Loire

If exile is defined as being banned from one’s homeland, it was the vintages of ’14,’15 & ’16 that send the Jousset’s in search of less frozen ...

The 2018 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The bouquet wafts from ...

A lighter and brighter style Cabernet franc filled with raspberry and strawberry aromas and easy to drink. Round, fresh, with a balance between the...

100% Romorantin from 40-90 year old vines. Mostly clay soils. This wine is always so good. Tends to be a bigger and rounder expression.

100% Romorantin from a selection of older vines grown on sandy soils. Aged in big old wood.

100% Pinot Noir aged in old barriques and grown on silex and clay.

100% Romorantin from younger vines around 15 years old. Grown on a more clay soil and aged in foudres.

100% Chenin, produced on stony soils of limestone, flint and silt, fermented in 400-litre barrels and Burgundian casks.  Fruit driven and powerful ...

Wow, this is out there, from 1 a ha estate grown on a combination of sand, clay, Turonien Superieur Limestone.  100% Chenin, unctuous, driven and f...

Named after a walled-in clos of terraces that is “ladder”-like, this is the most Burgundian like of all the reds. Finely knit together, with bright...

The newest of Germain's cuvees from one of the most renowned sites in Saumur.  Produced from young vines planted on clay-limestone soils, at 10,000...

Native to Bordeaux and a protege of Charly Foucault of Clos Rougeard, Thierry Germain is creating muscular yet refined Cabernet Franc.From the Chac...

On the palate, it is a delicate wine with delicious notes of honey and citrus. The Chenin vines grow in a terroir of quartz, clay and schist.

94 Points John Gilman: "The les Peuilles vineyard is a plateau down fairly close to the Vienne River, with the vines planted on clay and f...

100% Cabernet Franc. Croix Boissée is in Cravant, near the winery, on a south-exposed slope overlooking the Vienne River. The Baudry p...

Bright and unadulterated Cab Franc with wild gamey and peppery notes; electrifying acid and a fleshy, mouth coating finish. Drink with a slight chill.

This delicious natural Cab-Franc from a 9 hectare biodynamic vineyard located in Bourgeuil. It  has the magic of Cab Franc cornered, as it's made f...

“35 Rangs” is produced from 35 rows of Pinot Noir planted by Philippe’s grandfather in the early 1960s in the iron-laced Kimmeridgian soils of the ...

“Hors-Série”—which translates roughly to “special-issue”—comes from a parcel of Pinot Noir planted in 1980 by Philippe’s father. Fermentation and a...

Only grapes from 1 hectare of the highest quality vines go into this cuvée, while the remainder is declassified. In the vineyard, massal selection ...

Size: 1 ha (2.47 ac)Variety: Cabernet FrancVine Age: Planted in 1957Terroir: Hill of Brézé, facing south, sand and silt topsoils over limestone bed...

Size: 2 ha (4.94 ac)Variety: Cabernet FrancVine Age: Planted in 1948Terroir: 3 parcels with silt and sand topsoils covering softer limestone bedroc...

Textbook Muscadet. Racy with de-composed sea shells linger on the nostrils. Perky acid that is engaging and doesn't let one understand why it is so...