65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc from 40+ year old vines planted in clay and gravel. This 5th generation Bordeaux house makes classically rendered, dusty, balanced, thoroughly delicious "baby claret." Certified HVE3 (High Environmental Value level 3, the highest certification...

82% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc. Bordeaux Supérieur aged for twelve months in an equal mix of stainless steel and oak barrels. Juicy blackberry and plum notes with lush, supple tannins. A classic Bordeaux for discerning babblers.

Le Russeghine is the first-known single-vineyard Pigato from Liguria, which Riccardo Bruna first produced in 1972.  It is a selection of middle-aged and older vines from the eponymous vineyard, above the village of Ranzo Borgo, at 230m above sea level, exposed to the Southeast.  This is an historic...

100% Cabernet Franc. Vines ranging from 50 to 90 years-old, grown in alluvial soil in Cravant-les-Côteaux. Spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for 12 months in concrete.

88% Pinot Noir and 12% Cinsault. Sourced from Viñedo Larqui, a 4.5-acre vineyards planted between 1998-2008 in granitic soils at 330 feet altitude. Farmed lutte raisonée. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in concrete; aged on the lees for 12 months and bottled lightly filtered.

Chenin Blanc from vines planted in the 1980s to very thin, iron-rich soils. Direct press to tank for fermentation and aging.

Alain's village level Puligny-Montrachet comes from eigth different climats spread over two and a half hectares throughout the village. It's aged 2/3 in barrel and 1/3 in demi-muids. The eight climats are: Tremblots, Noyer Bret, Les Levrons, Les Nosroyes, Les Enseigneres, Boudrillere, Rousselles,...

Deidesheimer Herrgottsacker is a single vineyard site, southeast facing. Kimich owns 1.5ha in ten little parcels. 10% of the vineyard site is steep, 20% hilly and 70% is flat. The soil varies between sandy loam and loamy sand, mixed with limestone rocks and red sandstone. The name “Herrgottsacker”...

The Riserva is 100% Sangiovese from the estate’s oldest vines, planted in 1993.  Maceration lasted a month.  Aging was for 16-18 months, first in cement, and then in a new chestnut wood botte of 1000L. 3,000 bottles made.  It is deeper and more savory than the ‘normale.’  The inscription on the...

Menetou-Salon's stoney soil gives a lot of minerality to the wine. Vines average 26-30 years-old. Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 2015 was the first vintage produced. Average production is 5,000 bottles per year.       

8.3g/l RS and 8.5g/l acidity. The Muller Estate Trocken comes this year from old vines from 1983 at the top of the Niedermenniger Herrenberg, a red slate site. Vinified dry in 2/3 stainless steel, 1/3 Fuder barrels. Energetic, crunchy, mineral, and far more serious a wine than it has to be -- as...

Starting with the 2020 vintage, the Tement’s added the name of the microparcel to the bottle Grassnitzberg “Riff”. The wine in the bottle has not changed; it still comes from the same steep, Erste Lage site. Like the Zieregg, it’s fermented and aged in large, neutral oak casks, but for slightly...

100% Pinot Noir from organically farmed vineyards within the Willamette Valley. The majority of the blend is from Finnigan Hill Vineyard - a higher elevation site in the Chehalem Mountains AVA. Other vineyard sources include Cassin Vineyards in McMinnville AVA, Nemarniki Vineyard in the Chehalem...

Viognier 46%, Pinot Gris 44%, and Muscat 10% from two organically farmed vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains AVA - Le Beau and Nemarniki. The fruit was destemmed and co-fermented on skins for 22 days before being pressed to a mix of Acacia, French Oak, and Italian clay tanks and matured for six...

Cabernet Franc from Barrow Vineyard, a site purchased by Kim and Debra in 2013 on the east side of Seneca Lake. The Bloomers planted this Cabernet Franc parcel in 2015 on a steep, rocky hillside. The Barrow bottling undergoes the same cellar protocol as the Morehouse Road Cab Franc - fermented with...

100% Chardonnay from a site of calcareous clay on an east facing slope. Whole cluster, spontan fermentation, aged in small barrels for one year. Instantly pleasing with savory elements everywhere, terrific spine, and a fine-grained, elegant finish.