Chateau d’Épiré Savennières Grand Cru 2020
13% abv, Bizard-Litzow, Savennières,imported by Kermit Lynch, Berkeley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. 100% Chenin Blanc from 35-year-old vines planted on schist soils grown on 8.5 hectares at the highest elevation in the appellation of Savennières. The vines are pruned in gobelet and cover two climats: Le Parc and La Croix Picot. The wine is […]
Domaine Aux Moines Savennières-Roche Aux Moines 2018
14.1% abv, Monique et Tessa Laroche, Savennières, imported by Polaner Selections, Mount Kisco, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc, ecocert organic, 45-year-old vines grown on schist, slate and clay soils: the wine is bottled after 18 month aging in cask and tank. The family owns 12 hectares of […]
Domaine des Forges Savennières ‘Clos du Papillon’ 2020
14.5% abv, Stéphane and Séverine Branchereau, St-Aubin de Luigné, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chenin Blanc, sustainably-farmed, grown on a south-facing vineyards with sandstone shale, hand-harvested in the two or more passes in the vineyard and aged in the lees in 400-liter French oak barrels, […]
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 […]
Domaine des Baumard Savennières 2018
13% abv, Rochefort sûr Loire, imported by Vintus LLC, Pleasantville, NY. Cork closure: stelvin. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Here on the steep south-facing slate river slopes of the Anjou district of the Loire Valley in the appellation of Savennières, Chenin Blanc can make some fo the most age-worthy and intensely complex Chenin Blanc wines in […]