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Berthaut-Gerbet

Berthaut-Gerbet - Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

DB7317-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Chambolle Musigny les Plantes
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
WA:90-92 Sustainable
DB8592-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Fixin 1er Cru les Arvelets
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

From the north, this is the very first 1er Cru vineyard in the Côte d’Or. In Fixin, there are only five premier crus and three of them are monopoles. There is very little top soil on crinoidal limestone and sandy marl. Berthaut owns just under one hectare, planted in 1956, 1960 and 1980. Fermented...

BH:90-93 WA: 92-93 VM: 90-92 Sustainable
DB7322-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Clos de Vougeot
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
WA: 90-92
DB8593-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux-Saint-Jacques
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
BH: 91-93 WA:90-92 VM:93-95
DB7326-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Vosne-Romanée
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
VM: 90-92
DB7324-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France

One of the best Premier Cru in Vosne-Romanée, this site is directly above La Romanée Conti and Richebourg. Because of the steepness of the slope, it must be farmed by hand. Berthaut's vines are in the middle and bottom part of Petits Monts, planted in 1919, 1934, 1949, 1964, and 2008. 20% whole...

BH:91-94 WA:91-93 VM:93-95
DB7327-21

Berthaut-Gerbet - Échezeaux
Pinot Noir from Burgundy, France
BH:92-95 WA:91-93 VM:92-94 Sustainable
DB7328-21

Combel La Serre

Combel La Serre - Cahors "Peyres Levades"
Malbec from Southwest, France

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). "Peyres Levades" is Occitan for "pierres levées", a direct reference to the stoniness of the terrain of this 0.58-hectare lieu-dit. The vines are over 50 years old and yield only 25-30 hl/ha. Besides being notably stony, the soils are the most limestone-packed...

Organic
DB7211-19

Combel La Serre - Cahors "Au Cerisier"
Malbec from Southwest, France

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). "Au Cerisier" comes from a single 1.2-hectare estate plot next door to a cherry orchard, hence the name of the bottling. The vines average 40 years old and are planted on red clay soils over limestone bedrock. The farming is certified-organic and in conversion...

Organic
DB3887-20

Combel La Serre - Cahors "Château"
Malbec from Southwest, France
Organic
DB7200-20

Combel La Serre - Cahors "Le Pur Fruit du Causse"
Malbec from Southwest, France
Organic
DB7201-21

Combel La Serre - Cahors "Le Pur Fruit du Causse"
Malbec from Southwest, France
Organic
DB7201-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Colombis”
Grenache from Rhône, France

“Colombis” has become an iconic wine of Ferrando’s. It’s quite unique in her portfolio as it’s the only Châteauneuf that does not comes from the Les Serres vineyard. It’s 100% Grenache that comes from four parcels on the plateau of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with northfacing vineyards: Rayas and Colombis...

JD:98 DE:97 FS:97 VM:96 JS:95 WS:95 WA:94-97 Organic
DB7362-20

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France

This cuvee comes entirely from the Les Serres parcel and is primarily the fruit that used to make up the “Favier” and “Giraud” wines. 100% whole cluster made mostly in demi-muids; some amphora and glass demi-johns are also used. 75% old-vine Grenache, 12% Cinsault, 11% Mourvedre, and 2% Syrah.

JD:98+ JS:97 DE:95 WS:94 WA:93-95 Organic
DB7381-20

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France

JD:96-100 VM:94 Organic
DB7381-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Colombis”
Grenache from Rhône, France

JS:97 VM:96 Organic
DB7362-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “F601”
Cinsault from Rhône, France

It took me 16 years of observation and learning to develop a deep understanding and a personal relationship with my terroir, guided by instinct and feeling. With this vintage, I have launched “F601”, the pure and absolute expression of my experience with my parcel F601 of Saint Prefert and the ...

VM:97 JS:96 Organic
DB7368-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape “F601”
Cinsault from Rhône, France

WA:94 Organic
DB7368-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Vieilles Clairettes”
Clairette from Rhône, France
JD:95+ WS:95 WA:94 Organic
DB7353-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Côtes-du-Rhône “Beatus Ille”
Grenache from Rhône, France

Beatus Ille is mostly Grenache blended with about 15% Cinsault from a parcel named, La Lionne, in the Sorgues district, just at the southern border of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and another parcel. It’s blended with a bit of Syrah from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It’s 100% destemmed and fermented and aged in...

Biodynamic
DB7350-23

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Clairette from Rhône, France

A new expression of Chateaneuf-du-Pape Blanc in the 2021 vintage. It’s a blend of 60% Clairettes and 40% Roussanne from the Serres lieu-dit with galets stones, gravel, and blue clay. It’s the first vintage that is aged in a mix of glass demi-johns and two year-old demi-muids barrels. Clairette...

JS:95 WA:94 VM:93 Organic
DB7380-23

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Côtes-du-Rhône “Beatus Ille”
Grenache from Rhône, France

Biodynamic
DB7350-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Vieilles Clairettes”
Clairette from Rhône, France
VM:95 DE:94 Organic
DB7353-22

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Grenache from Rhône, France

JD:95 JS:95 WS:94 Organic
DB7381-21

Famille Isabel Ferrando - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Clairette from Rhône, France

JS:96 JD:93 WS:93 Organic
DB7380-22

Francis Boulard et Fille

Francis Boulard et Fille - "Les Rachais" Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
Chardonnay from Champagne, France
Organic
DB8563-14

Francis Boulard et Fille - "Les Vieilles Vignes" Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
Chardonnay from Champagne, France

100% Chardonnay. The original Boulard family vineyard is in the village of Cormicy, at the northernmost limit of Champagne in a sub-zone called the Massif de St. Thierry, well northwest of the city of Reims. The Boulards have 1.6 hectares of vines here. The fruit for the blanc de blancs comes from...

Organic
DB5663-19

Francis Boulard et Fille - "Rosé de Saignée" Extra Brut
Pinot Meunier from Champagne, France

100% Pinot Meunier. The fruit for Boulard’s rosé de saignée comes from family parcels scattered around the villages of Paradis, Cuchery and Belval-sous-Châtillon in the Vallée de la Marne northwest of Cumières. Notably, in this particular area of the Marne, there are 400 hectares of vines, of which...

V:93 JG:91+ Organic
DB8564-17

Francis Boulard et Fille - "Petraea III" Brut Nature (2012-13-14)
Pinot Noir from Champagne, France

100% Pinot Noir. "Petraea" is a réserve perpetuelle, originally begun by Francis in the 1990’s when he was still the winemaker for his family’s Domaine Raymond Boulard. After he split from the family, he and daughter Delphine decided to start a new version of Petraea in 2012, the first year of...

VM:92 Organic
DB5683-14

Francis Boulard et Fille - Coteaux Champenois Rouge
Pinot Noir from Champagne, France

100% Pinot Noir. 2019 is only the second vintage of a red wine for Boulard. The fruit comes from a parcel in the grand cru village of Mailly-Champagne in the Montagne de Reims. The farming is organic and the harvest by hand. The bunches are destemmed and fermented in oak with indigenous yeasts....

Organic
DB3201-19

Francis Boulard et Fille - "Les Murgiers" Brut Nature (2020 base)
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier from Champagne, France

84% Meunier/6% Pinot Noir/10% Chardonnay. "Les Murgiers" is the beginning of the Boulard range and takes its name from the traditional vineyard walls built from river stones dug up to make way for planting (and alternatively spelled murgets, murgers, meurgers or meurgiers). The heart of the wine is...

Organic
DB1072-20

100% Côt aka Malbec. Ranging from 20 to 80 years old, Valérie's Gamay vines are planted on clay-limestone soils in the heart of the Cher valley of the Touraine region in the Loire. She farms them organically (certified) and works and harvests them by hand. The grapes are destemmed and go directly...

Organic
DB8827-20

Forgues, Valérie - Sauvignon Touraine AOC
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France

100% Sauvignon (mainly Blanc but including a little Gris). Averaging 25 years old, Valérie's vines are planted on clay-limestone soils in Mareuil-sur-Cher on the left bank of the Cher River in the heart of the Touraine region. They are certified-organic and taken care of meticulously by hand and...

Organic
DB8826-22

Forgues, Valérie - VDF Rouge "Icône"
Pineau d'Aunis from Loire, France

70% Pineau d’Aunis/20% Cabernet Franc/10% Gamay. 2020 was the first vintage of "Icône". Averaging 30 years old, the vines are planted on clay-limestone soils in the heart of the Cher valley of the Touraine region in the Loire. They are certified-organic and tended and harvested by hand. The bunches...

Organic
DB3753-21

Forgues, Valérie - Côt Touraine Rouge
Côt from Loire, France

Organic
DB8827-19

Forgues, Valérie - Gamay Touraine Rouge
Gamay from Loire, France
Organic
DB8825-20

Forgues, Valérie - VDF Blanc "Orbin"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB4277-21

Saumaize-Michelin

Saumaize-Michelin - Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru “Clos sur la Roche”
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France
VM:91 Biodynamic
DB3422-22

Saumaize-Michelin - Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru "Vers Cras"
Chardonnay from Burgundy, France

This is one of the only Pouilly-Fuisse that Saumaize-Michelin makes from the village of Solutre. They have a .25 hectare parcel with south east exposure and 45 year old vines. The vines are at about 300 meters altitude compared to Vergisson where the average is 370 meters high. The subsoil here is...

VM:93 Organic
DB3421-22