2011 Jean-Marc Brocard Vau de Vey Premier Cru Chablis
In 2014, as a capstone to a week’s vacation in Burgundy, my husband and I spent three days in Chablis. On one of those…
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Jeeper Grand Assemblage Brut Champagne
Jeeper’s nonvintage brut is 60 percent Chardonnay, 25 percent Pinot noir, and 15 percent Meunier; a portion of the chardonnay was aged in oak…
Valençay Plus Wine
Classic wines and bold options to pair with Valençay cheese
2021 Gérard Bertrand Rosé Gris Blanc Pays d’Oc
Bertrand’s pink wine is a mix of Grenache noir and Grenache gris, hand harvested, direct pressed, and fermented cool to retain aromatics. Bertrand supports…
Tarlant Zero Brut Nature Champagne
Twelfth generation grower-makers Benoit and Melanie Tarlant now manage Champagne Tarlant, which was founded in Oeuilly in 1687. This wine is a blend of…
1998 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Vieux Télégraphe is produced by the Brunier family, growers in Bédarrides, where they are a significant owner of Châteauneuf-du-Pape vignoble. The La Crau vineyard…
2011 Julia Moro La Combe Perdue Châteauneuf-du-Pape
“La Combe Perdue” means the lost valley. It also, apparently, means the lost wine. Scanning the world’s wine databases for this gem is fruitless:…
2012 Henriot Champagne
Henriot’s 2012 vintage wine is a little more than half Chardonnay and a little less than half Pinot noir. The grapes are from premier…
2020 Domaine des Sanzay Rosé Saumur
This is a pressed wine, one hundred percent Cabernet Franc, organically grown on forty-year-old vines. The fruit is pressed, fermented with ambient yeasts in…
NV Noël Bazin L’unanime Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
The assemblage comprises half vintage 2017 and half solera, all Chardonnay (naturally). The body offers a minuscule bead and sherried aromas, profoundly nutty with…
NV Bardoux Père et Fils Brut Traditionnel Champagne
The Bardoux family have been growers in the hamlet of Villedommage since 1684. In 1929, the family established their own marque. Since 1973, the…
2015 La Grange Tiphaine Nouveau Nez Montlouis-sur-Loire
Damien Delecheneau’s Montlouis-sur-Loire is fully dry, made from organic, young-vine Chenin. The wine is bottled before primary fermentation is complete to create the sparkle….