Pascal Reverdy Terre de Maimbray Sancerre 2018 375ml

Lightly cloudy. Lovely expressive fruit on the nose, ripe, open and convincing. Similarly convincing but ripe Sauvignon style on the palate, wonderfully polished, fresh, with great depth of flavour, sweet and exotic citrus fruit notes, with some lightly musky edges. Lovely exuberant finish. Fabulous potential here - great stuff.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

Pascal Reverdy Terre de Maimbray Sancerre 2019 375ml

Lightly cloudy. Lovely expressive fruit on the nose, ripe, open and convincing. Similarly convincing but ripe Sauvignon style on the palate, wonderfully polished, fresh, with great depth of flavour, sweet and exotic citrus fruit notes, with some lightly musky edges. Lovely exuberant finish. Fabulous potential here - great stuff.

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

Domaine Pichot Vouvray Coteau de la Biche Sec 2018

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

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

Jo Landron Louvetrie Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 2018

This is the entry-level cuvée, an assemblage from several parcels around the domaine, featuring sandy soils with some clay and gneiss. The vines are mostly young. It has a fine and salty minerality to the nose, dusted over some pretty fruit. A full and plump style to the palate, rich in peach, lychee and perfumed pear, leading into a pithy grip at the end. This is a very good result for a domaine cuvée in this warmer vintage." 92 points, … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Muscadet Sevre et Maine

Jo Landron Louvetrie Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 2018

This is the entry-level cuvée, an assemblage from several parcels around the domaine, featuring sandy soils with some clay and gneiss. The vines are mostly young. It has a fine and salty minerality to the nose, dusted over some pretty fruit. A full and plump style to the palate, rich in peach, lychee and perfumed pear, leading into a pithy grip at the end. This is a very good result for a domaine cuvée in this warmer vintage." 92 points, … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Muscadet Sevre et Maine

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

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Brézé "Clos Mazurique" Rouge 2019

"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

Thibaud Boudignon Rose de Loire 2018

Substantially Cabernet Franc, with some Grolleau and a little Gamay, from 39 year-old vines, grown on shallow soils of grey schist, rhyolite and sand. Cool-fermented in stainless steel with native yeasts for 2-3 weeks, followed by maturation in tank for 4 to 6 months before bottling. Malolactic conversion is inhibited to produce a fresh, vibrant, yet textural rosé, with good length and intriguing mineral complexity. Vibrant pink colour, this rose is made by direct pressing and vinified like a white … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

Frédéric Mabileau "Les Rouillères" Cabernet Franc 2018

It was with les Rouillères that it all began, the St Nicolas cuvée par excellence: light, fruity and full of finesse. This wine epitomises everything that this unique terroir offers in terms of purity, freshness and pleasure. The fruit comes from organic-certified, biodynamically farmed vines with an average age of 40 years, planted on gravelly sand soils and hand-harvested at 43hl/ha. Fully destemmed and sorted on a table before a pre-ferment cold soak. Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel, without pigeage … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

Domaine Thomas Sancerre 2018

Domaine Thomas is run by the ninth generation of the family. Jean and his wife Ginette own 13 hectares at Verdigny, mostly planted to Sauvignon blanc. This is Sancerre at its flinty, minerally, racy best. Very clean, fresh and flavoursome wine at a moderate 12.5% alcohol. This is as all Sancerre should be - absolutely no new oak.

Based in Verdigny, they farm their vineyards La lutte raisonnée and resolutely respect their unique terroir. The primary fermentation commences spontaneously and … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

Marc Bredif Vouvray Classic 2013

Marc Bredif is a highly respected producer in Vouvray, which shares ownership with the de Ladoucette winery in Pouilly Fume, and are renowned for the longevity and quality of his Vouray. Established in 1893 under the name of Chateau les Roches it wasn't until 1919 when Marc Bredif took over from his uncle, that the name was changed to mark the change of ownership. The ethereal Chenin Blanc from Marc Bredif remains a benchmark for the region; delicious, nervy and … more

Country: France
Producer: Marc Bredif
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Perrieres Blanc 2019

"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

Domaine de la Chevalerie Bourgueil 'Galichets' Cabernet Franc 2011

Domaine de la Chevalerie is a leading name in the Bourgueil appellation. The property lies in the commune of Restigné, directly beside Bourgueil, and has been owned by the Caslot family for 14 generations. It is currently run by Stéphanie and Emmanuel who took over the reins from their father Pierre. The 38 hectares of vineyard are certified organic and biodynamic. Winemaking is as low intervention and natural as possible, using indigenous yeasts during the gentle fermentation process, and keeping … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley

Thierry Germain Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny 2018

100% Cabernet Franc. Biodynamic. Germain's entry-point Saumur-Champigny is drawn from the Domaine's younger Cabernet Franc vines, growing on the tuffeau/limestone soils around the communes of Varrains, Chaintres and Saumur. The vines range in age from 5-70 years old (with the average sitting around 25 years) and include some parcels ploughed by Germain's Ardennais draft horses, Ben and Comtesse. Harvesting is by hand, a cold soak infusion is employed on some of the parcels, and the wild yeast fermentation and élevage … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley