Domaine Albert Boxler – World-Class Wines, Alsace Terroir

Albert Boxler Chasselas (Alsace 2014) $172/6-pack (~$29/bottle) In far eastern France, on the border with southern Germany, the winemaking region of Alsace is perhaps the most geologically complex in all of France. Much like Burgundy, the vineyards of Alsace lie…

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Posted on 2016.10.05 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Alsace  |  Read more...

 

The Champagne Society – October 2016 Selection: Champagne Billecart-Salmon

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Cuvée “Sous Bois” Brut   Cuvée “Sous Bois” is a relatively new bottling for the renowned Champagne house of Billecart-Salmon. Unique to their lineup, “Sous Bois” literally means “under wood” and was inspired by the oak-fermented parcels of…

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Posted on 2016.10.03 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

Old Vine Gamay from a Rising Star in Beaujolais

Charly Thévenet “Grain & Granit” (Régnié, 2014) $156/6-pack (~$26/bottle) Young Charly Thévenet cut his teeth working at his family’s small, 12 acre estate in the Beaujolais Cru of Morgon. While many winemakers get their start by studying beneath their parents, Charly had…

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Posted on 2016.09.28 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Beaujolais  |  Read more...

 

2014 Domaine Bart Marsannay – Classic Red Burgundy, Classic Price

Domaine Bart “La Montagne” (Marsannay) Red Special Price: $167/6-pack (~$28/bottle) Stretching from the village of Fixin at its southern end to the city of Dijon at its northern end, Marsannay vineyards are on the famous Côte d’Or that continues…

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Posted on 2016.09.14 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Côte Rôtie vs. Hermitage – Two Outstanding Northern Rhône Syrahs from the 2013 Vintage

The vineyards of the northern Rhône, particularly Côte Rôtie and Hermitage, are some of the smallest in France, yet they produce some of the finest expressions of Syrah in the world. Join us this Saturday for a comparative tasting of…

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Posted on 2016.09.07 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Northern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

Rully – High Class White Burgundy on a Budget

The Côte Chalonnaise continues as a regular chain of hills along the same lines as the Côte d’Or to its north. But the countryside is much less uniform and turns into a jumble of limestone slopes on which vineyards appear…

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Posted on 2016.08.24 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair: Pure and Seductive Chardonnay from Burgundy’s Côtes de Beaune

Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair was created in 1986 when Denis set out to bottle his own wine – The Clair family had owned parcels in the Santenay area for generations but sold most of their production…

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Posted on 2016.08.12 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

The Champagne Society – August 2016 Selection: Champagne D. Henriet-Bazin

Champagne D. Henriet-Bazin “Millésime 2006” (Verzenay, Verzy, Grand Cru) Champagne Henriet-Bazin has deep roots in the Montagne de Reims. Towards the end of the 19th century, Gaston Henriet began making his own Champagne instead of just providing fruit to…

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Posted on 2016.08.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

2012 Grange des Pères – Cult Wine from Languedoc

$117/bottle If we ever questioned why Laurent Vaillé‘s Domaine de la Grange des Pères Rouge has attained cult status, a recent tasting of an early 2000s vintage presented us the answer. It was near perfection. Layers of earthy, herbal complexity…

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Posted on 2016.07.27 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

 

Ideal Summer Drinking – Fleshy Wines of Burgundy’s Mâconnais

The Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy is white wine country. Chardonnay production accounts for close to 90% of all its wine. 2014 was a superb vintage for white Burgundy and all of this week’s featured wines are drinking beautifully right…

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Posted on 2016.07.13 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

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