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Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir
You have been told that Pinot Noir is the most finicky of grapes; indeed, it’s supposed to be the “heartbreak grape.” The statement is not false but it’s also not completely true. To make great Pinot noir is bloody difficult and to do it consistently is virtually impossible, unless you’re in some famous place. But that’s true of most grapes. It’s true that Pinot noir grown in the wrong place is pretty dreadful, maybe more dreadful than most other grapes. But the middle ground has plenty of wealth to it – you need a friendly place for grape growing but not too friendly. With France’s Pays d’Oc, there are places where it’s easy to ripen grapes and areas that offer just enough challenge to coax Pinot Noir into showing its friendly and compelling side. This is an ideal example.
Type, Body & Flavor
Lillie's Collection Chardonnay
Lillie Langtry was a young Jersey Island lass who moved to New York to become a famous actress and after years of playing America’s theaters, she bought 4000+ acres in Lake County and started a vineyard. Foley Family bought the place and produces wines both from the estate and from grapes further south along the coast. That’s where this comes from - and it's just as beautiful and elegant as Lillie was.
Type, Body & Flavor
Lillie's Collection Red
Guenoc Winery Langtry Estate Lillie’s Collection Victorian Claret –The Langtry estate’s history is not just that it was planted by Lillie Langtry, a once famed and adventurous Victorian actress. The vineyard was nearly forgotten but rescued back in the 1970s by Orville Magoon. This is nearly two-thirds Petite Sirah – the grape was Orville’s obsession - with 35% Merlot and few points of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Type, Body & Flavor
Lobster Reef Sauv Blanc
Lobster Reef was started by the Brown family, grape growers since 1980. After a decade of producing grapes for others, they started their own project, Cape Campbell Wines. In 2002 they bought 200 acres in the Blind River sub-region of Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc’s sweet spot. Lobster Reef represents wines from that spot as well as some from some of their neighbors in Marlborough.
Type, Body & Flavor
Lou Pichoun Rose
Hailing from an area where the days are Mediterranean warm but the high altitude makes for much cooler nights as air from the Alps descends into the vineyards. Lou Pichoun has the look and feel of Provençal rosé, yet it's a bit lighter and airier.
Type, Body & Flavor
Louis Vellas Sauvignon Blanc
To most, the Languedoc is a large scale region with small scale ambitions. Even more importantly, there are ancient vineyards in the Languedoc that didn't get grubbed up and replaced with newer, sexier clones. Older vines have survived, and in the best spots, the climate is conducive to long life, and those vines that have provided the grapes for this wine have long been grown organically.
Type, Body & Flavor
Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Love Sonoma Cutrer? Try Maison Belliac Chardonnay! When the French decided to build the Canal du Midi, they unsurprisingly chose a portion of the Pays d’Oc that is flatter and less mountainous than much of the regional landscape. The climate is different, needless to say, but not so very different from sunny California, and the wine has some of that same buttery character that West Coast Chardonnay exemplifies.
Type, Body & Flavor
Maison De Palais Voleur
Only a few years ago, we could say that Gigondas, nearby and reflecting the terroir and grapes of Chateauneuf, was the great bargain of the Southern Rhone Valley. Nowadays, you have to look harder to find those values. The quaint little village Gigondas deserves some attention; the Romans certainly thought so. They called it “Jocunditas” which means joy or rejoicing, so we can guess that somebody liked the wine even then.
Type, Body & Flavor
Maison De Rue 37
Aside from sounding like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Midnight Cowboy, Rasteau is one of the genuine values in red wine. More or less baby Chateauneuf, Rasteau these days mimics the blend that has evolved in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and now extends to other critical areas of the Southern Rhone: 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 5% other (in this case, Cinsault).
Type, Body & Flavor
Maison Latour Renard Rouge
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in France remains a lovely, charming village where a relic of the True Cross, given to Guilhem by Charlemagne is supposedly interred at the Gellone Monastery. Wines around the city of Montpellier will usually use this geographical identifier, and Maison Latour Renard is glad they were able to capture the name for their Syrah and Cinsault blend.
Type, Body & Flavor
Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir
You have been told that Pinot Noir is the most finicky of grapes; indeed, it’s supposed to be the “heartbreak grape.” The statement is not false but it’s also not completely true. To make great Pinot noir is bloody difficult and to do it consistently is virtually impossible, unless you’re in some famous place. But that’s true of most grapes. It’s true that Pinot noir grown in the wrong place is pretty dreadful, maybe more dreadful than most other grapes. But the middle ground has plenty of wealth to it – you need a friendly place for grape growing but not too friendly. With France’s Pays d’Oc, there are places where it’s easy to ripen grapes and areas that offer just enough challenge to coax Pinot Noir into showing its friendly and compelling side. This is an ideal example.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lillie's Collection Chardonnay
Lillie Langtry was a young Jersey Island lass who moved to New York to become a famous actress and after years of playing America’s theaters, she bought 4000+ acres in Lake County and started a vineyard. Foley Family bought the place and produces wines both from the estate and from grapes further south along the coast. That’s where this comes from - and it's just as beautiful and elegant as Lillie was.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lillie's Collection Red
Guenoc Winery Langtry Estate Lillie’s Collection Victorian Claret –The Langtry estate’s history is not just that it was planted by Lillie Langtry, a once famed and adventurous Victorian actress. The vineyard was nearly forgotten but rescued back in the 1970s by Orville Magoon. This is nearly two-thirds Petite Sirah – the grape was Orville’s obsession - with 35% Merlot and few points of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lobster Reef Sauv Blanc
Lobster Reef was started by the Brown family, grape growers since 1980. After a decade of producing grapes for others, they started their own project, Cape Campbell Wines. In 2002 they bought 200 acres in the Blind River sub-region of Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc’s sweet spot. Lobster Reef represents wines from that spot as well as some from some of their neighbors in Marlborough.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Lou Pichoun Rose
Hailing from an area where the days are Mediterranean warm but the high altitude makes for much cooler nights as air from the Alps descends into the vineyards. Lou Pichoun has the look and feel of Provençal rosé, yet it's a bit lighter and airier.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Louis Vellas Sauvignon Blanc
To most, the Languedoc is a large scale region with small scale ambitions. Even more importantly, there are ancient vineyards in the Languedoc that didn't get grubbed up and replaced with newer, sexier clones. Older vines have survived, and in the best spots, the climate is conducive to long life, and those vines that have provided the grapes for this wine have long been grown organically.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Love Sonoma Cutrer? Try Maison Belliac Chardonnay! When the French decided to build the Canal du Midi, they unsurprisingly chose a portion of the Pays d’Oc that is flatter and less mountainous than much of the regional landscape. The climate is different, needless to say, but not so very different from sunny California, and the wine has some of that same buttery character that West Coast Chardonnay exemplifies.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Maison De Palais Voleur
Only a few years ago, we could say that Gigondas, nearby and reflecting the terroir and grapes of Chateauneuf, was the great bargain of the Southern Rhone Valley. Nowadays, you have to look harder to find those values. The quaint little village Gigondas deserves some attention; the Romans certainly thought so. They called it “Jocunditas” which means joy or rejoicing, so we can guess that somebody liked the wine even then.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Maison De Rue 37
Aside from sounding like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Midnight Cowboy, Rasteau is one of the genuine values in red wine. More or less baby Chateauneuf, Rasteau these days mimics the blend that has evolved in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and now extends to other critical areas of the Southern Rhone: 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 5% other (in this case, Cinsault).
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions
Maison Latour Renard Rouge
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in France remains a lovely, charming village where a relic of the True Cross, given to Guilhem by Charlemagne is supposedly interred at the Gellone Monastery. Wines around the city of Montpellier will usually use this geographical identifier, and Maison Latour Renard is glad they were able to capture the name for their Syrah and Cinsault blend.
Type, Body & Flavor
Pairings & Occasions