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Rosé Syrah
$18.99 x 12
Regular price $201.66 PER CASE
Fragrant, crisp and refreshing this pale Rose from the Languedoc in Southern France is bursting with fresh summer berries.
Vendanges Nocturnes Blanc
$15.99 x 12
Regular price $169.80 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
Laurent Miquel produces elegant wines in his family vineyards high in the Languedoc hills of Southern France. He harvests at night when temperatures are cooler to ensure the delicate grapes are gathered under perfect conditions. Laurent represents a new generation of winemakers combining his ancestors’ wisdom with his innovative approach and an inflexible focus on quality. Working in harmony with nature, he creates wines of character which reflect the Languedoc’s inimitable style.
This is light, crisp and steely with a cascade of citrus notes flooding in. Lemon, lime, Fiji pear and apple bounce around together. There is a creamy mouthfeel with a hint of banana which makes this a great midweek refresher.
90 Points, Decanter
It’s hard to pick just one of the many excellent Viogniers that Laurent Miquel produces around this price point, but for the money this is hard to beat, with its voluptuous white peach and nectarine fruit (harvested at night, as the name of the wine suggests). Enjoy it young and fresh. (previous vintage)
Vendanges Nocturnes Rouge
$15.99 x 12
Regular price $169.80 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
Laurent Miquel produces elegant wines in his family vineyards high in the Languedoc hills of Southern France. He harvests at night when temperatures are cooler to ensure the delicate grapes are gathered under perfect conditions. Laurent represents a new generation of winemakers combining his ancestors’ wisdom with his innovative approach and an inflexible focus on quality. Working in harmony with nature, he creates wines of character which reflect the Languedoc’s inimitable style.
The wine is a beautiful garnet red. Fruit filled aromas with raspberry and red berries. On the palate, smooth and elegant.
Sauvignon Blanc Sincerité
$25.99 x 12
Regular price $276.00 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
The grapes for this wine are sourced from the main four appellations, including Sancerre and Pouilly Fume, which are known for their racy, mineral-driven style. The nose is fresh and vibrant with notes of lime zest, ruby grapefruit, green pear and mandarin oranges. There is an undercurrent of wet stones throughout. True to its terroir, it is refreshing with moderate acidity but it also has some weight in the mid-palate due to being aged on its fine lees.
Chablis
$49.99 x 6
Regular price $265.43 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
Our vines on the appellation Chablis spread over 12 hectares, situated at the heart of the Chablisian vineyard. This wine is aged in stainless steel tanks so as to respect the typicity of the appellation. Our Chablis are characterised by their freshness, power and tenacity. Their bouquet displays a dominance of mineral notes, which are often associated with delicate touches of citrus fruit (lemon and grapefruit). This wine can be enjoyed within 2 years, an excellent match for seafood or fish.
92 Points, Decanter (for 2020 vintage)
Domaine Bernard Defaix is a highly-rated family estate based in Milly, with the vines for this bottling averaging 30 years age. Ten months lees ageing adds to the complexity on both the nose and palate. Refined, classy and complex characters on show here, which meld beautifully with the ripe peachy fruit notes. A very fine, expressive, distinctive Chablis which is ready to drink now but will age very well for many years.
Albarino Lagrasse
$23.99 x 12
Regular price $254.76 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
Night time harvesting, press with juice selection, must clarification at low temperature,
fermentation at 16-17°C, matured on lees in stainless steel tanks. Fining, light tangential filtration before bottling.
Aromas of grapefruit with a delicate floral overtone, the palate is lively and refreshing with generous white peach flavours and a hint of lime on the finish. A soft yet crisp and aromatic white, it illustrates Laurent’s signature style of clear pure fruit.
Côtes du Jura Rouge
$49.99 x 6
Regular price $265.43 PER CASE
Notes
Floral cherry fruit mixed with earth and leather on the nose. Almost a perfect orchard and farm on the nose. The wild cherry fruit and floral components mixed with the adjacent barnyard and earth. Light bodied, complex, and elegant.
Brut Réserve
$114.99 x 6
Regular price $610.57 PER CASE 95 Points, Decanter
A fine straw-gold colour with great finesse of bubble flow and mousse. Joyful aromas of apple blossom and ripe pear. A full, defined palate demonstrates richness that will help to give this a long life in the cellar.
Première Cuvée Extra Brut
$114.99 x 6
Regular price $610.57 PER CASE92+ Points, Wine Advocate
Based on the 2015 vintage, the latest release of Paillard's NV Extra-Brut Première Cuvée was disgorged in August 2019. Opening in the glass with delicate aromas of pear, crisp orchard fruit, brioche, white flowers, citrus zest and nutmeg, it's still youthfully tightly wound, with a medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive profile that's impeccably balanced. Elegant and precise to my palate, this is more about potential today, as real complexity is waiting in the wings. The only thing required is a bit of patience.
Winemaker Notes
A straw gold color and very fine bubbles. Its delicate hue comes from to the use of a high percentage of Chardonnay and of the first pressing only. The first aromas reveal the citrus character of the Chardonnay, such as lime and grapefruits. Red fruit aromas then come out, including redcurrant, raspberry, morello cherry - typical Pinot Noir. On leaving the wine to open up, candied fruits, even exotic fruits of Pinot Meunier appear with aromas of banana and pineapple. The palate is lively. The nose is confirmed by the first taste, including citrus, almonds, toasted bread and "brioche"... but also redcurrant jelly, and dark fruits like cherry, fig or blackberry. The palate is full, quite long, with a very clean finish. Elegant, but not without complexity, this wine perfectly illustrates what is "the house style." Blend: 45% Pinot Noir, 33% Chardonnay, 22% Pinot Meunie.
Brut Rosé
$174.99 x 6
Regular price $929.15 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
This wine is made up of the following: 40% Chardonnay sourced from the best Crus in the region, 30% Pinot Noir from the Montage de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne and 30% Pinot Meunier from the Vallée de la Marne and the southern slopes of Epernay. This cuvee uses 40% reserve wines, is vinified in stainless steel, undergoes malolactic fermentation and ages on its lees for 36 months.
With its subtle and gourmet aromas, this cuvée is a reference point amongst rosé champagnes. It will be a pleasant companion to your happiest moments with its sparkling colour, its amazing finesse and its great intensity.
94 Points, James Suckling
A gorgeous rosé Champagne with sliced strawberries, orange peel and hints of cream and pie crust. Medium body, tight and integrated tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Tangy acidity. The texture shows a fine bead and lightness. Long and intense. Drink now.
Viognier
$21.99 x 12
Regular price $233.52 PER CASE
This is a deliciously perfumed opulent wine with characterisc aromas of white flowers and 'pêche de vigne'. On the palate it is surprisingly elegant for a Viognier with delicate apricot and orange blossom but also some citrus character.
Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge
$22.99 x 12
Regular price $244.14 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
The Roux family acquired the Château du Trignon in 1896. Back then it was a traditional Provençal farm of the time, with mixed and livestock farming. Since then 5 generations have refocused the farm on the vine and expanded the estate across a number of neighboring appellations: Gigondas, Rasteau, Sablet and Côtes du Rhône. A qualitative approach is also underway with the construction of a gravity winery, the adaptation of the planting of grape varieties to the land, and the air-conditioning of the cellar.
In 2007, one family succeeds another as the owners of Château du Trignon. Geneviève, Florence, Jérome and Jean Baptiste Quiot, charmed by the Dentelles de Montmirail and the products of character, wish perpetuate Château du Trignon, in the same time of adding 10 hectares of Vacqueyras.
Fresh and forward. A mix of strawberries, redcurrants, floral and sandalwood notes. Smooth and well-balanced on the palate with a silky finish. A soft, fruity wine.
Beaujolais‐Villages
$25.99 x 12
Regular price $276.00 PER CASE
Fruit for this wine is sourced from 50-year-old vines, growing on hills around the cru sites in the northern part of region. The soil is partially granitic, which helps to retain heat in the day but cools off by the evening, contributing to the wine's fresh fruit quality. This Gamay is hand harvested, partially destemmed, undergoes semi-carbonic maceration and is fermented with native yeasts. The wine is then aged in stainless steel.
Red-fruited with notes of cherry, raspberry, strawberry but also has a hint of cassis. There is a slight dash of spice, dried herbs and floral character to it as well. Fresh and light with fine-grained tannins. Pop this in the fridge for 20 minutes and enjoy it with a slight chill!
Côtes-du-Rhône Rosé
$22.99 x 12 [SAVE $2]
Regular price $244.14 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
The Roux family acquired the Château du Trignon in 1896. Back then it was a traditional Provençal farm of the time, with mixed and livestock farming. Since then 5 generations have refocused the farm on the vine and expanded the estate across a number of neighboring appellations: Gigondas, Rasteau, Sablet et Côtes du Rhône.
A qualitative approach is also underway with the construction of a gravity winery, the adaptation of the planting of grape varieties to the land the air-conditioning of the cellar.
In 2007, one family succeeds another as the owners of Château du Trignon. Geneviève, Florence, Jérome and Jean Baptiste Quiot, charmed by the Dentelles de Montmirail and the products of character, wish perpetuate Château du Trignon, in the same time of adding 10 hectares of Vacqueyras.
A lovely pink colour. Spellbinding notes of wood and strawberry. A very flowery mouth, well balanced, smooth and with a good length. Smooth and well-balanced on the palate as well; a soft and fruity wine.
Côtes du Rhône Heritages
$20.99 x 12
Regular price $222.90 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
This wine is an intense ruby color in appearance. The nose is very expressive and opens up with licorice, violet, and crushed red fruits (strawberry, raspberry) followed by spicy notes of pepper and juniper. Discreet woody notes bring a beautiful complexity. The mouth is dominated by the suavity of the Grenache that expresses on ripe fruit, figs and plums. The Syrah gives some vivacity and greediness to this great Cotes du Rhone showing silky tannins.
Côtes du Jura Blanc
$46.99 x 6
Regular price $249.50 PER CASE
Notes
Classic Jura notes of funky sherry-like nuttiness, flor, ripe pears, baked apples with a briny minerality and zippy acidity. Keep in mind: not your typical French Chardonnay; open several hours before serving; can stay open for well over a week; can out live you and your children in the cellar. They’re still selling bottles from the 1800’s!
Je T'aime Mais Jai Soif
$27.99 x 12
Regular price $297.24 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
“Je t’aime mais j’ai soif” is a Vin de France wine and is “dressed up” by the artist Mika. It has a beautiful golden color. Its fruitiness is delicate. Our taste buds are satisfied with this tender moment of happiness and conviviality.
Beautiful yellow-green color. Young and fruity wine which develops aromas of citrus fruit. The white wine “Je t’aime mais j’ai soif” can be served with seafood as well as
with fresh water fish or sea fish. It will be perfect for aperitif.
Cremant d'Alsace
$37.99 x 6
Regular price $210.72 PER CASE
91 Points, Wine Enthusiast
Notes of ripe yellow apple play enticingly on the nose. They expand to full force on the palate and fill the mouth with their mellow goodness, supported in this by rich notes of shortbread and wonderful lemon freshness. The bubbles are creamy and disperse the lovely flavors to great effect. This is classy and delicious.
Bordeaux Rouge
$24.99 x 12
Regular price $265.38 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Located at an altitude of 80 metres on a rich, diversified terroir, the Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes are rigorously sorted and selected to produce a typical Bordeaux wine. The wine is vinified in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats and matured for 8 to 14 months in stainless steel and concrete vats. A fruity, rich wine, with a beautiful ruby-red colour. Delicate notes of red and black fruit (blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry) enhanced by a hint of woodiness. Balanced on the palate, the attack is full bodied and pleasant. Tannins are silky and delicate with fine aromatic freshness.
Morgon Cote de Py
$56.99 x 6
Regular price $302.60 PER CASEThis wine comes from one of the richer crus of Beaujolais. It has a deep, earthy nose with berry fruits. On the palate, notes of cherry and mushroom with well-balanced tannins and a good length.
94 Points, James Suckling (2020 vintage)
This deep, complex Morgon needs some further maturation or aeration to reveal its spicy, dried-herb and mineral depths. Excellent balance of these elements with fine tannins and a medium-full body. Long, complex finish, in which the tannins and mineral acidity are beautifully intertwined. Drinkable now, but better from 2022.
Pouilly‐Fumé Terres Blanches
$63.99 x 6 [SAVE $8]
Regular price $339.76 PER CASE
This wine comes from the first certified organic estate in the Loire Valley and in 2021 they will be fully biodynamic certified as well. The wines are made from 10 hectares worth of Sauvignon Blanc planted around the winery, which is located in the village of Saint Andelain on the east side of the Loire (facing Sancerre). Biodynamic practices are taken within the vineyard and winery and the wines are naturally fermented in stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts and aged in either vat, barrique or amphora.
91 Points, James Suckling
A coating of ash and stone over the ripe citrus-fruit and apple notes on the nose. Turns to sweet apple and pear flavors on the medium-bodied, dense and silky palate. Quite a round, fruity feel, but the drive of acidity keeps it moving. The mineral notes return in the aftertaste. From organically grown grapes. Drink now.
91 Points, Rebecca Gibb (Vinous)
The 2019 Sancerre Terres Blanches is now starting toblossom. It provides appetizing drinking with its mid-palate tenderness, floral and orchard fruit flavors and hints of lees-derived almond croissant. This wine gives both a gentle embrace and a fine line thanks to its mouthwatering acidity and the vineyard'sterres blanches–clay and limestone soils.--
Les Trois Frères Rosé
$29.99 x 6 [SAVE $4]
Regular price $159.20 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Brilliant colour, a very pale pink tinged with raspberry reflections. This complex and expressive rosé reveals a palette of varied aromas such as small red fruits, white peach or even bergamot enhanced by a floral note that envelops the whole. On the palate, the first sensation is ample and fleshy, then the mid-palate becomes cooler giving way to a nice acidulous tension which makes this rosé harmonious and elegant.
Gold Medal at the Grands Vins de France Competition in Macon (April 2022) for the 2021 vintage
Silver Medal - Vinalies Competition (Oenologists of France), May 2022, for the 2021 vintage
Première Cuvée Rosé
$148.99 x 6
Regular price $791.10 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
A hymn to the bright delicacy of Pinot Noir, the Premiere Cuvee Rosé is named on account of its composition of only the first pressing. The pink copper color with a hint of raspberry when young evolves to salmon while ageing. The fine bubbles are due to a strict selection of the best grapes, perfectly controlled temperature in the cellar and very long ageing. The initial aromas of redcurrant and red fruits evolve to morello cherry, wild strawberry and violet while breathing in the glass. A touch of lemon denotes the discrete presence of Chardonnay. With age, aromas tend towards dark fruits like dark cherry, fig and blackberry. Red fruit captured at their full freshness on the palate. The finish is bright and long.
93 Points, Decanter
There's a touch of orange peel on the nose along with notes of tart red fruit. Despite the lightness and delicacy there is concentration on a creamy palate, where lemon and strawberry play off each other. The finish reveals even richer citrus on this subtle wine.
X Bulles
$31.99 x 12
Regular price $339.71 PER CASE
The Melon grape brings the thinness of the bubbles, a salinity and the “minerality” to X Bulles. The Côt brings aromas of raspberry. This combination gives a well-balanced wine between fruits and freshness.
1er Cru Mont de Milieu
$67.99 x 6 [SAVE $9]
Regular price $361.00 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
The famous Mont de Milieu vineyard lies to the east of the village's Grand Cru slope, sharing the same southern facing exposure that the Grand Cru vineyards do. This makes for a wine of concentration and structure, balanced by the classic Chablis acidity.
Gigondas
$49.99 x 6
Regular price $265.43 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
The Roux family acquired the Château du Trignon in 1896. Back then it was a traditional Provençal farm of the time, with mixed and livestock farming. Since then 5 generations have refocused the farm on the vine and expanded the estate across a number of neighboring appellations: Gigondas, Rasteau, Sablet et Côtes du Rhône.
A qualitative approach is also underway with the construction of a gravity winery, the adaptation of the planting of grape varieties to the land the air-conditioning of the cellar.
In 2007, one family succeeds another as the owners of Château du Trignon. Geneviève, Florence, Jérome and Jean Baptiste Quiot, charmed by the Dentelles de Montmirail and the products of character, wish perpetuate Château du Trignon, in the same time of adding 10 hectares of Vacqueyras.
Brilliant ruby colour. A very rich palate that offers dark berries and a wealth of ripe, plush, blue-plum and blueberry flavors. Notes of toast, mocha, garrigue and cloves. The palate has a juicy, sumptuous feel and a rich, suave tannin build. A fresh and powerful attack. Full- bodied, complex structured with a delicate oaky finish.
Châteauneuf -du-Pape Rouge
$62.99 x 6
Regular price $334.46 PER CASEDeep garnet red colour. A very fruity nose with concentrated red berries, leather and liquorice. Marked by spices. Great complexity and strength on the palate. Excellent persistence. Wine with good aging potential. On old vintages, our red Duclaux evolves, becomes stewed and the spices soften.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
$62.99 x 6
Regular price $334.46 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
The nose is firm, has an aroma of cooked peach, butter, honeysuckle. This is agreeable, tasty, rounded; it starts on a compote of white fruits flavour, moves into cooked orange and toasting from its oak. The nose is fragrant, the palate deeper, and well modelled.
Beaujolais Rosé
$25.99 x 12 [SAVE $3]
Regular price $276.00 PER CASEThis 100% Gamay has a beautiful hue to it. The vines are grown in a mix of granite, clay and limestone. This wine is dry, light and balanced, with plenty of red berries on the nose and palate.
Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Edmé
$43.99 x 6
Regular price $233.58 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
This wine is a selection from our estate and it pays tribute to the Maison Champy's founder: Edme Champy. The wine is made up of a mixed selection of 80 barrels, 40 of which come from Domaine Champy's vines (in the villages of Volnay and Ladoix) and from vines in the village of Santenay in the Côte de Beaune. The grapes are manually harvested and aged in barrels (of which 25 are new) for a duration of 14 months.
The wine is dark ruby with purple highlights. On the nose it's very open, with notes of small black fruit and vanilla on a finely woody background. Fresh on the palate, supple and round. A lively and structured wine, with tannins that are present but coated.
Mozaik Anjou Red
$40.99 x 6 [SAVE $5]
Regular price $217.65 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
The originality of our cuvée Mozaik is an assembly of Cabernet franc from two great terroirs and subsoil of Anjou: schist of Anjou “black” and limestone of Anjou “white”. The grapevines are cultivated in organic farming which has been converted to biodynamic farming. In order to get a gentle extraction of aromas and tannins, grape maceration is soft and smooth. The fermentation takes place in tanks and the aging has been done in neutral French oaks. A drop of sulfur is added before bottling to preserve the purity of our wines.
A garnet red color,. The bouquet is mixed with aromas of red fruit and black fruit. The mouth-feel is structured with beautiful acidity and a little tannic.
Cremant d'Alsace Rosé
$37.99 x 6
Regular price $201.71 PER CASEWine Spectator
Candied cherry and nut notes mix with hints of spice and smoke in this tutti-frutti sparkler. It's creamy on the palate, with lively acidity and a juicy finish.
Le Pas du Moine
$35.99 x 6 [SAVE $4]
Regular price $382.19 PER CASEWinemaking Notes
The Pas du Moine cuvée takes its name from a famous path leading to the summit of the Sainte-Victoire mountain. An elegant and expressive organic wine that reveals aromas of exotic fruits. On the nose, notes of exotic fruits, citrus fruits and pomelo. On the palate, a structured wine with aromas of lychee, passion fruit and mango. A discreet but present sweetness and a pleasant aromatic persistence on the finish. The Pas du Moine will go perfectly with a razor clam tartare, a veal chop with morel sauce, a scallop carpaccio or a fresh salad.
Saint‐Romain Sous Roche 'Absolu'
$119.99 x 6
Regular price $637.12 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
These 60-year-old vines vines grown 380 meters above sea level. Slopes are west-facing and the grapes are hand-picked and spontaneously ferment. This ruby wine smells of red berries, raspberries, wet forest floor and mushroom. On the palate there are cranberries, dried jam, graphite and slight smoke and spice.
Bourgogne Blanc
$48.99 x 6
Regular price $260.12 PER CASE
This wine is exceptionally bright with notes of ripe citrus and stone fruits. On the palate, it's balanced, elegant, and mineral-driven with notes of lemon zest and nectarines.
Vintage Extra Brut Grand Cru
$174.99 x 6
Regular price $769.86 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Billecart-Salmon's 2013 Vintage Champagne is dosed as Extra-Brut. The great Pinot Noirs dominate and are tempered by the elegance of Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, with a touch of Pinot Meunier for the signature.
After spending 9 years in the cellar, this champagne reveals itself to be intense and seductive, with intense aromas of hazelnuts and pomelos on the nose. On the palate, it is tense and charming with a slow and creamy foam. The finish is persistent.
Billecart-Salmon's 2013 Vintage Champagne, with its noble character and distinction, will be perfect with a ceviche of sea bream, a carpaccio of scallops or vegetable ravioli.
You can keep this sublime vintage for 8 to 10 years.
94 Points, Wine Spectator
A vibrant Champagne, finely balanced and lacy in texture, serving as an elegant canvas for layered flavors of yellow peach, chopped almond, cherry, toast point and preserved lemon. Minerally smoke, chalk and spice notes play on the finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged November 2021. Drink now through 2030.
Chateau Brane Cantenac
$219.99 x 6 [SAVE $29]
Regular price $1,168.09 PER CASEDecanter (Jane Anson), 95 Points
Deep and generous blackberry fruits and rich chocolate, there is good balance here with depth and interest and a ton of flavour. Really good stuff, with juice and a drive forward through the palate.
Vinous (Antonio Galloni), 96 Points
The 2018 Brane-Cantenac opens with a super-classic bouquet of dried herbs, pencil shavings, licorice and mint. Medium in body and wonderfully nuanced, Brane-Cantenac marries the natural richness of the year with a classic structural feel. This is one of the most elegant, restrained 2018s readers will come across. I loved it.
Dosage Zero
$117.99 x 6
Regular price $626.50 PER CASE94 Points, Wine & Spirits
This is a fascinating wine, the most vinous of Paillard’s current releases, offering quiet scents of fresh pear, dried caramel and honeycomb without any hint of sweetness. While Champagne without dosage can sometimes be aggressive in its textures or flavors, this one is delicate. The wine’s stamina seems to grow out of its rich flavor depth, extending into a luscious texture and compelling persistence.
Winemaker Notes
There are more than 30 crus of the finest terroir of Champagne in the blend, the
composition of which is a house secret. Exceptionally high for Champagne, the “reserve wines” account for half of the blend. They are the other essential player in the D : Z cuvée. Some of these wines underwent their first fermentation in barrel. They were then kept in stainless steel, and for some of them for more than 10 years in bottle, resulting in an intensified autolysis. Ageing is far longer than the legal requirement: three to four years in bottle “sur lies”, followed by six months rest after disgorgement.
Intense, bright, straw gold. Very fine and persistent effervescence. Primary notes of white fruits and fresh almond, generous but not opulent. This is followed by aromas of chocolate and toast with fresh raspberry, star anise and candied chestnuts. The attack is both lively and rich, blossoming generously on the palate. The same aromatic richness promised on the nose is found on the palate. Texture is both animated and chiselled, with saline notes, and a very long, persistent finish.
Crémant Brut de Chenin
$47.99 x 6 [SAVE $6]
Regular price $254.81 PER CASE
Winemaker's Note:
A dashing and elegant bubble offered by this Crémant aged one year in barrels then 18 months on laths, which gives it a lot of complexity. The aging on lees gives it a fatty side, enhanced by the natural acidity of the Chenin. A Crémant de Loire that is out of the ordinary!
Portrait Pinot Gris
$31.99 x 12
Regular price $383.88 PER CASE
Aperitif dinner, tapas from all the cuisines of the world, white meat, pasta, vegetarian dish. Ripe, juicy pear fruit. juiciness, the rounded and fruity palate, slight pithiness.
Lot XX Trigone Blanc
$34.99 x 6 [SAVE $5]
Regular price $209.94 PER CASEEnticing richness of aromas, including citrus, pears and almonds. Complex, fresh and precise attack with a lovely acidity in the mid-palate, with notes of citrus, pears and white flowers. Interesting complexity in the finish.
Blanc de Blancs
$194.99 x 6
Regular price $1,035.35 PER CASEWinemaker Notes
Characterised by rare freshness, this cuvée is delightfully chiseled and saline whilst also displaying the fullness of a prolonged lees ageing. The illustrating artwork was created by French artist Anne Commet inspired by the theme "Liberté."
A brilliant, pale gold tint, with a fine and chiselled effervescence. Nose: A both fresh and biting, and generous. Primary notes of cooled ashes and white flowers (hawthorn), opening somewhat slowly to reveal white peach and lemon verbena, with fresh almond. Palate: Lively and precise, with a crystalline and limpid attack, diffusing a beguiling salinity. The wine then settles in the mouth with a texture that is both ample and molten. There is almost a minty freshness on the palate, accompanied – as the wine opens up – by a slightly fleshy fruitiness plums which evolves towards roasted hazelnuts. It calls for the texture of monkfish or prawns as an accompaniment.
94 Points, Jamie Goode
”From the Grand Cru villages of Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Disgorged in May 2021 after seven years on lees, dosage 4.5 g/litre. Concentrated but delicate and fresh with a pure citrus fruit palate, with some subtle saltiness and a hint of oyster shell. It’s very bright with a lovely transparency across the palate: no sign of heaviness and a lovely acid line, with fine toastiness and the crispness of a cold Autumn morning. Pure lemony fruit runs the show here: serious, assured.”
Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru (MAGNUM)
$339.99 x 3
Regular price $902.63 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
The fine mousse of delicate bubbles elegantly accompanies the glints of its gold color. A cuvée that will surprise you with its pure intensity of dry fruits aromas, almonds and fresh hazelnuts mixed with those of fruits of white flesh. The creamy sensation of the bubble associated to aromas of buttered brioche and mineral aromas. Persistent finish with a fresh and elegant sweetness.
95 Points, James Suckling
Really attractive ripe and pure chardonnay sourced from the Côte de Blancs villages of Avize, Cramant, Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger. This has bright ripe peaches and nectarines in addition to mangoes, lemons and – not to mention some background chalky aromas. The palate's a riot of fleshy and flavorsome chardonnay fruit with a helping of stone fruits and another of green mango flavors and deeper-set citrus zest. Seamless balance flows to the finish. Drink now. Superb!
Pouilly Fume le Chant des Vignes
$52.99 x 6
Regular price $281.36 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Brilliant, tenderly straw yellow colour. Intense and fresh nose with lemony notes. The mouth opens with elegance and volume. The notes of lime underline the minerality of this wine revealing a pleasant, aromatic finish.
Cochon Volant Blanc
$22.99 x 12
Regular price $244.14 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
40% Viognier, 30% Vermentino, 30% Colombard.
Beautifully clear, a very pale golden color with tints of green, revealing a lovely freshness. Very expressive with lemony notes. Lovely Freshness. The light, aromatic roundness comes from the Viognier grape, while the Colombard contributes the body. An easy-drinking wine, ideal to share with friends.
Pair with grilled mussels, monkfish with fennel, oysters, or on its own as an aperitif.
Tian Ran
$33.99 x 6
Regular price $180.48 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Delicate color with purple reflections, hint of lightness. An airy nose that opens with notes of thyme and rosemary, but also brioche bread that then opens with more subtle flavors of peony and raspberry. Delicate, fresh and delicious. The wine is frank and juicy. The Cinsault offers itself to us without shame. Pairs perfectly with Iberian pork ribs with thyme, capon braised with rosemary, pasta with ham Parma & sage.
100% Cinsault from the Olivette plot. Harvest destemmed, crushed and aged for 3 months in concrete vats then bottled. No added sulphites.
Brut Reserve (MAGNUM)
$219.99 x 3
Regular price $584.04 PER CASE 95 Points, Decanter
A fine straw-gold colour with great finesse of bubble flow and mousse. Joyful aromas of apple blossom and ripe pear. A full, defined palate demonstrates richness that will help to give this a long life in the cellar.
Pouilly‐Fumé Caillottes
$70.99 x 6 [SAVE $9]
Regular price $376.93 PER CASE
This wine comes from the first certified organic estate in the Loire Valley and in 2021 they will be fully biodynamic certified as well. The wines are made from 10 hectares worth of Sauvignon Blanc planted around the winery, which is located in the village of Saint Andelain on the east side of the Loire (facing Sancerre). Biodynamic practices are taken within the vineyard and winery and the wines are naturally fermented in stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts and aged in either vat, barrique or amphora.
The vines for this wine are grown in limestone. The wine has a very fresh nose with mineral notes to it. This mineral sensation continues on the palate; the wine is fresh and elegant with an abundance of citrus fruit.
92 Points, Rebecca Gibb (Vinous)
The 2019 Sancerre Caillotttes is a very pure wine that might be full in body and seamless in texture but displays a light touch. The wine coats the palate with a powdery texture, as if it were a red wine. The long finish is redolent of gunsmoke and almond.
Muscadet Mouton Noir
$27.99 x 12
Regular price $297.24 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
Fresh, dry and rounded, this is a lovely and soft Muscadet. Gorgeous texture from 4 months on its fine lees, and notes of melon, citrus, pear and minerals.
Ronceray
$77.99 x 6 [SAVE $10]
Regular price $414.10 PER CASE
Winemaker Notes
A terroir from which world-renowned sweet wines are produced, the Chaume 1er Cru and Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru appellations also have the capacity to produce great dry whites. The Ronceray cuvée refers to the Abbey of the same name, owner of the Chaume vineyard from the 11th century. Until the French revolution the lords of Haute-Guerche, farming this vineyard, were paying the nuns with "the best quarter of the harvest"... The "Quarts-de-Chaume" name was born.
Ronceray is a complex wine, resulting from the blend of our plots on the rump of Quarts-de-Chaume. A terroir with complex geology, the marriage of shales and pudding sandstones gives this cuvée a sharp minerality and a floral and fruity richness. A fine bitterness, signature of this terroir, brings complexity and length on the palate.
