Products tagged with Colombard

The white Vin Muté is sent through a solera system that’s been in use since 1987. Consisting of a single 4,000 litre foudre, they draw up 15-20% of the fortified juice for bottling and replenish it with the current year’s harvest. A profound vin de liqueu

Frantz is perennially one of our favorite natural Loire producers here at the shop. The name of this wine is a playful pun on “Vin de France”, the lowly catch-all denomination for generic French wines, which many natural winemakers scoff at. Mineral, unct

Marie Duffau, Bas-Armagnac 25 Year Old Delord

A fun and tasty sparkler with notes of stoney minerals and star fruit, and a pleasing zestiness. Field Recordings was begun in 2007 by Andrew Jones as a pet project; his full-time gig at the time was as a vine nursery manager.

Farmed organic from the get-go (certified since 2012). The 2020 is 80% Colombard & 20% Ugni Blanc (changed from 60/40) perhaps their best yet. Bright & citrusy with refreshing mineral zing & touch of fleshy-melons texture… the taste of wonderful, Summer p