100% Pineau d'Aunis. The Nicolas family bottles a Pineau d'Aunis called "Rouge Gorge" annually; in some vintages, they single out the very oldest vines, which total 0.9 hectare and clock in at over 100 years old at this point, for their "L'Hommage à Louis Derré" bottling. Needless to say, the...

100% Cabernet Franc. Like the more renowned Les Picasses, Les Peuilles is a lieu-dit close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron, but it is to the south of town, closer to the Vienne river. It is a plateau rather than a hillside and features soils of clay and flint rather than limestone. The fruit is...

100% Cabernet Franc. The Grézeaux vines are the Baudry’s oldest, going back as far as 75 years. They are on a flat site of gravelly sand with a touch of clay near the Vienne River and the winery, close to the Les Granges vineyard. The farming is certified-organic. All vineyard work, including...

70% Cabernet Franc/30% Merlot.  Only three 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 Muscadet from its granite soils but where a...

100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case range from 50 to 100 years old and are scattered multiple parcels on clay-limestone soils. Certified-biodynamic farming. The bunches are harvested by hand, destemmed and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel with a 20-day maceration....

100% Gamay. La Butte or "the hill" is an organically farmed, hand-harvested 1.7-hectare parcel of 85-year-old Gamay on flinty clay-limestone soils in the Touraine (Tue-Boeuf has been purchasing this fruit for many years from a neighbor who is also their source for the Petit Buisson Sauvignon). A...

70% Pineau d'Aunis/20% Cab Franc/10% Gamay. Includes vines from 60-130 years old! Co-fermented Pineau & Cab Franc with Gamay added afterward. Vinified & aged in tank, bottled unfiltered.

Originally founded in 1960, Domaine Jourdain has been run since 1990 by Sophie Siadou and her partner Francis Jourdain. Together, they sustainably farm approximately thirty hectares of vines. Reflecting her holistic approach to the ecosystem of the vineyard and her careful attention to the nuances...

100% Cabernet Franc, grown in clay and gravel soil. Vines average 30 years-old. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining or filtration.

Duveau makes two reds from the famous "Poyeux" vineyard in Chacé. Contrary to what you would expect, the "Bas Poyeux" has little top soil and is composed of sandy limestone on top of rocky green chalk. The vines were planted in 1960. It's aged in a mix of cement and barrels. On the palate, it...

100% Pinot Noir, from 30 year old vines. The soil is composed of layers of clay and small fossilized oyster shells with limestone sediment. Grapes are sorted in the cellar then placed in stainless steel tanks where the alcoholic fermentation and maceration takes place for three weeks. Malolactic...