The almost 40-year-old, dry-farmed, ungrafted vines of the Jurassic Park vineyard have something special to say. They stand in brutal sunlight under a good floppy canopy, hiding from the nearby... read more →
Mark Angéli treats his special single-vineyard wine to a two-year élevage, and it always seems rounder, fuller, a bit more classic with a bitter edge and bracing rhubarb. Don’t leave... read more →
Like Manuel Moraga (in the Chilean story), Frantz used to be in forestry. He worked in Québec before moving back to France. He makes this marvelous wine from a blend... read more →
Sébastien Dervieux, lovingly known as Babass, can at times strike a very beautiful wine and in the shitty year of 2014, this pet’nat is one of them. The name suggests... read more →
Recent tastings on two continents have proven that the new releases (and the old ones) of Pinon have crossed into a whole other level. If for some reason these are... read more →
François Pinon has been working his father’s vines since 1987 and now, history repeats itself. François’s son Julien is working with him. The above 2011 was stunning. Packed with rhubarb... read more →
Another Pinon. Get the idea? This comes from his vineyard littered with glossy black silex. Is this the reason for the vibrations on this wine? The 1841 Farmer’s Monthly Visitor... read more →
Bruno Rochard returned to his family’s estate in 1998 and started to work his 6.5 hectares in 2002 under the guidance of neighbor Richard Leroy. In 2006, he started to... read more →
A brilliant, stunning chenin blanc from Béatrice & Pascal Lambert’s clay and limestone soils. This fleshy but sparky wine goes through malolactic fermentation, unusual in that terroir. As a result,... read more →
Here’s a beauty for those who want to explore chenin done well on schist. But first that name: Camille tells me “Mentule means penis in old French. Matagrabolisée is a... read more →