Domaine Rondeau Bugey Cerdon ‘Méthode Ancestrale’ NV
8.5% abv, Bernard Rondeau, Boyeaux-Saint-Jérôme, imported by Charles Neal Selections, Richmond, VA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir hand-harvested and pressed in whole bunches and fermented to 8% alcohol in stainless steel and cooled down. The wine is put into bottle where an additional fermentation takes place under pressure […]
Château Saint-André Courbin Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion 2020
14.5% abv, Famille Saby, Montagne, imported by Aquitaine Wine USA, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 70% Merlot & 30% Cabernet Franc from sustainably-farmers vineyards on this 20ha estate. The wine was aged in 33% new French oak barrels for 15 months. Tasting note: the Bordeaux is deep garnet with […]
Rémy Nodin Crozes-Hermitages ‘Les Mazel’ 2020
13% abv, Grand Vins de Valée du Rhône, Saint-Péray, imported by Fass Selections, Inc., Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah from 15-47-year-old vines grown on cailloutis roulés and red clay soils in the 1.68ha single vineyard. The wine is aged in neutral French oak barrels for 9 months. […]
Famille Hugel Alsace Riesling ‘Classic’ 2018
12% abv, Riquewihr, imported by Frederick Wildman & Sons, New York, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Riesling from clay and limestone vineyards around Riquewihr, the wine is fermented in tank and aged in the fine lees for six months. Tasting note: the Alsace Riesling is pale gold in color with […]
Domaine de la Côte Sainte-Epine Saint-Joseph Rouge ‘Cuvée Ste-Epine l’Elegance’ 2021
13.5% abv, Mikael Desestret, Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah from 80+-year-old vines on the Sainte-Epine hill. The wine is fermented using native yeast and is aged in mostly older French oak barrels for 14 months. Tasting note: the Saint-Joseph Rouge is deep […]
Pierre-Marie Chermette Fleurie ‘Les Garants’ 2020
14.5% abv, Saint Vérand, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, HVE-certified, from a 2.7ha vineyard on a south-facing slope of pink granite, quartz and mica. The grapes are hand-harvested and the wine is half carbonic maceration and half traditional fermentation with pumping over […]
Trimbach Alsace Gewurztraminer ‘Classic’ 2017
14.5% abv, Ribeauvillé, imported by Taub Family Selectuons, Boca Raton, FL. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gewurztraminer fermented in tank with no malolactic fermentation. The wine is cellared at the winery for two years after bottling. Tasting note: the Alsace Gewurztraminer is deep lemon in color with a clean nose […]
Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classé 5eme Growth 2014
13.5% abv, Pauillac, imported by Misa Wine Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot & 5% Petit Verdot grown biodynamically on gravel, clay and limestone soils. 80ha of vines are planted on the property in the north part of the Pauillac appellation. The wine is […]
Jean-Claude Boisset Pommard Premier Cru ‘Les Arvelets’ 2018
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Nuits-St-Georges, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from the Les Arvelets vineyard just north of the village on a steep northern slope and southern exposure. Bring near the Combe to the valley, this terroir is very stony with clay-limestone […]
Château Blaignan Médoc ‘Cru Bourgeois’ 2018
14% abv, Blaignan, imported by Aquitaine Wine USA, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 51% Merlot & 49% Cabernet Sauvignon from an 80ha sustainably-farmed estate in north Médoc with a history going back to the 14th century. The soils are agrilo-calcaire and the grapes are hand-harvested and the wine is […]