Products tagged with France

Cour-Cheverny is a truly obscure, unusual little appellation. Known for it’s high acidity and minerality, the Romorantin grape is also surprisingly age-worthy; residual sugar is often present, as is the case here, but the wine drinks dry. Melon and stone

Rich and deep, with vibrant mineral and scintillating complexity. Champagne has nothing on this crémant. The Tissot estate was one of the first in the Jura to farm biodynamically, something easy to forget now that such a large portion of Jura wine is natu

This wine spends a whopping 9 months on the skins in clay amphora, so think a deep, structured orange wine ala Georgia. Aromatic, textured, and bursting with lychee and yellow skinned fruits.

The “Pope of Arbois” retired in 2015. There appears to be a secret library of back vintages hidden in some alternative dimension, so when the portal opened, we reached through…and found these. To be labeled Vin Jaune, the cantankerous Savagnin is late-har

Aged in amphora on the skins for a whopping 12 months, this Chablis drinks more like a Georgian orange. Wacky stuff. Apricot, mango, roses, and hints of acacia and pepper all mingle. A miniscule production of only 1600 bottles is sourced from a tiny 0.2-h

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

Vin Muté is a mistelle: unfermented grape juice is fortified with local brandy. Very obscure but very delicious, with sweet notes of macerated cherries, toffee, and a lingering finish. The Château de Léberon is a very old estate that’s been in the Rozès f

Les Charbonnieres is a lieu-dit of old vines nearly 90 years of age. True to form, there is a deeper concentration of dark-fleshed fruit, with spice and earth. Like all the village-level wines from this estate, it sees 10% new oak.

Manuel Landron started this project with a single hectare of biodynamic vineyards which were given to him by his father – the legendary winemaker Jo Landron. Working along with his wife, Marion Pescheux, they are crafting some lovely wines. Golden, savory

Duc des Nauves is the wonderful second label of Château Le Puy and is made in virtually the same manner. The vineyards are a bit lower and the aging a bit shorter, but otherwise everything is done the same. Generous, satiny red fruit with sweeter tannin s

A white wines of supreme elegance. Deeply golden with aromas combining delicate floral & fruit notes with just a hint of oak. The complexity develops beautifully with age gradually becoming a deeper color with more nutty, rich flavors.

Jean-Marie Fourrier is truly one of the finest vignerons in Gevrey-Chambertin. Even his village level wines such as this are single vineyard bottlings, a rarity in Burgundy. Aux Echezeaux borders a Grand Cru vineyard, making this a great value (yes, reall