Tasting notes, Oct. 8, 2022: Seldom seen wines

                 Seldom Seen

2021 Monchiero Carbone
Gavi di Comune del Gavi
$19.99 / Case Price $16
Gavi / Piedmont / Italy
100% Cortese
From the sub-district of Rovereto, Gavi, Mochiero’s Gavi is texturally silky and aromatically fine. The wine is aged for four months in stainless steel tanks in suspension with its lees.
2020 Cazin Cour-Cheverny
$22.99 / Case Price $18.40 
Cour-Cheverny / Loire Valley / France
100% Romorantin
Romorantin is the signature varietal of the tiny Cour-Cheverny appellation capable of producing rich, full bodied wines of varying sweetness levels. Cazin’s Cour-Cheverny tradition is finished with very little residual sugar and sourced from 40 – 90 year-old vines.
2020 Thibaud Boudignon
Anjou Blanc
$45 / Case Price $36
Anjou / Loire Valley / France
100% Chenin Blanc
Thibaud Boudignon is a Bordeaux native who found his way to the Anjou back in 2007. Since that time, he has become one of the most well-regarded producers of dry Chenin Blanc in the appellation.
2019 Eric Texier
St-Julien en St-Alban
$31.99 / Case Price $25.60
St Julien en St Alban / France
100% Syrah
Pure Syrah planted in the southern sector of the Northern Rhone, the vineyards for Texier’s St Alban rooted in granite. This bottling is fermented and aged only in concrete.
2020 Danilo Thomain
Enfer d’Arvier
$41.99 / Case Price $33.60
Valle d’Aosta / Italy
100% Petit Rouge
The Enfer d’Arvier is one of the smallest DOC’s in Italy at just 5 hectares in size. Danilo Thomain is the only independent producer in the zone, creating his Petit Rouge bottling from this rare, sunny microclimate.
2018 Ca’ La Bionda Ripasso “Malavoglia”
$31.99 / Case Price $25.60
Valpolicella / Veneto / Italy
70% Corvina, 20% Corvione, 10% Molinara & Rondinella
Created by re-fermenting Valpolicella wine on the spent skins of Amarone and Recioto, Ripasso wines always feature an extra gear of concentration and richness. Ca’ La Bionda’s Malavoglia is aged for 18 months in large oak casks following fermentation.