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Domaine de Marcoux 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
French White
$129.99
Roussanne and Bourboulenc come from two separate parcels. Fennel and fleshy fruit appear in a smooth white. The grapes are hand harvested in fifty-kilogram boxes, then cooled for settling before alcoholic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is not carried out. Maturation lasts seven months on fine lees. The vineyards are farmed organically, and the finished wine has fourteen percent alcohol.
Olivier Leflaive 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Pierres
French White
$129.99
Chardonnay grows on clay-limestone soil over a rocky bank at 230 to 250 metres. The grapes are hand harvested, pressed immediately and gently, and lightly filtered. Ageing lasts sixteen months in barrel, including four months after the lots are assembled; twenty percent of the oak is new. Citron, earth, pear, sap and mineral elements appear in an intense, structured profile with a long, supple finish. Alcohol is twelve-and-a-half percent.
Champagne Nicolas Maillart Brut Rosé Grand Cru NV
French Sparkling
$129.99
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are blended at sixty to forty, with seven percent still wine. Skin maceration lasted fifty-two hours; fermentation was divided equally between steel and oak. Wild strawberry, cherry and raspberry appear with rock salt and a chalky foundation. The skin contact gives a gentle blush and additional texture, while dosage is six grams per litre.
Champagne Cazé-Thibaut Naturellement Extra Brut NV
French Sparkling
$129.99
Pinot Meunier from Châtillon-sur-Marne forms this Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Fermentation is spontaneous in oak. The wine is neither fined nor filtered and undergoes natural cold stabilization. The dosage is determined by tasting for the cuvée. The wine is classified as Extra Brut and non-vintage. The house was founded by Roger Cazé, and its work continues in the Marne Valley.
Champagne Voirin-Jumel 2015 Millésime Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs
French Sparkling
$129.99
Chardonnay comes exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards on the lower slopes of the Côte des Blancs, where chalk is prominent. The wine is made from a single harvest year and does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Lees maturation lasts for at least eight years. The style is Brut. The vineyards connect the villages of Cramant, Avize and Oger.
Château Croizet-Bages 2016 Pauillac
French Red
$131.99
The blend is fifty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty-one percent Merlot and four percent Cabernet Franc. Vinification takes place in stainless-steel tanks, with malolactic fermentation in barrels and tanks. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, half of it new. Plum preserves, baked black cherry, cassis, menthol, cigar and cumin notes accompany plush tannins and a long, spicy finish.
Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV
French Sparkling
$132.99
Grand Cru Chardonnay from chalk soils is vinified in stainless-steel tanks. Reserve wines form part of the blend, and maturation on the lees extends for four to five years before disgorgement. The profile is mineral and chalky. After disgorgement, ageing continues in bottle. Serve around eight degrees Celsius in a tulip-shaped wine glass to allow the mineral character to develop.
Domaine Sylvain Pataille 2023 Marsannay Pinot Noir
French Red
$134.99
Candied cherry, raspberry, peony, spice and mineral notes form the profile of this dry Pinot Noir. The wine has present acidity, a generous texture, medium body and discreet oak. It is made entirely from Pinot Noir and carries thirteen percent alcohol. A serving temperature between fifteen and seventeen degrees Celsius is recommended for this red Burgundy.
Domaine Poulleau 2023 Volnay Pinot Noir
French Red
$134.99
Pinot Noir comes from a 0.76-hectare Volnay site with limestone and brown-silt soils. The vines average fifty years of age, and the fruit is picked by hand. Maturation lasts one year in oak casks, including twenty percent new casks. Wild cherry, raspberry, rose petals, spice and forest-floor notes accompany supple fruit and silken tannins.
Château Tronquoy-Lalande 2009 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
$134.99
Boysenberry, spring flowers, blackcurrant and ink accompany a supple texture and a long finish. The colour is dense purple, and the profile is full-bodied. The blend is fifty-one percent Merlot, forty-two percent Cabernet Sauvignon and seven percent Petit Verdot. Alcoholic fermentation lasts six to seven days, with an average maceration of eighteen days. Harvest ran from September 18 to October 7.
Champagne Tarlant Rosé Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
$136.99
A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier forms this rosé Champagne. First fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel and oak barrels, while reserve wines mature in barrels. The cuvée combines white and red wines, and disgorgement is carried out by hand. Dosage is zero grams per litre, placing the wine in the Brut Nature style.
Domaine Billaud-Simon 2023 Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre
French White
$136.99
White-gold colour with green reflections accompanies mineral and spice notes. The Chardonnay shows freshness, sweet fruit and floral detail, with body and an oily texture. The Montée de Tonnerre climat lies beside the former Roman road linking Auxerre and Tonnerre, where the route climbs toward the plateau. A serving temperature of ten to twelve degrees Celsius is recommended.
Alice et Olivier De Moor 2023 Nuova Descriptio Vin de France
French White
$136.99
The blend combines sixty percent Sauvignon Blanc with twenty percent Aligoté and twenty percent Chardonnay. Sauvignon Blanc is divided between direct pressing into amphora and whole-bunch maceration in tank. Aligoté macerates on skins in tank, while Chardonnay is directly pressed and ferments in barrel. The finished wine is lightly filtered and has gentle grip and bitterness. The organically farmed fruit is harvested by hand.
Château Pichon Baron 2012 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron Pauillac
French Red
$139.99
Cassis, blackberry and spice accompany a tannic, fresh profile. The wine is made from sixty percent Cabernet Sauvignon and forty percent Merlot. It is a red from Pauillac in Bordeaux, with fruit drawn primarily from gravelly parcels near the Gironde estuary. Production for the inaugural release totalled forty thousand bottles. Maturation takes place in barrels. The wine has a pure, direct, vigorous and full-bodied character.
Château du Cèdre 2006 GC Cahors Malbec
French Red
$139.99
Dried black plum, cassis, blackberry, leather, cigar box, truffle, graphite, liquorice and earth are present. Full-bodied texture and rounded tannins accompany fresh acidity, stewed dark fruit, cocoa, tobacco, forest floor and savoury spice. A long finish is also present. The wine is made entirely from Malbec. Ripe tannins and fresh fruit sit alongside flavours from new oak, with a restrained character.
Domaine Rebourgeon-Mure 2020 Pommard
French Red
$139.99
Restrained, dense, pure, firm and tight, this Pinot Noir comes from Pommard in Burgundy. The village wine is assembled from Les Perrières, La Vache, La Rue au Port and La Croix Planet. The vineyards lie between 230 and 270 metres on clay-limestone soils with south and southeast exposures. Grapes are harvested by hand and fully destemmed. Maturation in oak lasts fourteen to eighteen months, depending on the cuvée.
Champagne Forget-Brimont 2012 Millésime Premier Cru Brut
French Sparkling
$139.99
Pale gold colour and fine, persistent bubbles accompany green apple, apricot and white peach. The wine is made from forty percent Pinot Noir, forty percent Meunier and twenty percent Chardonnay. The soils are mainly chalky across Premier and Grand Cru villages. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and malolactic fermentation is completed. Bottle ageing lasts about eight to ten years. Dosage is four grams per litre.
Champagne Tarlant Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
$139.99
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier each account for thirty-two percent of the blend; Petit Meslier, Arbanne and Pinot Blanc make up the remaining four percent. The wine has no dosage. The soils include chalk, clay-chalk, flint, silica sand and limestone. Slow gravity pressing, spontaneous fermentation and six months on the lees in French oak are used. Bottle maturation generally lasts five to six years, and the wine is not fined.
Domaine Roblet-Monnot 2019 Pommard Chanlin-Haut
French Red
$139.99
Cherry, raspberry, sweet soil, peony and spice are present in a medium- to full-bodied Pinot Noir. The profile is layered, deep and concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acidity and a long saline finish. Chanlin-Haut is a higher-altitude, later-ripening site. The wine comes from clay-chalk soils, and the vines are seventy and thirty-five years old. Fermentation uses natural yeast in stainless steel, while maturation lasts twenty months in French oak.
Château Pichon Baron 2019 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron Pauillac
French Red
$139.99
Intense purple colour accompanies black fruit, subtle oak and spice. The opening is generous, full and structured, with tannins; the profile also has richness, harmony, tension, minerality and length, with a fresh finish. The blend is fifty-nine percent Merlot and forty-one percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Maturation lasts eighteen months in barrels, using sixty percent new oak and forty percent one-wine barrels.
Champagne Charles Dufour Bistrotage B19 NV
French Sparkling
$155.99
Made entirely from Pinot Noir, the wine draws on three calcareous-clay sites in Chervey: Bicheret, Les Copies and Val Herard. Most of the blend comes from the principal harvest with a small amount of reserve wine. Native fermentation takes place half in steel and half in older wood. Bottle ageing on the lees lasts more than four years. Dosage is two grams per litre. Red fruit, anise, limestone and bergamot are present.
Guigal 2012 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde de Guigal
French Red
$139.99
Plummy fruit appears with ground clove and cracked pepper. The texture is ripe and creamy. Vanilla and bacon are present on a slightly dusty finish. The blend is ninety-six percent Syrah and four percent Viognier. Maturation lasts at least thirty-six months in oak, with forty percent new wood. The colour is dark ruby red, and the wine has round, soft tannins.
Taittinger Brut Réserve FIFA World Cup 26 Limited Edition NV
French Sparkling
$139.99
Fine bubbles accompany delicate fruit and honey aromas. The flavour is balanced, fresh, elegant and refined. The non-vintage blend is forty percent Chardonnay, thirty-five percent Pinot Noir and twenty-five percent Pinot Meunier, sourced from more than forty vineyards and four different vintages. The Chardonnay proportion contributes to the fresh character. The wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol.
Domaine Vincent & François Jouard 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes
French White
$141.99
Almond, hazelnut, ripe apple and honey appear in a rich, structured white with fruit, finesse and power. The Chardonnay comes from vines more than fifty years old in rocky clay-limestone soil over white stones. Fermentation takes place in French oak. Maturation lasts twelve months in barrel, with ten percent new oak. The wine contains fifteen percent alcohol.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci 2017 Ministre Impérial
French Red
$141.99
Small tart redcurrants, mineral and smoky notes appear with fine oak. The palate has depth, sapidity, verticality, breadth, generosity and purity. The blend includes Sciaccarellu, Niellucciu, Morescola, Morescono, Montaneccia, Carcajolu-Neru and Aleatico. Fermentation takes place in wooden vats. Maturation lasts twelve months in foudre and 600-litre demi-muids, followed by several months in stainless steel and at least six months in bottle.
Julien Guillot 2017 Bourgogne Blanc Cuvée Léandre L’Homme Lion
French White
$142.99
Bright and vivid, with energy. The palate is rich and salty, with a firm backbone, length, intensity, nuance and layers of complexity. The Chardonnay spent forty-three months ageing, and only one barrel was made. No sulphur was added. The wine comes from the Mâconnais in Burgundy and is certified organic. Precise reduction and texture are also present.
Au Pied du Mont Chauve 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet En Pimont
French White
$142.99
Green herb and toast accompany bright, fresh fruit. White grapefruit and lemon are juicy and mouthwatering, with white pepper and a steely, long finish. The profile is concentrated. This dry white is made entirely from Chardonnay and contains 13.5 percent alcohol. The vineyard has a thin clay-limestone topsoil and was planted in the mid-1970s. Maturation lasts eighteen months on fine lees, including at least ten months in wood.
Vidal-Fleury 2019 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde
French Red
$142.99
The colour is red with carmine glints. Aromas include fresh fruit, violet, pepper, smoke and black olive. Blackcurrant, red fruit and curry spice are present on a rich, soft and fresh palate. The blend is ninety-five percent Syrah and five percent Viognier. Traditional maceration lasts three weeks, indigenous yeast conducts fermentation, and maturation on the lees lasts two years in barrels and large oak casks.
Domaine Simon Bize et Fils 2020 Savigny-lès-Beaune
French Red
$142.99
Black cherry, sweet dark berry, woodsmoke, currant leaf, dark soil and dark chocolate appear together. The wine is deep and full-bodied, with a core of black fruit, ripe firm tannins, tangy acidity, focus and grip. The finish has length, vibrancy and balance. This dry village red is made entirely from Pinot Noir, and production for the vintage totalled 15,000 bottles.
Champagne Girard-Bonnet A Mi-Chemin Grand Cru Extra-Brut
French Sparkling
$144.99
White flowers accompany minerality and sharp but non-aggressive acidity. The wine is made entirely from Grand Cru Chardonnay, split equally between Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger. Indigenous yeasts are used in tank and barrel, and the wine is aged on its lees. The soils include rendzina and calcareous brown soils over chalk, plus calcareous brown soils on valley-floor colluvium.