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 […]

François Cazin Cheverny Blanc ‘La Petit Chambord’ 2019

14.3% abv, Cheverny, imported by Louis Dressner Selections & LDM Wines, Inc., New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day.  Winemaking notes: 80% Sauvignon Blanc & 20% Chardonnay, vines on average 30 years of age, grown on clay and limestone soils. The varieties are vinified separately and aged in concrete tanks before assemblage.  […]

Couly-Dutheil Chinon ‘Clos de l’Echo’ Rouge 2017

14.5% abv, Armand et Jacques Couly-Dutheil, Chinon, imported by Serendipity Wines, Austin, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc. Organic. Grapes are destemmed and fermented for 30-days on the skins. Legendary Clos planted in the 9th century on a limestone and clay plateau.  Tasting note: the ‘Clos de l’Echo’ […]

Domaine Guibertau Saumur Rouge 2019

13.5% abv, Saint-Just-sur-Dive, imported by Classified Wine Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc from a 2-hectare vineyard planted in the 1950s. The grapes are farmed organically, de-stemmed and fermented with natural yeasts before aging in tank for six months. This estate in run by Romain Guiberteau […]

Domaine Pascal Janvier Jasnières 2019

13% abv, Ruillé, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day.  Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc from 40-year-old vines, from a 6-ha vineyard on limestone and clay. “The Janviers rent sixty-six different parcels (a total of nine hectares) of land and farm it entirely themselves. Jasnières produces some of […]

Charles Joguet Chinon ‘La Cure’ 2014

12.5% abv, Sazilly, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: Flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Cabernet Franc. Grapes are sourced from parcels Clos de la Cure and Clos de la Chappelle on gravel and clay soils, 35-year old average. Cold skin maceration lasts for five days. Fermentation lasts for 15 days at […]

Château d’Épiré Savennières ‘Grand Cru d’Anjou’ 2018

13% abv, Bizard, Savenièrres, Maine et Loire, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc. The Bizards’ vineyard land sits at the highest point in the Savennières appellation. Vines are pruned in gobelet. Cover crop is planted in between every other vineyard row. Hand […]

Marius Cesar Sancerre Blanc ‘Silicem Terra’ 2019

13% abv, imported by Votto Vines Importing, Hamden, CT. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day.  Tasting note: this wine is medium lemon in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of dandelion, wheatgrass, lemongrass, lemon, and gooseberry. On the palate this wine is dry with medium+ acid, medium+ alcohol, medium body, […]

Charles Joguet Chinon Blanc ‘La Plante Martin’ 2017

13% abv, Sazilly, imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaker note: 100% Chenin Blanc grown on limestone and clay in a 3-hectare vineyard site. Barrel-fermented in 30% new French oak with battonage for six months before assemblage and bottling. Tasting note: the 2017 ‘La Plante Martin’ […]

J. de Villebois Sancerre Blanc 2020

13.5% abv., Seigy, imported by Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking note: composed of various vineyards on the three main soil types of Sancerre AOC, this wine is aged in on the fine lees in stainless steel for six months with its natural malic acid and is bottled with […]