2023 French Wine between $25 and $50

Smells great, tastes even better, crazy good price for high quality white Burgundy. That’s really what you need to know here, but we’ll try to give you a little more. It’s from vineyards on the Puligny border... Read More

There’s a good argument to be made that the best place in the world to make dry Chenin Blanc is Savennieres, on the north side of the Loire river across from Coteaux du Layon (where sweet wines reign). This is a benchmark... Read More

Organic/Bio Pure, fresh, flavorful Sancerre grown organically and made all in cool stainless steel. There’s a lot going on here, with swirling aromas and flavors of white grapefruit, lemon, tangerine skin and the traditional... Read More

Lower ABV I certainly wouldn’t try to tell the 2023 Chauveau Pouilly Fume La Charmette apart from a $40+ Sancerre when tasting blind. Not surprising: its from the same Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Kimmeridgian marl and limestone... Read More

Frank Faugier is a little charismatic, definitely funny, and not terribly serious about anything other than making truly terrific Syrah in Crozes-Hermitage. He worked for Mars in Lyon for a while before coming back to his family's... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV From the steep slopes of the wandering valley known as Vau de Vey. A wine of fine richness and volume with plenty of stony Chablis minerality and precision. It's delicious right now (although give it... Read More

Organic/Bio From 70+ year-old vines growing next to the Grand Cru of Valmur, this is always a terrific Chablis value. In 2023, it opens with petty aromatics of green and yellow apple, Anjou pear and crushed seashells. Classic... Read More

Organic/Bio From one of the first estates in Burgundy to go organic (the founders were ecology professors at the Sorbonne), this is lovely Bourgogne Pinot. The 16.5/20 review of the 2022 edition in JancisRobinson.com tells you... Read More

Organic/Bio An astonishingly good Burgundy Chardonnay from organic growers working in the beautiful “Le Paradis” 1er cru site in Givry. Bold aromas of sliced pear, white peach, lemon and white flowers pull you into... Read More

What happens with two Burgundy winegrowers join as a couple to create a new estate in the Languedoc’s sunny Minervois region? This: a darkly fruited, gutsy, wine with remarkably sleek and pure texture. A wine that’s... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The Last Breath comes from vines adjacent to the Moulin-a-Vent cemetary, but there's nothing decaying here! We share the enthusiasm of the 93 point Vinous write-up: it has redcurrant and cranberry aromas... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV A lot going on here as 80 year-old vines give concentration and a site on the border of Fleurie's Clos de la Roilette adds purity and finesse. Vinous describes it well: offers Morello cherry, rose petal... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Decant this or, better still, wait a couple of years. As the 93 point Vinous review suggests, it has so much to offer! The 2023 Moulin-à-Vent Les Thorins comes from granite soils and tends to be more... Read More

Lower ABV Not sure why this is labeled “Bourgogne,” but it’s all Macon fruit and showcases the richness of southern Burgundy Chardonnay balanced by some shaping time in large, older, oak casks. The texture is... Read More

From Françoise Feuillat-Juillot's best vineyard – the best in all Montagny, in fact – and from vines averaging 60 years of age with a southerly exposure on classic Chardonnay-friendly marl-limestone soils.... Read More

Organic/Bio Francois Chidaine is most famous for his brilliant Chenin Blancs from Montlouis on the north side of the Loire River where he lives and has his winery. He makes equally astonishing wines across the river in Vouvray,... Read More

Lower ABV Jean-Pierre Large's day job is winemaker at Domaine Cheysson Chiroubles; this is what he does with old vines inherited from his grandfather in Morgon. Classic Morgon aromas and flavors of blackberry, black cherry... Read More

Lower ABV Jean-Pierre Vacher, his son Jerome and daughter-in-law, Karine, are making classic, focused, Sancerre that hold on to Sancerre's freshness year after year. Done all in steel, this delivers fresh white citrus and... Read More

This just really good Chardonnay and should not be missed. Even though, if you know a bit about Burgundy, you’d be surprised to see “Chorey” and “Blanc” on the same label. Chorey-les-Beaune has always... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This is so lovely and weightless it's hard to believe it's 100% whole cluster while the fruit is so ripely delicious it's a bit hard to believe it's from the Hautes Cotes! Crunch black fruits,... Read More

Lower ABV Patrick Giboulot has only been making wine from his family's Cote de Beaune vines since 2014, but the talent is definitely there. The rich raspberry and black cherry fruit here is balanced beautifully by accents... Read More

Organic/Bio Patrick Marillier began helping other Burgundy growers convert to organic farming in 1992 and began his own small cellar a few years later. Today his son, Stephane, uses the same minimalist winemaking approach from... Read More