, earth, citrus and...
$49.99
La Loue (Catherine Hannoun) 2022 La Brute Pinot Noir
Catherine Hannoun eschewed her career in film to begin her journey to producing some truly wonderful wines. After learning the art of natural wine making from Arbois mavericks, Pierre Overnoy and Manu Houillon, she started her own micro-estate in Arbois....
$32.99
Champs de l'Abbaye 2023 Cote Chalonnaise "Les Claveaux"
The 2023 Cotes Chalonnaise "les Claveaux" is a lovely new cuvee from Alain and Isabelle Hasard at Les Champs de l'Abbaye. Made from young vines of Pinot Fin, from three diffeent massale selections, with 10% Chardonnay. Light but concentrated with...
$31.99
Lafouge, Jean et Gilles 2023 Auxey-Duresses Rouge
The 2022 Lafouge "village" Auxey-Duresses Rouge is a blend from Argillats, Heptures, Les Crais, Grandes Vignes, Hautés and Ecussaux (both south and northeast facing sites). "The bouquet is superb, offering up scents of red and black cherries, raw cocoa, pigeon,...
$47.99
Lafouge, Jean et Gilles 2023 Pommard 1er Cru Les Chanlins
This premier cru borders Volnay and expresses the prettier side of Pommard. A continuation of Volnay Pitures (formerly known as Volnay Chanlins until 2006), the vineyard is steep with more limestone and pebbles rather than clay, producing wines which are...
$99.99
Lafouge, Jean et Gilles 2023 Pommard Les Noizons
"Les Noizons" is a steep, stony slope just above the 1er Cru "Pezerolles" facing southeast, the name referring to the walnut trees that were there before the vines. "The 2023 Pommard “les Noizons” from Domaine Lafouge is excellent this year, showing...
$74.99
Jobard, Claudie 2023 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvee Milliane
Claudie Jobard, whose vines are primarily in Rully, inherited four hectares of excellent parcels in and around Beaune and Pommard from her family's estate (Gabriel Billard) with a very high percentage of old vines. Certified organic farming with only natural...
$36.99
