Superb Wines From the Loire Valley: Anjou, Muscadet, Chinon and Much More!
Superb Wines From the Loire Valley: Anjou, Muscadet, Chinon and Much More!
Sansonnière 2023 Vin de France "La Lune"
Pre-Arrival, due May 29 "The name La Lune was chosen by our former worker, Stéphane Bernaudeau (who has since joined the little world of exceptional wine growers), because of the crescent shape of the ranks : they look like the...
$49.99
Sansonnière 2021 Vin de France La Lune Trente et Un Mois
La Lune Trente et Un Mois is the end of all of the barrels of 2021 La Lune (very leesy) that are blended together and then aged for another 7 months on the lees and then bottled and aged for...
$83.99
Sansonnière 2022 Vin de France "Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies"
Pre-Arrival, due May 29 Slightly higher on the slope of the La Montagne hill, you will find the old vines of the Ferme de la Sansonnière, planted just after World War II (1949) with older massal selections of chenin. There...
$104.99
Sansonnière 2022 Vin de France "Les Fouchardes"”
Pre-Arrival, due May 29th. From 50+ year-old vines on shist and clay. Les Fouchardes comes from a single vineyard of the same name. The Angelis are the only ones to cultivate it and thus declare it as a monopole on...
$82.99
Sansonnière 2021 Vin de France Coteau du Houet
Pre- Arrival, due May 29.
This is a small parcel within the AOC Bonnezeaux, but vinified dry, at approximately 10mg/L RS, probably less in 2021. (Disregard the old label - it's not Bonnezeaux!)
$88.99
Chaffardon, Didier 2022 Isidore VDF
Didier Chaffardon makes some of the most beautiful natural wines of the Loire on his tiny estate in the Coteaux de L'Aubance. His top wine is the rare and wonderful "Isidore" made from approximately 70 - 90 year-old Chenin vines...
$52.99
Margot et Natalia 2022 Vin de France Salve
From vines ranging from 15-65 years-old, this is an exquisite Chenin Blanc from vines in Anjou. We love the density and mineral length of this wine, which seems like it will only improve with further months and years of aging....
$29.99
Margot et Natalia 2022 Vin de France Mater Furiosa
Mater Furiosa is a deep, darker style rosé, made from old vines of Cabernet Franc. Rather than a direct press, Margot and Natalia do a 5-day whole cluster maceration followed by manual press and aging in tank. Savory and dry,...
$26.99
Margot et Natalia 2022 Vin de France Ismael
Ismael is a lovely expression of Grolleau that is vibrant and brimming with energy, and also shows notes of earth and dark fruit. The vinification style is what many winemakers call "millefeuille" (I've also heard the term "lasagna style"!) due...
$26.99
Boudignon 2023 Savennières Clos de Frémine
Pre-Arrival, due 5/29 The 2023 Clos de Fremine is 100% Chenin Blanc, from the lieu-dit adjacent to “Clos de la Hutte” in Possonnière, the site of a former monastery. Massale selection vines planted in 2015, on sandy schist soils. Fermented...
$96.99
Closel 2022 Savennières "La Jalousie"
2022 is a lovely vintage for the superb Savennières of Domaine du Closel, in a relatively forward and full-bodied style. La Jalousie shows subtle, complex aromas of citrus peel, pear, almond, stone , lime-flower and honeysuckle which follow through on...
$49.99
Bellivière 2022 Coteaux du Loir "Vieilles Vignes Eparses"
Vieilles Vignes Éparses is Bellivière's oldest-vine cuvée, with ages ranging from 80 to 100 years old, across multiple parcels in the Coteaux du Loir: the name "éparses" is in fact in reference to the parcellation of the vineyards. These old...
$69.99
Roche Bleue 2022 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...
$28.99
Taille aux Loups 2022 Montlouis "Clos de Mosny"
Clos de Mosny, a 12-hectare south- and southwest-facing clos (the walls of which run for 1.6 kilometres) located a couple of kilometres south of Husseau The soils are superficially sand and flint, but dig deeper and the shovel soon hits...
$41.99
Taille aux Loups 2022 Montlouis "Les Hauts de Husseau"
The Taille aux Loups 2022 "Les Hauts de Husseau" is from a high-elevation vineyard with 70 to 110 year-old Chenin Blanc vines. The is fermented and aged in barrel, 20% new, 80% 1-4 year old barrels. This is a gorgeous...
$44.99
Pépière 2023 Muscadet "Briords Vieilles Vignes"
First produced in 1988, this great Muscadet is made from a three hectare parcel of old massale-selection vines (all over 60 years old, with a high percentage much older) on a slope above the Maine. The bedrock is Granite de...
$25.99
Pépière 2022 Muscadet Cru "Clisson"
Beginning in 2005, Domaine de la Pépière has produced this cuvée from a small parcel of 50 to 110 year-old vines within the Pepiere vineyard. Originally called "Granite de Clisson" after the unique bedrock in the vineyard, Marc changed the...
$31.99
Pépière 2023 Muscadet Sevre et Maine sur Lie "La Pépie"
100% Melon de Bourgogne. Classic Muscadet, primarily from granite soils with a small percentage on gneiss. The core of the "La Pépie" Sur Lie bottling is the 10-hectare heart of the Pépière estate, which is part of the Clisson cru...
$17.99
Parentière 2018 Vin de France "Les 4 Vents - Cuvée Excellence"
Daomaine de la Parentière has been organic for more than 40 years - Michel, Guillaume and Odile Menager farm on the slopes of the Sanguèze river near Vallet, on sandy clay soils over the Gabbro bed-rock. "Les 4 Vents -...
$19.99
Thomas-Labaille 2023 Sancerre "Les Monts Damnés"
Jean-Paul Labaille continues the great work of his father-in-law Claude Thomas, creating one of the finest Sancerres from vines in "les Monts Damnees," an incredibly steep-south facing hillside in Chavignol on Kimmeridgian limestone and red clay. The 2023 shows complex...
$41.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon "Le Domaine"
The Baudry Chinon "Domaine" is always one of our favorite reds from the Loire Valley and it's a sensational value as well. All Cabernet Franc of course, a blend of 70% from a parcel in St. Louans near "Les...
$22.99
Bonhomme, Pierre-Olivier 2023 Vin de France Le Telquel
This "poil dur" is wagging its tail again in 2023. This round, our favorite dog wine is a blend of mostly Gamay with a dash of Pinot Noir, all fruit from the Loire Valley (trust us we tasted with Pierre-O...
$23.99
