WINES : FRANCE : Loire Valley

93WS- Domaine Des Roches Neuves Saumur Champigny Rouge "Marginale" 2004 (750ML)

Enveloping aromas of crushed plum and warm cocoa are followed by captivating flavors of lush plum sauce, licorice, graph...

Alphonse Mellot "Les Penitents" Loire Chardonnay 2007 (750ML)

The name Alphonse Mellot, and the Sancerre region where the family wines are produced, need no introduction, but their V...

Barton & Guestier "B & G" Vouvray 2010 (750ML)

Benoit Gautier Vouvray 2009 (750ML)

A soft, friendly style, with green melon, apple and fig flavors backed by a touch of pear skin for just enough definitio...

Careme Vouvray Sec Spring 2007 (750ML)

As Nicolas Joly says, Chenin Blanc can either be a "genius or a terrorist". Well the Careme is a genius, or perhaps a g...

Chais St. Laurent Chinon Vigne en Veron 2009 (750ML)

What is the main point of wine? Pleasure. It's that simple, but it is also a tenet we can so quickly forget. Wine is com...

Clos du Tue-Boeuf La Butte Touraine Gamay Natural 2010 (750ML)

Do you remember the first time you tasted a strawberry? That vibrant sensation that charged your taste-buds and was this...

Clos du Tue-Boeuf P'Tit Blanc 2010 (750ML)

Not on the Natural Wine train yet? What are you waiting for? This is it, the future of wine. The wine that every wine ge...

Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Rouge 2007 (750ML)

de Ladoucette Pouilly Fume 2008 (750ML)

Oh, the flinty-flinty taste of a good Pouilly Fume on the tongue. It's what gives this Loire-centric version of Sauvigno...

Domaine Baumard "Cuvee le Paon" Coteaux du Layon Sweet White 2005 (750ML)

Very enticing, with quince, pear, persimmon and fig aromas and flavors. Yet this is never heavy, only pure and refined, ...

Domaine Chofflet-Valdenaire 09 Givry Rouge Grands Vins de Bourgogne

Domaine De La Cave Du Rocher Saumur Champigny 2010 (750ML)

Domaine de la Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2008 (750ML)

Spend anytime hanging around the PJ Wine Geeks and you will hear them praising the glory that is Loire Valley Cabernet F...

Domaine de la Chevalerie "Venus" Bourgueil 2010 (750ML)

The Caslot family has only owned Domaine de la Chevalerie estate since, oh, 1640. It's pretty safe to say they know what...

Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine 2010 (750ML)

If we had our way, fish stores would include a bottle of Muscadet with every dozen oysters sold. But barring new regulat...

Domaine del Palais Tasse des Anges, 2009 Loire Valley (organic) (750 ml)

We recently read, and were inspired by, Jacques Pepin's memoir of his life in the kitchen. Our favorite part of the book...

Domaine des Roches Neuves "L'Insolite" Samur Champigny Chenin Blanc 2007 (750ML)

This is an intense Chenin Blanc from 75 year-old vines that has enough vibrancy to be aged a decade or more. It has a ye...

Domaine Des Roches Neuves Saumur Champigny Rouge 2010 (750ML)

Revue du Vin de France: “This is the most accessible cuve'e for its suppleness and its silkiness.” Tufa soils give t...

Domaine du Colombier "Domaine du Colombier Cuvee Vielles Vignes" Chinon Cabernet Franc 2008 (750ML)

If you are looking for textbook Cabernet Franc from Chinon, then look no further. This exhibits the classic pencil lead ...

Domaine du Mortier "Les Graviers" (organic) 2009 (750ML)

For us, a good Loire Valley Cabernet Franc has must have two things: It must have Loire Valley Cab Franc typicity--bell ...

Domaine Mardon "Tres Vieilles Vignes" Quincy 2010 (750ML)

This impressive and modestly-priced Sauvignon Blanc-based white offers a very expressive nose, loaded with lemon blossom...

Domaine Sauvete Sauvignon de Touraine 2008 (750ML)

This is the kind of wine that makes you really understand the concept (and smell and taste) of terroir. Here, this 100% ...

Francois Pinon Vouvray Silex Noir 2009 (750ML)

That this wine has 16 grams of residual sugar goes to show what Pinon talks about when he starts discussing balance. On ...

Gerard Millet Sancerre 2009 (750ML)