White Wine - France
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Chateau La Rame Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2022
$23.00Add to cartChâteau La Rame is among the oldest and most renowned properties in the Sainte Croix du Mont appellation on a hill overlooking the Garonne river. For over a hundred years La Rame has been lauded for the quality of its wine, and today it stands as a testament to the value that can still be found in Bordeaux, even in a time when so many other regions are getting inordinately expensive.
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Chateau Soucherie Anjou Blanc 2022
$27.00Add to cartThis wine comes from one of the most beautiful Chateau in all of France. Roger Beguinot’s Chateau Soucherie which is being guided towards 100% organic viticulture by Beguinot’s assistant, the maitre de chai, is the young Thibaud Boudignon who favors “agriculture integrée”. This cuvée is vinified from 100% Chenin Blancsourced from the vineyard site “Les Rangs de Long” which is on the northern part of the estate but with south-southeastern exposure.
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Clement et Florian Berthier Menetou-Salon 2022
$29.00Add to cartClement and Florian are fifth generation winemakers carrying on the family legacy by striving to make better and better wines and achieving organic certification in 2022. This wine comes from vineyards in Menetou-Salon, often thought of as “poor man’s Sancerre.” But there’s nothing poor about this wine. It’s got an aromatic nose of citrus and yellow fruit and a wonderfully supple finish.
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Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Cote de Lechet 2009
$75.00Add to cartThis is a fascinating wine. Most people’s conception of Chablis is that it should be drunk young, preferably with oysters, but this wine provides an aged counter-point. It has a nutty and almost sherry-like nose that you would think is prematurely oxidized, but the palate is so fresh it’s like sucking on an electric lemon.
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Domaine Alary L’Estevenas Cairanne Blanc 2022
$23.00Add to cartA very cool family run domaine with centuries of history. The Alary’s have actually been in the shop to pour, and we loved getting to meet them. Their organically made wines are delicious and really out drink their price point. This blend of Clairette and Roussanne is very expressive with a beautiful complexity, ripe white fruit such as (peaches, mirabelle plums) and delicate fragrance of white flowers such as acacia and lime appear as well as minerality.
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Domaine Cheveau Macon-Fuisse Les Grandes Bruyeres 2022
$29.00Add to cartOne of our staff-favorite value-focused producers in Mâconnais, this wine has a bit more heft than you might think. It’s ripe and powerful but otherwise entirely balanced. A great choice if you like the bigger side of white Burgundy.
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Domaine de la Garenne Pouilly Fuisse 2020
$73.00Add to cartA classic Macon white from a very fun terroir.
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Domaine de Sacy Sancerre Blanc 2023
$35.00Add to cartA delicious sustainable Sancerre from a passionate winemaker practicing polyculture in the fields—a longstanding tradition in Sancerre.
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Domaine des Baumard Clos du Papillon 2018
$78.00Add to cartThe wines from Clos du Papillon (so-named for its unique butterfly shape) is one of the great examples of Savennières. It has all the delicious mineral infusion from the volcanic rock in the schist soils that deserves more praise than it gets. Overwhelming orchard fruit, white flowers, earthy minerality, and striking acid make this an adventure every time.
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Domaine des Baumard Savennieres 2018 375 ml
$25.00Add to cartBaumard’s Savennières are enthralling and worth the wait to age, but are so enticing it’s hard to want to wait. The piercing minerality is offset by a deep ripeness with distinct flavors of stone fruits, spices and honey. These are special wines from a stellar producer that should be savored, but not in any precious way. A 375mL will be a perfect individual portion to get a taste of just how good the ground floor is at Baumard and give a peek at how high the highs can be.
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Domaine des Roches Neuves :’Echelier Thiery Germain Samur 2021
$98.00Add to cartFrom Thierry Germain, a stellar winemaker who takes his viticultural influence from his mentor Charly Foucault of Clos Rougeard, comes this terroir focused Chenin that is razor-sharp and ready for drinking now but could just as easily age for a long time.
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Domaine Guiberteau 2019 Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes
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Domaine Guiberteau 2020 Saumur Blanc Breze
$145.00Add to cartOne of the most sought after producers in the Loire. The wines of Domaine Guiberteau are for those really in the know. The legendary Becky Wasserman has this to say about Guiberteau: Romain Guiberteau owns some of the best land in Brézé, and makes dry chenins of punk rock violence, yet of Bach-like logic and profoundness.
This wine from Brézé is one of the peaks of Chenin Blanc. It’s incredibly dry with ripping texture and acid. It’s like watching a linebacker dance ballet.
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Domaine JL Chave Hermitage Blanc 2020
$365.00Add to cartChave is a consummate storyteller, but he is particualrly bullish about this vintage of whites in how strongly they show the terroir. Some of Chave’s oldest vines are here and bring in beautiful grapes from Hermitage hill. This is the glory that Marsanne can bring when treated by a master. It will rival some of the great white burgundies when drank young or with 10+ years of age.
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Domaine Labbe Vin de Savoie Abymes 2021
$19.00Add to cartRoger Labbe’s Abymes is 100% Jacquère, a varietal that grows especially well in the Savoie region of France. While other grapes can be included Labbe chose to showcase the excellent grapes at his disposal in the undersung corner of France.
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Domaine Ostertag Pinot Gris Fronholz
$75.00Add to cartAn iconoclast in Alsace who cut his teeth in the fields of Burgundy. Unlike many of the AOC Alsatian wines, André Ostertag makes his own rules and follows the terroir and not the grapes prescribed by the local growers association. This wine is one that starts subtly but with time transforms into a delicious and more viscous Pinot Gris.
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Domaine Schoffit “Harth Tradition”” Pinot Gris 2019″
$28.00Add to cartThese organic (practicing biodynamic) wines are a thing of beauty. This Riesling comes from the Harth lieux-dit, and is the entry level Riesling from this driven Alsatian producers.
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Faiveley Chassagne Montrachet 2022
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Famille Joly Coulee de Serrant 2020
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Famille Joly Coulee de Serrant 2021
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Francois Labet Bourgogne Chardonnay 2021
$37.00Add to cartLabet is a fun winemaker who works as a negociant with small properties fruits. This wine is a great little white Burgundy that way overdelivers for the price.
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Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet 2022
$135.00Add to cartA Puligny-Montrachet that comes from a blend of the Carillon sites, it’s full bodied with a strong mineral streak down the middle. If you want to explore the great white wines of Burgundy this is a great place to start digging down on terroir.
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Jacques Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 2022
$261.00Add to cartA mineral driven Puligny-Montrachet from a storied producer.
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Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire 2023
$32.00Add to cartThis is a classic fresh Chablis, everything you want when you think fresh, drinkable Chardonnay. And for the price it’s a can’t miss.
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Leflaive & Associes Puligny Montrachet 2022
$299.00Add to cartA value from Puligny-Montrachet that bears the stamp of approval from the Leflaive team. What could be better than a wine from what has been called “the greatest white-wine commune on earth.” Think straight as a razor minerality and ripe fruit. Think lemon curd and white peach wrapped in a rich mineral sheath. Beautiful stuff.
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Leflaive Pouilly Fuisse 2022
$179.00Add to cartA beautiful wine from a storied producer from the flagship region of the Mâconnais. The unique soil set up makes this one of the best sites for Chardonnay in all of Burgundy and the grapes for this wine have real precision at a fraction of the price of Beaune.
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Lucien Crochet Sancerre Blanc 2022
$39.00Add to cartA producer who is one of the most important to legendary importer Neal Rosenthal who he found at the very beginning of his career on a recommendation. This wine is a beautiful expression of Sancerre that spends a good amount of time on the fine lees to add texture to the already expressive fruit.
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 1998
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 2002
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Plouzeau Sauvignon Blanc 2022
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Trimbach Cuvee Frederic Emilie 2016
$139.00Add to cartThe Frederic Emile is a well-known bottle in wine industry circles. It’s always solid but the 2016 vintage is even better than normal. It’s an absolute knockout that is precise, ageworthy and overwhelmingly mineral. The fun comes from accents of mountainous herbs and spices.
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Yves Leccia E Croce 2023
$57.00Add to cart