Charles Debourges Sancerre 2020

13% abv, imported by Orvino Imports and Distributing Inc. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc aged in tank on the lees for eight months. Tasting note: the Debourges is medium lemon in color with a nose of medium intensity with aromas of acacia blossom, green melon, grapefruit, white peach and pineapple […]

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 Saint-Nicolas Fièfs Vendéens Brem Pinot Noir 2017

12% abv, Thierry Michon, Jon-David Headrick Selections, imported by European Cellars LLC, Charlotte, NC. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir, biodynamically-farmed, grown on pink slate and clay, hand harvested. The grapes are destemmed and fermented on the skins with natural yeast for 14 days with hand punch downs, and aged […]

Domaine Siret-Courtaud Quincy Blanc 2019

13.5% abv, Vincent Siret, Lunery, imported by Grand Cru Selections, New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from an 8-hectare section of the family’s vineyards of sandy loam soils of alluvial character on limestone bedrock. The Quincy appellation is a small 270-hectare area on the river Cher. […]

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 la Barbiniere Fiefs Vendeens Chatonnay ‘Les Gneiss’ Rouge 2019

13.5% abv, Famille Orion Pere & Fils, imported by MFW Wine Co., New York, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day.  Winemaking notes: in 2011 the wines of Fiefs Vendeens were promoted to appellation status. Chatonnay is one of five sub-zones required to use the appellation. The vines are certified biologique and are a […]

Domaine de la Barbiniere Fiefs Vendeens Chatonnay ‘Les Amphibol’ Blanc 2020

13% abv, Famille Orion Pere & Fils, imported by MFW Wine Co., New York, NY. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day.  Winemaking notes: since 2011, the wines of Fiefs Vendeens have been promoted to appellation status. Chatonnay is one of five sub-zones required to use the appellation. The Orion family have 30 hectares of […]

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 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 […]

J. de Villebois Menetou-Salon 2020

13% abv, Villebois á Verdigny, imported by Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the Mentor-Salon villages of Morogues and Humbligny on Kimmeridgien marls. “The grapes are machine-picked, pressed into a pneumatic press after a 12 hour skin-contact maceration. The grape juices are fermented traditionally […]