Pierre-Marie Chermette Fleurie ‘Les Garants’ 2020
14.5% abv, Saint Vérand, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, HVE-certified, from a 2.7ha vineyard on a south-facing slope of pink granite, quartz and mica. The grapes are hand-harvested and the wine is half carbonic maceration and half traditional fermentation with pumping over […]
Domaine Les Roches Bleues Côte de Brouilly ‘La Baraquée’ 2021
13% abv, Jonathan Buisson, imported by Maison Selections zinc., Chapel Hill, NC. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir from organic 70-year-old vines grown on pink granite and sand soils. The wine is fermented whole cluster with semi-carbonic maceration commences and after the grapes are pressed, the wine is moved […]
Jean-Michel Dupré Régnié ‘Cuvée Haute Ronze Vieilles Vignes’ 2020
13% abv, Jean-Michel Dupré, Les Ardillats, imported by Misa Wine Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir from 70+ year-old vines from the south-facing hillside climat of La Ronze with steep granite soils with a stony topsoil and a very high proportion of granite. Tasting note: the […]
Maison L’Envoyé Beaujolais Rosé ‘Le Saint Pâle’ 2021
Domaine du Vissoux Moulin-à-Vent ‘Les Trois Roches’ 2020
13.5% abv, Pierre-Marie Chermette, Saint Vérand, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir from three vineyard sites in Moulin à Vent Cru: Rochgrès, Roche Noir and La Rochelle, about 4.5 hectares in total. The grapes are whole cluster fermented and half of the cuvée […]
Domaine de la Voute des Crozes Cote de Brouilly 2020
14.5% abv, Nicole Chanrion, imported by Kermit Lynch, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, 50 year-old vines grown on granite and schist, fermented whole cluster for semi-carbonic maceration and aged in foudres for 9 months. Tasting note: the Voute des Crozes is medium garnet in color with […]
Domaine Jean-Michel Dupré Beaujolais Blanc “Les Temps des Oranges’ 2021
11.5% abv, Les Ardillats, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: lead day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from sandy-loam soils over granite bedrock, hand-harvested and vinified at low temperature for two weeks on the skins and lees. Tasting note: the Dupré is orange in color with a clean nose of medium […]
Mommessin Morgon ‘Les Charmes’ ‘Les Grandes Mises’ 2016
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié, imported by Boisset America, St. Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc planted on unique pink granite soils with Piedmonte stones and sandstone sediment. The vines are between 40-60 years of age, and are pruned in the bush-vine goblet method […]
Château de Thivin Côte de Brouilly ‘La Chapelle’ 2018
13.5% abv, Famille Geoffray, Odesas, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc from the steep (50% incline) ‘La Chapelle’ vineyard on Mont Brouilly with blue metamorphic granite soils. Bush-vine trained, the Gamay clusters are whole-bunch fermented, macerated on the skins and […]
Mommessin Moulin-à-Vent ‘ Les Grandes Mises’ 2014
13% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking: 100% Gamay Noir from bush 48-year-old vines, 100% de-stemmed, macerated in the skins for twenty days, and aged for twelve month in neutral French oak barrels and another twelve months in tank after assemblage. Tasting note: […]