Merlot: Pineau des Charentes or simply ‘Pineau’, is a little-known gem of the Charente region. It is a vin de liqueur, or fortified wine, which is made by blending around one-quarter of Cognac with three-quarters of either slightly fermented grape must or freshly squeezed grape juice

100% Syrah from Ampuis and Saint-Cyr from the lieu-dits, Le Plomb, Cote Bodin, Le Grand Taillis, Fontjean, Servonniere, and Le Mont, with an “emphasis on the schist areas from the Brune up towards Verenay” (Livingstone-Learmonth, Wines of the Northern Rhône). Ninety percent whole cluster, macerated...

Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Abbadessa, planted in 1989 in guyot, 140m above sea level.  Harvest late August/early September.  The grapes were destemmed/crushed and direct-pressed (no maceration). Fermentation and aging was in 54L glass demijohns.  Aged 7 months in demijohn and the a year in...

35 year old vines, from a vineyard called “Le Désert du Petit Bannon” located in the commune of Vinon. The terroir is composed of clay-siliceous soil with lots of flint pebbles. Direct pressing with cold static settling for four days. The must is then moved into 400L barrels where it undergos...

Nicolas Serrette purchased land just south of the village of Cornas and near the Rhone River in 2013 and in 2018 he was able to bottle his first vintage of this special Vin de France, just over the Cornas border. It's 100% Syrah and the terroir is composed of small round stones from different...

This cuvée comes from 62-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines with a south-southwest exposure, on a soil composed of silica and clay soil.  Part of the wine is vinified in cement and “inox” tanks, and another part in new oak barrels; the wine is aged for 10 months on the fine lees, with bâtonnage.

“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...

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”...

In 2012, Agnès met Elisabetta Foradori, who makes wine from the local Teroldego in the Italian Dolomites, notably in amphora. Agnès said that the first wine she tasted from Elisabetta was a white made in amphora and it gave her “the sensation of touching a truth that resonated in me, a wine that...

From two parcels– Les Vireuils, planted in 1998, and Les Crotots, planted in 1925, 1926, 1992 and 2001- fermented and aged in demi-muids on the lees (no stirring) for 12 months. Floral and rich with nice acidity and a salty finish.  

The flagship wine of the single-vineyard efforts at Saumaize-Michelin. They own a single 1.65 hectare parcel and the oldest vines are nearly 100 years-old. It’s located on the back side of the Roche de Vergisson, a very sunny area. The wine typically has supple fruit with dazzling minerality,...

From four hectares across three plots in Les Marans, Les Ballis, and La Côte. Soil is granite, manganese, and sand. Vines average 40 years-old. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 70% in vat and 30% in used oak barrels.

Sollazzo, meaning “fun under the sun,” is made with Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, and a little Sangiovese from a west-facing site planted in pergola. This is a fairly fertile plot, less calcareous than the vineyards that make the Bardolino Classico wines. Half the vines are planted in 1966 and...

(2.5g RS/7.5g acid/12.5% alc) A site made famous by many winemakers in the region, the Niersteiner Pettenthal is a finer soil than Rothenberg, more pebbly with broken rocks and less geological compression. The wines from here tend to be more tensile, more filigreed, lighter on their feet, yet ...

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.       

Martin's Pinot Noir vines are planted on the same hill as the Clos de Beaujeu vineyard, but the site is north facing. The vines were planted in the 1990's and like Beaujeu, the soil is very stoney limestone and bordered by forests. The 2022 was made two thirds in tank and one third in neutral...