Summer wine alert. Rush now to get what you can and stock up on a lovely Atlantic wine,“the other muscadet” from the gros plant grape.
This is Bruno’s young vine grolleau. Given a short maceration and raised for 6 months in vat, this is fresh and quite ripe at 13%. Yup, there’s a little skunk... read more →
I tasted this quite a few times back in the Loire this past February and then guzzled it down in New York in March. It never failed me. Puzelat just... read more →
2013 was a hard year in the Anjou, but it was kind to Christine and Joël Ménard, two of the nicest vignerons in all of the Anjou Noir. All of... read more →
Why are we still on the 2011 vintage? I have no idea, but it sure is pretty and the fruit has deepened into tangy iron. It has lost fat, becoming... read more →
The Coteaux de Lyonnais was given status in 1984 and is a rarely seen appellation that runs north, west and south of Lyon, sitting right on top of the Northern... read more →
Imagine a lighter, less concentrated Olivier Cousin Yamag. This is what Marie managed with this 100% gamay. For now, she's working out of the old Clos Roche Blanche winery. Les... read more →
When a first vintage comes out and the winemaker is hailed as the second coming of Jesus, it kicks up my eyebrow a notch. But this is our world. Henri... read more →
Another Rafa wine, as above, but the polar opposite of the Los Cipreses with more savory on the outside than the in, strong yet silky. Destemmed, steel ferment, returned to... read more →
This is the third wine of Jeff Coutelou’s that I’ve recommended in two issues. A fan? I should say. This drinks a little tough and rough and shows alcohol, but... read more →