This cuvée comes from four parcels which total 1.12 hectare, situated mid-slope and spread in homogenous fashion over the whole appellation, giving a nice typicity of Bressandes. The soils are deep and made up in equal parts of limestone and clay, giving the wine lovely balance and great length on...

The Fournaux vineyard is classified as 1er cru and village depending on the parcel. Chandon used to make a Fournaux 1er Cru, but as of 2018, they started to blend two thirds 1er Cru fruit with one third village level to make a 'super' Savigny village, preferring this blend to making two different...

Maréchaudes is a part of the Aloxe commune, which is tiny with only 100 residents! Located just below Corton Bressandes, the vineyards have east, south-east exposure; Claude explained that here, you begin to see some similarities to the soil you find in the Cote de Nuits. The soil is red as it is...

Mid-slope and predominantly limestone (Lavières comes from the word "lave" which here has nothing volcanic about it but was the term used in the past to describe the flat limestone slabs used to cover the roofs). In fact, these famous stones are found here in the sub-soil. The vines are more than...

Tour du Bon’s flagship wine, what Agnés calls “the blood of the earth” ; a blend of 55% Mourvedre, 25% Cinsault, and 20% Syrah. Aged for 18 months in large foudres. 

50% Pineau d'Aunis/50% Grenache. 2022 is the first vintage for this particular "Convergence" of Bellivière's work in their home turf of the Loire and a farmer friend's in Ventoux in the southern Rhône. The Pineau d'Aunis is from their certified-biodynamic estate vines on flinty tuffeau and clay...

50% Gamay/50% Pineau d'Aunis. From certified-biodynamic estate vines planted on flinty clay over tuffeau and yielding a maximum of 25 hl/ha. Harvest is manual. The grapes are destemmed, gently crushed and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in vat. Maceration lasts several weeks with...

100% Chenin Blanc. "Les Rosiers" is from Bellivière's younger Jasnières vines, across 24 parcels totaling 5 hectares. The vines are planted on flinty clay soils rich in tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed into tank and the juice...

100% Pineau d'Aunis. From gobelet-trained Pineau d'Aunis vines from 14 parcels across 3.7 hectares and ranging in age from 10 to 60 years old. They are planted on flinty clay soils over tuffeau (soft limestone) and have low yields at around 25 hl/ha. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the...

100% Chenin Blanc. "L'Effraie" is from Bellivière's younger Coteaux du Loir vines, across 11 parcels totaling 3.5 hectares. These gobelet-pruned, 10-30-year-old vines are planted on flinty, sandy clay soils over tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches...

50% Corvina/20% Corvinone/ 20% Rondinella/10% Molinara & Oseleta. A very short maceration of the Valpolicella varieties. Biodynamically farmed vines in pergola on restored ancient  terraces on the south-facing hill in front of the winery. Light in color, body and alcohol (10.5%) and in a liter...

60% Corvina/20% Corvinone/20% Rondinella. The Venturini family bought 1.5 hectares of vines in San Giorgio, about 8 kilometers from their estate vineyard, in 2015. They farm these vines biodynamically, like all of their others, but there are key differences in the site itself. It is a steeper,...

40% Corvina/30% Corvinone/ 20% Rondinella/10% Molinara & Oseleta. Monte dall’Ora’s Camporenzo vineyard is a few kilometers from the home vineyard but is similar in its hilliness and its crumbly limestone soils over limestone rock. The Venturini family planted it with traditional Valpolicella...

50% Corvina/20% Corvinone/ 20% Rondinella/10% Molinara & Oseleta. Saseti is the starting point of the Valpolicella line-up, from certified-biodynamic estate vines ranging from 25-65 years old. The vineyard is a south-facing hillside of ancient terraces that have been slowly restored by the...

90% Sangiovese/10% Colorino-Canaiuolo. From certified-biodynamic vines in San Casciano in Val di Pesa at the northern edge of the Chianti Classico zone. The fruit comes from two sites--one lower-lying, warmer, with heavier clay soils with alluvial stones, the other much higher, cooler, north-facing...

100% Sangiovese. Sourced from 4 hectares of organically farmed vines about a half hour from Montesecondo in Barberino Val d'Elsa. The whole clusters are pressed and fermented spontaneously in tank without sulfur. The wine ferments to near dryness and clarity in tank and is bottled in the spring...

100% Sangiovese. From certified-biodynamic estate vines in San Casciano in Val di Pesa at the northern edge of the Chianti Classico zone. The fruit can come from two sites--one lower-lying, warmer, with heavier clay soils with alluvial stones, the other much higher, cooler, north-facing and...

100% Sangiovese. From certified-biodynamic vines in San Casciano in Val di Pesa at the northern edge of the Chianti Classico zone. The fruit comes from two sites--one lower-lying, warmer, with heavier clay soils with alluvial stones, the other much higher, cooler, north-facing and limestone-forward...

100% Syrah from Cortona, from the sandiest part of the vineyard that also makes his Apice, but harvested earlier with this rosato in mind. Direct press, fermented and aged in concrete vats with no sulfur until bottling. Juicy mineral-laced cherries with sneaky concentration. Certified Biodynamic.