France Misc

Albert Mann Pinot Gris Hengst Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

96 WA / 95 WE / 94 JS Harvested on September 19, the 2017 Pinot Gris Grand Cru Hengst offers generous and open (tropical) fruit with lots of floral aromas and great elegance. On the palate, this is a generous, dense,...

Delmas Blanquette De Limoux Tradition Brut NV (750ML)

Bronze Medal Decanter World Wine AwardsFloral, apple fruit with creamy notes. Lively, summery fizz with hints of sweetness. Big, gentle, fresh finish. - DecanterTasting Notes: Fresh, racy with a typical notes of crisp green...

Domaine Dugois Arbois Savagnin 2010 (750ML)

Domaine Pierre Chauvin Cremant de Loire 2014 (750ML)

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

96 WS / 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 Haut Lieu Moelleux 2016 (750ML)

95 WS / 16.5+ JR Gorgeous crystallized ginger, dried quince, glazed pear and warm persimmon notes are seamlessly interwoven here, gliding through a lengthy finish that picks up a lilting green tea accent. Frankly off-dry...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec 2019 (375ML)

95 WA / 93 WS The deep brown clay soils of the Haut-Lieu plateau provide the typical fruitiness and freshness wonderfully in Huet's 2019 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec. Ripe pear, tangerine and orange fruits with notes of lemon...

Huet Vouvray Moelleux Cuvee Constance 2016 (500ML)

96 WS Intense acidity cuts through the rich and plump profile of this sweet version, creating harmony and focus. Shows a wide range of flavors, with golden raisin, fig and flambéed pear notes on the palate,...

Mousse & Fils Ratafia La Vie en Meunier NV (500ML)

This 100% pinot meunier Ratafia from Champagne goes back to a 1947 family recipe from Champagne Moussé Fils using their Marc de Champagne, a liqueur distilled from pomace after winemaking. Non-sparkling, it...

Ostertag Riesling Muenchberg Grand Cru 2012 (750ML)

92 Vinous / 95 WE Gold-tinged straw. Deep, very pure nose hints at white peach, minerals and flowers. A noticeable step up in depth and complexity over the preceding Riesling samples, boasting impressive flavor intensity...

Triennes Rose 2020 (750ML)

Two of Burgundy’s greatest names – Jacques Seysses, founder of Domaine Dujac, and Aubert de Villaine, co-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – are the partners behind this pioneering property in...

Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvee Theo 2018 (750ML)

96 JS / 16.5+ JR An exotic array of herbal nuances with lemons and lychees, intermingled with chamomile flowers. The palate has a very succulent and juicy feel with a rich, fleshy and ripe array of peaches and stone fruit...

Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Grand Cru 2018 (750ML)

97 JS / 95 WE / 17.5 JR This dry riesling has astonishing elegance for the very warm vintage, with super ripe orange and papaya notes that lie far from the mainstream for the grape. Sure, it’s slightly Baroque on the...

Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl 2018 (750ML)

96 JS / 95 WE Rich, powerful and frankly sweet, but somehow cool with delicate exotic-fruit character (not just lychee), this is a highly structured gewurz that will need some years of bottle age to reveal its ample...

Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Hengst Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

 97 JS / 94 WE / 94 WS This has such complex, fresh and pristine florals with lilacs, frangipani and lemon blossom, intermingled with very ripe peaches, pears, lychees and melon. Plenty of spice, too. The palate is...

Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

98 JS / 96+ VM / 96 WE Smoky and floral with mango peel and candied oranges, making this an extremely unusual gewurztraminer and an amazing dry white. The long mineral finish gets an extra kick from the generous tannins and...

Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain Grand Cru 2019 (750ML)

97 JS This is a massively concentrated and enormously structured wine with so much smoke and spice, but there’s also so much rose aroma that it comes off as charming rather than imposing. And the giant freshness at...

Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen De Thann Clos St Urbain Grand Cru 2012 (750ML)

95-97 VM / 95 JS / 94 WA / 94 WE Medium straw-gold color. Pure, highly aromatic nose combines orange zest, smoke and white truffle, with complicating notes of lemony, marmaladey botrytis. The strong botrytis character is...

Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rotenberg 2019 (750ML)

95 JS This self-confidently atypical pinot gris has astonishing acidity that’s got the intensity of a lightning strike. Tons of pineapple and toast character, but also gigantic, lemony freshness at the exceptionally...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Brand Grand Cru 2018 (750ML)

97 JS / 97 WE / 95 VM Although only just beginning to open up, this is already a breathtakingly vibrant dry white that marries perfectly ripe, fresh-pineapple character with enormous minerality dominating the stunningly...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Hauserer Grand Cru 2018 (750ML)

96 JS Very flinty nose that’s still pretty closed, but with aeration, floral and beeswax notes slowly emerge. This has stunning concentration, but is still tightly wound. The acidity makes this extremely straight, but...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2019 (750ML)

96 JS It’s hard to resist the fragrant bouquet of apricot and orange blossom! This is very dense and concentrated with very intense, chalky minerality, yet it remains so graceful and the very long finish shows...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain GC 2017 (750ML)

95-97 WA / 96 JS / 96 WE / 94 DE  The 2017 Alsace Grand Cru Rangen de Thann Clos Saint Urbain Riesling fermented very quickly and offers a pure and flinty note on the intense but (certainly) still reductive nose. Lush...

Zind Humbrecht Riesling Sommerberg Grand Cru 2019 (750ML)

97 JS It sounds corny, but this really tastes of an abundance of sunshine, with super-ripe pineapple character. That’s beautifully supported by the mineral acidity, which keeps this as straight as a laser beam. Very...