Importer's Notes: A unique sparkling rosé from Savoie. Made using the 'methode ancestrale' with whole grape fermentation and indigenous yeasts. Strong aromatic expression of red fruits. Fresh, lively and festive. Off-dry.
Winery Notes: Alcoholic fermentation at 20°C in stainless steel vats paused by cooling the wine to keep 22g/l of indigenous residual sugar. It ferments again in bottles to give the effervescence to the wine. Maturing Aged for 18 to 36 months...
Vinous 90 Points: Billiot's NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is powerful and tightly wound, with a great interplay of tension and Ambonnay power. Cranberry, chalk, white pepper and mint are some of the signatures, but it is the wine's persistence and...
Producer's Notes: The place, Monferrato, ranks among the most historic grape-growing areas of Piedmont and is the confirmed birthplace of the Barbera grape. For these reasons, we work primarily with Monferrato’s indigenous grape varieties...
Importers Notes: Rive Gauche is a blend of Mardeuil terroirs, a cru where 1/3 of their holdings are located. Clay-limestone terroirs, rich in minerals where the three Champagne grape varieties are present. Meunier, king of the Valley, Pinot...
From the south-facing Côme des Tallants parcel in Polisot, this 100% Pinot Noir is aged entirely in tank and kept on the lees for four years prior to release. The sunny exposure of the vineyard helps create a full-bodied Blanc de Noirs Champagne...
93 points Vinous: Cappellano’s Barolo Chinato, which is more on the savory side of things, is a personal favorite. (7/2015)
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The delicious Barolo Chinato is made with a secret blend of herbs, spices and...
Ridgeview Wine Estate's signature blend Bloomsbury is light golden in color with a fine, persistent mousse. Citrus fruit aromas with hints of melon and honey. Chardonnay dominance brings finesse, along with crisp freshness. The Pinots...
Winery Notes: An exceptional wine – a tête de cuvee – upon wich the reputation of the Domaine J.Laurens is built. The first impressions of this Crémant are of an intense and complex nose of citrus and dried fruits, honey...
50% 2013 and 25% each ’12-’11, deg 6/2015; dosage made, as for all of Laurent’s wines, from still wines of the two best cuvées, Grand Cellier d’Or and Coeur de Cuvée, done in wood. In the first 1-2 years after...
Winery Notes: The winemaking tradition of the Russo family has been handed down from father to son until today. Towards the end of the 1800s the great-great-grandfather Vincenzo Russo dedicated himself, together with the family, to the cultivation...
Winery Notes: This Brut Nature white crémant is made of Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois and Riesling with no added liqueur d’expédition, which brings it a good freshness and finesse. Wine enthusiast: 92 Points
Importer's Notes: Old vines, planted in 1955 and only used in this millésime when the wine proves exceptional. Pure, delicate, well balanced and complex.
Tasting Notes: Pale gold color with rose tints. Nose is elegant with aromas of yeast, almonds and flowers. Strong initial attack with an aromatic flavor. Fairly opulent, with nice balance and length.
Tasting Notes: Intense Yellow Gold color with a persistent Mousse. Wonderful mixture of finesse, crispness and complexity on the nose with notes of cooked fruit, plums, grilled almonds and fig. An ample, sophisticated...
100% Chardonnay grapes bring to this Blanc de Blancs Champagne its outstanding fineness. The color is beautifully golden and bright, the nose blooming with rich tastes still lingering in the mouth.
Barolo Chinato was once peddled as a cure-all elixir, said to heal miscellaneous daily discomforts. Appropriately, the ingredients in the Fantino brothers’ Chinato read like a potions book: there’s Calissaja Quinine, Genziana, Colombo, and...
A very elegant cuveé. Pale, brilliant color. Fine and persistant mousse. On the nose there are vanilla and flower aromas with a present hint of Pinot Meunier. Full bodied and one can easily identify fruit aromas...
PRIMA Notes: The Dallancourt Cuvée Prestige Brut is a Champagne that’s been in the bottle for roughly seven years, after spending three years ‘en tirage’ (aged on the lees) prior to bottling. With a generous amount of...
A virtue found in the etymology of an ancient word: idem, or being the same. Cuvée Prestige, the essence of Franciacorta, Ca' del Bosco style. A jewel created in 2007 from thirty year's experience. Only the finest Chardonnay (75%), Pinot Nero...
PRIMA Notes: Here is Jacques' non-vintage Brut Tradition, the best wine with which to get to know Jacques. A blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay, he ages it on its lees for over three years and finishes it with a light dosage of 6g/liter...
Maison Jacques Chaput cultivates the art of selecting grapes and wines to give life to the blend, the signature of their Champagne House, in full respect of this precept. Mastering the technique of the assembly allows them to reveal the incomparable...
Each bottle of Cuvée Champagne is effectively hand-made; 100% of Pol Roger Champagne is produced in its winery, and nothing is outsourced. Controlled entirely from vineyard to bottle, Pol Roger Champagnes are the marriage of power and elegance...
93 points Vinous Cappellano’s Barolo Chinato, which is more on the savory side of things, is a personal favorite. (7/2015)
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The delicious Barolo Chinato is made with a secret blend of herbs, spices and essential oils...
Winery Notes: Jeio is the fruit of two interwoven love stories. The first is that of generations of the Bisol family who have faithfully cared for their vineyards. And within this same family, there is the love of a wife who affectionately gave her...
Winemaker Notes: Composition: 15% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 55% Pinot Meunier
Decanter: 90 Points: Elegant and attractive apple and pineapple aromas, fresh red fruit with a gorgeous creamy mouse and a lemon meringue fizz.
Importer's Note:With wine making in his family blood, Vito Lauria decided to attend the University of Udine in Friuli where he obtained a degree in Enology in 2003. After stepping off the campus he worked at a number wineries in northern Italy for a few...
Winemaker Notes:Ferrari Brut Rose is salmon pink in color. The bouquet is distinct and very refined, with the fresh fragrance of hawthorne flowers, red currants and wild strawberries. The taste is Dry, clean and elegant, with a delicate finish of sweet...