Wine Spectator: 97 Points Loaded with mango, quince and fig fruit that works harmoniously with green almond, floral and mineral notes. Terrific creamy texture hides the latent acidity while the flavors glaze your palate on the finish. Both pure and...

Importer Notes:  If you’ve ever wondered what a wine “fit for a king” tastes like, this is one of those. It’s a funny thing with these Brézé wines that the first glass can often times leave you wondering if this...

Winery Notes:  100% Cabernet Franc. Les Picasses is the most famous Chinon lieu-dit, close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron on the north bank of the Vienne River. It is a slope with full southern exposure and chalky clay-limestone soils,...

Importer Notes:  If you’ve ever wondered what a wine “fit for a king” tastes like, this is one of those. It’s a funny thing with these Brézé wines that the first glass can often times leave you wondering if this...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 98 Points The 2015 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is super clear, ripe and aromatic on the nose, highly elegant and with lovely flinty flavors. Intense and concentrated, with great finesse and vitality,...

AT A GLANCEOne of France's great, iconic estates, making singluar, age-worthy Sauvignon Blancs from the appellation of Pouilly-FumeDidier Dagueneau was one of the first estates in the region to experiment with single-parcel wines, starting with "En...

AT A GLANCEOne of France's great, iconic estates, making singluar, age-worthy Sauvignon Blancs from the appellation of Pouilly-FumeDidier Dagueneau was one of the first estates in the region to experiment with single-parcel wines, starting with "En...

AT A GLANCEOne of France's great, iconic estates, making singluar, age-worthy Sauvignon Blancs from the appellation of Pouilly-FumeDidier Dagueneau was one of the first estates in the region to experiment with single-parcel wines, starting with "En...

Winemaker's Note:Taking its roots deep into the chalk soils of Vouvray, this off-dry wine resonates beautifully in the mouth. Its natural sugar and refreshing acidity blend harmoniously. Aerial and complex, this fruity wine is to be appreciated young,...

Winemaker's Note:The vines are farmed using biodynamic methods and harvested by hand. Gaston Huët believed this to be the greatest of all Vouvray vineyards. This ancient, walled vineyard has the estate’s shallowest, stoniest soils. The wines...

Second generation winemakers Francois and Manuela Chidaine have pioneered the natural wine movement in the Loire for decades, farming only organically and biodynamically. The duo also encourages the use of cover crops and ‘carbon farming,’...

If you’re like me, you have a house full of wine and nothing to drink!  It’s a First World problem, sure, but a problem nonetheless.  Thank goodness colleagues Frank and Matt are in my life.  They’ve made it their...

Winery Notes:  The Garrault family has been growing grapes in Sancerre for over 10 generations. Based in the village of Verdigny, their vineyards are located on truly privileged terroir. The parcels are all found on high altitude sites (200m –...

Importer's Notes:  The vineyards that make up this charming and utterly delicious wine come from Saumur-Champigny’s most southern hill, Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg. Les Terres Rouges is composed of numerous small plots blended into one larger...

From sand and gravel soils this pure Cabernet Franc is the main production of the domaine. The cuvée used to be called 'La Coudraye', but the name change reflects the fact that La coudraye is only one of five parcels on the same slope. Crunchy...

This bone dry bottle of Chenin is loaded with flavors of juicy pears, green apple, lemon zest, white flowers, and wet rocks. Salty acid and a weighty mid-palate lead to a lasting finish. This is Vouvray Sec in one of its finest forms.

Winery Notes: Classique styled Loire valley sauvignon from the master of Montlouis and Vouvray. Produced entirely from Chidaine’s biodynamically farmed vineyards around the villages of Montrichard & Chissay-en-Touraine, just north of the Cher...

Winery Notes:  Gilles Lesimple is the fourth generation of a family of winegrowers. Based in the well-known village of Chavignol (a commune in Sancerre), he has been a winegro Gilles Lesimple is fortunate to own land covering the three main...

Winery Notes:  30+ year old vines. Hand-harvested, indigenous yeasts only used. Aged in foudre. Bottled unfiltered.

The vineyard located west of Brissac-Quincé was acquired by the Brault family at the end of the 18th century, who have been running the estate since then. In 1951, they were among the first winegrowers to create the Brissac cooperative with whom...

With its bitter almond and kiwi fruit flavors, this is a classic sparkling Vouvray, laced with intense acidity. It's fresh, just off-dry, with concentrated fruit flavors.

Blend:50% Chenin50% Chardonnay Importer's Note:In 1996, Yves Lambert and his son, Arnaud, started a winery in the Yves’ native French countryside, Saumur.  Sadly, Yves unexpectedly passed away in 2011, but left their domaine, St.-Just, in the...