The Riserva is 100% Gaglioppo from the vineyard Muzzunetto, the oldest vines of the estate, planted in 1968, facing north. The grapes were harvested in the first week of October at 50hl/ha.  Fermentation was spontaneous with an extended maceration of one month, after which the free-run juice is...

100% Gaglioppo from massale selection. This parcel—Vigna Fego— has clay/marl soils and is right on the Ionian Sea. Grapes are crushed/destemmed; after 12 hours maceration in stainless steel, the juice is not pressed, but drained by gravity. Aged in stainless steel and released late. Beautiful brick...

A single-vineyard cru bottling from vines planted in 1968 at 500m, facing southeast. Harvest was in late September at yields of 10,000kg/ha (60hl/ha). Fermentation is in concrete vats, with about half the harvest macerated on its skins for two weeks during fermentation.  Aged in concrete on the...

100% Chardonnay from the Santa Rita Hills Appellation in Santa Barbara County. The grapes were fermented with native yeasts in concrete tanks before maturing in French oak (6% new) and stainless steel before bottling. 

The now mature "Bambino" vines were planted in 2000 and represent Bucklin's "young vine" Zinfandel. Fermented with indigenous yeast without any nutrient additions. Aged in neutral French oak for approximately 10 months.  

(2.5g RS/7.5g acid/12.5% alc) A site made famous by many winemakers in the region, the Niersteiner Pettenthal is a finer soil than Rothenberg, more pebbly with broken rocks and less geological compression. The wines from here tend to be more tensile, more filigreed, lighter on their feet, yet ...

Always a pleasure and always great value for Riesling-lovers, the grapes for Jean-Baptiste are grown on the lower terraces of Gunderloch's three top vineyard sites: Nierstein Hipping, Nierstein Pettenthal and Nackenheim Rothenberg (all grand cru sites). Technically a feinherb style, or "balanced...

100% Chardonnay. From a 0.4-hectare parcel of vines planted in the 1960s in the Tarlants' home village of Oeuilly. This northeast-facing slope features eolian soils with stones of silex, flint being quite rare here. 2011 is the first bottling of this single parcel, brought about by the demise of...

100% Pinot Noir. From a 0.25-hectare parcel of organically farmed estate vines in the lieu-dit of Grand Picou in the village of St. Agnan in the Vallée de la Marne. The clusters were harvested by hand and destemmed; the berries were spontaneously fermented in barrel with a two-week maceration and...

57% Chardonnay/29% Pinot Noir/14% Pinot Meunier. Most vintages, the Tarlants make a unique, usually multi-parcel wine as a snapshot of that particular vintage's personality. The name "Etincelante" evokes the “shimmering” nature of the sunny 2002 harvest, "a dream harvest" per Benoìt Tarlant. From...

27% Pinot Blanc/27% Arbanne/46% Petit Meslier. "BAM!" is an acronym of these three relatively rare, low-yielding Champagne varieties. The vines were planted in 2003 on sandy, silica-rich limestone soils in the lieu-dit of Four à Chaux-Sablé in Oeuilly and are certified-organic like the rest of...