Oc & Company IGP Pays d’Oc Rosé 2021
12.% % abv, Beaucaire, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: stelvin. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 70& Grenache Noir, 20% Cinsault & 10% Syrah, direct press method, and aged on the fine lees for 4 months. Tasting note: the Pays d’Oc is medium pink in color with a clean nose of medium […]
Louis Bernard Côtes du Rhône Rosé 2021
13% abv, Gigondas, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: stelvin. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 75% Grenache Noir % 25% Syrah, direct press method, aged in tank on the lees for five months. Tasting note: the CDR Rosé is medium pink in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas […]
JCB No. 5 by Jean-Charles Boisset Côtes de Provence Rosé 2018
12.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié, imported by Boisset America, St-Helena. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: Direct press method: 48% Syrah, 33% Cinsault & 18% Grenache Noir. “Our selection was made in the area around the Montagne Sainte Victoire, a magnificent limestone mountain ridge located east of the town of Aix-en- Provence […]
Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteuneuf-du-Pape ‘Les Cèdres’ 2015
14.5% abv, Tain l’Hermitage, La Roche de Glun, imported by Skurnik Wines, New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 80% Grenache Noir, 10% Cinsault & 10% Mourvèdre. “he vines average more than 50 years of age, and the grapes are partially destemmed before spending a year in new and used French […]
Domaine François-Xavier Lambert Gigondas 2019
14.5% abv, imported by Votto Vines Importing. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 50% Grenache Noir, 45% Syrah & 5% Mourvèdre from alluvial terrace and zaffre soils. Extended maceration and aged in concrete and French oak barrels. Tasting note: the Gigondas is medium garnet in color with a clean nose of pronounced […]
Domaine de Font-Sane Gigondas Rosé ‘Plaisir Partagé’ 2020
14.5% abv, Gilbert Peysson, Gigondas, imprted by BBR Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 70% Grenache Noir, 15% Cinsault & 15% Syrah from a small 0.3 hectare plot of young vines, saignée contact méthod. Tasting note: the Gigondas Rosé is medium pink with a clean nose of medium-minus intensity with […]
Georges Lelektsoglou Cairanne ‘Vieilles Vignes’ 2018
15% abv, Tain l’Hermitage, imported by Fass Selextioks Inc., Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: ‘Vin Biologique’ (with a FR-BIO-01 seal) from a blend of 25% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 25% Mourvèdre & 25% Carignan from very old vines—90+-year-old vineyard. Georges is a négotiant and well-known wine merchant in Tain with […]
Héritiers Cheron-Misset Gigondas ‘La Grand Comptadine’ 2019
15% abv, Yves Cheron, Vacqueyras, imported by Serge Doré Selections Ltd., Chappaqua, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 60% Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah & 10% Mourvèdre. The Grenache are 50+-year-old vines and the Mourvèdre vines around 25. Tasting note: the Gigondas is deep garnet in color with a clean nose of […]
Jeff Carrel Languedoc ‘Les Darons’ 2020
14.5% abv, Narbonne, imported by Hand Picked Selections Inc., Warrebton, VA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 5% Carignan. “This wine was subsequently labeled ‘Les Darons’, an affectionate expression for ‘the Parents’ in the Parisian suburbs where winemaker Jeff Carrel was born. Sourced from estate vineyards at Chateau […]
Domaine Font de Courtedune Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2018
14.5% Famille Charrier, Corthézon, imported by Classified Wines, Houston, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 95% Grenache Noir, 2% Mourvèdre, 1% Counoise, 1% Cinsault & 1% Terret Noir sustainably-farmed from old vines with a vineyard block of 100-year-old vines, Font de Courtedune’s Châteauneuf vineyard is right next to esteemed benchmark Château […]