Organic/Bio
From a farmer who works his own way, a unique take on Pinot Gris - from a solera begun with the 2018 vintage and added to every year (except the 2020 smoke harvest). As Stephen writes, The core of Perpetual Album begins... Read More
Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More
Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More
Organic/Bio In the past, Passiflora was the Antiquum Farm wine that made Willamette Valley Pinot Noir fans scratch their heads and mutter, Wait - what? There’s some of that in the 2021 edition, but just a touch more restrained,... Read More
Organic/Bio The edges of Antiquum Farm’s “Big Field” vineyard are kind of the far edge of what Pinot Noir can do. The winemaking is simple enough – fully de-stemmed fruit, open top fermenters, a bit of... Read More
Organic/Bio The edges of Antiquum Farm’s “Big Field” vineyard are kind of the far edge of what Pinot Noir can do. The winemaking is simple enough – fully de-stemmed fruit, open top fermenters, a bit of... Read More
I certainly didn’t expect to write this, but Sylvain Bzikot’s 2023 village Puligny Montrachet is even better than his outstanding 2022 edition. It’s from several plots of vines above the village of Puligny including... Read More
A lovely Left Bank, Cabernet-based, red with the polish and freshness of this great vintage. As Wine Spectator says in the 96 point rave, The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors.... Read More
As Antonio Galloni said 10 years ago, “Christophe Mignon might very well be the finest grower in Champagne most people have not heard about yet.” Which explains why none of us knew you could make something so precise,... Read More
Normally this needs a lot of patience, but the 2019 is nicely open and delicious already. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 24 months in French oak (75% new). 793 cases made.
Red Mountain minerality is all over this beautifully intense... Read More
As always, this is ready to drink on release but will just keep getting better for years. 58% Cabernet Franc, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot aged two years in French oak (50% new). 483 cases made. Perfectly balances... Read More
A big, bold, super-rich, Cab that's very fun to drink. As Wine Advocate says in the 92 point review, The Crane Assembly's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Disciples is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from an unnamed vineyard in Saint Helena... Read More
A wonderfully fresh and vivid style of (just barely) pink Champagne. Oeil de Perdrix means eye of the partridge and applies to a Champagne that picks up just a touch of color from black grapes in the press. The wine is given a... Read More
From a tiny, half-acre, plot of Chardonnay in the Beaune 1er Reversees 1er Cru just up the hill to the west of Beaune, this is the only white wine bottled from this mainly red wine vineyard. Farming here is certified organic and... Read More
Lower ABV This is the current release of Cote de Lechet from Defaix, and that alone should tell you that you’re in for something a little different than the “typical” Chablis. Daniel is the 14th generation of... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Malandes has two small plots of vines here, one facing south and planted in 1967 and the other more north and planted in 1987. The oak program at Malandes has been evolving looking to maximize the positive... Read More
A bold, delicious, blend of 80% Grenache, 7% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre plus Vaccarèse and Counoise that Dunnuck describes perfectly in the 93 point review: a beautiful example of the vintage and has a perfumed, complex... Read More
The label tells the story behind this one-time ever wine. In 2021, frost devastated the Mousse family’s vineyards. Facing an entire lost village, the family’s friends – top growers from across the region –... Read More
Get ready for a ride here! This is 80% Meunier plus Pinot Noir about half 2019 and the rest from a perpetual reserve started in 2003. The base wines all aged in steel with tiny amounts of sulfur and went through malo before resting... Read More
Since 2014, Pierre Fresne has made one or two Arquemie - or experimental - cuvees per year. This is his first 100% Pinot Noir from 2015 (63%) and a solera begun in 2012 done all in steel and disgorged in late 2023 with no dosage... Read More
Organic/Bio This far north in Montagne de Reims, Pinot Noir can struggle to mature but Pierre Fresne coaxes the 65% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Meunier and 35% Chardonnay used here to perfect ripeness. The wine is around 60% vintage... Read More
Paul creates this wine to showcase the terroir of the 1er Cru vineyards of Vertus. Wines from here can bring forward more fruit and body than in some parts of the Cote de Blancs, and that’s certainly the case here in a generous... Read More
Organic/Bio As Wine Advocate said last year, “Giuseppe Russo makes some of the best wines on Etna. Full stop.” And this is Doug’s favorite pretty much every year. From roughly 50 year-old vines at 500 meters,... Read More
We think the March, 2025, Vinous review of this 100% Pinot Noir gets it mostly right: “The NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru sports the merest touch of pink and the perfume of tart red and green apples. A trace of reductive... Read More
One of California's top Pinot houses reaches up to Oregon's Zena Crown vineyard for a Warrior Princess of a wine! Jeb Dunnuck captures it nicely in the 95 point rave, it’s a youthful ruby hue and is floral and ripe... Read More
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