This cuvée comes from 50 year-old Chardonnay vines from a single hectare plot called ‘Les Effarets.’ The name of the wine, Les Gryphées, comes from an ancient extinct oyster, whose fossils’ are found in the soil. The wine is aged on the lees for 12 months and the barrels are topped off to protect...

Alexis' heritage cuvée, a true snapshot of his terroir. 70% Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir, 10% Chardonnay. Grown in Troissy and Dormand, in limestone and stony-clay soil. Vinification in stainless steel and aging in used oak barrels. 30% comes from perpetual reserve wine, aged in foudres. Base vintage...

40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Meunier. The Chardonnay is from three plots around Cramant, the Pinot Noir is mostly from their family parcel in Bouzy, and the Meunier is from an old family parcel in Fossoy. Vinified in stainless steel where it goes through malolactic fermentation. Aged on lees...

Direct press of Grolleau from 50 year-old vines into tank for a super bright and invigorating rosé.

100% Chenin Blanc.Rocky soil over grey-green schist with banks of phtanite. Foot crushed and pressed for 4 hours, 3-4-week ambient yeast fermentation and aging for 6 months in stainless steel (35-50%) and 350, 500 and 600 L barrels (50-65%), full malolactic conversion, 10-20 ppm SO2 added before...

In the cellar, they press with whole clusters for three to four hours, then cold settle. Ambient yeasts take care of fermentation. The wine is fermented and aged in 228 and 400 liter used barrels. It’s then blended and aged for an additional four month in stainless steel tanks. It’s bottled without...

100% Baga from clay and limestone soils. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in plastic bins and aged for two years in in new and used French oak barrels. 1,800 bottles produced.

A still white wine made from 100% Trebbiano di Spagna, from the 1ha Vigna Tiberia in Levizzano Rangone, 280m, facing west/northwest.  Harvest on Sept 12, at low yields of 12 hl/ha. Destemmed, gently pressed, no skin contact.  Fermented and aged in concrete, bottled under the rising moon of August 2...

Chardonnay from Mariah Vineyard, an organically farmed site at 2,400 feet in the Mendocino Ridge AVA. Sitting above the fog line, the vineyard is exposed to constant wind and heavily influenced by the nearby Pacific. The steep, dry-farmed slopes yield naturally concentrated fruit, while cool...

From the commune of Pommard, silty-clay soil with gravel, at the base of the slope with excellent drainage. Planted in 2003. Pressed, settled, ambient yeast fermentation in stainless steel. Aged for 15 months in 400 L sandstone vessels and for an additional 7 months in stainless steel. SO2 added as...

Clairet, a traditional Bordeaux style that sits somewhere between red and rosé, used to be produced throughout the Côtes de Bordeaux, but has since vanished. Rouge Clair offers a fresh take on that classic style. 100% merlot from 40-year-old vines grown in clay and limestone soil. Fermentation in...

Lyrarakis' remarkable sweet wine, Liastos (literally meaning 'sun-dried'), is composed of 39% Thrapsathiri , 38% Vidiano, 10% Vilana, 6% Plytó, 4% Dafni, and 3% Assyrtiko.  The vineyards are in the Alagni-Panorama zone of central Crete.   The grapes were dried in the shade for a week and then in...