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As one of our insightful clients put it at a recent event in Melbourne with Tesseron’s Matthieu Chapoutier, “You can buy more famous names in Cognac, but you can’t buy better.” How true. In a story that mimics that of the top grower-producers in Champagne (vs. the Grandes Marques houses), the remarkable quality and distinctive, vinous style of Tesseron’s predominantly XO Cognacs have allowed this artisanal producer to carve out a niche among the giants of Cognac. 

Jean-Marie Guffens is one of France’s most revered wine makers. Though best known for his brilliant wines from the Mâcon, the wines from his southern Estate should not be overlooked! Nor should remarkable his Barsacs, where Château Closiot has quickly become a regional benchmark (at very fair prices). But that’s a discussion for another day. Château des Tourettes is Guffens’ Domaine in the Luberon—a stretch of magnificent, hilly vineyards between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.

“The key to these wines’ success is that they don’t hammer you over the head with the philosophy behind them, expressing their variety of lieux-dits with style and, prosaically, sheer deliciousness. Readers should seek out the superb single-site offerings from Saint-Véran or their Pouilly-Vinzelles, the last vintage before Premier Cru will be attached to its name.” Neal Martin, Vinous

Chermette’s 2024 Griottes is a punchy crowd-pleaser with loads of crunchy blueberry fruit and exuberant cherrystone tang. This is just the kind of Beaujolais the late Marcelle Lapierre referred to when he said, “Ça se boit sous la douche.” (It’s a wine you can drink under the shower.)

Matthieu Baudry continues to find new ways to progress his family Domaine and grow Cabernet Franc with ever more finesse. Sure, the father’s wines and choice of vineyards lit the torch—but the son’s progressive, outward-looking philosophy in the vineyard and cellar has taken everything to a new level. On top of an already impressive organic program, Baudry is now in his third year of biodynamic farming. Meanwhile, in the Domaine’s limestone-carved cellars, smaller oak vessels are making way for more large-format and concrete. The results are looking impressive indeed.

Aligoté’s fortunes have improved markedly since we began shipping this great-value Burgundy fifteen years ago. Yet here is a Burgundian Domaine where, unlike the Côte d’Or, Aligoté never fell out of fashion; even after phylloxera devastated the region, Guilhem Goisot’s ancestors replanted the variety on high, cool north-facing slopes located above the pretty Yonne town of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux. 

For all the riches it has to offer wine lovers, the alpine melting pot of Alto Adige remains a secret, guarded within Italy’s borders. Set amid the sawtooth limestone peaks of South Tyrol, this region’s wine culture has more in common with the neighbouring Austria and Germany than the rest of Italy.

By any measure, Philip Togni has led an extraordinary life in wine. Even in his ninth decade, he continues to inspire California’s wine scene. Accolades keep coming. Awarding Togni’s 2021 Cabernet Wine of the Year (2024), Antoni Galloni noted that, “Many of [Togni’s] recent releases have been positively stellar.” That praise applies not just to the iconic 2021...

Alongside the new vintage of Bérêche’s sensational Campania Remensis Rosé, today we offer our first allocation of Raphael Bérêche’s newest chef-d’oeuvre. Ten years in the making, and first released from the 2o14 vintage, Une Champagne is Bérêche’s tribute to Champagne’s long tradition of blending across its sub-regions. Disgorged ten years after harvest, the limited-release 2015 is an intense and explosive blend of the cellar’s finest barrels from Beaux Regards, Le Cran, Avize, Cramant, Ambonnay, Mailly and Aÿ.

There’s always one grower who upsets the applecart: Didier Dagueneau, François Chidaine, Olivier Lamy, Jean-Marie Guffens, Robert Plageoles, Josh Jensen to name a few. There’s gold in them hills, you just need to take the leap. We often say that tasting is believing. Even a few years ago, we wouldn’t have thought that the humble region of Touraine was capable of matching the best wines of Sancerre or Saumur...

With its green, shire-like landscape studded with extinct volcanoes, the tiny, remote appellation of the Côtes du Forez is another of France’s hidden gems. Although technically part of the Loire department, we tend to associate it more closely with Beaujolais. The drive from Lyon to La Madone takes roughly an hour and a half...

A great year for Bannockburn naturally means a great year for 1314. “I’m more excited about this vintage than any in recent memory,” says Gus Pollard. And that goes for the 1314 wines as much as it does for the Estate wines currently resting in the cellar...