Domaine Grosbot-Barbara Saint-Pourçain ‘Les Maltôtes’ ‘Cuvée IPP13’ 2020
13.5% abv, Cesset, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 50% Tressalier & 50% Chardonnay from an 1-hectare single vineyard on clay and limestone soils. The wine is barrel fermented and aged in French oak barrels for 15 months. Tasting note: the Saint-Pourçain is medium gold in […]
Domaine de Pierres Sèches Saint-Joseph Blanc ‘Pure Roussanne’ 2020
14.5% abv, Sylvain Gauthier, Ozon, imported by Fass Selectione, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Roussanne organically-farmed from 20-year-old vines grown on decomposed granite, the grapes are pressed whole cluster and fermented with native yeast and aged in 3-year-old French oak barrels for six months. Tasting note: the Saint […]
Michèle Luyton Hermitage Blanc 2019
14% abv, Glun, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Marsanne aged in French oak for over one year. Tasting note: the Hermitage is medium gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas of hawthorn, juniper, white tea, quince, green melon, Anjou […]
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup ‘Tour de Pierres’ Pic Saint Loup 2020
13.5% abv, Saint Mathieu à la Tréviers, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 50% Grenache Noir, 40% Syrah & 10% Mourvèdre from 30+-year-old vines grown on red clay soils. Tasting note: the Pic Saint Loup is deep garnet in color with hints of purple […]
Domaine Laurent et Karen Boussey Monthélie Premiere Cru ‘Les Champs Fuillots’ 2017
13.5% abv, Monthélie, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: unfavorable day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir “ This hillside bordering “Volnay 1er cru clos des chênes et caillerets” gives wines very fine, harmonious, velvety, it shares with Volnay the image of a feminine wine.” Tasting note: the Monthélie is pale garnet […]
Château Pégau Côtes du Rhône ‘Maclura’ 2019
14.5% abv, Laurence Féraud, imported by Handpicked Selections, Washington, DC. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 60% Grenache Noir, 25% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre & 5% Carignan from 30-60-year-old vines grown in deep sandy clay soils with galet stones. The varieties are co-fermented whole cluster with native yeast in tank with pump overs. […]
Domaine Jean-Paul Picard Menetou-Salon 2022
13.5% abv, Bué, imported by VOS Selections, Inc., New York, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the estate’s 14 hectares of vines. The grapes are hand harvested from 15-year-old vines. The grapes are pressed whole cluster and the wine is aged in tank on the fine lees […]
Vallée des Aigles Côtes Catalanes Carignan ‘Vieilles Vignes’ 2018
14.5% abv, Saint-Jean d’Adrinieres, imported by Votto Vines Importing, Hamden, CT. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Carignan for 50-100 year old vines in the Roussillon region, aged in vat and barrel. Tasting note: the Carignan is medium garnet in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of […]
Domaine du Clos-Frantin Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Les Murots’ 2020
13.5% abv, Albert Bichot, Nuits-Saint-Georges, imported by Albert Bichot USA, Henricot, VA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from a 1.4-hectare parcel on calcareous clay and gravel soils facing east with vines of 30 years age. The wine is aged in 25% new French oak for 16 months. Tasting […]
Domaine Nicolas Gonin IGP Isère Balmes Duphinoisea Persan 2019
14.3% abv, Saint Chef, imported my MFW Wine Co., New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Persan grown on gravelly limestone and clay soils with a topsoil of sandstone and silt. The grapes are fermented on the skins for two weeks and the wine ages in tank on the […]