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Sandrone

Le Vigne Barolo Sibi et Paucis 2013

Barolo

Le Vigne is a wine created from four different Nebbiolo vineyards, each of which brings its own contribution. This union generates an exceptionally complex wine that is round and harmonious on the palate, with fruity and spicy notes, and this approach of blending together plots is in fact the traditional one in Barolo.

Ponzi Vineyards

Pinot Noir Reserve 2019

Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley

Ponzi Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve is the epitome of restrained power. It hails from estate grown fruit on Laurelwood soils in the Chehalem Mountains, including from some of Oregon’s oldest vines. This remarkably complex wine is handcrafted with tremendous attention to detail.

Langlois-Chateau

Château de Fontaine-Audon Sancerre 2022

Loire Valley, France

The crown jewel of Langlois’ Sancerre holdings is at Château de Fontaine-Audon, a 37-acre vineyard from which they produce a single-vineyard Sancerre of the same name. 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown entirely on silex (flint) terroir, Langlois-Chateau’s single-vineyard Sancerre undergoes a gentle pressing, is fermented in stainless steel and then is kept on its lees for 6 months until bottling in April.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc 1er Cru Domaine 2021

Beaune, Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc 1er Cru Domaine 2020

Beaune, Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Nuits-Saint-Georges 2019

Nuits-St-Georges, Burgundy

The area of production is located in the commune of Nuits Saint Georges, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits. The grapes are sourced from selected plots of vineyard South of the village, at the border of the “Premier Cru” area.

Domaine Chanson

Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nuits-St-Georges, Burgundy

The area of production is located in the commune of Nuits Saint Georges, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits. The grapes are sourced from selected plots of vineyard South of the village, at the border of the “Premier Cru” area.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge 1er Cru 2020

Beaune, Burgundy

Chanson is one of the major owners of Clos des Mouches with a vineyard of 4.5 hectares. Ideal location on the hill at the southern end of the vineyards of Beaune on a spur pointing toward Pommard. A plot of 2.5 hectares is planted with Pinot Noir on a limestone subsoil covered with clay.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge 1er Cru

Beaune, Burgundy

Chanson is one of the major owners of Clos des Mouches with a vineyard of 4.5 hectares. Ideal location on the hill at the southern end of the vineyards of Beaune on a spur pointing toward Pommard. A plot of 2.5 hectares is planted with Pinot Noir on a limestone subsoil covered with clay.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes 2021

Beaune, Burgundy

This 2 hectare vineyard is located on the upper part of the hill, facing east. This vineyard was owned in the XIIIth century by a Canon of Beaune, Jean Bressand, hence the name “Bressandes”.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes

Beaune, Burgundy

A Chanson “monopole” in the very heart of the first Growths vineyards of Beaune. The vineyard covering 3.80 ha is located on a mid slope. The “Clos des Fèves” was already known in the 14th century under the latin word “Fae”.

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Fèves 1er Cru Domaine 2021

Beaune, Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Beaune Clos des Marconnets 1er Cru

Burgundy, France

“Les Marconnets” are located in the Northern hint of the Appelation Beaune 1er Cru. The name of this vineyard referred to the german tribe “Marcomans”. Chanson owns 4 ha, i.e, 40% of the vineyard.

Domaine Chanson

Savigny-Dominode 1er Cru Domaine 2021

Savigny-Les-Beaune, Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Domaine Chanson Beaune Clos des Marconnets Domaine 2021

Beaune, Burgundy

“Les Marconnets” are located in the Northern hint of the Appelation Beaune 1er Cru. The name of this vineyard referred to the german tribe “Marcomans”. Chanson owns 4 ha, i.e, 40% of the vineyard.

Domaine Chanson

Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses Domaine 2021

Pernand-Vergelesses, Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Chablis 2022

Chablis, Burgundy

The village of Chablis, located in the northernmost district of Burgundy, is known for producing steely, crisp wines with intense green-appley acidity and a firm, mineral backbone. Chanson’s Chablis shows characteristics you’d expect from Premier and Grand Cru wines from the appellation and has the same phenolic maturity. The fruit comes from selected hillside plots just south of the village giving greater concentration and ripeness.

Domaine Chanson

Bourgogne Chardonnay 2018

Burgundy

This serious Bourgogne Blanc is pale gold in color with intense aromas of citrus fruit, green almond and an underlying minerality. On the palate, it is well-balanced, with very pure fruit and a racy acidity. The finish is refreshing. It’s perfect with charcuterie, pâté and goat cheese.

Quinta do Noval

Fine White Port NV

Douro Valley, Portugal

A white port made with traditional white grape varietals from the Douro Valley. It is a blend of wines aged between 2 and 3 years to create a wine that is fruity, fine, sweet, unctuous, with a good aromatic persistence.

Quinta do Noval

Fine Ruby Port

Douro Valley, Portugal

This is a deep-colored lively, peppery wine full of fresh fruit flavors it is bottled after three years in cask. An ideal Port for informal drinking.

Quinta do Noval

Touriga Nacional 2020

Douro DOC

Intense and concentrated, with fine tannic structure, Touriga Nacional is distinguished by its delicacy, a characteristic of the Quinta do Noval style. It is the product of a strict selection from the best lots produced by the Quinta in any given year.

Quinta do Noval

Fine White Port

Douro Valley, Portugal

A white port made with traditional white grape varietals from the Douro Valley. It is a blend of wines aged between 2 and 3 years to create a wine that is fruity, fine, sweet, unctuous, with a good aromatic persistence.

Quinta do Noval

Branco Reserva 2021

Douro Valley, Portugal

An authentic white wine with the ambitious to represent the best white wine produced in the Douro Valley. It is derived from a strict selection of the best batches of the Quinta’s various indigenous grape varieties. Rich and structured, it is outstanding for its finesse and intensity

Quinta do Noval

Branco Reserva

Douro Valley, Portugal

An authentic white wine with the ambitious to represent the best white wine produced in the Douro Valley. It is derived from a strict selection of the best batches of the Quinta’s various indigenous grape varieties. Rich and structured, it is outstanding for its finesse and intensity

Quinta do Noval

Vintage Port 2021

Douro Valley, Portugal

Quinta do Noval Vintage Port is characterized by its purity of fruit and a fine and delicate quality that is typical of the wines of the property in general but which finds its most remarkable and enduring expression in the Vintage Ports. Equilibrium, harmony, finesse and elegance characterize Noval’s great Vintage Ports. Unlike other Port houses, Noval produces a Vintage Port almost every year using only a very strict selection of the very best lots, the quantity produced varying accordingly.

Quinta do Noval

Nacional Vintage Port 2021

Douro Valley, Portugal

The word “Nacional” refers to the fact that the vines are Portuguese vines growing in Portuguese soil with no foreign root stock and are therefore “attached to the soil of the Nation.” The survival of the tiny parcel (6 acres) of legendary ungrafted vines is a mystery and the National is a unique and extraordinary phenomenon that does not necessarily follow the same rhythm as the rest of the Quinta do Noval. Nacional is every port lover’s fantasy and this great wine is a source of pride to the people of Portugal and at its best the finest expression of the extraordinary terroir of Quinta do Noval.

Masciarelli

Villa Gemma Abruzzo Bianco 2022

Abruzzo Bianco DOC

While the Villa Gemma Montepulciano was the wine that announced Abruzzo to the world, the Bianco, created just a year later, further defined what the region and grapes of Abruzzo could produce. This wine, first released in 1985, speaks to the white grape varieties specific to the region and has become on of the most exciting wines produced at the estate

Quinta do Noval

Vinhas da Marka 2019

Douro Valley

Vinhas da Marka is the very first edition of a new exciting project called ‘Terroir Series’. Every edition will focus on one specific terroir that was identified that year as exceptional.

A few years ago, Quinta do Noval concluded an agreement with the Agrellos family for the long term lease of the vineyard of Quinta da Marka, which we had identified as having terroir of exceptional potential. This potential was revealed by the outstanding red wines produced in the 2019 vintage. It was so remarkable, that the Noval team has decided to release a very limited volume of that wine. Only 200 bottles was brought into the US.

Chateau Montelena

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016

Napa Valley, California

A true icon. The Napa Valley Chardonnay is the wine that put Chateau Montelena and Napa Valley at the forefront of the wine world in 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris.” To great disbelief, the Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays. And as they say, the rest is history.

Chateau Montelena

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2021

Napa Valley, California

A true icon. The Napa Valley Chardonnay is the wine that put Chateau Montelena and Napa Valley at the forefront of the wine world in 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris.” To great disbelief, the Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays. And as they say, the rest is history.