Jean-Claude Chanudet (married to the daughter of Beaujo original, Joseph Chamonard) works traditionally: semi-carbonic, submerged cap, raised in old oak. This is a blend from three parcels of high density,... read more →
Reynald comes out of the Claude Courtois lineage of winemaking. That means he doesn’t do carbonic. His wines are traditional, destemmed, crushed and raised in old wood. In the barely... read more →
Marie Rocher and I met in 2009 when she told her father, the late Jean Paul Rocher, that he needed to publish The Battle for Wine and Love in French.... read more →
From the steep schist slopes in the Collines Rhodaniennes, across the river from the famous hill Côte-Rôtie, comes this wine from farmers Anne and Pierré-André Déplaude. This is a weird... read more →
Ariane Lesné bought the domaine from Emilie Heredia in 2015 and while her love was for pineau d’aunis, gamay is its likely companion. She sourced the fruit for this from... read more →
Historically the Lapierre Morgon comes in three different bottlings, including the no sulfur Cuvée N. N used to be impossible to find but now with the fashion of zero/zero it’s... read more →
A pure expression of the prettiest side of the somewhat difficult 2018 vintage. It’s traditional carbonic fermentation and raised in tank. This medium-bodied beaujo, with its fleshy-fruity charm spiked with... 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 →
Villemade is making even more gorgeous wines these days on his sandy clay and flint soils over limestone. This wine comes from four plots of vines up to 40 years... read more →
Organic since 1998, Tessier is a benchmark winery in the tiny appellation of Cheverny. The Nota Bene, made only in the best vintages from his oldest vines, is a knockout.... read more →