Grower Spotlights
We stand prepared to receive several new releases from Château de Chaintres, including, notably, a miniscule allocation of the heartwarmingly old-school 1989 Saumur-Champigny which has rested tranquilly in the estate’s cellar since its bottling.
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While undoubtedly richer and more powerful than the 2021s with which we commenced our partnership, Anita’s 2022s offer excellent balance, with fine and gorgeously rendered tannins, dark but restrained fruit, and intense minerality.
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The wines of Joaquin are bold and startling, offering an experience akin to eating unpasteurized cheese for the first time: a new sensation but one somehow deeply familiar, accompanied by the feeling that this is how it’s supposed to be but so rarely is.
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The incoming 2022s from Clos des Rocs bear the warmth of the vintage in their luscious, tactile fruit, their notable density, and their overall open-knit character. However, they remain strikingly mineral-driven, with a powerfully buttressing stoniness underpinning the voluminous fruit, and high-pitched tones of quinine and citrus complementing the well-balanced acidity.
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Nowhere does Chenin Blanc express more beauty than in Vouvray, and the Foreau family’s Domaine du Clos Naudin—a keystone of the RWM portfolio for four decades—produces arguably the finest examples in the entire appellation. From their enviable holdings in the tuffeau heart of the appellation, father and son Philippe and Vincent Foreau shepherd into bottle scintillating, kaleidoscopic wines which vibrate with mineral intensity, maintaining their haunting depth and laser-like precision even at triple-digit levels of residual sugar.
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We stand prepared to receive the epic 2016 Oddero Vignarionda, from a justly lauded vintage considered unanimously to be a modern-day classic.
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Bagnol’s stunning Cassis Rosé, from Grenache and Mourvèdre, has been among our most beloved wines in the category for decades, and their flagship Cassis Blanc in recent years has gained notable textural depth through Sébastien’s searching and thoughtful approach.
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We are prepared to receive Luigi’s new releases this month: the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino, a sumptuous, concentrated wine with an impressive top-to-bottom spectrum of aromas, from wispy spice and floral tones to deep earth; and the 2022 Rosso di Montalcino, full of juicy cherries and damp soil, gently somber yet with admirable lift given the power of the vintage.
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Since his first-ever harvest in 2011, former architect Andrea Mosca has achieved quick and profound fluency in his newly chosen craft, and today he produces among the most spectacularly expressive wines in the Alto Piemonte.
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Utilizing spontaneous initial fermentations, then prompting secondary fermentation with the addition of a splash of unfermented grape must from the same harvest, and bottling with no added sulfur, Gianluca produces sparkling wines which sizzle with life—electrifying, mineral-saturated bottlings that revel in their expressive power. They offer a palpable and exciting drinking experience fully at odds with mainstream Lambrusco’s conservative simplicity; for us, tasting them was like encountering the truth of the region for the first time.