2016 marks the first release of Gagliardo’s Barolo del Comune di La Morra. It is a selection of fruit from the vineyards adjacent to the cellar, the crus of Santa Maria and Serra dei Turchi. This area of La Morra has some of the youngest soils in the Barolo zone, which impart more immediate...

Alcohol: 12 % Vol Residual Sugar: 7.4 g/lAcidity: 5.8 g/lThe Big Red One. The Rothenpfad (red path) is the terminus of an iron- and copper-rich red-colored geological slate formation that runs throughout the Middle Mosel and ends at Pünderich. Clemens’ GG from here, like all wines made from such...

Alcohol: 11 % VolResidual sugar: 6,7 g/lAcidity: 6,4 g/l“Vom roten Schiefer“ translates to „on the red slate”. The grapes for this wine grow in two different sites –“Rothenpfad” and “Nonnengarten”. “Rothenpfad” is avery steep, south-east facing slope on theMarienburg. The soil is light and consists...

A Bowler favorite, year after year. Clemens’ only parcel of blue slate on the Marienburg, which imparts luster, florality, sizzling acids and fantastic staying power to the wine. There is some skin contact in this wine’s vinification, lending a mild tannic backbone. It’s a steely pleaseure for...

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...

RS: 65g/l, acid: 10.5g/l, Alc: 7.5 % Vol From Evan: From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Always a wild carnival ride, Clemens` Kabi from the grey slate cliffs of the Marienburg is a tightrope walk of acids and sugars which translates to an explosively flavorful, peach-driven...

Grapes for this cuvée are harvested on the steepest terraces of the Fahrlay grand cru, a volcanic formation of blue slate that is hundreds of millions of years old. The Terrassen (terraces) cuvee is always slightly "sweeter" than the GG from here.  

Alcohol: 11 % VolResidual sugar: 6,7 g/lAcidity: 6,4 g/l“Vom roten Schiefer“ translates to „on the red slate”. The grapes for this wine grow in two different sites –“Rothenpfad” and “Nonnengarten”. “Rothenpfad” is avery steep, south-east facing slope on theMarienburg. The soil is light and consists...

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.

100% Godello produced from O Taboleiro, a 15 year old, one hectare plot on granitic, sandy soils. Fermented and aged in stainless steel for 6 months. 2,700 bottles produced.

100% Syrah.  From 70+ year-old vines of an old, pre-clonal variety known as "Serine", planted on a south-facing, limestone marl slope of the Brézème zone (on eastern side of the Rhône River at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The...

100% Roussanne. From vines planted in 2003 from Texier old-vine cuttings, facing south on the Brézème slope on limestone marl soils. The farming is certified-organic and harvest is manual. Whole-cluster press with spontaneous fermentation and no sulfur in cement tanks; aging of 6-8 months on fine...

100% Roussanne. From vines planted in 2003 from Texier old-vine cuttings, facing south on the Brézème slope on limestone marl soils. The farming is certified-organic and harvest is manual. Whole-cluster press with spontaneous fermentation and no sulfur in cement tanks; aging of 6-8 months on fine...

50% Bourbolenc/50%Clairette. Eric has worked closely for many years with Jean Riché, the owner/farmer of these vines which lie 1 km. from the Rhône River. The site is flat and stony with cool, clay-based soils over limestone and harvested quite early to preserve freshness of fruit. The Bourbelenc...

100% Syrah. From Texier's younger (20-40-year-old) 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 are...

Many argue that Île des Vergelesses should be classified as a Grand Cru. It’s true that in the best years, with it’s eastern exposure and mid-slope location, it behaves as a Grand Cru. Chandon de Briailles has a healthy three hectares planted to pinot noir, located in an area with a nice slope, and...

The winemakers' mother, Nadine, decided to plant Chardonnay in the Corton Bressandes vineyard because she wanted to have some Chardonnay to drink in the mid-term while the Charlemagne was aging! The final blend is eighty percent Corton Bressandes, fifteen percent Corton Chaumes and five percent ...

This cuvée comes from four parcels which total 1.12 hectare, situated mid-slope and spread in homogenous fashion over the whole appellation, giving a nice typicity of Bressandes. The soils are deep and made up in equal parts of limestone and clay, giving the wine lovely balance and great length on...

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 Côte de Nuits. The soil is red as it is very ferruginous, and you find limestone rocks throughout the vineyard. Chandon de...

In Remington Norman and Charles Taylor’s book, The Great Domaines of Burgundy, Les Vergelesses and Île des Vergelesses are described as top sites in the village of Pernand-Vergelesses, “wines of weight and structure, capable of aging for twenty years or more.” Les Vergelesses is just below Île,...