Famille Bougrier Touraine Chenonceaux ‘Confidences’ 2020
15% abv, Saint Romain Sur Cher, imported by Saranty Imports Inc., Stamford, CT. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown on chalk and limestone soils. Tasting note: this wine is pale gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas of lychee blossom, chalk, green melon, […]
Domaine des Chézelles Touraine Sauvignon 2020
13% abv, Philippe, Catherineet Aurélie Derouet, Noyers-sûr-Cher, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from silico-agrilo-calcaire soils. The grapes are de-stemmed and pressed and fermented with natural yeast in stainless steel tank where they are aged on the fine lees for four months. Tasting […]
Couly-Dutheil Chinon ‘Baronnie Madeleine’ 2017
14% abv, Chinon, imported by Serendipity Wine Company, Austin, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. 100% Cabernet Franc, this cuvée is only produced in very good vintages and honors the family’s matriarch. The wine is aged in a combination of neutral French oak and tank from an assemblage of the family’s single vineyard […]
Domaine de la Butte Bourgueil ‘Mi-Pente’ 2017
13% abv, Jacky & Jean-Philippe Blot, Bourgueil, sourced direct from the domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc, organically-farmed, from 70+-year-old vines in this small south-facing vineyard with thin limestone soils in the middle of a slope. The grapes were hand-harvested, de-stemmed, and fermented using natural yeast and aged […]
Domaine de Vieil Orme Touraine Chenonceau ‘Inphini’ 2019
14% abv, Laurent Benoist, Saint Julien de Chedon, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from this historic producer founded in 1849. From 20+-year-old vines from two terroirs: Le Clos de Chevreau and l’Ormeau. Aged in the lees for twelve months. Tasting notes: The […]
Jean-Françoi Mérieau Touraine Cot ‘Cent Visages’ 2019
14.5% abv, Montrichard Val de Cher, Jon-David Headrick Selections, imported by European Cellars LLC, Charlotte, NC. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Cot (Malbec) grown on clay-topped deep chalk soils of south and southeast exposure from 2.5 hectares of 50-year-old vines. The grapes are destemmed and hand sorted for quality and […]
Pascal Janvier Coteaux du Loir Blanc 2019
13% abv, Ruillé, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc, sustainably-farmed, from a 15-year-old 1.4-hectare vineyard planted on clay soils on the Loir river (a northernly tributary of the Loire River). The wine is fermented and racked into tank where it […]
Domaine Plouzeau Touraine Sauvignon 2020
13% abv, La Roche Clermault, imported by Weydandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, organically-farmed. Tasting note: the Touraine is pale lemon in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of gardenia blossom, lycee blossom, pink grapefruit, dragonfruit and lemongrass. On the palate this […]
Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Rouge ‘Les Granges’ 2020
12.5% abv, Cravant-les-Coteaux, imported by LDM Wines, Inc., New York, NY. Cork closure: composite biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc from 35-year-old vines, certified organic, graviers siliceux (sandy gravel soils), hand-harvested and fermented in tank with natural yeast and no sulfur addition, and pump overs. Aged in cement vats for eight months. Tasting […]
Domaine Huet Vouvray ‘Clos du Bourg’ Demi-Sec 2020
13.5% abv, Vouvray, imported by The Rare Wine Co., Brisbane, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc biodynamically-farmed with shallow stony limestone-rich clay soils, from hand selected very ripe grapes, fermented in a combination of tanks and demi-muids with natural yeast and aged in neutral oak barrels for eight […]