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...

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-biodynamic (as of 2021)....

100% Chenin Blanc. Sourced from a single grower with certified-sustainable vines nearby in Saumur. Filliatreau harvests the fruit. The bunches are direct-pressed and fermented to complete dryness with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is aged in tank on its fine lees until the spring...

100% Chenin Blanc. "Buvez du Bon Pinon" is a very special resurrection of a wine by Julien Pinon, starting in the 2020 vintage, in honor of the preceding generations of the family. His great grandfather Camille planted the vines for "Bon Pinon" in 1945 on silex noir or "black flint" soils unique to...

100% Chenin Blanc. "Deronnières" is one of Pinon's two usual sec bottlings and is also a terroir-focused bottling, featuring the most limestone-forward of their parcels. The vines are on an exposed hilltop rich in tuffeau, the soft, chalky limestone particular to Vouvray and are the first to ripen...

100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon chooses vines from more clay-forward parcels for its annual sec bottling. They average 45 years old and have been certified organic since 2007. The bunches are harvested by hand, rigorously sorted and direct-pressed slowly and gently. The juice flows by gravity into...

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-...

Certified HVE - Sustainable. A blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre from the Coteaux de Lauzes made in the saignée method. Hand-harvested and destemmed, then macerated for a few hours before being pressed. Smooth, generous and fruity, with an amber-shaded color of incredible intensity.

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-...

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...

This wine is predominantly (70%) Syrah based from vines that are over 45 years old, complemented by old-vine Grenache (15%) and 15% Mourvedre. The vineyard has a perfectly full southern exposure, with a subsoil of marl and calcareous limestone and a substantial surface layer of galet stones...

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...

Most of this cuvée (75% of blend) comes from the domaine's oldest Grenache blanc vines, grown on limestone, blended with 20% Rousanne and 5% Viognier. Pressed in full clusters, the wine is fermented and aged in 500-liter casks for 12 months.  

Over the years Gilbert's neighbor, Noël Verset, continually asked Gilbert why he didn't make a special bottling of only his oldest vineyards. Now that Nicolas is managing the domaine with him, they decided to give it a try and made just two barrels from "Patou" vineyards that are more than 100...