”From grey slate,” sourced from the same sites that supply Clemens’ GG wines. Stone dust and lemon/lime flavors surge through the nose and palate in a wine of extremely fine purity and energy.

8.3g acid and 4-5g RS, all grown in grey slate from multiple parcels in the Marienburg (including the portions that lie across the river, which don’t make it into the GG wines), a mix of young and old vines up to 50-60 yrs old, vinified 60% in barrels and 40% INOX, and 20% of the juice sees...

65-90 year old ungrafted vines planted on grey slate. A dry wine from a site famous for its noble sweets. Firm, vivid, gingery, incredibly ripe and saline with acidity that elevates it to a quiveringly “alive” state of being. Perhaps the best food wine in this collection and clearly a long term...

”From red slate,” sourced from the same site that supplies Clemens’ GG wine on red slate, namely the Rothenpfad. The red slate works its magic here, and in contrast to the precise, minimalist Vom Grauen Schiefer, this wine is more expansive, perfumed and glossier with more rounded edges.

Miguel planted some vines of Caiño when his daughter was born in 2009 in a tiny, rocky plot of his vineyard. The wine ferments spontaneously without any sulphur addition in stainless steel. Malolactic is not stopped and the wine stays on the lees for 6 months.

The Finca o Figueiral is the next step up in the white wines at Gomariz. It is a traditional blend of grapes but in this particular Cuvee, they are looking for a greater expression of terroir. O Figueiral is a single vineyard that was restored in 1978, it is comprised of clay and schist soils and...

From Eric Texier himself: "From a handful of rows in our 0.5 ha of a very particular strain of Serine. Planted in the 1930’s in the Masson parcel of Saint-Julien en-Saint-Alban in the lieu-dit Le Clau. They present unique ampelographic qualities, very different from the Serines we find in Brézème...

100% Roussanne, aka "Roussette" locally. From vines planted in 1936 on a south-facing limestone marl slope in the Brézème vineyard. They are farmed organically (certified) and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed and fermentated spontaneously and without sulfur. The wine is aged half...

100% Clairette (plus a touch of Marsanne). From mainly Clairette vines planted on a south-facing slope on granite soils in the warm St-Julien en St-Alban zone (in the Ardèche on the northern bank of the Ouvèze--to the west of the Rhône River, at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They...

50% Bourbolenc/50%Clairette. Eric Texier has worked closely for many years with Jean Riché, the owner/farmer of this small plot of organic vines which lie 1 km. from the Rhône River in the Bois Sénéchaux.  The north-facing site is flat and stony with the classic glacial galets roulés and cool, clay...

Starting with the 2018 vintage, the domaine chose to blend the 1er Cru Fourneaux into the village wine and it's now labeled Savigny-les-Beaune Fournaux, after the site. The Villages has always come from the Fournaux parcel, which sits just next to the 1er Cru. Claude and Francois like how the...

Located just below Corton Bressandes, the vineyards have east-southeast exposure; Claude explained that here, you begin to see some similarities to the soil you find in the Cote de Nuits. The soil is red as it is very ferruginous, and you find limestone rocks throughout the vineyard. Chandon de...

Mid-slope and predominantly limestone. Lavières comes from the word "lave" which in this case has no volcanic reference, but was the term used in the past to describe the flat limestone tiles used to cover the roofs. In fact, these famous stones are found here in the sub-soil. The vines are more...

Organic. 47% Mourvèdre, 38% Cinsault, 14% Grenache, 1% Clairette. Fresh and mineral, a balance of power and spicey fruit with a dry finish. Very light color.

100% Pineau d'Aunis. Rouge Gorge ("red throat") is named in honor of the robins which inhabit the vineyards. The Pineau d'Aunis vines are scattered amongst many Bellivière parcels and range in age from 25 to 45 years old. The soils are generally flinty clay over tuffeau (soft limestone); the vines...

80% Grenache/20% Aubun. Aubun is a rather obsure local variety in the Ventoux that brings freshness to the Grenache base. Astrancia is part of Jasnières grower Bellivière's second and newer line of wines, Les Arches de Bellivière, created to give them some flexibility beyond their normal...