Loire

Chidaine’s goal is to vinify this dry and the result is a rich, full-bodied wine, probably the closest to Vouvray in profile of all of hi...

This light, delicious Barbera from Piedmont will certainly make a splash with you if Barbera is your grape!

100% Cabernet Franc from a six-hectare lieu-dit on the iconic chalk cliffs of this region. The vines are 35-40 years old, the fruit is hand-harvest...

Located in Touraine in the eastern Loire, just south of Blois, the little known appellations of Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny are a must for any fan o...

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: 1.2 ha (2.96 ac)Variety: Chenin BlancVine Age: Planted in 1933 and 1952Terroir: Soils of sand and clay, softer limestone bedrockViticulture: ...

This cabernet franc from Saumur, is biodynamically grown, and is rich in notes of cassis and spices. Medium bodied, with enough acidity to keep i...

The 2020 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The bouquet wafts from ...

Domaine du Bel Air, run by a father-and-son team, makes fine, age-worthy wines from organic cabernet franc. Jour de Soif is their entry-level bottl...

Only produced a few times a decade; tiny yields.  The wines are matured in barrels (228 and 400 litres) and varies from 18 to 24 months. Intense ru...

One of the great Loire producers with a good cult following. Substantial Cab Franc with loads of fruit and herbs. Incredibly layered and complex wi...

The “Champs de Cri” is an important parcel of 2.3 hectares known in Les Loges as the site that produces the most elegant and long-lived of the wine...

100% Cabernet Franc. On the plain of alluvial soils near the Loire River, the sandy, gravelly site yields a lighter and more approachable style...

Aromas of white fruits and spring flowers along with melon and citrus. The palate is complex and exciting, with lots of quince and pear, then quic...

This subtle and stylish Cab Franc rose is summer’s  gastronomic secret weapon. It has a dusty minerality reminiscent of it’s Rose cousins from sout...

Right outside of Breze, this 100% Cab Franc has everything you would want within this price range: pepper, earth, red currants; juicy, yet dense an...

100% Chenin from experimental biodynamic vineyards planted by the Boisard brothers.  The wine itself certainly falls under “natural” wine. There is...

Although this is the domaine's "entry level" Cab Franc, it shows incredible depth and complexity. With less than 4 acres in production, these vines...

Practicing in organics and biodynamics. This 100% Chenin is hand harvested, taking 2-4 passes through the vineyard to ensure each cluster is picked...

Philippe’s stellar Menetou-Salon Blanc is unfailingly mineral-driven, yet without the straitjacketed citrussy rigidity more conventionally and comm...