New Arrivals

In 2008 Dominique Lucas decided to take over some plots of vines in Ballaison, near Thonon-les-Bains, in the Haute-Savoie department.  The 12-hecta...

"Here too very strong reduction completely flattens the fruit. There is excellent volume, intensity, power and muscle to the full-on and frank medi...

"The 2009 Meursault Les Tessons – Cuvee de Mon Plaisir is another of the riper, rounder wines in this lineup. It shows marvelous integrity and pers...

"The 2013 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Blanchots-Dessus has a pleasant reduction on the nose, maintaining impressive delineation and poise, very de...

"The 2013 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Blanchots-Dessus has a pleasant reduction on the nose, maintaining impressive delineation and poise, very de...

"The 2011 Macon-Uchizy Les Maranches has a tightly wound bouquet with lovely limestone and citrus scents, touches of dried flowers emerging with ti...

"From a southwest facing 0.8-hectare vineyard, the 2011 Macon-Bussiere Le Monsard is actually the smallest of Dominique’s cuvees. It has a precise,...

"This was my first visit to Pascal Prunier, a fifth-generation vigneron whose eight-hectare domaine is based out of cellars in Meursault that forme...

"Readers with good memories, or perusing the Wine Advocate database as they read this, will be aware how much I admire the wines of Domaine de la C...

"A very fresh and nicely layered nose of straw, melon and soft citrus hints gives way to attractively well-detailed and punchy middle weight flavor...

"This is also notably ripe, indeed it sidles right up to the point of being surmature with plum, warm earth, crushed herbs and a floral note that g...

"This offers a completely different aromatic profile with its intense floral, earth and spice aromas that add considerable breadth to the red curra...

"For both the vinification and aging processes, our methods are minimally interventionist. The quality of the fruit is the essential foundation for...

"An elegant and beautifully layered nose features notes of black cherry liqueur with background nuances of earth and wet stone. There is good vibra...

"From three barrels reflecting parcels on the top and in the middle of this famous enclave (purchased as juice, although beginning in 2009, Gambal ...

"Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet is actually based on the outskirts of Meursault and the wines made by the de Montille family. The biodynamic tenets ...

"François Delaby directs this 27.5 ha family domaine from a beautiful château in the center of Meursault but makes most of the wines in a state-of-...

"This was my first visit to Pascal Prunier, a fifth-generation vigneron whose eight-hectare domaine is based out of cellars in Meursault that forme...

"This was my first visit to Pascal Prunier, a fifth-generation vigneron whose eight-hectare domaine is based out of cellars in Meursault that forme...

"A spicy, fresh and pretty if less elegant nose is composed primarily of earth suffused red berry fruit aromas that are in keeping with the impress...

"A relatively high-toned nose of earthy red and blue pinot fruit, violet and a hint of the sauvage seamlessly merges into delicious and vibrant mid...

"A reserved, ripe and highly complex nose that is almost animale in character with hints of herb and underbrush while the intensely earthy dark ber...

"The 2011 Monthelie Sous Le Cellier has a fragrant and floral bouquet with rose-petal infused red cherry and bergamot scents that unfold in the gla...

Aurelien Verdet’s wines are all about purity and precision, with great care taken in the vineyard to produce the best quality for fruit.  Farmed or...