100% Gamay. About 2 of Georges Descombes' 15 hectares of vines are in the Régnié cru; he also purchases a bit of Régnié fruit. There are two Régnié bottlings: one from the younger vines (ranging from 5 up to almost 50 years old) and this one from the oldest vines (from 50 to 100 years old). All are...

100% Gamay. About 2 of Georges Descombes' 15 hectares of vines are in the Régnié cru; he also purchases a bit of Régnié fruit. There are two Régnié bottlings: one from the oldest vines and this one, from the younger vines, which range 5 up to almost 50 years old. All are planted on hilly sites of...

100% Gamay. About half of Georges Descombes' 15 hectares of vines are in the Morgon cru, spread amongst a number of different, mainly hilly parcels that are rich in decomposed-granite soils. The rare "Vermont" bottling, named for the hamlet in which the Descombes family live and grow and make wine...

100% Aligoté. The de Moors have a 2.5-hectare parcel of mainly Aligoté down the road from Courgis in a village called Chitry-Le-Fort. They planted the parcel, named Champagne, starting in 1995 (it also includes some Chardonnay that goes into their Bourgogne Chitry bottling). The exposure is...

100% Chardonnay.  Vendangeur Masqué or “masked harvester” is the label for de Moor wines from sourced fruit; the wines are made in the de Moor cellar in Courgis in the same manner as their estate wines. The Vendangeur Masqué Chablis comes from 2 clay-limestone parcels totaling 1.1 hectares of...

100% Chardonnay. Vendangeur Masqué or “masked harvester” is the label for De Moor wines made from sourced fruit or rented vines.  Alice and Olivier make the wines in their home cellar in Courgis. They rent and work a small parcel of vines in Auxerre for this bottling. It is harvested by hand. The...

50% Pinot Noir/50% Gamay. Named Rouillon or "rusty" for the reddish tint of its clay-limestone soils, this 1.9-hectare estate vineyard is made up of two parcels, one of Pinot Noir planted in 1991 and one of Gamay planted in 1996.  The Puzelats farm it organically and harvest it by hand. As is...

100% Sauvignon Blanc. Tue Boeuf has been sourcing from this site known as Petit Buisson on the north bank of the Cher since 2003. It is an organically farmed, hand-harvested, 1.4-hectare parcel of 35-40-year-old vines on flinty clay-limestone soils. Typical of Tue Boeuf whites, Petit Buisson fruit...

100% Sauvignon Blanc. Buisson Pouilleux is a 1.1-hectare vineyard of two parcels of Sauvignon, one planted in 1950 and the other in 1964; currently, half of the original old vines remain while the other half has gradually been replanted over the last 20-25 years. The clay-based soils are gravelly...

100% Albariño from the organically farmed Terra Alta vineyard in Clements Hills - Lodi. The vines are planted on sandy clay loam soils, with the grapes retaining great acidity from wide diurnal shifts in the area - the valley pulls cool air from the San Francisco Bay, bringing down the temperatures...

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...

“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...

La Nave is Casa Aurora's entry point.  A regional wine from Albares, in Bierzo Alto, mostly from north-face vineyards planted on rocky and clay soils, averaging about 75-years of age, it is made mostly from Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino.  The grapes are destemmed and the wines are...

90% Nerello Mascalese/10% other local varieties. Pirrera is a single site at 850 meters on the north side or versante nord of Mt. Etna; its name is rooted in the particularly rocky nature of the vineyard. The vineyard had been abandoned decades before Acosta began its rehabilitation. The planting...

90% Nerello Mascalese/10% other local varieties. "Arenaria", from the Arenaria contrada, was Acosta's first wine from outside Mt. Etna' volcanic terroir. It comes from a half-hectare parcel of 70-plus-year-old vines in Castiglione, just outside of Etna, on Mt. Portella at 700 meters. The north-...