France

Grape: Pinot Noir Vineyard Size: 5.10 hectares Soil: limestone, clay, basalt Average Age of Vines: 40 years Farming: organic Harvest: by hand Winemaking: destemmed, fermentation in barriques with indigenous yeasts Aging: 12 months in wooden...

Olivier Cousin has been fighting the good fight for many years in Anjou, and the time has come for him to pass the reins off to his son Baptiste. Starting in 2013, they decided to split off the Gamay and Grolleau production into Baptiste’s hands...

In a past life, Bruno Duchêne was a wild mushroom distributor in the Loire valley. Today, he lives in the town of Banyuls, where he produces dry reds from some of France's hardest to work vineyards. Bruno owns 4 hectares spread over 4 parcels, all...

2019 Braucol Domaine Philémon is located in Villeneuve-sur-Vere, a small village on the Vere river in between Albi and Cordes in the northeast quadrant of the Gaillac appellation. The Vieules family have had a vineyard in Villeneuve since 1804. Today the...

2019 75% Cinsault and 25% Grenache Le Preyna is the name of an old parcel planted with 75% cinsault and 25% grenache in deep granitic soils. The grapes are pressed and fermented separately in concrete tanks and blended before bottling. This is a typical,...

2017 Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre Created in 1989,  Domaine des Espiers  is a 9.5 hectare wine property owned by Philippe Cartoux. Located in the  southern Rhône Valley , the estate is shared between the Gigondas, Sablet and Côtes du Rhône appellations...

Pinot Noir 2018 Light, slightly chewy tannins, slight peppery notes, and red cherries! Acidity is quite pronounced typical of the region but well balanced with fruity aromatics. Rustic. Wine shows bit of smoky character after opening up which was quite...

2019 Merlot Deep cherry red in the glass with purple highlights. The nose on this organic charmer is full of baking chocolate, ripe plums and sweet herbs. The palate is ultra-ripe with loads of crushed black berry, plums and waves of garrigue infused...

2017 Gamay Only ripe, healthy fruit is used. Depending on the vintages, the grapes undergo full carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration at 10°- 12° Celsius. Maceration, alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation are accomplished through...

A dark, fruity, meaty, young wine with a little bit of oak. Accessible, fun, and elegant all at once. Remi Poujol's wines are of the utmost purity, with absolutely nothing added to them. He works his plots with just the aid of two horses to assist in...

Well balanced - a bit closed fruity nose that blows off, red and dark fruit and soft tannins Average Age of Vines: 50 years Farming: biodynamic Harvest: by hand Winemaking: 12 days of cold maceration, natural yeasts Aging: 6 months in stainless...

Laguzelle shows fresh aromas of dried herbs, luscious black fruit (red plum and blackberry), warm spices and a hint of black pepper. Average Age of Vines: 30 years Farming: biodynamic Harvest: by hand Winemaking: few days of cold maceration, natural...

2019 Cinsault Jean-Marie Rimbert, a native of Provence, arrived in the Languedoc nearly 25 years ago & managed the vineyards at Château de Flaugergues for 5 years until he saved up enough to purchase his first parcels of gnarled ancient Carignan vines...

2018 Poulsard The wine is named after one of the sisters from the opera Cosi Fan Tutte. We particularly like the mouth-feel of this wine with its generous texture and lovely acidity backed by very subtle tannins. There are lovely notes of strawberries...

Les Foulards Rouges "La Soif du Mal" is 80% young vines of Grenache with 20% Syrah grown on decomposed granite soils giving yields of 30hl/ha. 15 day low temperature caronic maceration, 6 month elevage in cuve, Vintage: 2019 Varietals: 80%...

80 year old vines . Yield around 20 hl / ha, on sandy granite soils . 15 day carbonic maceration, indigenous yeasts . Aging 6 months in barrels of 5 wines.  Vintage: 2019 Varietals: 70% Carignan and 30% Grenache Noir Farming: Organic,...

The 2019 Foulards Rouges Grenache is from a parcel of 100 year-old vines on sandy gravel soils over granite, one month carbonic maceration in demi-muids Vintage: 2019 Varietals: Grenache Farming: Organic, Unfiltered/Unfined, No Added Sulfites

"Glaneurs" is made from Jean-François Nicq's plot of 40 year old vines planted in the foothills of the eastern Pyrénées. 100% Grenache on granite, vinified in carbonic maceration for four weeks in three-year old oak barrels, then...