The La Gerla Brunello is a blend of both the Canalicchio and Castelnuovo vineyards; the average age of the vines is 25 years old. The grapes are kept cool for 7-8 days before fermentation, which lasts up to 15 days. The wine is then transferred to large 50-100hl casks and is aged for three years,...

100% Sangiovese Grosso. The Padovani sisters have around 4.2 contiguous, hilly hectares near Poggio San Polo in the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the harvest by hand. Their Brunello comes from a mere hectare's worth of fruit from prized Vigna del Bosco...

100% Sangiovese Grosso. The Padovani sisters have around 4.2 contiguous, hilly hectares near Poggio San Polo in the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the harvest by hand. Their Brunello comes from a mere hectare's worth of fruit from prized Vigna del Bosco...

This single-vineyard cru is La Gerla's flagship wine. Made in select years, this comes entirely from a one-hectare parcel of old vines (25-30 years old) from the original Biondi-Santi site, located between 270 and 320 meters above sea level. This hillside vineyard occupies a privileged position at...

70% Zweigelt, 15% Pinot Noir, 15% Saint Laurent from cool vineyards. The Zweigelt has a short maceration for color and the Pinot Noir and Saint Laurent are pressed white. Aged for two and a half years on the lees in the bottle. Bottled with approximately 7g/L dosage. Delicate and dry with a mineral...

100% Mondeuse. Franck loves this rustic local grape and has vines averaging about 30 years but getting up to 60-100 years old. The fruit is hand-harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in stainless steel and enamelled concrete tanks. The wine is of a dense, dark color and  grape-y...

100% Pinot Noir. A relative rarity in Bugey. Peillot's Pinot Noir is an old Champagne clone called Pinot Droit, which can ripen in challenging circumstances like this chilly, hilly region. Franck has 1 hectare,  planted originally by his uncle on a flatter, warmer site near the river on stony...

The Rotes Handgemenge is a blend of Zweigelt and Blaufrankisch. The juiciness of the Zweigelt plays well with the structure of the Blaufrankisch. It's meant to be an easy drinker on days when you don't want to take yourself so seriously. It's bottled unfined and unfiltered.

The Domaine du Bois de Simon celebrated its 90th birthday in 2019. Christophe Avi, great-grandson of the founder, joined the estate in 1992.  The domain covers 33 hectares (81.5 acres) of vines and produces 35 000 bottles of red, white and rosé wines each year under two Southwest France...

75% Syrah, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon.

The fruit is sourced primarily from Agrelo, with thirty percent of the fruit coming from La Consulta. After a cool fermentation, the wine is aged for one year in thirty percent American and seventy percent French oak. To preserve the character of the fruit, the wine is then bottled with unfined and...

100% Cabernet Franc, this is part of Ampeleia's 'Monovarietali' project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The grapes are sourced from a single parcel called "Vigna all'Asina," This vineyard sits at 500...

2018 was a tough season to ripen grapes in the Finger Lakes. In midsummer there was rainfall of ten inches in an hour and the rain kept falling through harvest. There was an abundance of sour rot throughout the region's vineyards. In circumstances that do not allow the production of cellar worthy...

Formerly known as the “Flying B,” this vintage of the Bledsoe Family Cabernet Sauvignon is a portrayal of the near perfect conditions of 2018 in Walla Walla. Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon (78%) with a small amount of Merlot and Syrah (11% each), the grapes were harvested from four different vineyard...

Source: 85% Paso Robles, 15% Central Coast Blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot Winemaking: 50% stainless steel, 50% neutral oak barrels Aging: 10 months in neutral oak barrels Alcohol: 13% Tasting Note: Medium-bodied with notes of black currant, stewed plum and blackberry flavors and a hint...

100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged entirely in new French oak for twenty months.  

Aged for twenty-four months in oak, forty percent of which is new.   

Source: 75% Paso Robles, 15% Central Coast, 10% Sonoma Blend: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot Winemaking: 50% stainless steel, 50% neutral oak barrels Aging: 10 months in neutral oak barrels Alcohol: 13% Tasting Note: Medium bodied with ripe plum, black currant, and blackberry flavors with a...

100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged entirely in new French oak for twenty months.  

This wine is Dani's take on Cabernet Sauvignon from the 1900 feet, granite soils of the Renaissance vineyard in North Yuba. Whole-cluster pressed Cabernet Sauvignon, fermented in tank and aged 10 months in puncheon on its lees.  Racked and small so2 addition the day before bottling.  Bottled...

Although this wine is sourced from top tier vineyards from all over “Lower Eastern” Washington, the fruit is declassified, making it one of Gramercy’s top values.  75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, from the Pepper Bridge, Phinny Hill, Gramercy Estate and Old Stones vineyards....

The second label from Philip Togni Vineyard, "Tanbark Hill" comes from the same 10.5-acre estate vineyard as their eponymous wine and receives the same impeccable care in the cellar (20 months in 40% new French oak). The wine generally consists of fruit harvested from a 3-acre block (planted to 99...

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the upper slopes of White Rock’s estate vineyard. Aged for 22 months in 35% new French oak.