France Misc

Agnes et Rene Mosse Bonnes Blanches 2021 (750ML)

Les Bonnes Blanches is a sector of vines widely considered to be the top terroir in the area. It’s location is geologically ideal to the Layon river, and it’s one of the rare vineyards that can produce an...

Agnes et Rene Mosse Moussamoussettes Pet-Nat Rose 2022 (750ML)

25 Wines To Drink Right Now For Summer 2024 - New Wine ReviewYour friends want something fizzy and pink. You want something nerdy. Or maybe vice versa. Doesn’t matter—this has been, and remains, the answer...

Albert Mann Pinot Gris Altenbourg Selection de Grains Nobles le Tri 2010 (375ML)

95 WA The acidity of Barthelmes’ 2010 Pinot Gris Altenbourg Selection De Grains Nobles Le Tri – picked on October 7 – is not extreme for its genre, but still nearly half again as much as that of the...

Claude Riffault Sancerre Les Chailloux 2020 (750ML)

94+ WA / 94 VM From 41- to 48-year-old vines on silex soils at 250 meters in altitude, Stéphan Riffault's 2020 Sancerre Les Chailloux shows a deep, complex and intensely mineral bouquet with ripe, intense, elegant...

Clos Cibonne Cuvee Tradition Rose Cotes de Provence 2019 (750ML)

The heart of Clos Cibonne is Tibouren. The Roux family are great fans of this native varietal and believed it to be the ideal grape for the region. As part of the estate’s revitalization in the 1930s, André Roux...

Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1ere Trie 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 94 WA / 17+ JR This is ripe and broad, taking a slightly more power-driven approach, with a mix of tropical mango and papaya fruit, backed by orchard fruit accents of yellow apple and peach. The long, heather...

Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Sec 2022 (750ML)

94 WS / 93 VM Perfumed and juicy, with a concentration that builds. Round and silky, this shows a lot of delicious fruit and a lot of complexity, with sea salt–dusted apple and honeycomb flavors layered with green...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Moelleux 2022 (750ML)

93 VM The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is a supple, tender style. It's delicate on the palate while succulent and medium-sweet, which is quite a feat. You'll struggle to find many producers in the world who can achieve this...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 1ere Trie 2020 (750ML)

97 VM / 95-96 WA / 95 WS There are many shouty wines in the world, but the 2020 Le Mont Moelleux is understated, which is highly attractive. There's finesse and elegance to this sweeter style (49g/L). Delicate exotic...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 1ere Trie Ex-Domaine 2003 (750ML)

96+ WA From another early, low-acid vintage, the golden shining, botrytis-free 2003 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie shows a beautifully intense, extraordinary clear, refined and elegant bouquet of ripe...

Huet Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux 1ere Trie 2022 (750ML)

95 VM Despite its 125g/L of residual sugar, the 2022 Le Mont Premiere Trie Moelleux is balanced, fine and long. Yes, its sweetness fills the mouth and makes it blossom, but there's no suggestion of unctuousness or weight...

Huet Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux 2022 (750ML)

94 VM The 2022 Le Mont Moelleux is a medium-sweet, tender style that is just so welcoming and appealing. It is the quiet type that doesn't show off. It offers breadth without weight, which I always like about the Huet wines...

Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 2022 (750ML)

95 VM / 94 WS The 2022 Le Mont Sec is a parcel of Chenin planted on clay with scattered flint, giving a certain tension to the style you certainly don't find in the come-hither Clos du Bourg. Its supple, concentrated core...

N. Joly Vignobles de la Coulee de Serrant Clos de la Coulee de Serrant 2020 (750ML)

91 VM This young Clos de la Coulée de Serrant is soft, round and mouthfilling. The fruit quality of the 2020 is concentrated and succulent without weight, but there's a light farmyardy character to the wine. Offering...

Pascal Cotat Sancerre la Grande Cote 2022 (750ML)

Paul Prieur et Fils Sancerre Monts Damnes 2021 (750ML)

92-93 VM The 2021 Monts Damnés was tasted as a barrel sample, staying in wood until just before the next harvest and then spending around six months in tank before bottling. It has plentiful concentration perhaps due...

Saint Michel Rivesaltes 1949 (750ML)

In the South of France, there is a long tradition of producing fortified wines, particularly in the appellations of Maury, Rivesaltes and Banyuls. The producers of these vins doux naturels often kept the best vintages for...

Trimbach Riesling Cuvee 390th Anniversary 2016 (750ML)

95 WE / 94 VM / 93 WS #3 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 2022 One of only three Anniversary Editions ever produced (1976, 2001, and 2016) and made from a blend of their finest grapes. Notes of petrol and pear are focused and...

Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvee les Caracoles 2021 (750ML)

96 JS  If you are ever worried that Alsace pinot gris might be too extravagant for you, here is an incredibly pure and wonderfully balanced example. Super-ripe apricot yet so bright and clean, then you are pulled into...

Weinbach Riesling Cuvee Colette 2018 (750ML)

95 JS / 94 WE / 92 WA What a deep and dramatic wine this is! But there’s also a lot of charm, the mini banana and fresh pineapple aromas pouring from the glass. A lot of power on the expansive palate, but also great...

Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl 2022 (750ML)

96 JS I love the subtle floral honey, ripe grapefruit and shiso leaf aromas of this super-elegant and creamy, full-bodied gewurz that is so unique you might well not recognize the grape variety. What delicacy and vitality...

Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal 2020 (750ML)

96 JS Indice 1 (13% Alcohol) 2025-2035+ A game-changing dry pinot gris that manages to get all the floral-honey character and creaminess that fans of this category adore into a self-confidently dry package. In spite of the...

Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl 2022 (750ML)

97 JS Pinot gris has the reputation of being easygoing, but this dry pinot gris from Alsace has enormous energy and vitality. The staggering citrusy juiciness electrifies the super-concentrated, medium-bodied palate. At...

Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain Grand Cru 2020 (750ML)

98 JS / 17 JR Indice 1 (13.6% Alcohol) 2025-2045+ Super smoky, spicy and flinty, this imposing and enveloping pinot gris is barely off-dry. Welcome to a world of smoky and textural complexity on the deep and refined palate...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Brand Grand Cru 2022 (750ML)

99 JS / 96 VM A great masterpiece of finesse. It’s hard to adequately describe the beauty of this dry riesling that marries breathtaking stone fruit aromas with an incredible freshness to create an overwhelmingly...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Hauserer 2019 (750ML)

96 JS / 96 DE With its cornucopia of yellow fruit, floral notes and wet-stone character, this is at once fleshy and enormously structured. Nothing opulent or warm about it at all, though. In fact, the very long finish is...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2022 (750ML)

97 JS / 96 VM At once powerful and crystalline, this densely structured dry riesling is made for the long term. Extremely lemony and salty on the medium- to full-bodied palate, then so compact at the very long, driving...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Sommerberg Grand Cru 2019 (750ML)

97 JS / 94 WS / 93 DE#1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Hannah G. It sounds corny, but this really tastes of an abundance of sunshine, with super-ripe pineapple character. That’s beautifully supported by the mineral...