100% Chenin Blanc. The fruit from "La Jalousie" comes from the youngest estate vines and is harvested the earliest of the three Closel wines. The vines are generally 20 years old or younger and are in different parcels across all three main Closel micro-terroirs (plateau, hillsides or coteaux, and...

100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case are estate vines ranging from 50 to 100 years old and scattered across a range of parcels on clay-limestone soils. The farming is certified-organic and is in conversion to biodynamics (on track for certification in the 2021 vintage). The bunches...

100% Cabernet Franc. Château Fouquet is a lieu-dit in the village of Brézé 10 kilometers east of Saumur and just outside of the Saumur-Champigny AOC. Founder Paul Filliatreau acquired some partly abandoned Cabernet Franc vines here in 1987 and began replanting in 1989 with massale cuttings from his...

100% Chenin Blanc. "Deronnières" is one of Pinon's two usual sec bottlings and is also a terroir-focused bottling, featuring the most limestone-forward of their parcels. The vines are on an exposed hilltop rich in tuffeau, the soft, chalky limestone particular to Vouvray and are the first to ripen...

50% Côt/50% Grolleau. This méthode ancestrale rosé is Pinon's only non-Chenin wine, made from black grapes planted by François Pinon's father in order to supply their vineyard workers with red wine. The parcel is just 0.4 hectare in size, so production is small, if it happens at all (as it did not...

100% Chenin Blanc. "Trois Argiles" or "three clays" is named for the 3 parcels of Pinon's most clay-forward soils which go into this demi-sec bottling. They lie on an east-facing plateau and tend to be cooler and slower-ripening thanks to the water-retaining soils. Overall the Pinon vines average...

100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon chooses vines from more clay-forward parcels for its annual sec bottling. They average 45 years old and have been certified organic since 2007. The bunches are harvested by hand, rigorously sorted and direct-pressed slowly and gently. The juice flows by gravity into...

79% Gamay/21% Poulsard. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons in the tiny Cerdon du Bugey village of Mérignat. They farm their 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard organically and biodynamically (certified as of the 2022 vintage) in these high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of rocky clay-limestone...

96% Gamay/4% Poulsard. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons in the tiny Cerdon du Bugey village of Mérignat. They farm their 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard organically and biodynamically (certified as of the 2022 vintage) in these high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of rocky clay-limestone...

Syrah 40%, Grenache 40%, Mourvèdre 20% Hand-harvested from sandy clay slopes with a northern exposure. Traditional fermentation of 12-14 days. Bottled 15-18 months after harvest. The Laudun terroir shines here, showing very balanced and lifted fruit.

Certified HVE - Sustainable. A blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre from the Coteaux de Lauzes made in the saignée method. Hand-harvested and destemmed, then macerated for a few hours before being pressed. Smooth, generous and fruity, with an amber-shaded color of incredible intensity.

65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault. The wines are made in 70% in tank (stainless steel and cement) and 30% in used barrels.  

Most of this cuvée (75% of blend) comes from the domaine's oldest Grenache blanc vines, grown on limestone, blended with 20% Rousanne and 5% Viognier. Pressed in full clusters, the wine is fermented and aged in 500-liter casks for 12 months.  

Certified biodynamic. 60% Grenache Noir, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah. Fleur’s soils are slightly heavier, with more clay and loam in comparison to Galets. Direct press rose, giving a delicate light pink color. No sulfites during the winemaking process and minimum amount added at bottling. Aged for...

New! 100% Marsanne from the tiny appellation of Saint-Peray, south of Cornas. Serrette purchased land here and planted vines in 2017. The soil is typical with granite and gore. The vines have north, north-east exposure. Made entirely in stainless steel. Total production is only 600 bottles.

Nicolas Serrette purchased land just south of the village of Cornas and near the Rhone River in 2013 and in 2018 he was able to bottle his first vintage of this special Vin de France, just over the Cornas border. It's 100% Syrah and the terroir is composed of small round stones from different...

80% Chardonnay/20% Pinot Noir. From five parcels in Celles-lès-Condé featuring Lutetian limestone soils. The organically farmed fruit was hand-harvested and gently pressed; the juice was fermented with natural yeasts in Burgundy barrels. The wine was aged in barrel with no malolactic fermentation...

32% Pinot Noir/32% Chardonnay/32% Pinot Meunier/4% Petit Meslier + Arbanne + Pinot Blanc. This cuvée makes up 70-90% of Tarlant's production and "is my daily obsession", says Benoît Tarlant. Zero reflects the Tarlant emphasis on unadorned terroir, with no selected yeasts and no dosage. The...