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 →
Isabelle and Jean-Yves Vantey have worked without chemicals since 1998, then went biodynamic a decade later. For me their wines strike elegance while still hinting at rusticity, a balance I... read more →
Another winner from the beautifully farmed land of M. Rateau. 2018 was a bit of a mixed bag and the sorting table was needed. From the taste here, the work... read more →
Kenji and Mai are two of the many vignerons now making beautiful dry wines from the area of Rablay-sur-Layon, once a hot spot for sweet. Their Faia is a blend... 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 →
Côme worked with Eric Dubois at the historic and now defunct Clos Cristal. He brings with him a sensitive hand to not only his own wine but to his cider... read more →
Loreline Laborde works in the Jura in a village near Poligny, southwest of Arbois. She makes more complex wine with every vintage. This trousseau, grown on blue grey marl, made... 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 →
Every cuvee from the 2018 vintage from Miquettes is a great success. This is a pure syrah from 40-year-old vines on granite and black mica schist, from a plot of... read more →
Paul does his Madlobas (white and red) in buried Spanish anforas in a marani right behind the house he lives in with his family. This might be the most successful... read more →