Loire

92 Points Vinous: Light ruby in color, bright and fresh, featuring aromas and flavors of tomatoes and cherries throughout. Balanced and cool, with ...

93 Points WA: The 2009 Chinon Les Picasses is from a very warm vintage but was picked late on October 13th because Les Picasses is a late-ripening ...

100%  Cabernet Franc. "La Singulière" comes from a single Picasses parcel named Vaux, with 40-year-old vines that are certified organic and on l...

Stéphane Érissé was builder with a meticulous workmanship character that is reflected on each of his wine. He learned the craft from Antoine Foucau...

Catherine and Pierre Breton are real life bon vivants vignerons of Loire. They are passionate about what they do, enjoy sharing it with others, and...

By Chinon standards, this is an excellent bargain. All the dark fruit and subtle smokiness without aggressive tannins. Cab Franc presented in a med...

The 2020 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The bouquet wafts from ...

Named after a walled-in clos of terraces that is “ladder”-like, this is the most Burgundian like of all the reds. Finely knit together, with bright...

100% de-stemmed; fermentation and macération for 8 months in 800L Georgian amphora and aged for 12 months in barrel

This Sauvignon Blanc undergoes traditional vinification with low temperature fermentation and maturation for 6-8 months on fine lees in tank.

Nuits d’Ivresse, or drunken nights is bottles without any additional sulfer, so you can be sure to drink all night without additives contributing t...

Stéphane Érissé was builder with a meticulous workmanship character that is reflected on each of his wine. He learned the craft from Antoine Fouc...

This is one of those wines that starts off being a little lackluster and underwhelming.  Not in the way a strong wine needs a decanting, but more i...

I said it: better than Clos Rougard's Breze. Yes, I went there.  One of the finest Saumur blancs I've ever had.  100% Chenin; fermentation and macé...

Produced for the first time in 2012 from 100 year + vines, Supremely austere and aesthetically pleasing. Pleasing array of violets, red and black f...

In the words of Borat: whawha wheewha, this is nice.  Almost like a grand cru Chablis if didn't know better with an insane nose of decaying earth a...

Organic and biodynamic 12 year, ungrafted vines planted in gravelly sand. Lively, vibrant, and youthful, aged in steel rather than wood, and as suc...