Château d’Épiré Savennières ‘Grand Cru d’Anjou’ 2018
13% abv, Bizard, Savenièrres, Maine et Loire, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc. The Bizards’ vineyard land sits at the highest point in the Savennières appellation. Vines are pruned in gobelet. Cover crop is planted in between every other vineyard row. Hand […]
Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny ‘Le Clos’ 2015
12.5% abv, Chacé, imported by Beaune Imports, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc, 50-70 years old vines. “The red wines at this domaine all undergo a 4-to-6-week native yeast fermentation and maceration in open top cement vats, with gently extraction. This is followed by 18- to 24-months aging […]
Domaine Armand David Saumur Blanc ‘L’Échanteur’ 2019
13.5% Vaundelnay, imported by Lefgroup, LLC, Asheville, NC. Cork closure: Natural. Biodynamic calendar: unfavorable day. Winemaking note: 100% Chenin Blanc, aged for 14 months in neutral French oak. Tasting note: the David Anjou blanc is pale gold in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of orange blossom, satsuma, honeycomb and ginger. On […]
Domaine Armand David Saumur Rouge ‘Siebrit’ 2019
13.5%, Vaundelnay, imported by Lefgroup, LLC, Asheville, NC. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: unfavorable day. Winemaker note: 100% Cabernet France, aged one year French oak Tasting note: the David ‘Siebrit’ is medium ruby in color with a clean nose of medium-minus intensity with aromas of red fruit, tobacco and leather. On the palate this is dry […]
Domaine des Baumard Savennières 2018
13% abv, Rochefort sûr Loire, imported by Vintus LLC, Pleasantville, NY. Cork closure: stelvin. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Here on the steep south-facing slate river slopes of the Anjou district of the Loire Valley in the appellation of Savennières, Chenin Blanc can make some fo the most age-worthy and intensely complex Chenin Blanc wines in […]
Domaine du Petit Clocher Coteaux du Layon 2015
12% abv, Earl du Petit Clocher, Vignobles Denis, Cléré-sur-Layon, imported by Chatelaine Inc., Dallas, TX. The luciously sweet wines of the Loire River Valley’s Anjou district are a real pleasure. It is here along the Loire and its tributary the Layon that the river bends just so and the misty enclaves provide an ideal environment […]
Domaine de la Petite Mairie Bourgueil ‘Cuvée Ronsard’ 2016
12.5% abv. James Petit, Restigné, Loire Valley, France. Imported by Rosenthal Wine Marchand, New York, NY. Bourgueil (pronounced “boar guy”) is a village across the river from Chinon in the Saumur region. A bastion of exceptional Cabernet Franc wines grown on alluvial gravel and chalky limestone soils, wines from Bourgueil are often medium body and […]