2022 ChevernyDomaine du Salvard
France | Loire
$22
Producers
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A blend of multiple grapes and multiple vintages crafted in a fresh, easy-drinking style.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica
Reminiscent of ripe wild blackberries crushed on a hot stone, “Le Vin Coule” is utterly gulpable—give it a light chill and revel in this unique Corsican rouge.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The name is Corsican for “always happy,” and you’ll understand exactly why immediately upon pulling the cork.
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Vigneti delle Dolomiti
An ethereal red with a little spice.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
This Traminer Aromatico pays lovely homage to its French cousin, Alsatian Gewurztraminer, but with a Valdostano interpretation.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta Torrette
True to the region, it has exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Val de Loire
Expect hints of pepper, tomato leaf, earth, and an explosion of juicy red fruit like raspberry and cherry.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes | Savoie Chignin
If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one from the hills of Chignin, in Savoie.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
This cuvée delivers trademark elegance and notes of blackberries, forest, and graphite.
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet
France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Here is a rich, bold Régnié, saturated with luscious fruit and earthy spice.
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet
France | Beaujolais | Régnié
The high-toned nose suggests an absolutely electric wine, full of delicate florals and tart berries, and the juice hits the palate like a dreamy cloud of Gamay.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
All the care, attentiveness, and backbreaking labor required to farm this site result in one of the most joyful and lighthearted reds you will encounter.
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
A superb companion to stews, braised meats, and roasted vegetables.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
Domaine de Durban
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Durban does here what they do best, keeping the focus and precision of the terroir as well as loads of fruit and pleasure.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Domaine Gramenon
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
Serve this one cool, from a carafe, with a plain old burger—generously seasoned with herbes de Provence.
Maxime-François Laurent
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for your favorite summer grillables.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
For lovers of old-fashioned Beaujolais in all its elegant, high-toned, terroir-driven glory.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
A delightfully fresh, spicy, medium-bodied red scented of tart blackberries, wild mint, and other aromatic herbs.
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
This is by far the most aromatic Grenache we import, with a sweet fragrance of flowers, ripe strawberry, and Mediterranean herbs.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Precision, soaring floral aromatics, finely etched tannins, a ripe core of dense fruit, and a granitic crunch on the back end.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A rosé the color of a red, with gentle tannins and bursting with young, juicy fruit.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan says nostalgia is the longing for a past that never was. But, hand to god, this year's Cuvee Marylou tastes just like the raspberry thumbprint cookies my mother used to make for Christmas.
Alex Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
This drinks like a Gamay infusion with lovely hints of potpourri, spice, and fresh grapes.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
In this bottling from Yves Leccia, the French import Grenache—called Elegante in Corsica—takes center stage, offering fragrant notes of lavender spiced with balmy Mediterranean brush.
Steiger-Kalena
Italy | Molise
A toothsome red wine showing deep, wild fruit of alluring levity, “Passatella” comes in convivial one-liter bottles perfect for sharing.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
Les Vignes Oubliées
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Terrasses du Larzac
This wine marries the sunny influence of the south with chewy mountain tannins and a fresh streak of cool stone.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes | Savoie
It has often been likened to a cross between Pinot Noir and Syrah: bright, elegant, and floral, with suggestions of wild fruit, blood, and minerals.
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
Chotard has crafted a delicious, complex, and elegant rouge that gives many village Burgundies a run for their money.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
It’s dense, noble, with grip and grit, the kind of cuvée that could generate a lot of awe and attention... and also a much higher price tag.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
Shows a kinship with the northern Rhône, echoing aromas of black olive and violets.
Deperu Holler
Italy | Sardinia | Isola dei Nuraghi
This inky, chewy blend of Cannonau with the native Muristellu boasts a strikingingly wild perfume that soars from the glass.
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
A pure Grenache from a north-facing parcel on sandstone soil. Delicate, floral, utterly seductive aromatics; silky texture.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Etna
This red’s satiny texture allows it to gloss over the palate with utter delicacy, while suggestions of smoke, white pepper, and brandied cherries linger after each sip.
Domaine La Tour Vieille France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Banyuls
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
A stony, spicy cuvée full of Mediterranean sunshine, aromatic garrigue, and a hint of salinity that offers a perfect match for grilled rosemary lamb chops.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The depth, complexity, and crushed-stone minerality of a great Côte-Rôtie, all while maintaining inviting youthful fruit.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
A textbook Chinon like this merits simple, rustic cuisine such as roast game, baked potatoes, and sautéed porcini mushrooms.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Chinon
Jean-Claude Marsanne France | Northern Rhône | IGP Ardèche
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
Rada’s dense, minty Cagnulari is a reminder to take Sardinian reds very seriously.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica | Île de Beauté
A Corsican Red from a Rosé Specialist
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
Chotard has crafted a delicious, complex, and elegant rouge that gives many village Burgundies a run for their money.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The Cuvée Sarah, an aromatic mix of roasted, smoking herbs with plenty of tannins to chew on, goes down with pleasure and calls for another round (and a grill).
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Montpeyroux
Proof that a great site and honest farming are key to genuine, long-lived wines.
Benoît Cantin
France | Burgundy | Irancy
Medium ruby color, with aromas of sweet cherries and spices, roses, and a grind of the pepper mill.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône | Crozes Hermitage
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A great option when you need to stop your “natty wine” friends in their un-sulfinated tracks. A seriously playful Cab Franc from the masters of vinous fun.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Barbaresco
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Medium-bodied and intensely aromatic, this wine provides an abundance of red berries and lip-smacking acidity.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
The fruit—think cherries and strawberries—is more reserved, with smoke and stones sharing the stage.
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
This cuvée is dark-fruited velvet in a bottle.
Benoît Cantin
France | Burgundy | Irancy
From a single-vineyard parcel on one of the family’s most primely positioned slopes, this bottling has more depth, concentration, and brambly tannic punch.
Château Moulin
France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Made without added sulfur, a transparent reflection of Merlot grown in the limestone and clay of Fronsac
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
This is delicious Sangiovese from the Greve zone of Chianti Classico and made by some of the nicest and most talented people you could ever hope to meet.
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
February ’19 Club Rouge Selection
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
“Sciavè is the result of ancient clones of Nero d’Avola which, besides exalting the limestone matrix of its terroir of origin in the Eloro appellation, carry forth the elegance gleaned from patiently aging the wine in barrel.”
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
Castagnoli
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
A delicious Chianti Classico for now or later, with extraordinary potential at table.
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
Domaine Catherine Le Gœuil
France | Southern Rhône | Cairanne
This Cairanne bears all of the southern Rhône notes we love and pairs magically with braised oxtails or grilled lamb chops.
Domaine Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Cuvée 1512 represents a much more serious breed of Gamay pleasure.
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
Soft and refined, it can be appreciated in its youth, while the powerful structure lurking beneath promises a bright future in your cellar.
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