The Riserva is 100% Sangiovese from the estate’s oldest vines, planted in 1993.  Maceration lasted a month.  Aging was for 16-18 months, first in cement, and then in a new chestnut wood botte of 1000L. 3,000 bottles made.  It is deeper and more savory than the ‘normale.’  The inscription on the...

The Chianti Colli Senesi ‘normale’ is 100% Sangiovese. Maceration lasted a month. Aged for one year in cement.   This is an overdelivering Sangiovese, with perfectly encapsulated fruit and just the right amount of supporting grip.  10,000 bottles made.  The label reads, “Year 800- Tolfo dei Gricci...

Lucì (short for Lucia), is made with 100% Trebbiano Abruzzese, perhaps the higest-quality biotype of the many Trebbianos found throughout Italy.  It comes from a 0.8ha parcel called Vigna La Monacesca, planted in 2013, with a northeast exposure. Harvest was on Sept 22, at yields of 6,200kg/ha (42hl...

70% Müller Thurgau, 30% Grüner Veltliner. From cold, late-ripening sites surrounded by forest. 100% skin fermented for 12 days, no destemming, mainly free run, almost no juice from pressing, bottled at the ideal residual sugar level (vignerons’ secret). No added sulfites.

70% Grüner Veltliner, 30 % Gelber Muskateller, 3% skins of Gelber Muskateller. All grapes are pressed together. After pressing, skins of Gelber Muskateller are added for 7 days to gain more fruit and complexity.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN 3/1.5L Pure Chenin Blanc from the ensemble of the property’s holdings in the Grand Cru of Quarts de Chaume, the terroir is a blend of both schist and pudding sandstone and is almost entirely south facing over the Layon river. Aged in both barrel and vat for 18 months.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN 3/1.5L Situated at the start of the Côte des Forges, at the foot of La Roche-aux-Moines, the "Clos des Ruchères" sits on a hillside composed of rare purple schists within the appellation. The vineyard is covered by a very thin soil layer, approximately twenty centimeters deep. The...

Domaine Belargus owns 2.96-hectares of vines in this eastern and southeastern-facing lieu-dit of Rouères. Late harvest Chenin hand harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for two years in French oak

ALSO AVAILABLE IN 3/1.5L Domaine Belargus took over Jo Pithon’s 0.57-hectares in Bonnes Blanches, one of the famed crus of the Layon valley from the work of Jo Pithon, Domaine Oggereau, and Réné Mosse. This gently sloping lieu-dit faces north, and the soils are rich in schist.  24 months in large...

Quarts is a south-facing lieu-dit within Quarts de Chaume, historically managed by the seigneurs de Haute Guerche before the French Revolution. For generations, they had tithed a quarter of the wine produced from this parcel to the Abbey of Ronceray in Angers, a tradition reflected in the...

Located mid-slope and facing east, south of the village center, this Grand Cru terroir consists of limestone scree covered with a thin layer of clay topsoil. Just below Clos de Bèze. Raised in barrel for 12-15 months. 50 cases produced.

From a single parcel between Meursault and Volnay. A peppery and delicate Pinot Noir from clay soil, there is more aging potential here than one might expect from Bourgogne. Aged in barrel for eight to ten months.

90% Carignan/10% Cinsault. The 2021 "La Providence" Rouge is  only the second vintage of the very first wine from Domaine La Providence, a new estate in the northwest corner of Provence. The vineyards are at 280-300 meters with on very sandy, stony soils with very little clay. Vine age ranges from...

This 100% hand harvested Semillon is from a single plot in the Finca Manoni vineyard inside the Uco Valley. Left 50% whole cluster and fermented in 1000L oak foudre where wine is aged for a year and a half.