Domaine François le Saint Sancerre ‘Calcaire’ 2020
13.5% abv, Cher, imported by Dionysus Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from calcaire soils. Tasting note: the Sancerre is medium lemon with a clean nose of medium intensity with aroma of lychee blossom, lemon, chalk, white peach, and a hint of lemongrass. On the palate this […]
Fernand & Fils Coteaux de Giennois 2019
13.7% abv, Marc, Yves et Cristophe Fernand, Gien, imported by Weygandt Metzler Imports, Unionville, PA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown on flinty soils and raised in stainless steel tank. Tasting note: the Fernand Châteaux de Giennois if pale gold in color with a clean nose medium intensity […]
Domaine de Reuilly Reuilly Pinot Noir 2020
13% abv, Denis Jamain, Reuilly, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from a 4-hectare vineyard on marl and kimmeridgian limestone hills topped with pockets of red clay. The vineyard is certified biodynamic and the must is fermented with native yeast and the […]
Charles Debourges Sancerre 2020
13% abv, imported by Orvino Imports and Distributing Inc. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc aged in tank on the lees for eight months. Tasting note: the Debourges is medium lemon in color with a nose of medium intensity with aromas of acacia blossom, green melon, grapefruit, white peach and pineapple […]
J. de Villebois Menetou-Salon 2020
13% abv, Villebois á Verdigny, imported by Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the Mentor-Salon villages of Morogues and Humbligny on Kimmeridgien marls. “The grapes are machine-picked, pressed into a pneumatic press after a 12 hour skin-contact maceration. The grape juices are fermented traditionally […]
Romain Reverdy Sancerre Rosé ‘Florilège’ 2021
12.5% abv, Chaudoux, Verdigny, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from terroirs of Caillottes, Terres Blanches and Silex. Some saignée skin contact was used. Tasting note: the Sancerre Rosé is medium pink in color with a clean nose of carnation, rose water, apricot, watermelon, peach, […]
Le Petit Chambord Cour-Cheverny 2018
15% abv, François Cazin, Cheverny, imported by Louis/Dressner Selections/LDM Wines, Inc., New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: unfavorable day. Winemaking notes: 100% Romarantin, 25 year-old vines, harvested by hand; fermented in steel tank with native yeasts. The wine is aged on its lees without stirring in 20-25-hectoliter foudres for 6 months, returned to undergound […]
Les Remparts du Bellay Pouilly-Fumé 2019
14.5% abv, Joseph Verdier, Montreuil-Bellay, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: plastic. Biodynamic calendar: unfavorable day. The wines of Pouilly-Fumé AOC share the Loire River with Sancerre, but occupy a smaller swath of land of the right bank fo the river where flint stones occupy the soil and the wines can take on […]
Domaine Gérard Fiou ‘Terroir Silex’ Sancerre Blanc 2019
13.5%, St-Satur, imported by MISA Imports Inc., Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Domaine Gérard Fiou is a small, family-owned, 10-hectare domaine in the east of the Sancerre appellation in the town of Saint-Satur along a beautifully stony area of the Upper Loire river. Producers here are few, and the soil is unique […]