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Clemens Busch

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Rothenpfad
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Alcohol: 12 % Vol Residual Sugar: 7.4 g/lAcidity: 5.8 g/lThe Big Red One. The Rothenpfad (red path) is the terminus of an iron- and copper-rich red-colored geological slate formation that runs throughout the Middle Mosel and ends at Pünderich. Clemens’ GG from here, like all wines made from such...

Biodynamic
DB0897-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Trocken
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic
DB8406-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Roten Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Alcohol: 11 % VolResidual sugar: 6,7 g/lAcidity: 6,4 g/l“Vom roten Schiefer“ translates to „on the red slate”. The grapes for this wine grow in two different sites –“Rothenpfad” and “Nonnengarten”. “Rothenpfad” is avery steep, south-east facing slope on theMarienburg. The soil is light and consists...

Biodynamic
DB8408-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

A Bowler favorite, year after year. Clemens’ only parcel of blue slate on the Marienburg, which imparts luster, florality, sizzling acids and fantastic staying power to the wine. There is some skin contact in this wine’s vinification, lending a mild tannic backbone. It’s a steely pleaseure for...

Biodynamic
DB0235-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Blauen Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

The blue slate entry in Clemens' "slate series," identified by its steel blue capsule. Usually released later than the grey and red slate wines, vinified in steel. A dry Riesling of length and strength. The blue slate (blauen schiefer) consistently lends firmness, incredible mineral tension, and a...

90WA, 94WS Biodynamic
DB3610-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Grauen Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Alcohol: 11 % VolResidual sugar: 8,1 g/lAcidity: 6,9 g/l“Vom grauen Schiefer“ translates to “on the grey slate”. The grapes for this wine grow, as the name suggests, on the steep slopes of the Pündericher Marienburg, where grey slate is the predominant soil structure. The soil gives the Riesling...

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DB8407-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Spätlese Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
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DB1034-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling Spätlese Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic
DB1034-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Kabinett Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

RS: 65g/l, acid: 10.5g/l, Alc: 7.5 % Vol From Evan: From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Always a wild carnival ride, Clemens` Kabi from the grey slate cliffs of the Marienburg is a tightrope walk of acids and sugars which translates to an explosively flavorful, peach-driven...

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DB1033-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB0235-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Rothenpfad
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB0897-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling Vom Roten Schiefer
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

Biodynamic
DB8408-23

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg Falkenlay
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

65-90 year old ungrafted vines planted on grey slate. A dry wine from a site famous for its noble sweets. Firm, vivid, gingery, incredibly ripe and saline with acidity that elevates it to a quiveringly “alive” state of being. Perhaps the best food wine in this collection and clearly a long term...

Biodynamic
DB8409-22

Clemens Busch - Riesling (alter-) Native
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

A new cuvée! Previously this all went to Quebec, but we will get some for NY this year. Grown in grey slate on the Marienburg. Spontaneously fermented, macerated extra time on the skins, then matured 15 months on the lees in Clemens’ big old (50+yr) German oak barrels. Unfiltered and unfined. A...

Biodynamic
DB8794-20

Clemens Busch - Riesling GG Marienburg
Riesling from Mosel, Germany

From 40+ year-old, mainly ungrafted vines on gray slate in the main part of the VDP. Grosse Lage, Pündericher Marienburg, the flagship vineyard of the estate.From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt and Demeter certification. Alcohol: 12 % VolResidual sugar: 7,2 g/lAcidity: 6,3 g/l From the...

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DB0908-23

Pedralonga

Pedralonga - Albariño
Albariño from Galicia, Spain
Biodynamic
DB7068-23

Pedralonga - Serea Albariño
Albariño from Galicia, Spain
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DB1772-23

Pedralonga - Carolina (Caiño Blanco)
Caiño Blanco from Galicia, Spain
Biodynamic
DB9098-21

Gomariz

Gomariz - Ribeiro "X" (Albarino/Treixadura)
Albariño from Ribeiro, Spain
WA:92+ Biodynamic
DB1799-22

Gomariz - Ribeiro "X" Godello
Godello from Ribeiro, Spain
Biodynamic
DB4922-23

Gomariz - La Flor y La Abeja Treixadura
Treixadura from Galicia, Spain
WA: 91+ Biodynamic
DB1805-23

Chandon de Briailles

Chandon de Briailles - Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc 1er Cru Ile de Vergelesses
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

Of the four hectares that Chandon de Briailles owns in Île de Vergelesses, one hectare is planted to Chardonnay. It's a clay and limestone soil, which is a part of the same geological break as Charlemagne; with more clay at the bottom of the parcel and very calcareous at the top. The chardonnay,...

Biodynamic
DB6629-22

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France
WA:93-95 Biodynamic
DB6626-20

Chandon de Briailles - Savigny-lès-Beaune Blanc "Les Saucours"
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France
Biodynamic
DB6632-22

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Blanc Grand Cru
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

The winemakers' mother, Nadine, decided to plant Chardonnay in the Corton Bressandes vineyard because she wanted to have some Chardonnay to drink in the mid-term while the Charlemagne was aging! The final blend is eighty percent Corton Bressandes, fifteen percent Corton Chaumes and five percent ...

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DB6624-22

Bellivière

Bellivière - Les Arches de Bellivière VDF Blanc "Caragouille"
Grenache Blanc from Loire, France

50% Grenache Blanc/25% Viognier/25% Vermentino. Caragouille--named for the tiny snails found in the vineyard--is Bellivière's first macerated white and is part of their "Les Arches de Bellivière" line of Vin de France wines. The vines are not part of the estate but rather from a Ventoux (southern...

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DB4516-22

Bellivière - Coteaux du Loir "Eparses" Vieilles Vignes
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "Eparses" is from Bellivière's oldest Coteaux du Loir vines across 6 tiny parcels. These gobelet-pruned, 80-100-year-old beauties are planted on flinty, sandy clay soils over tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed...

Biodynamic
DB8399-22

Bellivière - Coteaux du Loir "L'Effraie"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "L'Effraie" is from Bellivière's younger Coteaux du Loir vines, across 11 parcels totaling 3.5 hectares. These gobelet-pruned, 10-30-year-old vines are planted on flinty, sandy clay soils over tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches...

Biodynamic
DB8415-22

Bellivière - Jasnières "Les Rosiers"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "Les Rosiers" is from Bellivière's younger Jasnières vines, across 24 parcels totaling 5 hectares. The vines are planted on flinty clay soils rich in tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed into tank and the juice...

Biodynamic
DB0547-22

Bellivière - Coteaux du Loir "Prémices"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Biodynamic
DB0382-22

Cascina degli Ulivi

Cascina degli Ulivi - Vino Bianco "Semplicemente"
Cortese from Piedmont, Italy

100% Cortese. From various parcels of biodynamically farmed estate vines in Gavi on clay soils rich in limestone. The bunches are harvested by hand and direct-pressed into old wood for a spontaneous fermentation with no sulfur. The wine is aged for 6 months in a very old, massive 11,000-liter oak...

Biodynamic
DB0124-22

Occhipinti

Occhipinti - Grillo IGT Terre Siciliane "Vino di Contrada SM"
Grillo from Sicily, Italy
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DB3794-23

Occhipinti - IGT Terre Siciliane Bianco "SP68"
from Sicily, Italy
Biodynamic
DB0387-23

Foradori

Foradori - Nosiola IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti "Fontanasanta"
Nosiola from Trentino, Italy

100% Nosiola. Foradori works 2 hectares of this ancient local variety in the Fontanasanta vineyard at about 400 meters above the city of Trento, a few miles down valley from the Foradori estate in Mezzolombardo. The vines are on clay-limestone soils, lower on the hills than the Manzoni Bianco vines...

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DB0180-23

Foradori - Manzoni Bianco IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti "Fontanasanta"
Manzoni Bianco from Trentino, Italy
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DB0187-23

Foradori - Nosiola IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti "Cilindrica" (LIBRARY)
Nosiola from Trentino, Italy

Biodynamic
DB4915-18

Porter Creek Vineyards

Porter Creek Vineyards - Chardonnay "George's Hill" Russian River
Chardonnay from California, United States
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DB7062-19

Porter Creek Vineyards - Chardonnay Russian River
Chardonnay from California, United States
Biodynamic
DB0233-21

Pépière

Pépière - Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine "Monnières-Saint Fiacre"
Melon de Bourgogne from Loire, France

100% Melon de Bourgogne. Pépière has vines in a couple of different zones of the cru of Monnières-St.-Fiacre (including the lieu-dit of Gras Moutons which is separately bottled). The site for this bottling features 60-year-old vines on fine, sandy, gneiss-rich soils. As for all Pépière vines and...

Biodynamic
DB2005-20

Pépière - Muscadet Sèvre et Maine "Clisson"
Melon de Bourgogne from Loire, France
Biodynamic
DB0676-22

Pépière - Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine "Château Thébaud"
Melon de Bourgogne from Loire, France

100% Melon de Bourgogne. Pépière has 14 hectares of vines in the cru of Château Thébaud, but only a 1.5-hectare parcel of vines 25 to 70 years old goes into this bottling (the rest goes into the entry-level "La Pépie"). The south-facing site features sandy clay soils based on decomposed granite de...

Biodynamic
DB8353-19

Pépière - Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie "Briords-Cuvée Vieilles Vignes"
Melon de Bourgogne from Loire, France

100% Melon de Bourgogne. Briords is a 3-hectare lieu-dit in the cru of Château Thébaud. These vines are the estate's oldest plot, planted from massale selection 60-70 years ago. The sandy clay soils are rich in granite de Thébaud, a type differing from granite de Clisson in in its higher feldspar...

Biodynamic
DB8966-23

Closel

Closel - Savennières La Jalousie
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. The fruit from "La Jalousie" comes from the youngest estate vines and is harvested the earliest of the three Closel wines. The vines are generally 20 years old or younger and are in different parcels across all three main Closel micro-terroirs (plateau, hillsides or coteaux, and...

Biodynamic
DB0316-22

Closel - Savennières Les Caillardières
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. From certified-biodynamic estate vines in the Les Caillardières vineyard, which lies on the plateau of Savennières on silky-textured, very poor soils of sand and schist. These 45-year-old vines are harvested by hand 10 days after the earliest-picked wine, La Jalousie, when the...

Biodynamic
DB3342-22

Closel - Savennières Clos du Papillon
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. From certified-biodynamic estate vines in the esteemed Clos du Papillon vineyard, considered one of the grands crus of the appellation. The Clos du Papillon lies in a coulée, a small ravine or valley that cuts across the Savennières hillside. The steep slopes have perfect south-...

Biodynamic
DB0317-22

Filliatreau

Filliatreau - Saumur Blanc "Château Fouquet"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Biodynamic
DB4315-23

Mourgues du Grès

Mourgues du Grès - Costières de Nîmes "Galets Dorés" Blanc
Grenache Blanc from Rhône, France

A blend of mostly Grenache with a compliment of Roussanne, Vermentino and Clairette grown in the rare limestone soil of the area. The northern exposure of this terroir provides a cooler environment for the vines and inflects the harsher extremes of the mediterranean summer. This northern site also...

JS:91 Biodynamic
DB9965-23

Mourgues du Grès - Costières de Nîmes "Galets Dorés" Blanc
Grenache Blanc from Rhône, France

Biodynamic
DB9965-22