Wines for Spring
| 2024 Cray Montlouis On Sale for $22 | Montlouis / Loire Valley / France 100% Chenin Blanc A bracingly dry style of Chenin, Cray’s Montlouis hails from the singularly focused 2024 vintage. Montlouis is located adjacent to Vouvray and the two villages share Chenin as their one and only varietal. |
| 2023 Fouassier Sur le Fort On Sale for $40 | Sancerre / Loire Valley / France 100% Sauvignon Blanc With holdings located in and around the historic village of Sancerre proper, Fouassier produces several different site specific bottlings. The Sur le Fort cuvee is the product of old vines. |
| 2022 Samuel Billaud Villages On sale for $37 | Chablis / France 100% Chardonnay Samuel Billaud, the former winemaker for the acclaimed Billaud-Simon estate, started his own operation in 2010. The wines here are fresh and soil driven but do not lack weight and complexity. |
| 2024 Rudi Pichler Federspiel On Sale for $28 | Wachau / Austria 100% Gruner Veltliner The Pichler family have been stewards of vines in the Wachau since the 1700’s. Rudi Pichler began running the domaine in 1997 and the resulting wines have become some of the finest examples of Wachau Gruner. |
| 2021 Akutain Crianza On Sale for $28 | Rioja Alta / Rioja / Spain 95% Tempranillo with 5% Garnacha & Viura Sourced from two vineyards planted in 1975 and 1986 respectively, Akutain’s Crianza is rested from 23 months in mostly used American and French oak barrels. The wine is bottled unfined and aged for an additional year prior to release. |
| 2022 Stehelin Cheval Long On Sale for $22 | Sablet / Southern Rhône Valley / France Primarily Grenache Gently sloping, sandy hillside vineyards inform this medium weight, aromatic Cotes du Rhone. The vines here are 40 – 60 years of age and this is reflected in the concentration and depth found in the wine. |