France

94 Points-Wine Spectator 

100% Pinot Noir, with 2.5 g/l dosage, and extended lees aging. A special old vine selection of Pinot from their holdings - this wine exhibits lovel...

93 Points WA:  The 2008 Chinon Les Picasses is an authentic representative of the vintage as well as of the domain. The 2008 has a coolish, pure an...

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-rip...

The flagship label for this house is toast and coffee on the nose, and candied citrus fruit and roasted coffee on the palate. Made from 60% Chardon...

94 Points-Wine Spectator 

The Defaix vineyard holdings in the Cote de Lechet are placed at a 38 degree slope facing southeast. The majority of the Defaix vines are situated...

Joseph purposely bottles very little of his Savagnin as Vin Jaune, and his “basic” Savagnin spends longer in barrel than is required of an actual V...

Again, the vines here are from southeast facing slopes in a section of Les Lys known as “Clos du Roi” (effectively a monopole of the Defaix estate...

Grapes are planted in a steeply sloped (28 degrees) hill in the original parcel of “Vaillon”» with a southeast exposure. The soil here is particul...

The Moelleux cuvées are made in vintages when at least a portion of the vineyards produce grapes that carry significant levels of natural sugar. Bo...

Extremely elegant nose that is starting to show great underbelly. Blackberry, pepper, raspberry, gravel, rock, subtle oak with loads of violet and ...

From the first area to make Malbec before the Argentines claimed it as their own. Here you will find accessible flavors of cassis, blackberry, truf...

The vineyards have been in the family for so long that the current generation doesn’t even know when they were first acquired. Rich and supple Pome...