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Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Génération Dix-Neuf 2017

Biodynamic. Together with its sister-in-arms, Cuvée Edmond, Dix-Neuf is the antithesis of modern 'textbook' Sancerre. This jaw-dropping Sancerre is drawn from the oldest vines in the Moussière vineyard (approximately 100 years of age) cropped at Grand Cru Burgundy-level yields (in fact, the lower end of this range). The wine was fermented and raised in 2,000-litre, tronconique wooden tanks for 12 months before a spell in steel, again on lees. Only 500 cases per year get to see the light of … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$170.00
each

$153.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre La Moussiere 2020 375ml

Biodynamic and hand harvested. This beautiful, rolling vineyard with cultivated, incredibly rocky, limestone soils lies on the ancient Saint-Doulchard belt which forms a part of the great Kimmeridgian chain (a la Chablis). This terroir, when coupled with this house's meticulous biodynamic farming and low yields, is responsible for some of Sancerre's most striking and atypical wines.

Those who crave substance, purity and tension in their white wines will be well up for this. As usual, 50% of this wine undergoes … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$55.00
each

$49.50
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Breze "Clos du Midi" 2016 Magnum

"One of the most talented winemakers in the Loire - he farms his 40 hectares in a method close to biodynamic. His whole range of wines have drive, and are regularly among the best wines in and around Saumur. The whites have remarkable finesse and are extremely delicate. Also, they are chenins that are agreeable young, which is sufficiently rare as to be emphasized. His reds are at the same level. Good vine age counts for a lot, his talent … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Saumur

$99.00
each

$89.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Chateau de Coulaine Chinon 2018

Mostly from younger vines up to about 15 yo, this wine is vinified in cement tanks using indigenous yeast and aged in a combination of large old oak and cement tanks. A real ‘vin de soif’ giving the extravagant raspberry perfume and thirst quenching freshness that Chinon is so well known for. Very fresh, very moreish.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Chinon

$39.00
each

$35.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny (Clos) 2015

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Chinon

$295.00
each

Domaine de la Chevalerie Bourgueil "Chevalerie" Cabernet Franc 1996

Domaine de la Chevalerie is a leading name in the Bourgueil appellation, and has been owned by the Caslot family for 14 generations.

A 20-acre parcel between Galichets and the winery, planted on about two feet of clay overlying limestone. This was initially planted in 1922 and this site, like Busardières, supports older vines better than the above two parcels. Average vine age here is 50 to 55 years old, and the wine typically has the intense, full fruit of … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$130.00
each

$117.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine de la Chevalerie Bourgueil "Chevalerie" Cabernet Franc 2005

Domaine de la Chevalerie is a leading name in the Bourgueil appellation, and has been owned by the Caslot family for 14 generations.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$119.00
each

$63.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine de la Chevalerie Bourgueil "Chevalerie" Cabernet Franc 2015

Domaine de la Chevalerie is a leading name in the Bourgueil appellation, and has been owned by the Caslot family for 14 generations.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$70.00
each

$63.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine de la Chevalerie Bourgueil Peu Muleau Cabernet Franc 2018

Domaine de la Chevalerie is a leading name in the Bourgueil appellation, and has been owned by the Caslot family for 14 generations.

Peu Muleau is made from 35 year old vines at the top of the sunny slope overlooking Restigne, on aeolian sand to give pretty violet-scented wines for earlier drinking.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$48.00
each

$43.20
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine de la Grenaudiere Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie 2019

Domaine de la Grenaudiere is in the Muscadet Sevre Et Maine appellation in the Loire Valley & run by brothers Jean-Luc and Guy Ollivier. They hand harvest all fruit as full bunches (clusters) and then ferment the grapes on indigenous yeasts before aging in tanks with lees stirring.

This is "the Chablis killer". Chablis in style/structure, but un-Chablis in price!

Bone dry, cunchy, zesty with thirst quenching grapefruit & fresh mandarin aromas. Not to mention a woderful Chablis like mineral … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$26.00
each

$23.40
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc 2019

100% Chenin Blanc, grown on the calcareous soils in and around Brézé. More precisely, this comes from younger vines in Clos de Guichaux and Clos des Carmes, as well as some old vines from the Bas de Pentes terroir of Brézé. Then there is a splash of Les Chapaudaises from Bizay. As any Saumurois will tell you, these terroirs are some of the crown jewels of Saumur (particularly the Clos des Carmes which sits on the chalky mother-rock of the … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

$66.00
each

$59.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec 2019 375ml

Huet's Demi-Sec typically fall between 20-25 g/L--give or take a few grams--but the acidity makes the wine only just off-dry. These are examples of Chenin Blanc that manage finesse and diamond-like clarity, yet they are somehow open and welcoming at the same time. Like many great 'sweet' wines of the Loire, the wines from Demi-Sec onwards taste deceptively dry because of the terrific sugar/acid balance. These wines match beautifully with the spices of many Asian cuisines but are also brilliant … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

$50.00
each

$45.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine Pichot Millesime Sparkling Vouvray 2018

A very fresh and complex sparkling Vouvray aged on its lees up to 4 years until disgorgement. Intense Chenin flavours, very fresh, drinking well now.

Country: France
Producer: Domaine Pichot
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

$33.00
each

$29.70
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine Pichot Vouvray Clos Cartaud 2020

Country: France
Producer: Domaine Pichot
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

$39.00
each

$35.10
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Domaine Pichot Vouvray Coteau de la Biche Sec 2020

Super fresh, young drinking Vouvray just as it is meant to be. Crunchy green pears and golden apples, deliciously ripe orchard fruit and bright yellow floral aromatics. Fine chalky mineral notes and clean, limey acid that will make your mouth water.

Country: France
Producer: Domaine Pichot
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

$34.00
each

$30.60
in a mixed case (6 per case)