Loire

Philippe’s flagship Menetou-Salon Rouge offers mesmerizing purity of fruit, with a silken, vibrant texture complementing a sense of mouthwatering s...

The 2018 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The bouquet wafts from ...

100% Chenin, produced on stony soils of limestone, flint and silt, fermented in 400-litre barrels and Burgundian casks.  Fruit driven and powerful ...

Wow, this is out there, from 1 a ha estate grown on a combination of sand, clay, Turonien Superieur Limestone.  100% Chenin, unctuous, driven and f...

The newest of Germain's cuvees from one of the most renowned sites in Saumur.  Produced from young vines planted on clay-limestone soils, at 10,000...

Native to Bordeaux and a protege of Charly Foucault of Clos Rougeard, Thierry Germain is creating muscular yet refined Cabernet Franc.From the Chac...

94 Points John Gilman: "The les Peuilles vineyard is a plateau down fairly close to the Vienne River, with the vines planted on clay and f...

Bright and unadulterated Cab Franc with wild gamey and peppery notes; electrifying acid and a fleshy, mouth coating finish. Drink with a slight chill.

“35 Rangs” is produced from 35 rows of Pinot Noir planted by Philippe’s grandfather in the early 1960s in the iron-laced Kimmeridgian soils of the ...

“Hors-Série”—which translates roughly to “special-issue”—comes from a parcel of Pinot Noir planted in 1980 by Philippe’s father. Fermentation and a...

Only grapes from 1 hectare of the highest quality vines go into this cuvée, while the remainder is declassified. In the vineyard, massal selection ...

Size: 1 ha (2.47 ac)Variety: Cabernet FrancVine Age: Planted in 1957Terroir: Hill of Brézé, facing south, sand and silt topsoils over limestone bed...

Size: 2 ha (4.94 ac)Variety: Cabernet FrancVine Age: Planted in 1948Terroir: 3 parcels with silt and sand topsoils covering softer limestone bedroc...

Textbook Muscadet. Racy with de-composed sea shells linger on the nostrils. Perky acid that is engaging and doesn't let one understand why it is so...

100 year old vine Malbec. Spicy, animalistic and alive as hell without being too much on the natural side. Tons of power without being over the top.

Only produced a few times a decade; tiny yields.  The wines are matured in barrels (228 and 400 litres) and varies from 18 to 24 months. Intense ru...

This light, fresh, beautiful version of Gamay from the Loire is produced organically by Valerie Forgues, who fought to stay on her estate in the ea...

One of our favs. Chidaine is a master of the Chenin blanc grape in the famed Montlouis region. This is his lovely attempt at a sparkling. Full of l...

Chenin on clay and limestone again. Rare to find an A.O.C. Chinon Blanc as few people make them and fewer export them. Organic, naturally fermented...

Our "house sancerre!" Perfectly priced and perfectly splendid. Hints of herbs, grass, wet stones, and pine needles on a forest floor. Its delicate ...

Cabernet Franc planted in a parcel dominated by Granite. Biodynamically farmed, soils are worked, leaf-pulling is done manually and all fruit is ha...