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Cristia

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Cuvée Renaissance”
Grenache from Rhône, France
JD:94-96 WA:91 WS:93 Organic
DB0500-20

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Classic
Grenache from Rhône, France

The “Classic” has a distinctive floral component and is a pretty wine, at the same time, it captures the power and spice you expect from a classic Châteauneuf. The vines average 50 years-old and are grown in a sandy loam and clay soil. The blend is 75% Grenache aged in concrete, 15% Syrah and 10%...

Organic
DB0498-20

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France
JD: 95-97 WA:90+ WS:95
DB0499-20

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Classic
Grenache from Rhône, France

WS:91 Organic
DB0498-21

Cristia - Côtes-du-Rhône Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

100% Grenache from 50-55 year old vines. This vineyard is just east of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and across the A7 highway; this is a top Côtes-du-Rhône vineyard, with red clay and rocky galets soil. (Another famous wine from this area is the Coudoulet de Beaucastel Côtes-du-Rhône, considered to be a...

Organic
DB0497-22

Domaine la Barroche

Domaine la Barroche - Vin de France "Liberty"
Grenache from Rhône, France

2015 was the first vintage of this new project that Julien made with his friend Yannick Alliaud. They found a very old-vine parcel located at 125 meters above sea-level in Chateauneuf-de-Gadagne, just east of Avignon. The soils are very similar to La Crau in Châteauneuf-du-Pape with layers of sand...

Organic
DB8550-20

Domaine la Barroche - Châteauneuf-du-Pape "Julien Barrot"
Grenache from Rhône, France

Formerly called the "Signature" bottling. From a mix of different terroir found in Châteauneuf; yellow and red sand, red clay, large pebbles, with a high proportion of sand. The average age of the vines is more than 70 years old. The final blend is: • 60% Grenache from a plot at the junction of "...

WA:90 JD:92
DB1315-21

Domaine la Barroche - Châteauneuf-du-Pape "Julien Barrot"
Grenache from Rhône, France

JS:94 WS:93
DB1315-20

Domaine la Barroche - Châteauneuf-du-Pape "Pure"
Grenache from Rhône, France

97% Grenache, 3% other varietals. Pure is handcrafted from a single plot of 100-year-old vines and sandy soil, at the junction of “Grand Pierre”, “Rayas” and “Pointu” districts. Underripe stems are removed, and the wine is fermented in underground concrete vats. The wine stays on the skins for over...

JD:94 Organic
DB1316-21

Monardière

Monardière - Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 20% Mourvèdre, from vines averaging 60 years of age, planted in chalky clay. The fruit is harvested by hand, with sorting in the vineyard; 100% de-stemmed. Fermented with natural yeasts, with a maceration of 20 days with pigeage. Aged 18 months in demi-muids (barrels of...

Organic
DB7238-19

Monardière - Côtes du Rhône “Calades”
Grenache from Rhône, France

Winemaker, Damien Vache, really appreciates a lighter bodied style of wine from the Rhône and with the recent hot vintages, this is becoming more and more difficult to achieve. As he replaces old vines that are no longer producing fruit, he is planting more Counoise, Cinsault, and Carignan, grapes...

Organic
DB7233-21

Monardière - Vacqueyras Les 2 Monardes
Grenache from Rhône, France
Organic
DB7237-20

Monardière - Vacqueyras Les 2 Monardes
Grenache from Rhône, France
Organic
DB7237-21

Monardière - Côtes du Rhône “Calades”
Grenache from Rhône, France

New! Winemaker, Damien Vache, really appreciates a lighter bodied style of wine from the Rhône and with the recent hot vintages, this is becoming more and more difficult to achieve. As he replaces old vines that are no longer producing fruit, he is planting more Counoise, Cinsault, and Carignan,...

VFTC:92 Organic
DB7233-19

Terres Dorées

Terres Dorées - Moulin-à-Vent "Les Thorins" (LIBRARY)
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. Jean-Paul bottles a straight Moulin-à-Vent but additionally does two lieu-dit-specific versions: this one is Les Thorins, which sits just below the other, La Rochelle. The fruit for this bottling comes from vines aged 60+ years old on sandy. decomposed-granite soils with iron. The wine...

VM:93 Sustainable
DB3974-15

Terres Dorées - Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes
Gamay from Beaujolais, France
Organic
DB8957-22

Terres Dorées - Pinot Noir Bourgogne
Pinot Noir from Beaujolais, France
Sustainable
DB1123-22

Terres Dorées - Morgon Côte du Py-Javernières
Gamay from Beaujolais, France
WA:92+ Sustainable
DB8819-21

Terres Dorées - Côte de Brouilly
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. The Côte de Brouilly is the steep, hilly heart of the larger Brouilly cru and was Jean-Paul's first cru bottling in the early 2000s. He has parcels totalling 4.5 hectares with vines from 50 to 60 years old, generally mid-slope and at up to 400 meters in elevation and with expositions...

Sustainable
DB0310-22

Terres Dorées - Beaujolais Nouveau L'Ancien
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. The Terres Dorées L'Ancien vines are Jean Paul's oldest vines at 40-60 years old. They grow on the sandy clay-limestone hills in his home village of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais and yield small, thick-skinned berries. The farming is organic and harvest manual. The earliest harvest...

Organic
DB0376-23

Terres Dorées - Fleurie
Gamay from Beaujolais, France
Sustainable
DB0308-22

Terres Dorées - Moulin-à-Vent
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. Jean-Paul's Moulin-à-Vent comes from 30-45-year-old vines in the lieu-dit called La Tour du Bief. They are midslope on a hill near the famous windmill for which Moulin-à-Vent was named. The ancient metamorphic soils are decomposed pink granite with heavy clay into which the roots go...

Sustainable
DB0309-22

Terres Dorées - Morgon
Gamay from Beaujolais, France
Sustainable
DB0307-22

Terres Dorées - Moulin-à-Vent "La Rochelle" (LIBRARY)
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. Jean-Paul bottles a straight Moulin-à-Vent but additionally does two lieu-dit-specific versions. This one is La Rochelle, the second-highest parcel in the Moulin appellation, east-facing and midslope with well-drained, shallow sandstone and pink granite soils rich in iron. The fruit for...

JS:93 VM:93 Sustainable
DB3959-15

Chevrot

Chevrot - Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
Organic
DB0160-22

Chevrot - Maranges "Sur le Chêne"
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

Chevrot owns four hectares of Pinot Noir in this climat; he uses only the best fruit for this cuvée. The plots face south and are rich in limestone, gravel and decomposed sand from granite. The river, la Cozanne, which made this soil, crosses a granitic canyon. The granitic sand in this soil gives...

Organic
DB0161-22

Chevrot - Savigny les Beaune 1er Cru "Hauts Jarrons"
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
Organic
DB4442-21

Chevrot - Santenay 1er Cru "Clos Rousseau"
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
Organic
DB0163-22

Chevrot - Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune Rouge
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
Organic
DB4441-22

Desvignes

Desvignes - Morgon Javernières
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. From 3 hectares of vines in the historic Morgon lieu-dit of Javernières at the foot of the famous hill of the Côte du Py. The soils are much heavier with deep, iron-rich, red clay here versus the more schistous "rotten rock" up the Py hill. The vines are certified-organic, are 40 years...

Organic
DB0345-22

Desvignes - Morgon Côte du Py
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. From 2.2 hectares of parcels on the Côte du Py, which is famous for its roche pourrie or "rotten rock" of manganese-rich, decomposed schist and its structured, long-lived wines. The vines are around 70 years old and have a cooler NE exposure at the top of the hill. They are certified-...

Organic
DB0393-22

Desvignes - Morgon Corcelette
Gamay from Beaujolais, France
Organic
DB5602-22

Desvignes - Morgon Montpelain
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. Montpelain is a lieu-dit in the NE corner of Morgon in the climat of Douby, along the Fleurie border. Desvignes used to include this 0.75-hectare plot of 80-year-old vines in their entry-level "La Voûte Saint-Vincent", but its strong old-vine character warranted its separation starting...

Organic
DB5601-22

Desvignes - Morgon Javernières "Aux Pierres"
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. 2020 was the first vintage from a new parcel in the historic lieu-dit of Javernières at the foot of the famous Côte du Py hill. "Aux Pierres" comes from a 0.57-hectare plot of 90-year-old vines on a steep, east-facing slope. The soils are iron-rich, red clay with schist, pyrite and...

Organic
DB3305-22

Desvignes - Morgon Château Gaillard
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. Château Gaillard is a lieu-dit in the NE corner of Morgon in the climat of Douby, along the Fleurie border. Desvignes used to include this 1.03-hectare plot of 80-year-old, south-facing vines in their entry-level "La Voûte Saint-Vincent", but its strong old-vine character warranted its...

Organic
DB3304-22

Desvignes - Morgon "La Voûte Saint-Vincent"
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. The beginning of the Desvignes range is "La Voûte Saint Vincent", named for the vault or "voûte" of the old family house and for the patron saint of winemakers. It is a blend of certified-organic estate parcels totalling 4.5 hectares in the climat of Douby, which lies in the northeast...

Organic
DB0392-22

Desvignes - Beaujolais "L`Aube à Javernières"
Gamay from Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay. 2020 was the first vintage of "L'Aube à Javernières" and the first Desvignes wine to not be strictly from the cru of Morgon. This new 0.84-hectare parcel of 20-30-year-old, certified-organic vines grows in deep clay soils just outside the Morgon appellation on the edge of Javernières at...

Organic
DB3303-22

Baudry, Domaine Bernard

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon "Les Grézeaux"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. The Grézeaux vines are the Baudry’s oldest at around 50 years and were the very first part of the estate in 1975. They lie on a flat, sandy site near the Vienne River in Cravant, very near the winery and the Les Granges vineyard. The key difference between the two sites is the...

Organic
DB0306-21

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon "La Croix Boissée"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France
Organic
DB0378-20

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon "Les Granges"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. The Granges vines are an 8-hectare site along the Vienne River in Cravant, just below the winery. They are around 20 years old now and planted on pure sand and pebbles with virtually no clay, giving rise to a light, fresh style of Chinon. The farming is certified-organic. All...

Organic
DB8967-22

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon "Les Mollières"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. 2020 is the first individual bottling of this particular 1-hectare plot, Mollières, which previously was incorporated into another cuvée. Mollières lies in the extreme west of Chinon, at the highest hillside location of any of Baudry's vines. It is a windy, well-exposed site...

Organic
DB4672-20

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon "Clos Guillot"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. Close to the town of Chinon, Clos Guillot is a hillside vineyard with south-southwest exposure, near the top of the hill, with clay soils rich in yellow tuffeau (the soft local limestone) and iron. The vines were planted between 1993 and 2000. The farming is certified-organic...

Organic
DB8968-21

Pépière

Pépière - VDP Val de Loire Cabernet Franc/Merlot "La Pépiè"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

70% Cabernet Franc/30% Merlot. Only 3 of Pépière's 43 certifed-biodynamic hectares of vines are planted to black grapes: Côt, Merlot and Cabernet Franc (known locally as Breton). They are in the 10-hectare "home" vineyard in Clisson, known best for the Muscadet from its granite soils de Bourgogne...

Biodynamic
DB0545-22

Pépière - VDP Val de Loire Côt "La Pépiè"
Côt from Loire, France

100% Côt. Only 3 of Pépière's 43 certifed-biodynamic hectares of vines are planted to black grapes: Côt, Merlot and Cabernet Franc (known locally as Breton). They are in the 10-hectare "home" vineyard in Clisson, known best for the Muscadet from its granite soils de Bourgogne but where a gentle...

Biodynamic
DB0546-22

Filliatreau

Filliatreau - Saumur "Château Fouquet"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. Château Fouquet is a lieu-dit in the village of Brézé 10 kilometers east of Saumur and just outside of the Saumur-Champigny AOC. Founder Paul Filliatreau acquired some partly abandoned Cabernet Franc vines here in 1987 and began replanting in 1989 with massale cuttings from his...

Biodynamic
DB0016-21

Filliatreau - Saumur-Champigny
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. This is the classic wine from the estate, the first wine bottled by founder Paul Filliatreau and popularized in Parisian bistros back in the 1970s. Today the wine comes from a mix of parcels on clay-limestone soils. The vines average 35 years old and are certified-organic and...

Organic
DB6200-20

Filliatreau - Saumur "Château Fouquet"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

Biodynamic
DB0016-20

Filliatreau - Saumur-Champigny "La Grande Vignolle" (Non-Filtré)
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. "La Grande Vignolle" is a single 6-hectare vineyard on a limestone plateau above a cliff along the Loire a few miles from the winery at the northern limit of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. The vines average 40 years old and the farming is certified-organic and in conversion...

Organic
DB0017-20

Filliatreau - Saumur-Champigny "Vielles Vignes"
Cabernet Franc from Loire, France

100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case are estate vines ranging from 50 to 100 years old and scattered across a range of parcels on clay-limestone soils. The farming is certified-organic and is in conversion to biodynamics (on track for certification in the 2021 vintage). The bunches...

Organic
DB6201-18

Renardat-Fâche

Renardat-Fâche - AOC Bugey Rouge "Comme Dans La Cave à Mémé" (2021 + 2022)
Gamay from Bugey, France

100% Gamay. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons in the tiny Cerdon du Bugey village of Mérignat. They farm their 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard organically and biodynamically (certified as of the 2022 vintage) in these high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of rocky clay-limestone soils. The...

Biodynamic
DB4404-22

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