Jean-Claude Boisset Pommard Premier Cru ‘Les Arvelets’ 2018
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Nuits-St-Georges, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from the Les Arvelets vineyard just north of the village on a steep northern slope and southern exposure. Bring near the Combe to the valley, this terroir is very stony with clay-limestone […]
Domaine des Malandes Chablis Premier Cru ‘Montmains’ 2020
13%, Chablis, imported by the Los Angeles Wine Co., Los Angeles, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay 60-year-old vines from estate’s 29ha of vineyards. The wine was fermented mostly in steel tank with 20% fermented in neutral French oak and was aged on the lees with full malolactic fermentation […]
Domaine Laurent Dufouleur Bouzeron 2020
12.5% abv, Mercurey, imported by Saranty Imports, Stamford, CT. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Aligoté, HVE-farmed, from hillside vineyards in the ‘Les Bouchines’ and ‘Les Loèures’ climats with marl soils. The wine is aged for one year on the fine lees in tank. Tasting note: the Bouzeron is pale gold […]
Domaine Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne Aligoté ‘Les Maréchaux’ 2021
12% abv, Romaric Chavy, Meursault, imported by Fass Selections, Irvine, CA. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Aligoté planted in the village of Meursault from a 2ha vineyard planted on clay soils. The wine is aged in a combination of tank and neutral oak for 10 months. Tasting note: the Bourgogne […]
La Pousse d‘Or Volnay Premier Cru ‘Clos de la Bousse d’Or’ Monopole 2015
13% abv, Patrick Landanger, Volnay, imported by Favorite Brands LLC, Farmer’s Branch, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from a 2.1ha premier cru monopole which lies just below the village of Volnay and sits on a southeast exposure and is part of the ‘La Village’ climat set entirely […]
Domaine de la Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Les Evocelles’ 2006
13% abv, Famille Boisset, Premeaux-Prissey, tasted at domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from the commune of Brochon, the ‘Les Evocelles’ vineyard is situated just north of Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru ‘Champeaux’ at the top of a steep slope. The Boisset family’s first vineyard was planted by a young […]
Domaine de la Vougeraie Vougeot Premier Cru ‘Les Clos Blanc de Vougeot’ Monopole 2000
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Premeaux-Prissey, tasted at Domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 95% Chardonnay, 4% Pinot Blanc & 1% Pinot Gris, from the 2.29ha walled vineyard. The vines are grown on very calcareous white earth soils. The vines were replanted in the 1980s and 1990s and the terroir is east-facing. […]
Domaine Loubet-Dewailley Pommard Premier Cru ‘Les Rugiens Bas’ 2019
14% abv, Pommard, tasted at domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from the premier cru vineyard near the village boarder with Volnay, 50% de-stemmed, 50% whole cluster. The wine was aged in 30% new oak for 16 months. “The soil is clay-limestone and extends from hillsides well drained by […]
Domaine Loubet-Dewailley Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir 2022
13% abv, Pommard, tasted at domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir, aged 6 months in mostly older oak barrels. Tasting note: the Bourgogne Pinot Noir is medium ruby in color with hints of garnet and a clean nose of medium-minus intensity with aromas of red cherry, red currant, […]
Domaine Loubet-Dewailley Bourgogne Aligoté 2021
13% abv, Pommard, tasted at domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. 100% Aligoté, aged 50% in neutral oak, 50% in tank. Tasting note: the Aligoté is pale lemon in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of acacia, green apple, lemon and wet stones. On the palate this wine is […]