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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $15.10
Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 40-year-old Muscadet vines planted in shallow soils of disintegrated mica/schist....
White
White
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.99 $28.88
12 bottles: $23.56
The 2021 Greco di Tufo is tonic and clean with citrus, white flower, crushed stone and playful hints of garden herb....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.50
The 2021 Zweigelt was grown on the southern edge of Kamptal on alluvial gravels. Subtle reduction is still smoky and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.25
Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
Also a month in bottle, but it's more round and also less sweet; in fact this is a mannerly fellow with a certain...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $21.20
12 bottles: $17.63
From the straw yellow color, this Greco di Tufo offers a rich bouquet of ripe fruits, from white peach to apricot,...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
Quite a rich and earthy wine with plenty of spice and savoriness, but also generous blueberry fruit. Underlying this...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.63
Case only
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $40.75
Matured 18 months in traditional underground vats, the 2021 Clos des Bouquinardières reveals an abundance of herbs,...
WA
92
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $44.98
Matured 18 months in traditional underground vats, the 2021 Clos des Bouquinardières reveals an abundance of herbs,...
WA
92

Greco Bianco Melon de Bourgogne Zweigelt 2021

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.