2021 Grolleau “Franc de Pied”Bernard Baudry
France | Loire
$36
Producers
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vouvray
Dry Champagne-method sparkler that delivers tremendous value.
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
A citrusy and floral sparkler with a stony, bone-dry finish. Mamma mia!
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Vin de Pays de l’Île de Beauté
A refreshing rosé refreshing whose distinct grape varieties yield a familiar wine with just enough Corsican terroir to set it apart.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Vin de Pays du Mont Caume
From a region known for creating sometimes burly wines, here is a lower-alcohol, fruit-driven cuvée from declassified Bandol vines.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vin de France
Delicious and honest naturally sparkling Chenin, bottled with no dosage and no sulfur.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A Niellucciu-based rosé that is so fresh, pure, and invigorating, while delivering a healthy dose of Mediterranean brine.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
You’ll taste the salty sea breeze in this wine.
Quentin Harel
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
The wine’s plainspoken, humble, rustic quality is immensely appealing and refreshing.
Quentin Harel
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais Villages
Grandes Terres is the bridge from Charron to Quentin’s Morgon and shows some of the best qualities of each.
Quentin Harel
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Floral and irresistibly juicy, with notes of cherries, rhubarb, and pomegranate.
M. & C. Lapierre
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
A brand new wine in the Lapierre lineup, “Le Beaujolais” is silky, perfumed, and incredibly fresh, exhibiting the pleasure factor we expect from every bottle to come out of the Lapierre cellars.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
Terrebrune’s Bandol epitomizes the idea of a terroir-driven rosé, from the nose of thyme and white peach, redolent of a Provençal summer.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
This precise, mineral blend of Clairette, Ugni Blanc, and Bourboulenc has an ethereal perfume, reminiscent of blossoming flowers with a hint of fennel, that makes it irresistible right now.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
It has all the best of Vézelay: a fresh, floral, citrusy attack, followed by warm and textured charm.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
La Châtelaine highlights what may be the best terroir of Vézelay and why this little appellation is on the map in the first place.
Steiger-Kalena
Italy | Molise
A toothsome red wine showing deep, wild fruit of alluring levity, “Passatella” comes in convivial one-liter bottles perfect for sharing.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A full-throttle Niellucciu from a sun-soaked limestone vineyard in Patrimonio.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily
One of Sicily’s most coveted oils, perfumed with bright citrus, dried fruit, and herbs
Domaine Michel Brégeon
France | Loire | Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
It fills the mouth with suspicions of honeysuckle and pulpy stone fruits. Try it with this recipe for Warm Potato & Mussel Salad.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
There is a strangely beautiful harmony between earth, sun, and man.
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Just different and obscure enough to deliver the thrill of introducing someone to a gorgeous wine that is familiar, but new.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Precision, soaring floral aromatics, finely etched tannins, a ripe core of dense fruit, and a granitic crunch on the back end.
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Bouzeron
Aligoté may actually be an even more precise conduit for Burgundian terroir than Chardonnay.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A beautiful Cadette rouge with a bit more structure and plenty of pleasure.
Domaine Montanet-Thoden
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A sneakily serious Pinot Noir.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A classic bistro red with great thirst-quenching versatility.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A thirst-quenching, spirit-lifting, and downright delicious white Burgundy.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine
France | Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône
This sandstone amphora-aged rosé spotlights old-vine Grenache grown on limestone terraces with a view of the sparkling Mediterranean.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine France | Provence | I.G.P. Bouches-du-Rhône
Quentin Harel
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Floral and irresistibly juicy, with notes of cherries, rhubarb, and pomegranate.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
A bargain introduction to Alsace features, vinified dry for versatile everyday pleasure.
Yves Leccia France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Frappato
The wine builds to a crescendo and leaves the palate stained and saturated with staying power. This is much more than quaffing Frappato. Irresistible.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Calabrese
Not an inky, alcoholic bruiser, but rather a thing of ravishing delicacy, defined by mouthwatering black cherry fruit and lively acidity
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
It’s like Corsican Chablis: pure Vermentinu planted in seashell-encrusted limestone.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Toscana IGT
Is it possible for a country quaffer to originate under a grand Renaissance villa? This Tuscan red certainly offers evidence in favor of that paradox.
Riofavara Italy | Sicily
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Santenay
This outstanding Santenay is so expressive, with notes of red fruit, rose petals, peonies, and a touch of spice.
Château Tertre de la Mouleyre France | Bordeaux | St-Émilion Grand Cru
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Dress-code-not-required Bordeaux, whose velvety tannins and supple structure fit more like soft flannel and worn jeans than a stiff suit jacket and tie
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Leccia's earthy, delicious island-mountain wine is fun, accessible and pairs with anything from fish stew to pasta to lounging in the park.
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Limestone, sea breeze, and wildflowers: welcome to Patrimonio.
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A vibrant tonic akin to a savory brew of muddled stone, wild herbs, and salty sea air.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Aromas of black fruit, graphite, wild herbs, and game over firm, stony tannins. Saturated with flavors of the Île de Beauté.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Just different and obscure enough to deliver the thrill of introducing someone to a gorgeous wine that is familiar, but new.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine
France | Provence | Cassis
With a touch of creaminess following the crisp stone fruit, it’s a Mediterranean white in a cashmere sweater.
Jean Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
It’s like Corsican Chablis: pure Vermentinu planted in seashell-encrusted limestone.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Santenay
This outstanding Santenay is so expressive, with notes of red fruit, rose petals, peonies, and a touch of spice.
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Rully
Rabourcé is a premier cru parcel rich in white clay, the kind of soil that makes this one of de Villaine’s most luscious blancs.
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy | Rully
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Rully
From an east-facing premier cru parcel on steep slopes, this white wine is rich and noble without being opulent.
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
This is the perfect example of a fine, elegant version of Merlot.
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit, then finishes with a crunchy backbone reminiscent of dark schist and roasted spices.
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
This drinks like great cru Beaujolais infused with southern soul.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily
Enough vibrance and freshness to drink well on its own, but just enough tannin and acid to be versatile at table.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
Here is a full-bodied dose of Terrebrune terroir you can enjoy over the next thirty years.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Vin de Pays de l’Île de Beauté
It is the up-and-coming white Corsican grape, rapidly winning back the reputation it had earned so long ago.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A stony, dry, floral blend of Corsica's three whites: Vermentinu, Biancu Gentile, & Muscat.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Golden ripe Vermentinu berries are responsible for this fleshy, succulent dry white.
Cuna
Italy | Tuscany
Federico likens it to “the elegance and the levity of a sail blown by the wind on a luminous ocean.”
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy | Rully
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Leccia's earthy, delicious island-mountain wine is fun, accessible and pairs with anything from fish stew to pasta to lounging in the park.
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Limestone, sea breeze, and wildflowers: welcome to Patrimonio.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The only Arena cuvée to see barrel-aging features the domaine’s oldest vines.
Antoine Arena France | Corsica | Muscat du Cap Corse
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
This is delicious Sangiovese from the Greve zone of Chianti Classico and made by some of the nicest and most talented people you could ever hope to meet.
Castagnoli
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Castagnoli enjoys a microclimate of its own, where cool nights favor bright, focused acidity that accentuates this red’s crunchy schist backbone.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Giulia’s painstaking attention to detail in these sandier-soil parcels, and deliberate choices in the cellar, result in wines with a fine grain, spiced tannins, and a celestial nose of peony and rose petal.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
La Tartufaia is a divinely atmospheric truffle forest in the heart of La Morra where Giulia’s vineyards run parallel. The wines produced here, from clay-rich soil, are textbook examples of classically structured Barolo typical of the area.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Golden ripe Vermentinu berries are responsible for this fleshy, succulent dry white.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Castagnoli Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
Cuna Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
Cuna
Italy | Tuscany
Seemingly weightless but densely packed with rich, complex flavors.
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy | Rully
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A commanding hillside strewn with big stones and marine fossils, Carco is one of Patrimonio’s great vineyard sites.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Muscat du Cap Corse
See why Cap Corse's famous Muscat tastes like no other dessert wine in the world.
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica | Muscat du Cap Corse
Ravishing perfume of miel du maquis, wildflowers, and resinous herbs.
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
“Sciavè is the result of ancient clones of Nero d’Avola which, besides exalting the limestone matrix of its terroir of origin in the Eloro appellation, carry forth the elegance gleaned from patiently aging the wine in barrel.”
Castagnoli Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
Domaine Catherine Le Gœuil
France | Southern Rhône | Cairanne
This Cairanne bears all of the southern Rhône notes we love: black cherries, garrigue, olives, and stones. It will pair magically with braised oxtails or grilled lamb chops.
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany | IGT Alta Valle della Greve
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
The chalky minerality, the salt sea, the bitter tinge of ripe Vermentino grapes—combine that with fish soup or fish stew and revel in the result.
Castagnoli
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
Named for the sun it attracts all day long thanks to its high altitude and exposition, the vineyard is planted along ancient stone terraces.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Muscat du Cap Corse
Cap Corse’s celebrated dessert wine represents one of the most fascinating and intriguing expressions of Muscat in the world.
Château de Bellevue France | Bordeaux | Lussac Saint Émilion
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Alta Valle della Greve
Concentrated and intense yet elegant and refined, the “80” is made for the dinner table and built to last.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Golden ripe Vermentinu berries are responsible for this fleshy, succulent dry white.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
A chewy, gamey Bandol, with a full-bodied dose of Terrebrune terroir, that you can enjoy over the next thirty years.
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany | IGT Alta Valle della Greve
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica
The only place you can try it is here—or maybe at the domaine.
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