Bonne Année et Bonne Santé: Crémant d’Alsace for New Year’s Eve
Crémant d’Alsace’s creamy texture, savory heft, crackly citrus acidity, and affordable prices are cause enough for celebration.
France
Birthday Wine: Domaine Jafflin “Le Coteau des Bois” Nuits-Saint-Georges
A bottle from a tiny lieu-dit in Nuits-Saint-Georges reminded me what wine’s truly made from.
Six for Midnight, Twelve/Thirty-One
Six delicious méthode traditionnelle sparklers to help you ring in the New Year.
Corse
Domaine de Granajolo Corse Porto-Vecchio 2009 13% ABV | Price: about $14 André Boucher’s Domaine de Granjolo comprises 20 hectares in the southern tip of…
Pink and White
M. Chapoutier Côtes-du-Rhône “Belleruche” Blanc 2009 13.5% ABV | Price: about $13* Côtes-du-Rhône “Belleruche” Rosé 2010 13.5% ABV | Price: about $13* A pair…
Sancerrious
Franck et Jean-Francois Bailly Sancerre “Cuvée Chavignol” 2007 13.0% ABV | Price: about $25* Red Sancerre is made exclusively, in accordance with France’s AC…
Rosacker
Frédéric Mallo et Fils Riesling Rosacker Vieilles Vignes 2004 13.0% ABV | Price: about $26 There have been vines in the Rosacker plot since…
Quietly Ringing
Jean-Marie Arnoux Vacqueyras “Vieux Clocher” 2004 14.0% ABV | Price: about $21 This wine has aged a bit and sports a brickish rim. On…
One Hundred Percent
Alain Paret Côtes-du-Rhône Valvigneyre 2007 13.5% ABV | Price: about $15 Inky red-black, this wine smells like violets and black pepper and a raspberry…
The Woodcocks
M. Chapoutier Côte-Rôtie “Les Bécasses” 1999 13.0% ABV | Price: about $56 We purchased this bottle at the winery in June 2002, while on…
Quincy
Domaine Lecomte Quincy “Vielle Vignes” 2008 13.0% ABV | Price: about $20 Pale straw yellow and aromatic, with a salty, floral nose. On the…
Enfants de la Patrie
Domaine des Varinelles, Famille Daheuiller Saumur-Champigny 2006 13.5% ABV | Price: about $25 It’s Bastille Day, so a good time to think about my…