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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $31.90
6 bottles: $31.26
All Viognier, the 2020 Vin De France Esteban Blanc is a juicy, medium-bodied, delicious sparkler that has quality...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $261.00
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois comes from a site on the eastern side of the appellation and, like its...
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97
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Red
3.0Ltr
Bottle: $519.00
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois comes from a site on the eastern side of the appellation and, like its...
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97
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.90
6 bottles: $64.00
Mostly Clairette (there's 20% Grenache Blanc), the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Bernardine Blanc has a gorgeous array...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.74 $51.30
Blackberries, ripe cherries, Provençal garrigue, sandalwood, and savory flower notes all define the aromatics of the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $209.95 $214.70
Blackberries, crushed violets, ample minerality, and some scorched earth notes all emerge from the 2016 Côte Rôtie...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $111.12
6 bottles: $108.90
There are four Côte Rôties in 2019 that I was able to taste. In the same qualitative ballpark as the 2018, if not...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $185.90
6 bottles: $185.00
Named after the lieu-dit, which is located next to Viallière, the 2016 Côte Rôtie Nève sports a deep...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $240.87
6 bottles: $236.05
From a rocky, mica-schist lieu-dit that's only recently been showing up on single-vineyard wines, Chapoutier's 2017...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.60
12 bottles: $17.25
The 2022 Lubéron La Ciboise Blanc offers more citrus and sappy, mint herbs in a medium-bodied, vibrant, focused,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
Fresh and open, offering fun cherry and red licorice notes, with light plum pit and savory hints along the way....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.84 $17.60
12 bottles: $15.83
A supple and flavorful white with notes of cooked lemons, honeysuckle, pears and fresh leaves. Medium body with fresh...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $15.10 $16.78
12 bottles: $15.05
Both bright and generous, this Southern Rhone rosé is brimming with strawberry, nectarine and citrus fruit. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.84 $17.60
12 bottles: $15.83
Plenty of crunchy red berries and cherries on the nose with dark cherries, dried thyme and peppercorns. Medium body...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
A ripe, unctuous version, with an expressive mix of apple, nectarine, dried chamomile and warm hay flavors. Reveals a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.94
6 bottles: $42.08
Another beautiful white from the team, the 100% Marsanne 2021 Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers Blanc offers up lots...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.90 $40.90
Boasts beautifully pure fruit, with black and red berry flavors layered with sweet licorice, giving way to warm earth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
12 bottles: $34.24
Deep, brilliant violet color. Displays ripe red berry and cherry aromas that are complemented by cracked pepper and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.84
6 bottles: $43.94
An ample and well-rounded Crozes-Hermitage with notes of dark cherries, mixed berries, dried herbs, smoke and black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $399.95
6 bottles: $391.95
It is an amazing achievement. Even better is the 2008 Ermitage l’Ermite (449 cases). Not as concentrated as Le...
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The Rhone region of France is one which is deeply influenced by tradition. With a wine history which stretches back to well over a thousand years, and a consistent degree of excellence demonstrated by their wineries, producing wines which have shaped the drink as we know it, it isn’t difficult to see why tradition is held in such high regard. What is unusual then, is when you find a Rhone winery which, while producing excellent, classic Rhone wines, is also willing to seek out new opportunities and break from the norm somewhat.

One such winery is Maison Chapoutier. The Chapoutier family are a proper, old Rhone clan, who operate on land which has been passed down from father to son since the end of the 18th century. The winery was set up on the ancestral site in 1879, when a set of heritage vineyards were bought and new vines were sown, thus starting the business which continues to this day. The wineries fortunes were mixed, and for much of its history it didn’t make any great waves with their traditional, standard Hermitage wines which were probably very similar to those made elsewhere in the village. However, in the 1980s, the latest generation of Chapoutiers, Michel and Marc, took over the business from their father with a renewed sense of passion and keenness to make their voices heard and their wine tasted across the world.

The results were highly positive, and the Rhone wines of Maison Chapoutier quickly gained recognition for their excellence and complexity. The success of their home produce prompted the Chapoutier brothers to expand their family business, and they soon set their sights on becoming an international company, spreading their unique style - blending Rhone tradition with global sophistication - elsewhere around the world. They bought vineyards in Portugal, and then Australia, and decided to break with tradition completely and turn their farming techniques over to the biodynamic method, which emphasizes using natural cycles of the moon, enriching the soils with various natural components, and trying to be completely harmonious with nature. As such, all of their vineyards around the world are completely organic and biodynamic, and all of their wines are single-varietal - another unusual feature at odds with their traditional roots, where blending is very much the norm. The results more than speak for themselves, however, and Marc and Michel Chapoutier continue to receive awards and recognition for their wines, as they seek to expand further and continue spreading their message.