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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]