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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
Mommessin Moulin-à-Vent ‘Les Grandes Mises’ 2020
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Quincié-en-Beaujolias, imported by Boisset America, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir, de-stemmed and aged 24 months in fresh oak barrels. Tasting note: the Moulin-à-Vent is deep purple in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of acacia, black plum, black […]
Domaine de Fonds Saint Amour 2018
13% abv, Fleurie, imported by Wines With Conviction, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. “Domaine des Fonds in Fleurie was created in 2010 by André Berrod and his son Florent. Previously, André was a co-owner and sole winemaker at the renowned Domaine Berrod. The […]
Joseph Drouhin ‘Domaine des Hospices de Belleville’ Brouilly 2016
13% abv, Joseph Drouhin, imported by Dreyfus, Ashby & Co., New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. The Gamay Noir vines belong to the charitable Beaujolais hospices organization and include the 4-hectare Brouilly plot ‘Le Sigaud’ known for the pink granite soils known so well in the vineyards at the foothills of […]
Mommessin ‘Les Grandes Mises’ Moulin-à-Vent 2018
13.5% abv, Quincié, imported by Boisset America, St. Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. This Moulin-à-Vent from Maison Mommessin is 100% de-stemmed Gamay Noir aged for 10 months in oak barrels and 7 months in wooden vat after assemblage. Mommessin is an interesting project, the wines are high quality but they do little […]