From a foggy vineyard near the Pacific (and one that stayed smoke-free in 2020), this is classic California Chardonnay in a fresh, almost mineral, style and just 13.7% alcohol. Bright green and yellow apple and stone fruit aromas... Read More
Lower ABV Just straight-ahead, classic, bone dry, Melon de Bourgogne with a touch of amplitude and texture from time spent “sur lee” after fermentation. Granny Smith apple, green melon and lime zest aromas and flavors... Read More
Seeing this on the shelf, a great Chardonnay customer reminisced that she and her husband first visited Cuvaison in the 1970s. Through the boom in super-butter Chard in the '80s and '90s and the reactionary trend towards... Read More
Lower ABV The very sunny Mont de Milieu 1er Cru on the Right Bank (not far from the Grand Crus) gives wines of solid ripeness but that always hold their salty stone minerality as well. In 2020, Angèle Barat got all of that... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Jeremie Huchet is making some of the most exciting wines in the western Loire region of Muscadet, including this generous example from vineyards on a hill overlooking the Maine River. It’s from organically... Read More
Lower ABV From old vines in one of the oldest named vineyards of Sancerre, this gets the full luxury treatment: old vines, organic and biodynamic farming, hand harvest, and fermentation and a full year’s aging in barrel.... Read More
While it’s hardly cheap, this is the most under-priced Sancerre in the shop and you should get some before the family wakes up to what they should be charging! From one of the finest caillottes (clay/limestone pebbles) plots... Read More
A white Burgundy that gives you the textures, richness and even nutty notes that suggest oak aging - but with no oak at all! Instead the fruit has been ripened to perfection, expressing lots of flavor and wonderful texture. Both... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV From vines planted in 1990 and 1991, this shows both old-vine density and remarkable vigor. There's sizzling freshness here - the first thing you notice. Then the ripe stone fruit flavors come up with... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Christophe Thibert is quiet, careful, a bit intense and always deeply thoughtful. This is the one wine he makes that really isn't much like his own personality at all! It bounds into the room with a big... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV As with all his Pouilly-Fuisse wines, Christophe Thibert ferments and ages 80% of this cuvee in tank and 20% in new and second-use French oak. The oak-aged wine tends to show a little reduction before blending... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV If Thibert's 2020 Macon-Verze is full of boundless energy and confidence, his Pouilly-Vinzelles (from next door to Fuisse) has all the same energy but starts off a bit gawky and unsure. Give it a splash... Read More
Organic/Bio Named for Catherine Faller’s father (who passed away young and left Catherine, her sister and mother with the estate), this comes from the slices of the family’s home Clos des Capucins vineyard where sand... Read More
A difficult 2020 growing season slashed production here by about half, so Silvia was only able to make 1,199 bottles of the wine that simply must be the finest 100% white Grenache made in the world. (When I told Silvia that in... Read More
We don’t see much Cour-Cheverny because there’s just so very little made. The grape here is nearly extinct Romorantin and just 150 acres or so of it remain in these vineyards between Tours and Orleans in the Loire... Read More
Lower ABV Another fine vintage for this intensely flavored, rich and zesty, take on Pinot Gris. It's jam-packed with aromas and flavors of spiced pear, golden apple, and ginger and wonderfully rich at just 13.0% alcohol. The... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV From gray and red slate soils on a steep, steep, vineyard running down towards the Mosel, this delivers quite a show. It’s dry, even savory, with aromas and flavors like crushed slate, powdered red... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV One of the Mosel’s top dry Riesling winemakers creates this by blending small lots from all his “grand cru” vineyards and aging it in small oak casks. The 93+ Wine Advocate review captures... Read More
Not yet reviewed by any critics, but sure to end up with it's customary 95-98 point raves, this is the signature wine from the Mosel's signature producer and their very much signature slate-strewn vineyard. As always,... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV While better known for their Chassagne holdings, Lamy-Pillot has a fine portfolio of vines just around the corner in St. Aubin as well. And while the winegrowing and making are just as careful and meticulous... Read More
Perhaps our favorite dry Riesling in the shop today from Austria's greatest Riesling site: a stony basalt ridge first called Hellenstein (hell stone) because of its rocky soil and the way the sun burns like hell during the... Read More
Lower ABV Love this wine for what’s in the glass and even more for the very low price for such an outstanding Spätlese Riesling. The fairly rich sandy loam soils of the Magdalenenkreuz hill give wine with a touch of... Read More
Former Peter Michael winemaker (and current consulting winemaker) Luc Morlet makes some of California's most exciting Chardonnays at the Peter Michael, Kistler, Aubert-levels - but somehow still sell for much less. This rich... Read More
Organic/Bio What I’ve learned about Passopisciaro’s Etna Chardonnays is you must give yourself three tastes before you understand what’s going on. Chardonnay of these poor volcanic soils is so mineral and intense... Read More
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