DB0419-20
Organic
WA:92+ |
Arnoux-Lachaux |
Vosne-Romanée "Les Hautes Maizières"
2020 |
Pinot Noir
Les Maizières is a vineyard of just over half a hectare, located on the south side of the Clos Vougeoy, just behind the walls. The average... |
France |
DB0497-22
Organic |
Cristia |
Côtes-du-Rhône Vieilles Vignes
2022 |
Grenache
100% Grenache from 50-55 year old vines. This vineyard is just east of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and across the A7 highway; this is a top Côtes-... |
France |
DB4672-20
Organic |
Baudry, Domaine Bernard |
Chinon "Les Mollières"
2020 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. 2020 is the first individual bottling of this particular 1-hectare plot, Mollières, which previously was incorporated... |
France |
DB0531-22
Organic |
Tue-Boeuf, Clos du |
VDF "Vin Blanc"
2022 |
Sauvignon Blanc
95% Sauvignon Blanc/5% Chardonnay. For this entry-level white, Tue Boeuf sources fruit from organic-farmer friends around home in the Cher... |
France |
DB2005-19
Organic |
Pépière |
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine "Monnières-Saint Fiacre"
2019 |
Melon de Bourgogne
100% Melon de Bourgogne. Pépière has vines in a couple of different zones of the cru of Monnières-St.-Fiacre (including the lieu-dit... |
France |
DB0396-16
Organic |
Texier, Éric |
Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge St. Julien-en-St. Alban "Vieille Serine"
2016 |
Syrah
100% Syrah. From 70+ year-old vines of an old, pre-clonal variety known as "Serine", planted on a south-facing slope on granite soils in... |
France |
DB3418-19
Organic |
Saumaize-Michelin |
Pouilly-Fuissé Pentacrine
2019 |
Chardonnay
Pentacrine is named for the small star-shaped fossils found in the vineyards. This is a blend of several parcels throughout Vergisson.... |
France |
DB0305-22
Organic |
Baudry, Domaine Bernard |
Chinon Blanc
2022 |
Chenin Blanc
100% Chenin Blanc. From around 1.2 hectares' worth of parcels of 10-20-year-old vines on clay soils featuring limestone and flint. The... |
France |
DB3428-21
Organic
JG:92 |
Amirault |
Saint Nicholas de Bourgeil La Mine
2021 |
Cabernet Franc
La Mine is sourced from several plots (about 1.5 hectares altogether) of gravelly clay soils including a parcel called La Mineraie situated... |
France |
DB7497-NV
Organic |
Frémont, Julien |
Calvados
NV |
Apples
Frémont sets aside a small portion of cider yearly for distillation (in old pot stills) into their single Calvados. The new release in... |
France |
DB0349-21
Organic |
Thevenet (Domaine de la Bongran/Domaine de Roally) |
Roally Viré-Clessé
2021 |
Chardonnay
100% Chardonnay. Like Domaine de la Bongran and Domaine Émilian Gillet, Domaine de Roally belongs to the Thévenet family. Bongran is the... |
France |
DB7201-21
Organic |
Combel La Serre |
Cahors "Le Pur Fruit du Causse"
2021 |
Malbec
100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). The fruit for the entry-level Pur comes from seven different Combel sites totalling 8.5 hectares... |
France |
DB5601-22
Organic |
Desvignes |
Morgon Montpelain
2022 |
Gamay
100% Gamay. Montpelain is a lieu-dit in the NE corner of Morgon in the climat of Douby, along the Fleurie border.... |
France |
DB0498-20
Organic |
Cristia |
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Classic
2020 |
Grenache
The “Classic” has a distinctive floral component and is a pretty wine, at the same time, it captures the power and spice you expect from a... |
France |
DB0417-20
Organic
WA:91+ |
Arnoux-Lachaux |
Vosne-Romanée
2020 |
Pinot Noir
The wine is made from a blend of several different vineyards: Les Communes, Les Saules and Les Bossières. The soils of these parcels are... |
France |
DB4145-22
Organic |
Pinon, Domaine François et Julien |
Vouvray Sec "Buvez du Bon Pinon"
2022 |
Chenin Blanc
100% Chenin Blanc. This 2020 "Buvez du Bon Pinon" is a very special release from Julien Pinon, in honor of the preceding generations of the... |
France |
DB1023-22
Organic |
Tue-Boeuf, Clos du |
VDF "Vin Rouge"
2022 |
Gamay
60% Gamay/40% Côt. The Vin Rouge is typically mainly from locally sourced, organically farmed Gamay; in 2022, there is Tue Boeuf estate Côt... |
France |
DB0964-21
Organic |
De Moor |
Bourgogne Aligoté
2021 |
Aligoté
100% Aligoté. The de Moors have a 2.5-hectare parcel of mainly Aligoté down the road from Courgis in a village called Chitry-Le-Fort. They... |
France |
DB4410-22
Organic |
La Providence |
VDF Blanc "La Providence"
2022 |
Ugni Blanc
45% Ugni Blanc/30% Clairette/25% Vermentino. This wine is new estate Domaine La Providence's first white in bottle. In the northwest corner... |
France |
DB8976-22
Organic |
Raffault, Domaine Olga |
Chinon Rosé
2022 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. Raffault uses 50% certified-organic estate fruit (from sandy, gravelly, flat parcels along the Vienne) and sources the... |
France |
DB2973-20
Organic |
Raffault, Domaine Olga |
Chinon Les Peuilles
2020 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. Like the more renowned Les Picasses, Les Peuilles is a lieu-dit close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron,... |
France |
DB7014-21
Organic |
Montagnette |
Côtes-du-Rhône Villages "Signargues"
2021 |
Grenache
50% Syrah, 35% Grenache and 15% Mourvèdre. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Domaine la Montagnette has been practicing organic agriculture... |
France |
DB6201-18
Organic |
Filliatreau |
Saumur-Champigny "Vielles Vignes"
2018 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case are estate vines ranging from 50 to 100 years old and scattered across a... |
France |
DB5723-18
Organic |
Texier, Éric |
Côtes-du Rhône Blanc Brézème "Vieille Roussette"
2018 |
Roussanne
100% Roussanne, aka "Roussette" locally. From vines planted in 1936 on a south-facing limestone marl slope in the Brézème vineyard. They... |
France |
DB9760-20
Organic |
Leydet-Valentin |
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
2020 |
Merlot
Frederic Leydet's vines for this wine are just near the border of Cheval Blanc, sharing a similar soil distinguished by its iron content.... |
France |
DB7200-20
Organic |
Combel La Serre |
Cahors "Château"
2020 |
Malbec
100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). The fruit for the "Château" bottling comes from estate plots totaling 5 hectares with vines averaging... |
France |
DB7211-19
Organic |
Combel La Serre |
Cahors "Peyres Levades"
2019 |
Malbec
100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). "Peyres Levades" is Occitan for "pierres levées", a direct reference to the stoniness of the terrain... |
France |
DB5800-19
Organic |
Pépière |
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine "Gorges"
2019 |
Melon de Bourgogne
100% Melon de Bourgogne. From 1.67 hectares in the cru of Gorges, the newest addition to the Pepière estate, a plot forever farmed and sold... |
France |
DB0426-20
Organic |
Arnoux-Lachaux |
Echézeaux "Les Rouges" Grand Cru
2020 |
Pinot Noir
The vineyard is situated in the lieu dit Rouges du bas, a parcel of just under one hectare situated in the heart of the Echézeaux... |
France |
DB2356-21
Organic |
De Moor |
Vendangeur Masqué Chablis
2021 |
Chardonnay
100% Chardonnay. Vendangeur Masqué or “masked harvester” is the label for de Moor wines from sourced fruit; the wines are made in the de... |
France |
DB2973-19
Organic |
Raffault, Domaine Olga |
Chinon Les Peuilles
2019 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. Like the more renowned Les Picasses, Les Peuilles is a lieu-dit close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron,... |
France |
DB0605-21
Organic |
Raffault, Domaine Olga |
Chinon "Les Barnabés"
2021 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. Les Barnabés stands apart from Raffault's other main sites, Les Picasses and Les Peuilles, still in the Véron region... |
France |
DB4442-21
Organic |
Chevrot |
Savigny les Beaune 1er Cru "Hauts Jarrons"
2021 |
Pinot Noir
Savigny les Beaune 1er cru Les Hauts Jarrons plot is located on a 0.4 ha terrace at an altitude of 280 m facing east. The soil is "Grèzes... |
France |
DB0530-22
Organic |
Tue-Boeuf, Clos du |
Cheverny Rouge "Rouillon" (Pinot Noir/Gamay)
2022 |
Pinot Noir/Gamay
50% Pinot Noir/50% Gamay. Named Rouillon or "rusty" for the reddish tint of its clay-limestone soils, this 1.9-hectare estate vineyard is... |
France |
DB3550-22
Organic |
Château Guilhem |
Chardonnay "Pot de Vin"
2022 |
Chardonnay
In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his grandfather had made in the... |
France |
DB0306-21
Organic |
Baudry, Domaine Bernard |
Chinon "Les Grézeaux"
2021 |
Cabernet Franc
100% Cabernet Franc. The Grézeaux vines are the Baudry’s oldest at around 50 years and were the very first part of the estate in 1975. They... |
France |
DB4418-22
Organic |
Puech Redon |
VDF Rouge "2L"
2022 |
Cinsault
100% Cinsault. The name of the wine is quite literal: it is 2 liters of juicy, charming, glou-glou wine. What the name doesn’t explain is... |
France |
DB2950-15
Organic |
Tarlant |
"Zéro" Brut Nature (2015 Base)
NV |
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
32% Pinot Noir/32% Chardonnay/32% Pinot Meunier/4% Petit Meslier + Arbanne + Pinot Blanc. This cuvée makes up 70-90% of Tarlant's... |
France |
DB0428-20
Organic
WA:99 |
Arnoux-Lachaux |
Romanée-Saint-Vivant
2020 |
Pinot Noir
This 1/3 hectare vineyard is located at the very south of the appellation, at a fifty meters distance from Romanée-Conti. The block is... |
France |
DB0415-20
Organic
WA:90+ |
Arnoux-Lachaux |
Nuits-Saint-Georges
2020 |
Pinot Noir
A blend of seven different vineyards located north of Nuits-Saint-Georges (towards Vosne-Romanée). The vines average 50 years old. Vinified... |
France |
DB0966-21
Organic |
De Moor |
Vendangeur Masque VDF Rouge "Chenagre"
2021 |
Grenache
100% Grenache. Vendangeur Masqué or “masked harvester” is the label for De Moor wines made mainly from sourced fruit; the wines are made in... |
France |
DB4277-21
Organic |
Forgues, Valérie |
VDF Blanc "Orbin"
2021 |
Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc/Orbois (aka Menu Pineau). This is the first vintage of "Orbin", a skin-macerated white named quite literally as a combination... |
France |
DB8333-22
Organic |
Tue-Boeuf, Clos du |
Cheverny Blanc "Frileuse"
2022 |
White Blend
1/3 each Sauvignon/Chardonnay/Fié Gris. Roughly translated as "little cold one", Frileuse is an apt name for this frost-prone, 3.8-hectare... |
France |
DB4315-21
Organic |
Filliatreau |
Saumur Blanc "Château Fouquet"
2021 |
Chenin Blanc
100% Chenin Blanc. Château Fouquet is a lieu-dit in the village of Brézé 10 kilometers east of Saumur. Filliatreau acquired some partly... |
France |
DB3926-22
Organic |
Château Guipière |
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais Sur Lie "l`Ecailler"
2022 |
Gros Plant
Certified HVE3*. From one of the highest acid grapes on planet earth, Gros Plant! (a.k.a. Folle Blanche). This amazing wine is sourced... |
France |
DB7368-21
Organic
WA:94 JD:93 |
Famille Isabel Ferrando |
Châteauneuf-du-Pape “F601”
2021 |
Cinsault
It took me 16 years of observation and learning to develop a deep understanding and a personal relationship with my terroir, guided by... |
France |
DB1022-22
Organic |
Tue-Boeuf, Clos du |
VDF Pineau de la Loire
2022 |
Chenin Blanc
100% Chenin Blanc. Pineau de la Loire is the local historical name for Chenin Blanc, which is in this case is sourced from AOC Touraine... |
France |
DB8944-19
Organic |
Texier, Éric |
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc V. Vignes
2019 |
Bourbolenc/Clairette
50% Bourbolenc/50%Clairette. Eric Texier has worked closely for many years with Jean Riché, the owner/farmer of this small plot of organic... |
France |
DB0500-20
Organic
JD:94-96 WA:91 WS:93 |
Cristia |
Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Cuvée Renaissance”
2020 |
Grenache
60% Grenache from 114-year-old vines in Cristia Haut lieu-dit and 40% Mourvedre from 55-year-old vines in the southeast part of the... |
France |
DB3352-19
Organic |
Château Mourre du Tendre |
Côtes-du-Rhône Cuvée Paul
2019 |
Grenache
Château du Mourre du Tendre farms 10 hectares of old-vine Grenache, Carignan and Cinsault in Côtes-du-Rhône on gravelly clay soils. While... |
France |