Brothers Fabien and Cyril Boisard, situated in Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil, take a simple whole bunch fermentation approach. That approach gives this gulpable wine plenty of serious charm. Fermented in... read more →
Benoît Courault started his domaine in 2006 and immediately he was at the head of the class. He has grown and matured and almost everything that comes from his hands... read more →
Finally, there is some new blood near the Puzelats in Les Montils. Blandine Floch has set up shop a few minutes south of their vineyards, tending 40-year old vines grown... read more →
Whole bunches were macerated for one month in tank and then bottled early, in the spring. This wine improved over five days, an impressive feat. Beneath the candied orange, there’s... read more →
Having worked with Domaine Mélaric and Domaine des Roches Neuves, Maïté Perrocheau & Warren Truchon started up in Anjou. They acquired land from Joël Ménard of the Domaine des Sablonettes... read more →
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 →
While there are plenty of cartoonish labels out there that signal their naturalness, here’s one that refuses to fly the flag. Yet it's a wine worthy of any cab franc... read more →
Julien Rousselot works on nearly 3 hectares in the winemaking enclave of Rablay-sur-Layon. There he grows chenin, grolleau, grolleau gris, gamay, and the two cabernets. Part of the “En Joue... read more →
Blandine (more on the vinification) and Jérémie (more in the vineyard) are making promising wine, not far from the Puzelats. This côt gets a short maceration of a week before... read more →
If a wine of innocence is what is needed, one to remind of us of life before the worries and angst set in, when we ran through fields and jumped... read more →