Pentacrine is named for the small star-shaped fossils found in the vineyards. This is a blend of several parcels throughout Vergisson. Fermented and aged in demi-muids; floral with notes of strawberry and juicy pink grapefruit.

Saint Amour is bounding with juicy raspberry fruit. It's full of energy with great minerality and silky tannins. Saint Amour has the most diverse geology of all of the Cru Beaujolais. Pirolette is distinct because the vineyards are near the top of the hill, where you have very little top soil and...

This batch comes from a parcel located in the commune of Saint-Bris-Des-Bois (17), on the Fins Bois terroir. Aged for forty years in French oak barrels, Fanny Fougerat has selected these eaux-de-vie for their delicacy and comforting aromas.

Pineau de Charentes is a traditional term for an alcoholic beverage produced by adding high-strength spirit to unfermented or slightly fermented fruit juice The result is lighter than a fortified wine, that should fall between 15-22 percent alcohol by volume. Because the grapes have not been...

A young-vine Viognier from two villages known for Condrieu, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône and Verin. The soil is sandy granite and mica. Fermented and aged in used barrels for eleven months without racking. 

New! 100% Marsanne aged on the fine lees for eleven months in oak, 10% new. 70% of the vines are forty years-old and the balance are ten years-old.

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...

From three sites on the Plateau de Chassis in the village of Mercurol. In the shadow of Hermitage, the land opens up here and there are many fruit orchards alongside the vineyards. Away from the famous steep slopes, the terroir is a mix of sandy clay and round river stones (galets roules). 100%...

From a 1.5 hectare parcel located just behind the winery with Kimmeridgian limestone. Most Petit Chablis are from hill top vineyards and are grown in Portlandian limestone. Only 5-10% are grown in Kimmeridgian soil. Fermented and aged in large foudres. 

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...

Located in the commune of Vosne-Romanée, at the bottom of the slope in very white, marly soils. One quarter of the vines were planted in the 1930's and the rest were planted in the 1990's. Whole clusters directly pressed, indigenous yeast fermentation in barrel. Like the rest of the domaine wines,...

100% Jacquere. On the southwest facing slopes of the Bauges Mountains, Benjamin Ravier works the vines according to HVE 3 standards of sustainability. The grapes are hand harvested, pressed very gently, and fermented without maceration in stainless steel. Three months of lees contact lend a...

100% Jacquere. On the southwest facing slopes of the Bauges Mountains, Benjamin Ravier works the vines according to HVE 3 standards of sustainability. The grapes are hand harvested, pressed very gently, and fermented without maceration in stainless steel. Three months of lees contact lend a...

From artisan winemaker Jean Marc Barthez, who serves as president of a small co-operative winery in the ancient village of Monségur. A blend of 95% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Semillon fermented without oak to preserve the underlying expression of its classic, gravel-rich terroir, offering the enhanced...

Jacqueline Delaunay makes this superb Muscadet from five hectares of 20-year-old Melon Blanc vines grown on stony gneiss, amphibolite and schist soils. The estate is in organic conversion, using no chemicals or herbicides whatsoever, only grass as a cover crop. Fermentation by ambient yeasts, found...

A signature blend of 50% Merlot, with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s wonderful “drinkability” is highlighted by the absence of oak during the aging process, which allows a bursting acidity and graphite minerality (imagine the lead of fresh pencil shavings) to shine through...

Nathalie Larroque and her family live at the farm known as Mas d’Oustry, built in 1498. This blanc “Perlé” is made from 80% Mauzac and 20% Muscadelle – two grapes typical to the Southwest of France. The word “Perlé” indicates a slight prickle – nearly imperceptible bubbles in the wine. It’s bottled...