Maison L’Envoyé Beaujolais Rosé ‘Le Saint Pâle’ 2021
Domaine du Vissoux Moulin-à-Vent ‘Les Trois Roches’ 2020
13.5% abv, Pierre-Marie Chermette, Saint Vérand, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir from three vineyard sites in Moulin à Vent Cru: Rochgrès, Roche Noir and La Rochelle, about 4.5 hectares in total. The grapes are whole cluster fermented and half of the cuvée […]
Domaine Migot Côtes de Toul Gamay Noir 2020
13% abv, Lucey, imported by Van Boden, Brooklyn, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, EcoCert, from vineyards along the Moselle River. Côtes de Toul, one of just two AOCs in the Lorraine region, has a long and illustrious history of wine production but was only awarded AOC status in […]
Domaine de la Voute des Crozes Cote de Brouilly 2020
14.5% abv, Nicole Chanrion, imported by Kermit Lynch, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, 50 year-old vines grown on granite and schist, fermented whole cluster for semi-carbonic maceration and aged in foudres for 9 months. Tasting note: the Voute des Crozes is medium garnet in color with […]
Sophie Siadou Valençay Rouge ‘Les Griottes’ 2020
13.5% abv, Lye, Mary Taylor Selections, imported by Nasawtuc LLC., Sandy Hook, CT. Cork closure: composite . Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 35% Gamay Noir, 35% Cot (Malbec) & 30% Pinot Noir, sustainably farmed from 28-hectares of vines at Domaine Jourdain, fermented with native yeast, and aged in neutral oak barrels for nine months. […]
Domaine de la Barbiniere Fiefs Vendeens Chatonnay ‘Les Gneiss’ Rouge 2019
13.5% abv, Famille Orion Pere & Fils, imported by MFW Wine Co., New York, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: in 2011 the wines of Fiefs Vendeens were promoted to appellation status. Chatonnay is one of five sub-zones required to use the appellation. The vines are certified biologique and are a […]
Domaine des Rutissons Mes P’tits Gars IGP Isère
13% abv, Les Touvet, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir from a 0.4-ha parcel of 60+ year-old vines set at the foot of Mont Granier. The terroir is mostly limestone and decomposed limestone. The must is fermented two-thirds whole-cluster on indigenous yeast in […]
Mommessin Morgon ‘Les Charmes’ ‘Les Grandes Mises’ 2016
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié, imported by Boisset America, St. Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc planted on unique pink granite soils with Piedmonte stones and sandstone sediment. The vines are between 40-60 years of age, and are pruned in the bush-vine goblet method […]
Château de Thivin Côte de Brouilly ‘La Chapelle’ 2018
13.5% abv, Famille Geoffray, Odesas, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc from the steep (50% incline) ‘La Chapelle’ vineyard on Mont Brouilly with blue metamorphic granite soils. Bush-vine trained, the Gamay clusters are whole-bunch fermented, macerated on the skins and […]
Mommessin Moulin-à-Vent ‘ Les Grandes Mises’ 2014
13% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking: 100% Gamay Noir from bush 48-year-old vines, 100% de-stemmed, macerated in the skins for twenty days, and aged for twelve month in neutral French oak barrels and another twelve months in tank after assemblage. Tasting note: […]