Rémy Nodin Cornas ‘Les Eygas’ 2018
13% abv, imported by Fass Selections, Inc., Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. It’s easy to love the wines of Cornas. Nestled in a volcanic granite amphitheater in the Northern Rhône, this small appellation only encompasses slightly over 100 hectares of planted vines in an exceptional heat-trapping site that also shields much […]
Château Saint Jean Côtes du Rhône-Villages Plan de Dieu 2017
14% abv, Travaillan, imported by MISA, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: diam composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Plan de Dieu is one of the more well-known and admired villages of the substantial Côte de Rhone-Villages appellation. Although there are 95 villages incorporated into this appellation, there are just 20 (at last count) that can append their […]
E. Guigal Saint-Joseph 2016
13.5% abv, Château d’Ampuis, Amouis, imported by Vintus, New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. I have always thought the négotiant arm of Guigal produces decent wines. The entry level wines such as Côtes du Rhône albeit a bit generic (boring) are nice examples of the regional style and the wines at […]
Domaine de Rosiers Condrieu 2017
14% abv, Maxime Gourdain-Petit Fils Drevon, Ampuis, imported by Craig Baker Selection/ MISA Imports Inc., Dallas, TX. To Condrieu in the Northern Rhone river valley we owe such a debt for being the garden of Viognier. Once on the edge of extinction, and in deep decline, Condrieu was Viognier’s last bastions, holding almost the entirety […]
M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitge ‘Les Meysonnieres’ 2011
13% abv, Tain, imported by Terlato Wine International, Lake Bluff, IL. Created in the early 19th Century, the Chapoutier family wine business shifted their emphasis to exploring the terroir of the Northern Rhône valley through single vineyard wines in 1989 and biodynamic and organic viticulture in 1990. They have built a dynasty since while also […]