If you’re lamenting the lack of real Bordeaux, this one will restore your faith. In Margaux (one of my favorite zones in Bordeaux), priced well under $100, it’s a bargain... read more →
The soil (as the name suggests) is their sandy plot. Their vines are up to sixty years of age. The fruit is raised in tank, never seeing wood, resulting in... read more →
From a 9-hectare estate, made by the Boisard boys. The vines are over 30 years old from gravely soils. Aged in barrel for eight months, and as I’ve tasted these... read more →
From organic vines between 15-45 years from limestone soils. Damien raises this wine in tank, no wood involvement. The result is a wine with purity, structure, velvet, bones, dusty fruit... read more →
Clos Roche Blanche is gone but the genetic material for the wine lives on in loving granitic instead of limestone soils. Fermentation is preceded by a four-day cold maceration. Only... read more →
Guoin’s wines are always quiet and shy and loving. The prestige, from older vines up to 80 years, is aged in wood, but never woody. Buy a bunch and give... read more →
Chateau Meylet’s Michel Favard was one of the first (if not the first) Bordelais in biodynamics (1989). A gentle soul who makes ethereal Bordeaux from limestone soils, the wines just... read more →
Some of the Guion are my new house wines. There is a very clear progression in them from simple delicious to more serious to wow. This cuvée, between the two... read more →
After his dad died suddenly in 2002, Antoine took over the family domaine of 11 hectares. Talent runs in the family and Antoine’s wines are pretty stunning. From limestone terroir,... read more →
This is as sad a story as it gets. Clos Cristal is the historic vineyard with crazy vines that grow through a wall to hasten ripening. It was some crazy... read more →