Domaine Franck Millet Sancerre 2020
12.5% abv, Bué, imported by BBR Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, sustainably-farmed, on limestone-clay marl soils. The wine goes through a slow fermentation in cool tanks for up to 10 weeks with some stirring of the fine lees but no malo. Tasting note: the Sancerre Blanc […]
Domaine du Haut Perron Touraine Chenonceaux 2021
12.5% abv, Guy Allion, Thésée, imported by J&J Winery, Napa, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, harvested from sloping hillside vineyards with clayey, siliceaous soils topped with flinty sand. The wine is aged for 8 months on the fine lees. Tasting note: the Touraine Chenonceaux is medium lemon in […]
Château Crabitey Graves Blanc 2020
12.5% abv, Arnaud de Butler, Graves, imported by United Wine & Spirits, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 80% Sauvignon Blanc & 20% Sémillon aged for six month in 20% new French oak. Tasting note: the Graves Blanc is pale lemon with a clean nose of medium intensity with aroma of […]
Domaine de la Chézatte Coteaux du Giennois 2022
13% abv, Saint Gemme en Sacerrois, imported by Asgram LLC, Miami, FL. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown on flint and siliceous soils. Tasting note: the Côteaux de Giennois is medium gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas of lychee blossom, acacia, white […]
Donatien Bahuaud Menetou-Salon Blanc ‘Les Moines’ 2020
13% abv, imported by United Wine & Spirits, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Tasting note: the Menetou-Salon is pale gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aroma of lemon blossom, jasmine, white peach, lychee, lemongrass and tarragon leaf. On be palate this […]
Domaine de Souviou Bandol Blanc ‘Vendagé á la Main’ 2015
13.5% abv, Olivier Pascal, Le Beausset, imported by Bandol Wines LLC, Houston, TX. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 60% Clairette, 25% Bourboulenc, 10% Sauvignon Blanc & 5% Rolle. Tasting note: the Bandol Blanc is medium amber in color with a funky resolves nose of medium intensity with aromas of dandelion tea, […]
Château Smith Haut Lafite Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé Blanc 2016
14% abv, Florence et Daniel Cathiard, Martillac, imported by United Wine & Spirits LLC, Houston, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris & 5% Sémillon from 48-year-old vines grown on gravel and clay soils. The grapes are hand-harvested and pressed, once the juice settles the wines […]
Domaine du Nozay Sancerre Blanc 2020
13% abv, Barons Philipe et Cyril de Benoist de Gentissart, Saint Gemme, imported by Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc biodynamically-farmed, Demeter certified, grown on terres blanches soils, caillotes and silex soils in three different vineyards. Vines are aged 20 – 40 years. […]
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 […]
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 […]