Pierre la Grand Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 2020
13% abv, imported by MISA Imports, Inc. & Craig Baker Selections, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 60% Marsanne & 40% Roussanne aged 9 months on the lees. Tasting note: the Crozes-Hermitage Blanc is medium lemon in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of honeysuckle, hawthorn, […]
Château Grillet Château Grillet AOC 2010
14% abv, Neyret-Gachet, Vérin, imported by Wine Cellars Ltd., Briardiff Manor, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier from a 3.8-hectare single estate vineyard aged in 60% stainless steel and 40% new toasty French oak barrels. Tasting note: the Grillet is medium gold in color with a clean nose of […]
Les Vins de Vienne Saint-Joseph 2019
13.5% abv, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah grown on granite aged 1/3 in vat, 1/3 in oak barrique, and 1/3 in small French oak barrels. Tasting note: the Saint-Joseph is medium purple in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas […]
Vins de Vienne Condrieu ‘La Chambée’ 2020
13.5% abv, Cuilleron, Villard & Gaillard, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: diam. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier grown on granite soils, aged on the lees in French oak for 9 months. Tasting note: the ‘La Chambée’ is pale gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with […]
Domaine Delhome Crozes-Hermitage Rouge ‘Boréal’ 2020
14.5% abv, Larnage, imported by BBR Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah from40-year-old vines grown on the granite slope of Crozes-Hermitage. The wine is fermented in oak vats on the skins for 25 days and aged for 10 months in a combination of oak vat and tank. Tasting […]
Domaine de Rosiers Condieu 2019
15% abv, Maxime Gourdain-Petit Fils Drevon, Ampuis, imported by Craig Baker Selection/ MISA Imports Inc., Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: “100% Viognier (planted in 1998 and 2017) from two vineyards, a 0.3 ha sandy topped (arzelle) granite soils of some depth on Faugière, and a 0.12 ha sandy topped (arzelle) very […]
Domaine Christophe Billon IGP Collines Rhodaniennes ‘Les Corendies’ 2017
13.5% abv, Ampuis, imported by Fass Selections, Inc., Irvine, CA. Closure: natural cork. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah from a vineyard just outside Côte Rôtie. Tasting note: the ‘Les Corendies’ is deep garnet in color with a clean nose of pronounced intensity with aromas of violet, blackberry, black plum, smoke, earth and […]
Jean-François Jacouton IGP Ardèche Syrah ‘A Deux Pas’ 2018
13.5% abv, Vion, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah from 35-year-old vines, sustainably-farmed, hand-harvested, destemmed and aged half in small French oak barrels and half in large oak casks for 10 months. While not as well-recognized as the Rhône Valley proper, the Ardèche IGP […]
Les Vins de Vienne Hermitage ‘Les Chirats de Saint-Christophe’ 2010
14% abv, Cuilleron, Villard, Gaillard, imported by DHI, Manhasset, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Syrah grown on coarse granitic sand-covered gneiss, aged for 18 months in French oak barrels Tasting note: the Hermitage is deep garnet in color with a clean nose of medium plus intensity with aromas of […]
Les Vins de Vienne IGP Collines Rhodaniennes Viognier 2019
14% abv, Cuilleron, Villard & Gaillard, imported by DHI, Manhasset, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier aged in neutral French oak for 6 months. Tasting note: the Viognier is medium lemon in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of honeysuckle, orange blossom, beeswax, French vanilla, peach, mango […]