Loire

Like Dageneau, with more of a focus on finesse. Kimmeridgian, Lime and Marl soils speak more for this wine than a silly shelf-talker. Sharp, poised...

Definitively “Chinon”. Low-intervention winemaking with long maceration, leaving the wines to develop as an intense expression of their terroir. Ri...

Regis and Sylvain are two cousins who decided to dump their careers in finance to make wine. Their vineyard is in the Southwest part of the Loire V...

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...

One of the great Loire producers with a good cult following. Substantial Cab Franc with loads of fruit and herbs. Incredibly layered and complex wi...

  The Les Peuilles vineyard is a plateau down fairly close to the Vienne River, with the vines planted on clay and flint soils. This cuvée i...

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...

Organic, unfined, unfiltered, naturally fermented. Crushed raspberry and herbs with a deep core of blackberry, signature Cab Franc botanical greene...

100% Cabernet Franc. Close to the town of Chinon, Clos Guillot is a hillside vineyard with south-southwest exposure, near the top of the hill...

Organic and biodynamic and the top of its range.  Clay and limestone overtop the Loire’s famed “tuffeau” soil. 40 year old Cab Franc vines fermente...

This lovely Chenin Blanc from noted producer, David Laureau, has mango and white fruits on the nose; with bright acidity and oiliness on the palate...

Exciting nose with fresh hay, grapefruit, minerals, lite smoke, and paprika impressions. All this comes back on the palate combined with very nice ...

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...

Eric Asimov's #8 Muscadet from "For Muscadet Look Beyond the Obvious"

A pretty Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire, that has minerality and structure, even though it's from outside of Sancerre. 

Chidaine’s goal is to vinify this dry and the result is a rich, full-bodied wine, probably the closest to Vouvray in profile of all of hi...

Located in Touraine in the eastern Loire, just south of Blois, the little known appellations of Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny are a must for any fan o...