Rhone Valley
Rhone Valley
Terre des Chardons 2023 Costières de Nimes "Bien Luné"
The 2023 "Bien Luné is made with 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 10% Cinsault grown on this small Biodynamic estate, on soils of rolled stones with silex, left by the Rhone river. "the nose gives blackberry with sweet appeal, a...
$16.99
Clos du Joncuas 2022 Vacqueyras "Font du Papier"
From 80% Grenache with Syrah and Mourvedre, grown on gravelly limestone terraces, always farmed organically, whole-cluster fermention and aged in concrete vats. Dany and Carole Chastan have made another superb Vacqueyras in 2022, a bit softer and less tannic than...
$23.99
Terre des Chardons 2021 Clairette de Bellegarde "J'M"
100% Clairette. Light gold color with green highlights, expressive aromas of white fruits and white flowers. Very aromatic, with a rich and uncuous palate... A delicious southern rhone white with zippy acidity, stony minerality and a medium bodied palate full...
$16.99
Ferme Saint-Martin 2021 Costancia Beaumes-de-Venise
A great Beaumes-de-Venise from Guy and Thomas Jullien at La Ferme Saint-Martin, Costancia is from old vines of Grenache and Syrah grown at 1,500 ft in Suzette, on limestone/clay soils. The estate has been working with organic methods for many...
$29.99
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
Clos du Joncuas 2022 Gigondas
80% Grenache with Mourvedre, Cinsault and Syrah, on Triassic clay/limestone soils, always farmed organically. Whole cluster fermentation in vat with 12 months aging in large old barrels. This is a dense, old-school Gigondas from great farming showing a dark purple/black...
$27.99
Balthazar, Franck 2021 Cornas "Sans Soufre Ajoute"
The 2021 Balthazar Cornas "Sans soufre ajouté: is from young vines in the vineyards of "La Legre" and "Les Cotes," whole-cluster fermentation, aged in old 600 liter casks, bottled un-fined, unfiltered and with zero added SO2. Recent vintages of the...
$85.99
Clos du Joncuas 2023 Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Blanc
Clos du Joncuas (Domaine la Garancière) Seguret Blanc (50% Clairette, 25% Roussanne, 25% Viognier, always organically farmed, wild yeast fermentation, aged in enamel vat) Floral dried pear, apricot, hay, thyme aromas. Ripe pear, stone, caramel, lemon on the palate. A...
$19.99
Terre des Chardons 2022 Costieres de Nimes "Marginal"
The 2022 Terre des Chardons "Marginal" is 85% Syrah, 15% Grenache, grown on "galet roulés" soils of rolled stones from the Rhone river. Biodynamic farming since 2002. It's a deep ruby with shades of purple in the glass, and a...
$18.99
Barou 2023 Saint-Joseph "Un Autre Monde"
Domaine Barou has been organic since the 1970s and also produces cherries, apricots and peaches. The Saint-Joseph vines (all Syrah of course) are in Limony, on thin granite soils, and are 25 to 50 years old. Shallow plowing ("griffage") is...
$25.99
Ferme Saint-Martin 2022 Cuvée Saint-Martin Beaumes-de-Venise
Thomas and Sophie Jullien at la Ferme Saint-Martin are making some of the finest wines in the Southern Rhône on their organic estate in Suzette, near Beaumes-de-Venise. One of their best wines, the Cuvée Saint-Martin is made with 85% Grenache...
$29.99
Pierre André 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...
$54.99
Rousset 2023 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 2023 - the 6th vintage...
$21.99
Ferme Saint-Martin 2022 Terres Jaunes Beaumes-de-Venise
An excellent value from Beaumes-de-Venise, 'Les Terres Jaunes' is a blend of majority Grenache with around 25% Syrah both from 40+ year-old vines grown on a unique terroir of Triassic limestone/clay soils. Organically farmed with vegetation maintained between the rows;...
$23.99
Ferrand 2023 CDR "Cuvée Antique"
The Ferrand "Cuvee Antique Vieilles Vignes" has been one of our favorite Cotes du Rhones for many years, providing the complexity and depth of good Chateauneuf-du-Pape at a bargain price. 90% Grenache (late 1930s), 5% Syrah, 2% Cinsault, 2% Mourvèdre,...
$24.99
Barou 2023 Syrah 'Petit Colorado' VdP Collines Rhodaniennes
The Barou Vin de Pays Syrah "Petit Colorado" is from 20 year-old vines grown on decomposed granite soils on the high plateau overlooking the Rhone, just above the AOC Saint-Joseph. "Dark red/purple color. Aromas of ripe cherry and blueberry with...
$14.99
Usseglio, Raymond 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale
90-97% Grenache from 0.7 hectare on brown sandy soils on Les Pialons (N, 1901-02), from 1.7 hectares on clear sandy soils on La Girardette (N-E, at start of La Crau West, 1908) 3-10% Counoise, Cinsault, Terret Noir, white vines such...
$77.99
Rousset, Stephane 2017 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....
$34.99
Les Bruyeres 2015 Crozes-Hermitage Les Croix
The Crozes Les Croix Vieilles Vignes red is highly recommended; it includes massale selection 1950s Syrah, is a serious wine, bright and splendid. "very dark robe. The nose evokes the south – black olives, paste of cassis, some thyme, dried...
$44.99
Rousset, Stephane 2018 Crozes-Hermitage "Les Picaudieres”
In 2018 Stephane fermented more with whole clusters to bring freshness and structure in this very ripe year. The wine shows a deep red/black color with an elegant melange of ripe blackberry, black cherry and blueberry with bitter chocolate, black...
$34.99
