Rhone Valley
Rhone Valley
Rousset, Stephane 2021 Crozes-Hermitage Marsanne Vieilles Vignes
This is an outstanding 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 2021 Vieilles Vignes is an outstanding wine showing...
$27.99
Balazu des Vaussieres 2019 Vin de France Rouge "Flamboyant"
The new release of vin rouge from Balazu des Vaussières, the 2019 "Cuvée Flamboyant," is a field blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre and Carignan. The wine spent about 3 years in vat with zero added SO2. The estate is certified...
$18.99
Clos du Joncuas 2020 Vacqueyras La Font de Papier
From 80% Grenache with Syrah and Mourvedre, grown on gravelly limestone terraces, always farmed organically, whole-cluster fermentation and aged in concrete vats. Dany and Carole Chastan have made another superb Vacqueyras in 2020, more elegant than the opulent 2019 version,...
$22.99
Pierre Andre 2020 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
We consider Domaine Pierre André to be one of the greatest estates in Châteuneuf-du-Pape. Organic since 1980 (one of the first in the AOC) and Biodynamic since 1992. The red is 90% Grenache with Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Vaccarèse, Counoise, Muscadin...
$59.99
Creve Coeur (Pablo Hocht) 2021 Cotes du Rhone Villages Sablet
This blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mouvedre comes from old vines in “Le Planis,” planted just after the Second World War in the Southern Rhone. Creve Coeur’s Pablo Hocht created the Domaine in 2010, with a commitment to organic...
$18.99
Balazu des Vaussieres 2022 Vin de France Rose "Sept Syllabes"
Warning - Natural Wine! Delicious, complex, fascinating and a bit unusual...Although within the Tavel appellation, Nadia and Christian Charmasson have long rejected the rules of the AOC in favor a "Vin de France" classification. Balazu des Vaussières is a completely...
$19.99
Lorient 2021 Saint-Peray Saute Mouton
The Saute-Mouton is the second white that was produced at Domaine de Lorient, highlighting a larger percentage of Marsanne. There is an immediately enticing nose on opening, with notes of orange marmalade and fresh ginger. The wine has medium weight,...
$29.99
Clos du Joncuas 2020 Gigondas
Clos du Joncuas, founded in 1920 by Pierre Auguste Chastan, has always farmed with natural methods and has been officially organic since 1980. Currently run by sisters Dany and Carole Chastan, the estate's Gigondas vines are on slopes below the...
$31.99
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...
$15.99
Amphores 2022 Vin de France Mornen Noir
And now for something completely different... While tasting at Domaine des Amphores with Philippe and Véronique Grenier a few years ago, we noticed a small barrel with "Mornen Noir" scrawled on the front in chalk. A grape apparently native to...
$16.99
Clos Des Boutes 2021 Costieres de Nimes Sabbra Cadabra
Sabbra Cadabra is a blend of Grenache and Carignan, that is fresh, bright and very charming in the 2021 vintage. Sylvain Boutee has been producing lovely wines from small parcels he tends by hand, and they are always great values....
$21.99
Creve Coeur (Pablo Hocht) 2022 Cotes du Rhone "Le Rosé du Coucou"
The young Pablo Hocht makes beautiful wines at his Biodynamic estate in Seguret (southern Rhone) - his "Rosé du Coucou" is a refreshing direct-press rosé made with old vines of 60% Grenache and 40% Cinsault. The 2022 shows a very...
$12.99
Lorient 2021 Saint-Peray
Though Laure and Dimitri do work a total of 1.5 hectares of Syrah in Cornas and Saint-Joseph, their home in Saint-Peray is where they focus their energy, with 4 hectares of vines of Roussanne and Marsanne that they planted at...
$29.99
Texier, Eric 2022 Vin de France Vignenvie Calico
Texier "Vignenvie" Calico comes from a one hectare parcel in Charnay co-planted with Muscat d’Alexandrie, Muscat Petit Grain, Muscat Ottonnel, Chasselas Blanc, Chasselas Gris and Pinot Gris. The Vignenvie project is quite unique: many inhabitants of the small village of...
$20.99
Texier, Eric 2022 Vin de France Chat Fou
The Texier 2022 "Chat Fou" is normally 50% Grenache/30% Cinsault/20% Clairette. Mainly from Texier’s warmer, granitic St Julien vineyard. "It wasn’t easy to make a wine that was easy drinking and not too rich in 2022. We decided to add...
$18.99
Texier, Eric 2020 Vin de France Le Clau Vieille Serine
"From a handful of rows in our 0.5 ha of a very particular strain of Serine. Planted in the 1930’s in the Masson parcel of Saint-Julien en-Saint-Alban in the lieu-dit Le Clau. They present unique ampelographic qualities, very different from...
$48.99
Pierre Andre 2021 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
The very fine and elegant 2021 Pierre Andre Chateauneuf-du-Pape shows a deep red garnet color, with subtle aromas of plum, rosehip, violet, red currant and tart cherry with citrus and earth. Black cherry, cassis, garrigue, minerals and firm acidity on...
$68.99
Charvin 2022 Cotes du Rhone "Damon"
The 2022 Charvin Cotes du Rhone "Damon" - The parcel is adjacent to the estate and was planted by Laurent's great grandpa Elie 80 years ago and Laurent was just able to purchase it back. It's 90% Grenache and 10%...
$26.99
Usseglio, Raymond 2021 Cotes du Rhone Les Claux
"(Sample from concrete vat) steady level red robe; the nose has a southern, friendly, black olives aroma, with a black fruit jam core. The palate bears well judged richness, ticks over until accelerating well and strikingly into the finish, has...
$19.99
Finot, Thomas 2021 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Anais
Thomas Finot, who is making fascinating wines in the Coteaux Grésivaudan in the Isère, makes a tiny quantity of Crôzes-Hermitage Blanc and Rouge. This beautiful Crôzes Blanc is from 100% Marsanne grown on the family's 1.8 hectare parcel of old...
$29.99
