Our Portfolio

Texier, Éric

Texier, Éric - VDF Blanc "Adèle"
Clairette from Rhône, France

100% Clairette (plus a touch of Marsanne). From mainly Clairette vines planted on a south-facing slope on granite soils in the warm St-Julien en St-Alban zone (in the Ardèche on the northern bank of the Ouvèze--to the west of the Rhône River, at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They...

Organic
DB0053-22

Texier, Éric - VDF Rouge "Le Clau" Serine (Laurence & Eric Texier)
Serine from Rhône, France

From Eric Texier himself: "From a handful of rows in our 0.5 ha of a very particular strain of Serine. Planted in the 1930’s in the Masson parcel of Saint-Julien en-Saint-Alban in the lieu-dit Le Clau. They present unique ampelographic qualities, very different from the Serines we find in Brézème...

Organic
DB3894-21

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème "Vieille Serine" (Pergaud)
Syrah from Rhône, France

100% Syrah. From 70+ year-old vines of an old, pre-clonal variety known as "Serine", planted on a south-facing, limestone marl slope of the Brézème zone (on eastern side of the Rhône River at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The...

Organic
DB8943-17

Texier, Éric - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc V. Vignes
Bourbolenc/Clairette from Rhône, France

50% Bourbolenc/50%Clairette. Eric has worked closely for many years with Jean Riché, the owner/farmer of these vines which lie 1 km. from the Rhône River. The site is flat and stony with cool, clay-based soils over limestone and harvested quite early to preserve freshness of fruit. The Bourbelenc...

Organic
DB8944-20

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème
Syrah from Rhône, France

100% Syrah. From Texier's younger (20-40-year-old) vines, planted on a south-facing, limestone marl slope of the Brézème zone (on eastern side of the Rhône River at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The vinification and aging are...

Organic
DB8941-22

Texier, Éric - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

100% Grenache. From 80+-year-old vines on classic sandy, gravelly soils laden with the stones known as galets roulés. They are planted in a flat, north-facing parcel in the lieu-dit of Bois Sénéchaux and are certified organic. Texier has been working with vineyard owner/farmer Jean Riché and these...

Organic
DB8945-21

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Brézème "Vieille Serine" (Pergaud)
Syrah from Rhône, France

Organic
DB8943-19

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc Brézème
Roussanne from Rhône, France

100% Roussanne. From vines planted in 2003 from Texier old-vine cuttings, facing south on the Brézème slope on limestone marl soils. The farming is certified-organic and harvest is manual. Whole-cluster press with spontaneous fermentation and no sulfur in cement tanks; aging of 6-8 months on fine...

Organic
DB8942-23

Texier, Éric - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge St. Julien-en-St.Alban
Syrah from Rhône, France
Organic
DB1024-21

Texier, Éric - VDF Rouge "Chat Fou"
Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France

45% Grenache/35% Cinsault/20% Clairette. Mainly from vines planted on a south-facing slope on granite soils in the warm St-Julien en St-Alban zone (in the Ardèche on the northern bank of the Ouvèze tributary of the Rhône River, at the southern edge of the northern Rhône Valley). The farming is...

Organic
DB8940-22

Cristia

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...

JG:91 WS:90 Organic
DB0497-22

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

DB0499-22

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

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

Organic
DB0497-23

Cristia - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Cuvée Renaissance”
Grenache from Rhône, France
JD:93 Organic
DB0500-22

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%...

JG:92 JD:90 Organic
DB0498-22

Barroche

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...

JG:90 Organic
DB4774-20

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 "...

JD:94 VM:92 JG:91
DB1315-22

Barroche - Châteauneuf-du-Pape "Fiancée"
Grenache from Rhône, France

The “Fiancée” is only bottled in exceptional years and the last release was the 2016 vintage. The blend is 50% Grenache from the 100-year-old Terres Blanches plot, which lends finesse and silkiness to the wine, and 50% Syrah from the Cabri res plot, which contributes fruit, power, colour, and cocoa...

JD:93 Organic
DB1415-22

Barroche - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc "Pure"
Clairette from Rhône, France
WA:94 JD:90+ Organic
DB8552-21

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

WA:90 JD:92 VM:91
DB1315-21

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

JS:94 WS:93
DB1315-20

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 - 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
JG:91 Organic
DB7237-21

Monardière - Vacqueyras Les 2 Monardes
Grenache from Rhône, France
Organic
DB7237-22

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

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

Montagnette

Montagnette - Côtes-du-Rhône Villages "Signargues"
Grenache from Rhône, France
Organic
DB7014-23

Montagnette - Côtes-du-Rhône Villages "Signargues"
Grenache from Rhône, France
Organic
DB7014-22

Pélaquié

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge
from Rhône, France

50% Grenache and 50% Syrah; half of the grapes for the blend are de-classified Laudun Village and half are just outside the appellation. The terroir of Laudun distinguishes Pélaquié from other southern Rhône appellations. The wines from this side of the river typically have higher acidity, with...

Sustainable
DB6403-22

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Laudun Blanc
from Rhône, France

20% Viognier, 20% Grenache blanc, 20% Clairette, 15% Roussane, 15% Marsanne, 10% Bourboulenc, all from vines averaging about 20 years of age, planted in sandy and clayish slopes with northern exposure. This is a typically Mediterranean climate, with little rain and a strong mistral wind. Hand-...

Sustainable
DB6405-23

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc ('23)
Grenache Blanc from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB6692-NV

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge
from Rhône, France

Sustainable
DB6403-21

Pélaquié - Tavel Rosé
Grenache from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB6407-24

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Laudun Blanc
from Rhône, France

WS:90 Sustainable
DB6405-22

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc
Grenache Blanc from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB6691-23

Pélaquié - Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Laudun Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB2633-21

Chante Cigale

Chante Cigale - Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Grenache from Rhône, France
JG:91+ JD:90 Sustainable
DB7840-22

Chante Cigale - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
from Rhône, France

21% Grenache Blanc, 21% Roussanne, 21% Bourbelenc, 21% Clairette and 15% Picpoul. 5% of the Roussanne is fermented in new oak for 6 weeks, then aged in stainless steel. No malolactic. It’s uncommon to find Bourboulenc in a CdP Blanc; Alexandre likes it in the blend because it tends to have lower...

WE:94 JD:92 JG:92 VM:90 Sustainable
DB7841-23

Chante Cigale - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
Grenache from Rhône, France

65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault. The only difference between the Vieilles Vignes cuvée and the CdP Tradition cuvée is the age of the vines which here reach 100 years old. The wines are made in the same exact way: 70% in tank (stainless steel and cement) and 30% in used barrels.

WS:92 VM:91 Sustainable
DB7842-22

Chante Cigale - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Pi”
Grenache from Rhône, France
Sustainable
DB7839-22

Mourgues du Grès

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

Certified biodynamic. 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache Noir, 10% Mourvèdre. From vineyards blanketed in galets, the smooth round stones of Châteauneufdu- Pape fame, comes a vivacious, garnet-colored rosé with bright red fruit notes. Galets Rosé gets a few hours maceration, 2 hours fermentation for Syrah and...

Biodynamic
DB6575-24

Mourgues du Grès - Costières de Nîmes "Galets" Rouges
Syrah from Rhône, France

Predominately Syrah from younger vines, with Grenache, Mourvèdre, Marselan, and old vine Carignan making up the final blend. The wine-making process is traditional: after a maceration period of 8 – 15 days, the wine is matured for 7 to 12 months in epoxy lined concrete tanks in order to best...

Biodynamic
DB6107-23

Mourgues du Grès - Costières de Nîmes "Fleur d'Eglantine" Rosé
Grenache from Rhône, France

Certified biodynamic. 60% Grenache Noir, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah. Fleur’s soils are slightly heavier, with more clay and loam in comparison to Galets. Direct press rose, giving a delicate light pink color. No sulfites during the winemaking process and minimum amount added at bottling. Aged for...

Biodynamic
DB6574-24

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...

Biodynamic
DB9965-22

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

JS:91 Biodynamic
DB9965-23