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Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2025 Vin Rosé
French Rosé
Seventy percent Gamay and thirty percent Côt make up this Loire rosé. The fruit comes from organically farmed vineyards in Touraine, and the wine carries the Vin de France designation. Wild strawberry, redcurrant, citrus and a floral note are joined by a lively palate, crisp acidity and a salivating finish. Indigenous yeasts conduct fermentation, preserving the fresh fruit character. Alcohol is twelve percent.
Château Maltus 2022 Lalande-de-Pomerol
French Red
Blackcurrant, coffee, graphite, oak and undergrowth define the aromatic profile. The dry, full-bodied palate is generous, with present acidity and balanced wood. Structure and a polished texture accompany spice, pepper, dense black fruit and rich tannins. The fruit comes from vines averaging sixty-five years of age, and maturation lasts eighteen months in wood. Merlot accounts for seventy percent of the blend.
Vignobles Lassagne 2023 Le Big Boss Lussac-Saint-Émilion Cabernet Sauvignon
French Red
Deep purple in colour, with intense fruit and spice. The palate is round and powerful, with silky tannins, red fruit and blackcurrant. The wine is made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon grown on fifty-year-old vines in clay-limestone soil. It matures for eight months in cement tanks. The vineyard is in conversion to organic farming, and the wine contains thirteen-and-a-half percent alcohol.
Bernard Baudry 2020 Chinon Blanc Le Domaine
French White
Chenin provides the base for this Loire white. Bright straw with a watery hue, it offers Jonathan apple, pear, honeysuckle, quince and light spicy musk. The palate brings ripe pear and baked apple with good weight and a soft, rich texture. Further quince and spice are present. The finish is dry and fresh, with a medium-to-long spicy aftertaste.
Manoir de la Tête Rouge 2019 Tête de Lard Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame
French Red
Forest-floor, toasted and lightly animal notes accompany a silky, lively palate. The red wine is complex and rich, with present, granular tannins that remain free of astringency, a chalky texture and a long finish. Cabernet Franc grows in clay-limestone soils. Grapes are harvested by hand, and the cuvée is made under organic and biodynamic farming.
Domaine Pellé 2021 Menetou-Salon Morogues Rosé
French Rosé
Pale gris in colour, this dry Pinot Noir rosé brings bright whitecurrant fruit and a fresh, creamy-textured palate. It is made without oak influence and comes from vineyards around Morogues in the Loire. The domaine was established in the middle of the twentieth century, around the time the Menetou-Salon appellation was created, though the Pellé family had made wine in the region earlier.
Domaine Chevrot 2018 Bourgogne Aligoté Cuvée des Quatre Terroirs
French White
Bright gold in colour, with rich vanilla and exotic orchard-fruit aromas. The palate is floral and concentrated, with semi-tropical fruit, racy acidity, generous youthful fruit and balanced volume. Most vines are at least forty years old. The wine sees no wood ageing. Ripe lemon, white peach, wet stone, crushed herbs, salinity and hazelnut are also present.
Les Cigales dans la Fourmilière 2021 Rue de la Peste
French Red
Syrah and Carignan form a dry red from Languedoc, bottled as Vin de France. The profile is juicy and earthy, and the wine is made without added sulphur. The two growers joined forces and work vineyards around Montpeyroux. Each retains an individual approach, reflected by keeping their respective wines visually distinct and identified by the responsible grower.
Jean-Paul Mauler 2023 Muscat Vieilles Vignes
French White
Bright pale-green colour accompanies fresh, easy-drinking Muscat grape aromas in this old-vine selection from Alsace. The producer places it in a Prestige range of fruit-driven wines drawn from older vines. The aromatic white is suited to aperitif service and can accompany marinated herring or mackerel, smoked fish, shellfish and spiced dishes. Serve it between eight and ten degrees Celsius.
Peltier-Ravineau 2023 La Marnière Cheverny
French White
Fresh, dry and juicy, the wine carries transparent fruit with the crispness of Loire Sauvignon Blanc. Honeyed apple adds gentle volume, while white peach and nectarine appear with air. Sauvignon Blanc and Menu Pineau grow on sandy soils. The blend is lively and floral, with citrus detail and a fresh finish. Six months in fibreglass tank follow direct pressing and cold settling.
Domaine du Meix Foulot 2023 Mercurey Rouge
French Red
Redcurrant and half-ripe strawberry appear in a cool, fresh and medium-bodied red wine. The wine is dry and refreshing, with a straight, harmonious finish. Bright garnet colour accompanies cherry and raspberry, alongside fine, delicate oak. The tannins are fine and slightly firm in youth, and maturation combines tank and barrel over sixteen to eighteen months.
Domaine de la Pépière 2015 Gorges Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
French White
Melon de Bourgogne from the Pays Nantais forms this Loire white. Gorges is among the firmest, most structured and mineral Muscadet crus. The wine remains on its lees for forty-two months. Whole clusters are pressed directly, and the juice settles naturally for twelve hours. Pays Nantais is the Loire region bordering the Atlantic, and Muscadet Sèvre et Maine is one of its subzones.
Château du Vallier 2018 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux
French Red
Ruby colour with violet reflections accompanies rich black fruit and young tannins. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec make up the red blend. The bouquet combines fruit and wood, while the palate is dense and tannic. The wine is matured in barrel and carries thirteen and a half percent alcohol. Production amounted to fifty-five thousand bottles.
Catherine & Pierre Breton 2022 Bourgueil Trinch!
French Red
Raspberry aromas meet a tender attack and a finish marked by grape-skin texture. Cabernet Franc comes from gravel soils and vines around thirty years old. The grapes are harvested by hand, gently destemmed and cold-macerated in stainless steel. Daily pumpovers are used, and maturation lasts ten months in concrete. The Cabernet Franc vineyard is certified biodynamic.
Famille Hugel 2023 Muscat Classic
French White
Floral and open, this dry white carries Muscat notes of citrus and jasmine. The palate is dry, lively and mouthwatering. Muscat Ottonel makes up sixty percent of the blend, with forty percent Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains. The grapes are harvested by hand, fermented at controlled temperatures in casks or tanks without malolactic fermentation, lightly filtered and matured in bottle before release.
Le Raisin et l’Ange 2023 Pause Canon Rosé
French Rosé
Red and black fruit shape this round, fresh rosé, with a supple finish. The blend combines fifty percent Plant de Brunel with twenty percent Grenache Noir, twenty percent Syrah and ten percent Merlot. Vinification uses a higher share of whole clusters than the previous vintage, while ageing takes place in stainless steel. The grapes are certified organic, and the wine is made without oenological additives.
Maison Kuehn Crémant d’Alsace Extra Brut Cuvée 1675
French Sparkling
Pastel yellow with golden reflections, this sparkling wine carries fine, regular bubbles. Toast, roasted notes and dried fruit accompany hazelnut and fresh butter. The grapes are hand-harvested and pressed whole. A first fermentation takes place in tank, while the second occurs in bottle by the traditional method. The blend includes Pinot Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.
Gustave Lorentz 2023 Pinot Gris Réserve
French White
Pale yellow, bright and clean, this Pinot Gris offers wild peach, pear and white fruit. The palate is generous and medium-bodied, with a mouth-filling texture, balanced acidity and a dry finish. Grapes from hillside vineyards around Bergheim are hand-picked and whole pressed. Fermentation uses natural and selected yeasts in stainless steel, followed by two rackings and six months in tank.
Domaine Amélie & Charles Sparr 2022 Pensée Pinot Blanc
French White
Yellow stone fruit appears in a completely dry profile with freshness, modest roundness, floral and citrus notes, bright acidity and subtle minerality. Pinot Blanc provides the full composition. The grapes are picked in small crates, and the wine matures for twelve months on fine lees in stainless steel. Residual sugar measures 0.6 grams per litre, and organic farming is used.
Domaine Thierry Drouin 2023 Mâcon-Villages Plaisance
French White
Bright yellow with green highlights, the wine brings together flint, white peach, green apple, acacia and fresh white fruit. A round, generous texture meets lively acidity, citrus and wet stone through a lingering mineral finish. The Chardonnay comes from northern and western Mâconnais plots with limestone-rich soils. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, preserving the unwooded style.
Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme 2020 Meslier Vin de France
French White
Pear, yellow flowers and caramel appear in the aromatics. The palate is pure and full, with transparent fruit extract, fine acidity, gentle bitterness and mineral character. Meslier Saint-François provides the full composition from vines averaging fifty-two years old on clay-limestone soils. Natural fermentation lasts forty-five days in fibre tanks. Maturation lasts five months in used 228-litre barrels. The wine is bottled unfiltered.
Gustave Lorentz 2023 Gewürztraminer Réserve Alsace
French White
Pale gold in colour, the wine has floral and spice aromas. The palate opens warm, while acidity gives the wine length. Richness and complexity are accompanied by freshness. Gewürztraminer provides the full composition. Grapes from hillside vineyards around Bergheim are hand-picked and whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation uses natural and selected yeasts in stainless steel, and the wine remains in tank for five months.
Château Tour Saint Bonnet 2018 Médoc
French Red
Refined crushed-berry fruit appears with cassis and subtle oak. The palate is full-bodied, with grainy tannins and balanced structure. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot form the blend. Fermentation takes place in traditional cement tanks, followed by eighteen months in large oak foudres. The vineyard occupies gravel soils near Saint-Christoly in the northern Médoc.
Kewin Descombes 2022 Cuvée Kéké Beaujolais
French Red
Fresh red fruit appears with cherry, raspberry, peony and pink pepper. The wine is light-bodied and dry, with lively acidity, soft tannins and a delicate texture. Gamay provides the full composition, and the wine is made without oak. Blackcurrant, strawberry, rhubarb and white pepper add further detail, while slate-like freshness accompanies the juicy fruit. Alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Domaine de Gaubourg 2024 Rosa IGP Val de Loire
French Red
Pale strawberry and bricky cherry in colour, this light red has floral aromas, fresh raspberry, red cherry, cherry pulp and leafy notes. The fruit lingers, while a finishing structure gives a mouthwatering element. Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc come from vines aged fifty to sixty years. The grapes are hand harvested, with fifty percent retained as whole clusters. Production includes fifteen days of maceration and six months of ageing in stainless steel. Alcohol is eleven and a half percent.
Domaine de Rimauresq 2024 Côtes de Provence Cru Classé Rosé
French Rosé
White peach and citrus appear in this salmon-pink rosé. The palate is creamy, with citrus freshness. The blend comprises Grenache Noir, Cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Rolle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Tibouren. The vineyard lies beneath the Maures Massif on schist and clay soils, and it is farmed organically. The wine contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Château d’Armajan des Ormes 2020 Sauternes 375 mL
French Dessert
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle form the blend. Mango, dried apricot, honeyed yuzu, vanillin and candied ginger appear with luscious sweetness and citrus acidity. Tea leaf and cinnamon are present on the finish. The fruit is harvested in five vineyard passes, and the wine matures for twenty-four months in barrel. It contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Laurent Saillard 2021 Grenache du Gard Syrah du Vaucluse
French Red
Grenache from the Gard and Syrah from Vaucluse were destemmed and fermented separately on skins for five days. The fruit was pressed into tank for five months of élevage, with ten parts per million of sulphur added at bottling. This red wine has moderate tannins, slight bitterness and depth, while remaining accessible. It contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Elian da Ros 2023 Le Vin est Une Fête Côtes du Marmandais
French Red
Abouriou, Cabernet Franc and Merlot form this red blend. Merlot and Cabernet Franc are destemmed and fermented in vats, while Abouriou is vinified in whole clusters with semi-carbonic maceration. Maturation lasts about ten to twelve months in foudres, older barrels and concrete before slight filtration. Red and dark fruit appear with spice, lively structure and an alcohol level of twelve-and-a-half percent.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2021 Grenache Vin de France
French Red
Made entirely from Grenache, this medium-bodied dry red comes from fruit sourced in Roussillon and vinified at the Puzelats' estate. Whole clusters undergo semi-carbonic maceration, and the wine spends eight months in demi-muids. The wine carries a practising-organic classification, and its fruit was grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides. Its origin falls within France's Languedoc-Roussillon region.