Still Wines

Finisterra White 2019,

Jean-Marc Dreyer

Aromatic and floral, full of citrus peel and tropical fruits, Finisterra is a sort of quintessential Alsace wine, a rare and refined vintage of captivating complexity. Lychee, passion fruit, white flowers, ginger, and yellow rose, on an aromatic background of beeswax. This wine has balsamic accents of waxed old wood and yellow fruits (peach), spices, on a delicate mineral framework of tannins reminiscent of Chinese oolong tea. The secret? Jean-Marc Dreyer blended five grape varieties—Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, and Gewurztraminer—to create this skin-macerated cuvée with structure, oxidative notes, and a deep amber color. It will pair very well with roast poultry, game, and anything related to duck or goose: duck breasts, duck with blood, roast duckling, confit, and foie gras. We also imagine it with well-simmered wild mushrooms. A wine to enjoy after an autumn walk. Biodynamic method, fermentation using indigenous yeasts, unfiltered, unclarified, with no sulfites added in the vineyard or cellar.

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"Maceration is a tradition in Alsace!" says Jean-Marc Dreyer, adding that direct pressing in this region is a modern invention, linked to the advent of electricity. In the past, people worked by hand and let the grapes macerate before sending the marc to the press. » Whole-bunch maceration is Jean-Marc Dreyer's signature and represents 85% of the estate's production, the remainder consisting of direct-pressed whites, often aged using controlled oxidation. Jean-Marc succeeds several generations of his family at the Dreyer & Fils estate, established in 1830 between Obernai and Molsheim. Upon taking over the estate, he immediately opted for biodynamics, but he hesitated for a while between several methods: at first, his wines were more oaky, aged in new barrels with stirring. Then came the sweet period: all his wines contained residual sugar. In 2008, he tried vinifying without any sulfur and found his direction: the following winter, upon returning from the pilgrimage to Compostela, he swore never to add sulfur to any wine again. Having made this decision, he asserts his style around skin maceration, quite advanced, chiseled, always surprising on Alsatian grape varieties, of which it brings out the structure without sacrificing the delicacy. Jean-Marc works in single-varietal or blended vintages and also produces Pinot Noir reds of surprising depth.

Magnum P'tit Nouveau Gamay - Red - 2019

Vincent Wallard
This is an all-gamay carbonic maceration extracted from grapes from the Jean-François Debourg estate in southern Beaujolais. Fresh and crisp, it offers beautiful notes of red fruits (cherry). Decanting is required to allow its sweet and gourmet qualities to express themselves.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Pamina Blanc 2018, Domaine de l'Octavin
Pamina is a Chardonnay produced biodynamically from white and gray marl soils typical of the Arbois region. It is a lovely crisp white that will accompany grilled white meats or fish, or any savory dish with puff pastry or shortcrust pastry: vol-au-vent, quiches, croustades, etc.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Hautes côtes de Beaune Puits de Chaux Rouge 2018, Frédéric Cossard
This Pinot Noir comes from the Puits de Chaux plot in Hautes Côtes de Beaune. The hilly, west-facing terroir is located between 280 and 450 meters above sea level. The soils are dominated by marl formations and limestone scree. The grapes macerate in whole bunches. Aging is approximately one year in barrels. The wine is subtle, airy, with great aromatic expression.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

BS Blanco de Sumoll Blanc 2017, Partida Creus
This still blanc de noirs, 100% Sumoll direct press, is a historic cuvée, the first made by Massimo and Antonella. It is a very rare wine that should not be missed when a few bottles appear. Finely macerated, golden with a hint of orange, it is made for the table and refined dishes. Vibrant, aromatic, notes of garrigue (thyme, rosemary), quince, a rather saline finish.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Orange Blanc 2018, Chateau Lafitte
This Orange cuvée is made from Petit Manseng, the emblematic grape variety of Jurançon. It is macerated for 21 days in terracotta jars, which gives it this beautiful tawny color, this powerful nose and these supple and melting tannins. A real treasure to keep for up to ten years in the cellar (if you can still do that).

Natural wine with no added sulfites

Cerro las Monjas 1368 Red 2007

Bodega Barranco Oscuro
Natural wine without added sulphites.

Magnum Charpenay White 2017

Domaine de La Gapette

One of those pure (and all too rare) Beaujolais whites! A 100% Chardonnay from vines planted on the granite and sandy soils around Mont Brouilly. On both the nose and palate, the Charpenay cuvée captivates with beautiful notes of freshly picked white fruits and a slightly honeyed finish.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.

Variette Rouge 2018, Domaine Fond Cyprès
A blend of Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault: a full-bodied red with aromas of garrigue, blackcurrant and blackberry. Pairs well with red wine stews: beef stew, gardianne, bourguignon, coq au vin, as well as roast red meats. Ideal with poached pears.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Les Palennes Rouge 2016, Francois Saint-Lô
This Cabernet Franc comes from sixty-year-old vines. The grapes macerate for ten days in vats and the wine is aged for one year in these same vats.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Magnum Saint Romain Sous La Velle Rouge 2017,

Domaine de Chassorney
This Pinot Noir comes from a plot with a steep, south-southeast-facing terroir located between 280 and 400 meters above sea level in the Saint-Romain appellation. The soils are primarily marl, limestone, and clay. The grapes macerate in whole bunches. Aging takes place for approximately one year in barrels.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.

Les Vignes de Jeannot Red 2017

Nicolas Chemarin

This red wine from the Beaujolais-Villages appellation (of course, 100% Gamay), offering a more than reasonable price-quality ratio, comes from old vines that belonged to Jean Chemarin, ancestor of our current winemaker: hence the name on the label. A freshness that is explained by the altitude of the plot (450 meters). This wine has undergone two years of aging, half in vats and the other half in Burgundy barrels. He is charming, captivating, fruity, with beautiful notes of strawberry.

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Nicolas Chemarin, nicknamed "P'tit Grobis" as a resident of Marchampt (Beaujolais), is the fourth generation of winemaker on his family wine estate in the Beaujolais-Villages appellation, on a land full of stones where he crafts wines of surprising depth and sincerity. In 2005, he took over two hectares of vines from his father and in 2006 he signed his first vintages. In 2008, he acquired other vines and decided to devote himself solely to his estate, whose terroir, very steep, consists of rocky and poor soils on a gray granite rock. The vines rest on the bedrock through very thin soil, and their roots plunge deep into the rock. Depending on the soil configuration, the vines are pruned in goblet or raised on stakes. Their average age is eighty years. The grape varieties, Gamay and Chardonnay, are classically Beaujolais. Nicolas also cultivates two other terroirs in the Régnié appellation: Les Bullats, with light, filtering sandy soils, and La Haute Ronze, very close to Morgon, whose deeper, clayey soils produce full-bodied wines. The vintages undergo long macerations (from 18 to 30 days) with punching down and temperature control (Nicolas works cold, around 20°C). Aging is partially done in temperature-controlled concrete vats for a third, the remaining two-thirds being spent in barrels of four to ten wines to provide oxygenation but little or no oaky sensation. Nicolas Chemarin is already well known in the natural world for his sweet and fruity vintages, pleasure wines, and for vintages from difficult and magnificent terroirs, with admirable and complex mineral, aromatic and spicy notes.