Fresh for June
2022 Correggia Roero Arneis On Sale for $18.40 | Roero / Piedmont / Italy 100% Arneis Correggia produces this classically styled Arneis from vineyards with fine, sandy soils. 30% of the pressed juice is macerated with the skins to add depth and texture to the final wine. The wine rests for four months in stainless steel tanks prior to bottling. |
2022 Berhard Ott Fass 4 On Sale for $29.99 | Wagram / Austria 100% Gruner Veltliner The Ott family has been grape growers in the Wagram since 1889. All the sites which comprise the Fass 4 are biodynamically/organically farmed and all the grapes are harvested by hand. The hand harvesting allows for more strict grape selection and ultimately finer wines. |
2022 Vincent Paris Granit Blanc On Sale for $24 | Cornas / Northern Rhone Valley / France 66% Viognier, 33% Roussanne Vincent Paris is best known for his prototypical Syrah bottlings from his home village of Cornas, however, he also produces this lone white from an estate vineyard planted about 20 years ago. The wine is fermented and then aged for 6 months in neutral oak casks. |
2021 Pallus Messanges On Sale for $17.60 | Chinon / Loire Valley / France 100% Cabernet Franc Created from the domaine’s younger vines, the Messanges is intended for consumption in its youth. Messages is an old Loire word for Cabernet Franc, apropos to this textbook example. |
2021 Voliero Rosso On Sale for $25.99 | Montalcino / Tuscany / Italy 100% Sangiovese Voliero produces just 400 cases of this terrific Rosso. The wine is fermented in stainless steel using only indigenous yeast prior to a stint in large, neutral Slovenian and French oak casks, the wood being employed to soften and round the wine without adding any oaky flavors. |
2022 Fenouillet Terres Blanches On Sale for $20 | Beaumes de Venise / Southern Rhone Valley / France 50% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre Sourced from steep, terraced vineyards, the Terres Blanches showcases the cooler climate side of the Southern Rhone. The finished wine spends 11 months in concrete tanks prior to bottling. |