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Gilles Brisson

Gilles Brisson - Cognac XO
from Cognac, France
WE:97
DB7431-NV

Famille Isabel Ferrando

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Vieilles Clairettes”
Clairette from Rhône, France
WA:94 JD:95+ WS:95 Organic
DB7353-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Côtes-du-Rhône “Beatus Ille”
Grenache from Rhône, France

Beatus Ille is mostly Grenache blended with about 15% Cinsault from a parcel named, La Lionne, in the Sorgues district, just at the southern border of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and another parcel. It’s blended with a bit of Syrah from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It’s 100% destemmed and fermented and aged in...

Biodynamic
DB7350-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France

This cuvee comes entirely from the Les Serres parcel and is primarily the fruit that used to make up the “Favier” and “Giraud” wines. 100% whole cluster made mostly in demi-muids; some amphora and glass demi-johns are also used. 75% old-vine Grenache, 12% Cinsault, 11% Mourvedre, and 2% Syrah.

JD:95 WS:94 Organic
DB7381-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Clairette from Rhône, France

A new expression of Chateaneuf-du-Pape Blanc in the 2021 vintage. It’s a blend of 60% Clairettes and 40% Roussanne from the Serres lieu-dit with galets stones, gravel, and blue clay. It’s the first vintage that is aged in a mix of glass demi-johns and two year-old demi-muids barrels. Clairette...

JD:93 WS:93 WA:90 JS:96 Organic
DB7380-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France

JD:98+ DE:95 WS:94 JS:94-95 WA:93-95 FS:93 Organic
DB7381-20

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Côtes-du-Rhône “Beatus Ille”
Grenache from Rhône, France

WS:90 Biodynamic
DB7350-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Colombis”
Grenache from Rhône, France

“Colombis” has become an iconic wine of Ferrando’s. It’s quite unique in her portfolio as it’s the only Châteauneuf that does not comes from the Les Serres vineyard. It’s 100% Grenache that comes from four parcels on the plateau of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with northfacing vineyards: Rayas and Colombis...

JD:98 DE:97 JS:95 WS:95 WA:94-97 FS:97 VM:96 Organic
DB7362-20

Rocher Corbin

Rocher Corbin - Montagne Saint-Emilion
Merlot from Bordeaux, France
Organic
DB9759-20

Lelouvier

Lelouvier - Calvados Fine
from Normandy, France

DB8800-NV

Lelouvier - Calvados Vieux
from Normandy, France

A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks. Several generations of the Lelouvier family have sought to identify farms producing fine Calvados in the Ferté Macé and Domfront regions. There is probably NOT a better pairing...

DB8801-NV

Lelouvier - Calvados Hors d'Age
from Normandy, France

DB8802-NV

Domaine de la Pirolette makes two single-vineyard wines, each showcasing a different terroir found within Saint-Amour. The "Poulette" comes from pink granite and is vinified entirely in cement eggs. The shape allows the lees to be contantly moving. The "Poulette" has a great attack, with gorgeous,...

JG:92 Sustainable
DB6882-20

Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour "Carjot"
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

Domaine de la Pirolette makes two single-vineyard wines, each showcasing a different terroir found within Saint-Amour. The "Carjot" comes from blue volcanic soil and is vinified in four barrels and one egg, a fifty-fifty blend. The "Carjot" feels a bit more structured and spicey than the "Poulette...

Sustainable
DB6883-20

Fanny Fougerat

Fanny Fougerat - Petit Cigüe Cognac
from Cognac, France

DB3293-NV

Fanny Fougerat - Iris Poivré XO
from Cognac, France

DB3295-NV

Fanny Fougerat - Laurier d’Apollon
from Cognac, France

DB3294-NV

Fanny Fougerat - Cedre Blanc Extra
from Cognac, France

DB3301-NV

Fanny Fougerat - Le Notoire - Hors Serie Cognac
from Cognac, France

DB4298-NV

Fanny Fougerat - Rosé Le Colibri De Fanny
from Cognac, France

DB4299-NV

François Villard

François Villard - Syrah "L'Appel des Sereines" VdF
Syrah from Rhône, France

A young vine Syrah from several villages Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, and Verin, all with a decomposed granite soil. Twelve day maceration with twenty-five percent whole clusters in open-top wood tronconique vats followed by eleven months of aging, half in the vat and half in neutral...

WS:92
DB3108-20

François Villard - Côte-Rôtie "Le Gallet Blanc"
from Rhône, France

100% Syrah from Ampuis and Saint-Cyr, with an “emphasis on the schist areas from the Brune up towards Verenay” (Livingstone-Learmonth, Wines of the Northern Rhône). Eighty-eight percent whole cluster, macerated for twelve days in stainless steel and wood vats. Aged eighteen months in twenty percent...

WS: 94 VM:95 Sustainable
DB3114-20

François Villard - Condrieu “Terrasses du Palat”
Viognier from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB3111-21

François Villard - Saint-Joseph Rouge “Poivre et Sol”
Syrah from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB3113-21

François Villard - Viognier “Contours de Deponcins”
Viognier from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB3116-22

François Villard - Syrah "L'Appel des Sereines" VdF
Syrah from Rhône, France

DB3108-21

François Villard - Saint Peray “Version”
While blend (mostly Marsanne) from Rhône, France

Saint-Péray is a unique appellation, south of Cornas, that is planted entirely to white grapes, mainly Roussanne and Marsanne. Wines from Saint-Péray remain relatively obscure as the entire appellation is only 98 hectares and not many are imported in the US. A recent Decanter article describes the...

Sustainable
DB3112-21

Brocard, Julien

Brocard, Julien - Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

The Montée de Tonnerre is new to the Julien Brocard line up starting in the 2020 vintage. Julien began converting this site to biodynamic agriculture in 2017 and 2020 is the first year that it was certified biodynamic by Demeter. Montée de Tonnerre is to the right of the valley of the grand crus...

Biodynamic
DB3849-22

Brocard, Julien - Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

Biodynamic
DB3849-21

Brocard, Julien - Chablis "Boissonneuse"
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

Boissonneuse is a single holding of 11 hectares and the first parcel that Julien began farming following biodynamic agriculture back in 1998. The parcel is on a hillside beside the village of Préhy and contains kimmeridgian soil of exceptionally high quality, with very fine minerals.The 30 year-old...

Biodynamic
DB1091-22

Brocard, Julien - Chablis 1er Cru Cote de Lechet
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France
Biodynamic
DB1094-22

Brocard, Julien - Chablis 1er Cru Vaudevey
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

Vaudevey is located in the valley situated behind the Côte de Léchet. Brocard has four hectares on a very steep slope with east exposure. It's one of the coldest sites of all of the 1er Cru. It spends 12-13 months in large foudres. It has a richness to it and finishes with a lean and salty finish.

Biodynamic
DB1093-22