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
Organic/BioLower ABV This is just stupid delicious, all-purpose, Chianti from low-yielding Sangiovese vineyards outside the Classico zone with just a few bunches of Canaiolo and other local grapes scattered around for spice.... 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
“AiAiAi” is the kind of thing you say with a smile when something surprising happens, and tasting Silvia Puig’s 2020 AiAiAi Priorat and then seeing the very reasonable price certainly qualifies! Like all of Silvia’s... Read More
What you get when you grow Nero d’Avola in Sicily’s higher-altitude vineyards: a wine that’s loaded with dark black cherry fruit accented by notes of clove. Feels a little creamy in the middle and then closes... 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
A unfortunately tiny allocation of a brilliant wine from Gerard Seguin's 0.7 acre plot of 40-50 year old vines growing just uphill from Chambolle's landmark chapel. Pretty is a word we use a lot for first-rate Chambolle,... Read More
Langhe Nebbiolo getting very close to Barolo quality, texture and character indeed. There's more ripeness and richness than expected in baby Barolo, with dark red berry and cherry fruit, a nice dose of spice and bitter chocolate... Read More
Organic/Bio At the very top of San Lorenzo, at 750 meters elevation, almost too high to be “Etna Rosso,” Russo farms a 0.7HA plot of vines planted in the early 1940s. Originally they were trained on traditional albarello... Read More
The newest bottling from this up-and-coming Northern Rhone estate that has bootstrapped itself to prominence by finding abandoned vineyards and bringing them back to life. There's plenty of Cornas intensity and inky power... Read More
Close out of remaining bottles. Always one of the most exciting values in Ribeira Sacra, this year's model has more flesh and richness than usual but just as much purity and finesse as ever. Lovely stuff.... Read More
Organic/Bio This is organically farmed, native yeast fermented, minimally sulfured, old-vine, seriously good stuff. Already complex and perfumed, what's most striking today is the ripe red berry fruit and super fine tannins.... Read More
Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More
Organic/Bio A refreshing, vibrant, take on Sicily's Nero d'Avola. As Vinous said of the 2018, Perfumed violet, black cherry, citrus fruit and minerals on the enticing nose. Then fresh juicy and very lively, with youthfully... 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
Pretty aromas combine notes of various red berries, spice and floral nuances. There is a more refined mouthfeel to the attractively vibrant middle weight flavors that exude a refreshing salinity on the ever-so-slightly rustic... Read More
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