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Louis/Dressner Selections

Louis/Dressner Selections is a wine importing company founded in the early 1990’s by Joe Dressner and his wife Denyse Louis. The “M” was added when Kevin McKenna joined forces with them a few years later, thus completing the LDM triumvirate. LDM, as they are known, were never interested in scores...

Barolo Lazzarito 'Vigna Preve'
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
JS:94 DE:93 Organic
DB8417-14

Barolo del comune di La Morra
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
JS:94 WA:93 Organic
DB8436-16

Clemens Busch

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Roten Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

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...

Biodynamic
DB8408-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Blauen Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

The blue slate entry in Clemens' "slate series," identified by its steel blue capsule. Usually released later than the grey and red slate wines, vinified in steel. A dry Riesling of length and strength. The blue slate (blauen schiefer) consistently lends firmness, incredible mineral tension, and a...

90WA, 94WS Biodynamic
DB3610-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Spätlese Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic
DB1034-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Rothenpfad
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

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...

Biodynamic
DB0897-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling (alter-) Native
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

A new cuvée! Previously this all went to Quebec, but we will get some for NY this year. Grown in grey slate on the Marienburg. Spontaneously fermented, macerated extra time on the skins, then matured 15 months on the lees in Clemens’ big old (50+yr) German oak barrels. Unfiltered and unfined. A...

Biodynamic
DB8794-20

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

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...

Biodynamic
DB0235-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Falkenlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

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...

Biodynamic
DB8409-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Grauen Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Alcohol: 11 % VolResidual sugar: 8,1 g/lAcidity: 6,9 g/l“Vom grauen Schiefer“ translates to “on the grey slate”. The grapes for this wine grow, as the name suggests, on the steep slopes of the Pündericher Marienburg, where grey slate is the predominant soil structure. The soil gives the Riesling...

Biodynamic
DB8407-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Roten Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB8408-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

From 40+ year-old, mainly ungrafted vines on gray slate in the main part of the VDP. Grosse Lage, Pündericher Marienburg, the flagship vineyard of the estate.From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt and Demeter certification. Alcohol: 12 % VolResidual sugar: 7,2 g/lAcidity: 6,3 g/l From the...

Biodynamic
DB0908-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrley-Terrasen
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

DB0898-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Rothenpfad
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB0897-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Trocken
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic
DB8406-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB0235-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Spätlese Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic
DB1034-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Kabinett Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

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...

Biodynamic
DB1033-23

Pedralonga

Pedralonga - Carolina (Caiño Blanco)
Caiño Blanco from Galicia, Spain
Biodynamic
DB9098-21

Pedralonga - Serea Albariño
Albariño from Galicia, Spain
Biodynamic
DB1772-23

Pedralonga - Albariño
Albariño from Galicia, Spain
Biodynamic
DB7068-23

Pedralonga - Tinto DoUmia
Caino from Galicia, Spain

70% Mencía, 20% Caiño, and 10% Espadeiro, from 30 year old vines planted on sandy, alluvial plots at the foot of the Pedralonga slope. Fermented from native yeasts, partially with whole clusters in stainless-steel tanks. Aged on the lees for at least 1 year. No oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered....

Biodynamic
DB8955-21

Gomariz

Gomariz - Ribeiro "X" (Albarino/Treixadura)
Albariño from Ribeiro, Spain
WA:92+ Biodynamic
DB1799-22

Gomariz - La Flor y La Abeja Treixadura
Treixadura from Galicia, Spain
WA: 91+ Biodynamic
DB1805-23

Gomariz - La Flor y La Abeja Souson
Sousón from Galicia, Spain
WA:90+ Biodynamic
DB1800-22

Gomariz - Ribeiro "X" Godello
Godello from Ribeiro, Spain
Biodynamic
DB4922-23

Texier, Éric

Texier, Éric - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc V. Vignes
Bourbolenc/Clairette from Rhône, France

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...

Organic
DB8944-20

Texier, Éric - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

100% Grenache. From 80+-year-old vines on classic sandy, gravelly soils laden with the stones known as galets roulés. They are planted in a flat, north-facing parcel in the lieu-dit of Bois Sénéchaux and are certified organic. Texier has been working with vineyard owner/farmer Jean Riché and these...

Organic
DB8945-21

Texier, Éric - VDF Blanc "Adèle"
Clairette from Rhône, France

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...

Organic
DB0053-22

Texier, Éric - VDF Rouge "Le Clau" Serine (Laurence & Eric Texier)
Serine from Rhône, France

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...

Organic
DB3894-21

Texier, Éric - VDF Rouge "Chat Fou"
Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France

45% Grenache/35% Cinsault/20% Clairette. Mainly from 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 tributary of the Rhône River, at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). The farming is...

Organic
DB8940-22

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème "Vieille Serine" (Pergaud)
Syrah from Rhône, France

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...

Organic
DB8943-17

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème
Syrah from Rhône, France

100% Syrah. From Texier's younger (20-40-year-old) vines, 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 vinification and aging are...

Organic
DB8941-22

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc Brézème
Roussanne from Rhône, France

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...

Organic
DB8942-23

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème "Vieille Serine" (Pergaud)
Syrah from Rhône, France

Organic
DB8943-19

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge St. Julien-en-St.Alban
Syrah from Rhône, France
Organic
DB1024-21

Chandon de Briailles

Chandon de Briailles - Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru aux Fourneaux
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
(92-94) VM Biodynamic
DB6633-17

Chandon de Briailles - Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er cru Les Lavières
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

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...

WA:91-93 VM:91-93 BH:90-93 Biodynamic
DB6635-20

Chandon de Briailles - Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru Les Valozières
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
BH:90-92,WA:90-92 Biodynamic
DB6623-20

Chandon de Briailles - Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

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,...

BH:90-93,WA:90-92 Biodynamic
DB6631-20

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

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...

VM:94-96WA:92-94+ BH:992-94 Biodynamic
DB6625-20

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

This cuvée comes from four parcels situated mid-slope and spread in homogenous fashion over the whole appellation. The soils are deep and made up in equal parts of limestone and clay, giving the wine lovely balance and great length on the palate. It is a terroir that is very representative of the...

WA 92-94 Biodynamic
DB6525-17

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Les Maréchaudes Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

Maréchaudes is a part of the Aloxe commune, which is tiny with only 100 residents! Located just below Corton Bressandes, the vineyards have east, south-east 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...

Biodynamic
DB6628-21

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

Clos du Roi, one of the most famous vineyards of Corton, is just below the Le Corton lieu-dit of Corton Charlemagne, a terroir high on the hillside, very steep and made up of clay-limestone marls containing a little sand and little topsoil. Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a...

BH:94 Biodynamic
DB6627-21

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

BH:94 Biodynamic
DB6625-21

Chandon de Briailles - Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

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...

Biodynamic
DB6141-22

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Blanc Grand Cru
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

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 ...

Biodynamic
DB6624-22

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

BH:94 Biodynamic
DB6625-22

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

Biodynamic
DB6627-22

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