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If you are prejudiced against any form of sweetness in your wine, you will miss a unique opportunity to enjoy one of the most refined wine styles on the planet. Le Fondraux may have a slightly sweet taste, but its balanced acidity means fine lines, liveliness, and no trace of flatness in the wine. A perfect finish, measured sweetness, honeyed aromas, and...
Savennières Château de Plaisance is made from 100% Chenin Blanc, sourced from the “Les Mauriers” lieu-dit in the village of Savennières. The vineyards are certified biodynamic, covering 3 hectares, with vines averaging over 35 years of age. The harvest is done by hand, and vinification is low-intervention, with spontaneous fermentation using indigenous...
Grapes purchased from different vineyards in the region always with the principles of organic farming which Vanessa Cherruau vinifies with absolute care and the philosophy of low intervention. The wine is vinified by spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks and matured for 9 additional months in them giving a wine of exceptional immediacy, for...
It's not just this historic piece of land across the river from Savennieres, a stunning - yet unexplored - terroir for dry wines, that Vanessa uses as the basis for some of the most delicious wines of the extremely fashionable Loire variety. She continues to nurture this great 50+ year old vineyard that sits on shale and sandstone soils with biodynamic...
This exceptional wine comes from old bush-trained vines growing in schist, sandy, and clay soils, with an average age exceeding 100 years. The harvest takes place in early September, when the Vidiano grape has reached ideal ripeness, while the other varieties remain slightly less ripe, thus preserving the freshness of the blend. All the grapes—white and...
The grapes come from the Syrizas vineyard parcel at 800 meters altitude — a vineyard cultivated organically, without irrigation, with bush-trained (goblet-pruned) vines. In the winery, the wine is made without intervention: spontaneous fermentation of the must, full skin contact maceration for 45 days, and aging on the lees for 6 months. The wine is...
Skafida is vinified using minimal intervention techniques, sourced exclusively from the vineyard of the same name in Pyrgos, which is cultivated organically. The centuries-old vines are trained using both the couloura and the pruning methods. The grapes, with extremely low yields per acre, remain in contact with the skins for a few hours and then ferment...
Mild vinification involves spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks with native yeasts and leaving the fermented wine in contact with the fine lees for 7 months. As the name of the variety suggests, Zakynthino travelled years ago from Zakynthos - where it is known as Pavlos - to Kefalonia. This is where the similarities end, as both in terms of...
Think about how many white wines on the planet you can buy in the 15 euro price range that come from an altitude of up to 1150m, vineyards that are on average 70-80 years old and can age fantastically. One such wine, from the untouched terroir of the highlands of Paphos, is Alina. An excellent capture of the wild terroir of the area known as Vouni Panagia...
An incredible "polyphony" of aromas and flavors in yet another unique Deiss style. Grasberg is perhaps the finest of their premier crus, a vineyard at altitude that combines minerality, energy, the coolness of the location, and limestone soils with notes of botrytis, which here does not feel heavy against the wine, but rather gives the wine a...
All 13 Alsace varieties with Riesling making up 50% of the blend. Soft but with some "edges" at the same time and a dense texture. Perfectly balanced, a fantastic wine for spicy salmon tartare, Athenian fish, and fried foie gras. Old-school vinification, fermentation with whole bunches, spontaneous fermentation and maturation in contact with the lees for...
