Textbook Sancerre: bright and citrusy, with a clean, stony finish.

Fresh and punchy Cabernet Franc from fun-loving Catherine and Pierre Breton. Light, juicy, and ready to go. Drink young, drink chilled, drink plenty.

February Adventures Club ~ Exotically perfumed with hints of guava, musk, and clove, it finishes dry and quite flinty.

This is the grandest bottling of Cabernet Franc from one of Chinon’s most outstanding producers.

Alouettes harkens to a different era: it’s pleasantly tannic and chalky, with sleek notes of licorice, cranberry, and prickly black pepper.

Burgundian-like in character from its time spent in barrel, the laser-like acidity will become even more enticing with some age.

This is Vouvray sec of the cold mountain stream persuasion—bracing, with a clean finish.

Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.

A single-vineyard bottling whose age lends a soft, drawn butter richness to its bright, tart citrus palate.

You’ll appreciate the distinctive flavor profile: ripe, succulent citrus devoid of grassiness, with the same flinty nerve as a good Sancerre.

Fermented and aged in barrel and bottled unfiltered, it features a delightful kiss of oak on the long, bracing, mouth-watering finish.

This exquisite Muscadet is a perfect reflection of where it originates, as if it’s been sculpted by ocean winds and infused with sea salt.

Sauvignon and a splash of Chardonnay: the epitome of minerally Loire refreshment

Pure and precise, this chalky Sauvignon Blanc offers a combination of bright citrus with a creamy depth that is simply hard to resist.

Pure, classy fruit sing tenor without any interference from the earthy bass that often makes itself heard in Bourgogne rouge.

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The classic Sauvignon Blanc characteristics are present but understated, and there’s a chalkiness so textural you can feel it as you taste.

Even though all of the wines hail from Chinon, the soil, elevation, and exposition all combine to make Le Clos Guillot their cuvée with the most finesse.

This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.

Chinons from Joguet are known for their firm minerality, but this one is quite charming as well, with plummy black fruit, myrtle, and notes of warm licorice.

Made from nearly hundred-year-old vines, this a great initiation into the world of Thierry’s white wines.

A subtly floral nose and textured mouthfeel seal the deal. This is off-the-charts Muscadet.

Smooth and seductive on the palate, Cuvée Beauvais offers a resurgence of silky fruit and florals—like blackberries and roses, without the thorns.

This red is 100% Pineau d’Aunis, an indigenous red grape we hold dear to our collective hearts because of its mystifying aromatics and bright, juicy texture.

The most serious and age-worthy of Champalou’s dry wines, it has a depth and richness of flavor that allow it to shine alongside refined cuisine.

Savennières is home to some of the greatest terroirs for this grape variety thanks to its soils of schist, sandstone, and blue slate and its proximity to the moderating Loire River.

A single-vineyard bottling whose age lends a soft, drawn butter richness to its bright, tart citrus palate.

Citrusy aromatics, bracing salinity, and a mineral backbone make it a mouthwatering match for tangy, herb-laden soups like tom kha gai.

Intensely dry and mineral, the structured Les Arceaux is a bottle to pair with a meal rather than to drink as an apéritif.

Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.

Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.

The family’s grandest wine, a brooding elixir of satiny fruit, cedar, and graphite.

Thierry Germain’s meticulous process coaxes out the delicate and aromatic side of Chenin Blanc—think jasmine, honeysuckle, and peach.

When you smell it, keep in mind that no other wine, besides a Melon de Bourgogne grown in the gabbro soil of Gorges, could possibly smell like this one does.

Racy, slightly honeyed, exotically perfumed, and loaded with minerality, this wine is an excellent representation of how Chenin reacts to the local conditions.

Made from Chenin Blanc in the Champagne method, this cuvée is the quintessential apéritif sparkling wine, with notes of apple and pear and a fine bead.

Powerful, cellar-worthy dry Chenin aged in chestnut, oak, and acacia.

Juicy and open-knit, it mirrors the sensation of biting into fleshy slices of white peach, nectarine, and guava.

Gently perfumed and full of fresh berries with the bright, stony finish typical of wines from Reuilly

Bright cherry, tart fruit, and plenty of mineral zip.

Pierre’s old-vine Quincy has a mouth-coating texture and charming notes of tangerine that are certain to earn this great appellation the following it deserves.

A lovely combination of Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc, there seems to be a synergistic effect elevating both grapes to create a juicy, spicy, refreshing whole.

February Club Gourmand ~ Les Granges is the Baudry cuvée to drink in its youth, while the perfume of rose petals and brambly berries is at its most vivid and vibrant.

Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.

It might be the most unusual and most delicious top-quality sweet wine you have ever tried.

Les Grézeaux comes from the Baudry’s oldest vines, which yield a concentrated and silky rouge that is ready to drink today but will age beautifully.

Delicious and honest naturally sparkling Chenin, bottled with no dosage and no sulfur.

Fine, with bright acid, sleek silkiness, and great length, it is the most elegant of all of Thierry’s red wines.

This lithe and expressive “orange” wine is an ideal palate-opener with a dry, cleansing finish and a fresh, cooling effect like coastal sage and seaspray.

Ultra fresh and brimming with citrus blossom and orchard fruit notes, it has a saline, mineral finish that leaves my palate begging for more.

With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.

This Saumur Champigny is electric and alive, from the first scent of roses on the nose to the juxtaposition of textured tannic grip and sheer weightlessness on the palate.

Unique in its combination of honeyed richness and flinty verve. Hard to resist on its own, but you might also try serving it with salty-sweet yakitori or buffalo chicken wings.

Outre Terre is a tiny production of Cabernet Franc fermented in amphora and aged in barrel.

This wine is deep and textural, with serious presence on the palate and a dry, flinty finish.