100% Jacquère. The Abymes appellation sits lower and the slope than the Apremont and is on generally flatter land. Stainless steel fermentation and aging.

100% Pinot Noir from several parcels with granite and clay-limestone soil with southeast exposure. Fermented and aged in stainless steel.

VSOP (“very superior old pale”, or Reserve) designates a blend in which the youngest brandy is stored for at least four years in cask; aged for 5-6 years before release.  100% Ugni Blanc. Named to the 2015 Top 100 Spirits List in Wine Enthusiast.    

A blend of unfermented grape juice mixed with unaged brandy then aged together for 18 months in oak. 17% abv  

The flagship of the estate.  Its first vintage was 2002 and it was the only wine produced until 2006.  It comes from the parcels around the cellar in Roccatederighi, at 500-600m. Though Cabernet Franc has always been its guiding force, it became 100% Cabernet Franc with the 2015 vintage.  0-20%...

The 'File' ('Rows') series arrives after 25 years of observation and experience. These are micro sections of the vineyards, where the plants themselves have behaved differently in their vegetation and the wines have expressed unique characteristics. 30 File 2020, from the lower slope, finds its...

55% Alicante Nero, 25% Sangiovese, 15% Mourvedre, 5% Alicante Bouschet—from vineyards at 180-250 meters above sea level, the lower and more coastal-influenced vineyards of Ampeleia.   The varieties were harvested and vinified separately.  A variety of approaches: some direct-press, some infusion,...

80% Carignano, 20% Alicante Nero (aka Grenache).  The Carignano was direct-pressed and then whole clusters of the Alicante Nero were added to the tank, macerating there for 12 days and coloring the wine. All concrete.   The wine is purposely released late; rather than being a seasonal product, it...

Rosé Rurale is a unique blend of 70% Zweigelt pressed white, blended with 20% Sankt Laurent which is co-fermented on the skins with 10% Muskat Ottonel. The fun challenge for Hoch in making this wine is getting a perfect balance of the tannins from the skin contact on the Sankt Laurent and Muskat...

An ultra unique rose from Christoph Hoch - 100% Zweigelt spontaneously fermented and aged in burgundy barrels with flor in the warm cellar. After a month long fermentation, the flor forms and then the wine spends at least five months with the flor. Strawberry, tart, and salty with a slightly tannic...

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...

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...

100% Clairette from 80-100 year-old vines in the Serres lieu-dit. Very low yields of 15hl/ha. Fermented and aged in glass demi-johns for 18 months. Bottled exclusively in magnum with limited availability.

Clos Pepin Blanco is the newest wine in the Aurora line-up. 100% Godello made from the mountainous vineyards of Albares, in Bierzo Alto, all worked by hand by German. It is made in stainless and then goes to French Oak and Amphorae where sometimes a fine layer of "flor" develops giving an...

95% Glera, 5% Verdiso/Bianchetta Trevigiana from a single vineyard planted in 1950 at 350-370m. Whole-cluster pressed; varieties co-harvested and co-fermented. 1st fermentation is spontaneous in concrete. Secondary fermentation in bottle using must from this same vineyard and vintage. Undisorged....

Varieties: 90% Glera, 10% Perera and Bianchetta. Harvested by hand. Vineyard: Col San Martino in the lieu-dit “Rive Alte,” 3.5 hectares at 250-270m above sea level. Planted in 1965, 1980, and 2011.  Eastern exposure. Trained in the traditional Sylvoz or Doppio Capovolto. Soils: In the steep section...

100% Timorasso from the north-facing vineyard parcels of Rampone and Simonelli (2 hectares total), planted between 1996 and 2016 at 300m on silty calcareous soils.   The grapes are whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation was spontaneous in concrete vats.  Malolactic fermentation did not occur.  Aged in...