Why don’t the Coulaine wines get better representation on the shelves? The 2011 vintage was generous to Etienne and Pascale and this is a gorgeous expression of grapes grown in... read more →
Brothers Fabien and Cyril Boisard have been making wine for a decade and doing beautiful work, so why is this the first time I’ve recommended their complex offering? Mea culpa.... read more →
Note to self: buy more Amirault and lay down. I’m struck by its age worthiness, knit and powdery tannin. The grapes are farmed from three different soil types. There has... read more →
The Caslot siblings are gifts to the wine world, as are their wines. The value for the quality of the work over the amount of land they have (quite a... read more →
Marc Plouzeau reclaimed this vineyard, and this, a $15 bottle, gets a big vote for every day buvability. Sulfur is used and you feel it, but it still doesn’t prevent... read more →
Claude’s son Etienne makes this little wine from the gascon grape, rare and indigenous to their area in western Loire. It makes for a small-berried bunch that can be a... 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 →
Jerome Lambert is part of the crowd working on the schist of Rablay-Sur-Layon. That village is rapidly becoming better known for its rebellious winemakers producing dry chenin rather than its... read more →
Benoit and Elisabeth Jardin have their domaine in Jasnières, a region known for edgy chenin and peppery pinot d’aunis. Fermentation and aging is carried out in oak barrels over 14... read more →
Situated in Rablay-sur-Layon, Geneviève Delatte and Nicolas Bertin started out with their own small vineyard, a 1.5 ha lieu-dit named "L’Echalier" That was in 2008 and over time, they have... read more →