2012 Domaine Cheveau Les Champs Grillés Saint-Amour
“Genial and gamine, with trenchant acidity.”
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2012 Château de la Chaize Brouilly
“Old-school sharp, great with food.”
NV Taittinger Brut La Française Champagne
“Fine, clean lines and an acid-etched tracery of flowers and minerals and fruit.”
2015 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Rosé Côtes du Rhône
“Balanced, snappy, fresh-squeezed, easy.”
2015 Commanderie de la Bargemone Rosé Coteaux d’Aix en Provence
“A mélange of super-ripe berries steeped with green melon and new-mown hay.”
2013 Domaine de Dionysos La Devèze Côtes du Rhône
“Plum-fruit inflected, with a peppery minty-garrigue finish.”
2012 Château Maris La Touge Minervois La Livinière AOP
“A great foil for lamb, sausage, aïoli, ratatouille, vegetables.”
Roussillon: Map and Terroir
Wine is local, a lens of culture: this place, this vineyard, this grape, this grower, this heritage.
2015 Rose Infinie Côtes de Provence Rosé and Blanc
“Great for picnics, plein air, pescatarians…”
2011 Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Rouge Mes Vieilles Vignes Chassagne-Montrachet
“Fresh cherries steeped in herbs, plus a slash of steel and licorice…”
2014 Michel Chapoutier Bila-Haut Occultum Lapidem Côtes de Roussillon Villages Latour de France
“Peppery and fruity, with aromas of garrigue and spice…”
2015 Château Carpe Diem Rosé Castille Côtes de Provence
“Red apple and minty-citrus aromas top-noted by ripe strawberry…”