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72-Hour Father’s Day Sale

We’re both fathers these days here at Ansonia Wines, so we’re looking forward to opening a nice bottle or two next weekend. In case your father (or your kids) still need a present, we’ve put together a dozen gift ideas.

  • they’re all 15% off
  • there’s no minimum purchase
  • every bottle ships for free next week in the Eastern half of the US — we can even send it right to your dad

(Also — for any self-gifting fathers or non-fathers out there looking for a bargain on a nice bottle or two — no judgment.)

Use the code PERE at checkout for 15% off and free shipping. Sale ends Sunday at midnight.

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1. Boyer-Martenot Meursault 1er cru “Charmes” 2015
$94 $82 (-15%) = $69.70
Rich, mouthfilling, classic Meursault from an early drinking year. This is fleshy and smooth, showing notes of citrus, mango, white flowers, and straw.
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2. Boyer-Martenot Meursault 1er cru “Perrières” 2016
$150 $135 (-15%) = $114.75
From Meursault’s finest vineyard, this remarkably concentrated wine. The mouth is long and intense, with enough acidity from the vintage to carry it forward 5-8 years if desired.
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3. Bonnefond Côte Rôtie “Roziers” 2015
$84 $72 (-15%) = $61.20
Elegant, inky, concentrated Northern Rhône syrah from an exceptional year. From a plot right next to the lengedary La Landonne vineyard, this is a great candidate for cellaring.
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4. Bonnefond Côte Rôtie “Rochains” 2015
$84 $72 (-15%) = $61.20
This is rich, bold, masculine Côte Rôtie, showing notes of licorice, leather, black pepper, and beautiful blackberry fruit. This should cellar well for at least 15 years if desired.
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5. Quivy Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2014
$160 $139 (-15%) = $118.15
Quivy’s old-vine Charmes-Chambertin is his finest wine — elegant, smooth, and smoky, with unusual finesse for a Grand Cru. Serve over the next 10 years.
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6. Quivy Gevrey-Chambertin “En Champs” 2014
$56 $48 (-15%) = $40.80
Quivy’s village level “En Champs” comes from 70+ year old vines. The flavors are intense and distilled, with an elegant, sinewy texture that goes beautifully with food.
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7. Ravaut Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2014
$98 $85 (-15%) = $72.25
Ravaut’s plot on the famous hill of Corton turns out remarkable wines every year. The tannins are fine and perfectly formed — this will handsomely reward another 3-5 years of cellaring, and could easily go 10 if needed.
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8. Ravaut Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2012
$98 $85 (-15%) = $72.25
Ravaut’s plot on the famous hill of Corton turns out remarkable wines every year. 2012 was a very low yield year, producing unusual concentration in the wines. With a decanter this is lovely today.
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9. Varoilles Gevrey-Chambertin “Meix des Ouches” 2014
$72 $64 (-15%) = $54.40
The Varoilles style is bold and concentrated, with rich mouthfeels and long, ripe finishes. This monopole village plot drinks more like a premier cru, with a juicy mouthfeel and intense dark fruit. Drink now and for a decade.
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10. Varoilles Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2014
$170 $145 (-15%) = $123.25
Varoilles’s Grand Cru plot is exceptionally well located, just a few yards from the famous “Mazoyeres” sector of Chambertin. It’s enormous wine — long, elegant, intense, and refined. Cellar for 5 years, drink for another 15.
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11. Amiot Morey-St-Denis 1er cru “Ruchots” 2014
$84 $78 (-15%) = $66.30
Morey-St-Denis’s finest vineyard is Ruchots, located across the street from the legendary Clos de Tart. Amiot’s 2014 Ruchots is a delight, with a woodsy, toasty nose, and perfectly balanced palate. Drink now – 2024.
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12. Amiot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru “Combottes” 2014
$102 $88 (-15%) = $74.80
Surrounded on all sides by Grand Cru vineyards, Combottes is intense, sappy, and seductive. With dark briary fruit and hints of gingerbread and smoke, this wine never fails to impress. Drink now (decant) – 2028.
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“Sleek” and “Gorgeous” New 2015 Red Burgundy

The 2015 red Burgundies are a delight: they’re popular, delicious, and built to last. We’ve stocked up on as many as our shelves can handle, and hope to have them around to offer for some time to come.

After months of waiting, we recently received our 2015s from the Domaine des Varoilles in Gevrey-Chambertin. Our newest red Burgundy source has already found many friends among our readers. The Domaine’s intense, concentrated style marries perfectly with their classic Gevrey terroir.

The 2015 vintage produced excellent wines at every level — you don’t have to buy Grand Cru to experience its greatness. For proof of this, look no further than Varoilles’s exceptional village level Gevrey-Chambertin “Clos du Meix des Ouches” 2015.

 

 

The “Clos du Meix des Ouches” is a small monopole at the edge of the town. It’s surrounded by an old wall, which blocks the wind and traps warmth, making its wines particularly round. Today the nose is floral and nicely balanced, with a mixture of violets, pan drippings, ginger, soy, and cherries. The mouth shows perfectly ripened tannins and a long, vibrant finish — we expect it to improve for another decade or two.

Jancis Robinson found it “rather gorgeous,” finding it has “already lots of pleasure but with the tannins to keep it in shape.” Burghound found it “solidly concentrated” and “sleekly textured,” predicting “this attractive effort should drink relatively well early.”

If you have the cellar space and the patience to age this, you might call us up in a decade and thank us. But open a bottle today and it’ll be awfully hard not to drink the rest sooner.

 

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Varoilles Gevrey-Chambertin “Meix des Ouches” 2015

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Three New White Burgundy Samplers

Burgundies have been the world’s most sought after white wines for centuries. The region produces an enormous range of wines, from everyday Petit Chablis to the extraordinary whites of Montrachet and its neighbors. In the glass White Burgundies among the most popular wines we know, a perfect balance between fruit, minerals, freshness and weight. We’ve collected three new samplers at three price points, designed to match any occasion.

 

White Burgundies #1

Ravaut Aligoté 2016: crisp, refreshing, precise and delicate
Maillet Macon-Villages 2015: smooth, unoaked, floral and honeyed
Gautheron Petit Chablis 2017: dry, minerally, refreshing and lively

Retail: $304, four of each

 

White Burgundies #2

Gros Fontaine-St-Martin blanc 2015: smooth, mouthfilling, tropical, toasty
Gautheron Chablis 1er “Vaucoupin” 2016: complex, unoaked, precise, balanced
Boyer-Martenot Meursault “Fernand Boyer” 2015: smooth, straw, nutty, floral

Retail: $536, four of each

 

White Burgundies #3

Boyer-Martenot Meursault “Narvaux” 2015: golden, rich, mouthfilling, tense
Boyer-Martenot Puligny-Montrachet 2015: graceful, precise, mineral, floral
Collet Chablis Grand Cru “Valmur” 2012: intense, elegant, gardenia, stones

Retail: $796, four of each

 

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The Perfect Summer Grilling Red: New Côtes du Rhône. $16

We think grilling reds should to be three things: fruit forward, chillable, and inexpensive. Smoke flavor from the grill works well with a juicy foil. Cooked foods on a hot day pair with something a bit cool. And because grilling often means a crowd, we like to have something affordable around in quantity.

Our favorite grilling wine of the moment is the Coulange Mistral 2016. It’s a Côtes du Rhône-Villages with unusual depth — hearty, mouthfilling, and juicy, it’s a perfect red for a summer crowd. It’s hardly the most complex wine in our cellar, but sometimes the perfect wine is the simplest.

 

 

Winemaker Christelle Coulange returned to the family property after oenology school and began to make and bottle her own wine. In only a decade she has made quite a name for herself. Her wines win medals nearly every year — today’s 2016 the silver at the Gilbert & Gaillard International Concours.

The 2016 Mistral is delightful, an unoaked blend of 80% grenache and 20% syrah. It’s more substantial than the 2015, with fuller fruit and a deeper palate. The nose shows violets, wild cherry jam, and garrigue (Provençal underbrush), with woodsy and briary notes as it develops in the glass. The mouth is dense and smooth, with a rich, vibrant mouthfeel, and smooth tannins.

Serve this a bit cool with burgers or steaks or vegetables from your grill — it’s hard to imagine a better match.

 

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Coulange Mistral 2016

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Golden, Exceptional 2016 White Burgundy: “Baby Corton-Charlemagne.”

Corton-Charlemagne is one of the world’s great white wines. The large hill just north of Beaune has produced fine and long-lived white Burgundies for over a thousand years. As you might expect from such storied Grand Cru terroir, the wines don’t come cheap.

But about 30 yards off the northern end of Corton-Charlemagne lies a special plot of vines owned by the Ravaut family. Though the classification is village — two steps below Grand Cru — the wine shows a richness far above its lineage. It produces only about 100 cases a year.

This was the wine that brought us to the Domaine Ravaut; and while their Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru itself is delightful, their Ladoix blanc affords similar richness at a steep discount.

 

 

Though overshadowed by hype surrounding the 2015 vintage, 2016 was another excellent year in Burgundy. The whites in particular show an exceptional balance between ripe, mouthcoating fruit and pitch-perfect tension.

Ravaut’s 2016 Ladoix “Hautes Mourottes” is quietly exceptional wine. The town is mostly unknown, and the village classification modest. But it’s rare to find a wine that so perfectly matches perfume and tension and grace. The nose shows gardenia, mango, sweet lemon, and honey; the mouth is rich and spiced, with white pepper and herbs, and beautiful citrus freshness.

This wine requires nothing but a big glass and moment of pause — it’s a symphony of flavor in the glass.

 

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Ravaut Ladoix “Hautes Mourottes” 2016

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Two New Dry, Refreshing Rieslings under $26

Ask a group of sommeliers to name their favorite wine region and most will say Burgundy. But ask them to pick a single favorite grape varietal, and we’d put some money on Riesling. Aside from its excellent food friendliness, Riesling communicates terroir with as much honesty and precision as any other grape.

We’re excited to introduce two new Rieslings today, both from our newest winemaker, the Weingut Salomon-Undhof. Based in Austria’s northeastern corner, the Salomon family has farmed vines since 1792, and the country’s preeminent wine guide calls them a “figurehead of Austrian wine history.”

Grüner Veltliner may be the classic grape from Austria (and indeed Salomon’s is excellent), but we’re just as excited about these two new Rieslings.

 

 

The first is a classic — the 2016 Terrassen Riesling is bright and dry and crisp. The nose shows green apple and notes of stones and grape skins. The mouth is light and refreshing, with pleasant dry fruit and excellent freshness. For a summer fish from the grill or a stir fry with some spice, this will pair with ease.

The second Riesling is a bit more serious: Salomon’s 2015 Undhof Kögl Riesling Erste Lage is more substantial. It’s still quite dry in the mouth but with volume and richness usually found in far more expensive wines. This shows the refined side of Riesling, with a floral nose of gardenia and straw, and an intense stony mouth with an exceptionally long finish. This will pair beautifully with scallops or even a creamy pasta dish — there’s enough acidity to match up to food, but a dense complexity that might steal the show from whatever you’re cooking.

With summer heat settling in, we think both are candidates for your go-to summer white. They’ll match just about anything you can throw at them.

 

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Dry, Refreshing Alsatian White: the Perfect Aperitif. $18

Most wines taste better with food, and some require it. But other wines are complete glasses on their own. One of our favorites in the “aperitif” category is the Auxerrois (OH-sehr-WAH) from our friends at the Domaine Mersiol in Alsace. Whether you’re welcoming guests to a dinner party, or looking for something refreshing on a summer afternoon, this is the perfect standalone glass of white.

Mersiol’s wines embody the Alsace’s signature blend of fruit, flowers, and freshness. Christophe Mersiol attributes the exceptional purity in his wines to an unwavering commitment to organic agriculture. Auxerrois is a variation on a Pinot Blanc, and his displays a perfect balance between round, mouthfilling fruit, and stony, crystalline freshness.

 

 

We think the secret to Auxerrois’s appeal is the ratio of fruit to acidity to alcohol. Like Pinot Gris, Auxerrois is a grape with a high potential for viscosity — in the wrong hands it can turn flat. But Mersiol’s Auxerrois is 13% alcohol and shows beautiful peach and apricot fruit cut by a brisk lemon freshness. The result is a straightforward, utterly drinkable wine.

Auxerrois needs no accompaniment — think of it as great background music, rather than a concert in its own right. But if you’re hungry and an open bottle appears in your kitchen, consider grilled chicken, goat cheese, or a simple salad. It’s simple, refreshing, affordable, just in time for summer.

 

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Mersiol Auxerrois 2016

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Elegant, Unadulterated Syrah from the Natural World.

Winemaking has seen significant improvement over the last century. New treatments and measurements have given winemakers far more control over their craft. “Poor vintages” are now less common, but in the cheap many wines give up true expression for homogeneity.

The winemakers at the Mas Foulaquier have a more traditional approach. Their pesticide-free vineyards are archetypes of polyculture, with wildflowers and insects at home amid the rows of vines. From these vibrant vineyards the winemakers obtain the central elements of the winemaking process — untreated grapes from the vines, and wild yeasts from the skins and ambient air.

This is winemaking in its purest, most original form, and the results are wines of remarkable complexity and grace.

 

 

Winemaking without much vineyard treatment or controlled yeast strains is not easy, and the results can be variable. But the winemakers at Foulaquier are deeply dedicated to their craft and their wines are proof that hard work and care pay off. These are some of the finest biodynamic wines we import.

Today we’re suggesting their new “Calades,” a syrah-dominant wine of a beautiful dark, inky hue. The nose is classic French syrah, showing black pepper, blackberry, and dark chocolate. But in the mouth this is unmistakably Foulaquier — a symphony of cool, earthy, jammy notes like plum and lavender — at once mouthfilling and balanced. It’s a marriage of the Languedoc’s ruggedly beautiful landscape with Foulaquier’s silky elegance and rustic earthiness.

This is living wine; we like to serve it outside, in the natural environment from which it comes. Find a sunny spot with a gentle breeze, plunge your nose into Calades’s extraordinary complexity, and you’ll feel as at home in the world as ever.

 

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Foulaquier Calades 2015

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“Outstanding” 93-point Vosne-Romanée 1er cru from 2015

Michel Gros is as much a part of Vosne-Romanée as its pointed steeple, its ancient vineyards, and its narrow crooked streets. He is a lifelong resident of the town, as were his father and grandfather before him — his mother was even mayor. The Gros family name has been synonymous with Vosne-Romanee for centuries.

Gros’s most famous vineyard is the premier cru monopole “Clos des Réas,” the only one in the appellation. It is a magnificent property, stretching over 2 hectares, and turning out wines described by critics as “supremely elegant,” “opulent” and “genius.”

Réas is good every year, but in 2015 — one of the best vintages in a generation — it’s magnificent.

 

 

Just about everything went right in 2015 for winemakers in Burgundy. The summer was warm and dry, with rain and wind at just the right moments. At harvest, Gros described his fruit as “super clean” with “virtually no sorting.” Everything we’ve had from Gros in 2015 has been outstanding (see full list here).

But even within a special collection, the Réas stands out. The nose is dark and sophisticated, with dried roses and cassis joining violets and toast. The mouth is smooth and very long, with velvety texture and perfectly integrated tannin. Allen Meadows (Burghound) awarded 93 points, calling it “sleek, delicious, focused and beautifully well-balanced” and naming it one of his “particularly outstanding” wines of the vintage.

Réas is the wine we get out for special family occasions. It’s elegant, luxurious, and perfectly balanced — everything you want from a top red Burgundy. This is hardly everyday wine, but some days are special.

 

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Gros Vosne-Romanée 1er cru “Clos des Réas” 2015

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Summer in a Glass: Unpretentious, Thirst-Quenching Alsatian Rosé

Rosé should be easy — a simple wine for an uncomplicated moment. Some rosés go well with food, and our options this year from Malmont and Goubert are both refreshing and delicious. But today’s rosé is best on its own, as a pleasant aperitif on a patio or roof deck.

Francis Muré retires this year, so this is his final vintage of rosé. But he’s saved the best for last — we think it’s the best he’s made. From 100% Pinot Noir grown in Alsace, this wine is everything we look for in a rosé: dry, clean, refreshing, straightforward, and inexpensive.

 

 

The 2017 Pinot Noir Rosé is very pale — we’ve had a few whites with more color — but it’s far more complex than the hue implies. The nose is bright and floral, with lime zest, straw, and strawberries. The mouth is entirely dry, with a lively, crisp mouthfeel and delicious clean finish full of flowers, lemon, and stone.

This is Muré at his finest — humble, unpretentious, beautiful wine with surprising complexity and perfect balance. On a hot summer day it’s as refreshing as a cool dip in the ocean.

 

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Muré Rosé 2017

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Introducing: Dry, Crisp, Refreshing Austrian Grüner-Veltliner. $22

And now for something a bit different. Today we introduce a new winemaker, a new country, and a new grape varietal. Isaiah Wyner, our Newton Depot manager, spent some of last summer researching and visiting wineries in Austria, and found some promising leads. Today we’re releasing the first.

There’s been much change over the last 30 years in Austrian winemaking, but that’s not to say that everything is new. The Salomon-Undhof estate dates to 1792, and their terraced vines overlooking the Danube have long been an excellent source. The country’s preeminent wine guide calls them a “figurehead of Austrian wine history.” Their style is what you’d expect from 225 years of history — clean, polished, and refined.

“Austrian wine” is nearly synonymous with Grüner-Veltliner, and indeed today’s wine is from this classic grape.

 

 

Salomon’s 2017 Grüner-Veltliner “Wieden” is a traditional, delicious interpretation of the grape. The nose shows lime rind, cucumber, and minerals; the mouth is pretty and brisk, with balanced acidity and notes of white flowers, apple, and peach. It’s a classic Gruner — unoaked, expressive and floral, but with a zippy, refreshing mouthfeel.

With the hot days of summer ahead, this wine needs no accompaniment — a cool glass on a muggy evening will improve your mood like little else. But for food, pick something with a bit of richness — the freshness of the wine cuts perfectly through veal schnitzel or creamy pasta.

 

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Salomon-Undhof Grüner-Veltliner “Wieden” 2017

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Inky, Rich, and Refined: New 2015 Northern Rhône Syrah from St-Joseph

Most wines taste the way they appear. Light-colored wines tend to have light body, and dark, opaque wines are big and mouth filling. Our favorite exception to the rule is Northern Rhône Syrah: inky black wine with intense flavor but astonishing finesse.

The appellation Saint-Joseph occupies most of the region between Côte Rôtie to the north and Hermitage to the south. Saint-Joseph produces dense, dark syrah like its famous neighbors, but with a touch less extraction and an earlier drinking window. And while some Côte Rôtie and Hermitage can exceed $250/bottle, there’s value to be found in Saint Joseph.

 

 

Denis Basset is a young winemaker based in Crozes-Hermitage, recently cited by Decanter and the Guide Hachette in the dynamic new generation of Crozes-Hermitage winemakers. His plot in Saint-Joseph covers less than an acre, and bears the name Abimes de l’Enfer (the “Abyss of Hell”) for its vertiginous slope.

Basset calls it his garden: a minuscule plot producing only 200 cases per year. It’s always one of our favorite wines from him, but in the near-perfect 2015 vintage it’s nothing short of extraordinary. The nose shows spices, violets and intense black pepper; the mouth shows blackberry jam with notes of roasted meat, licorice, and toast. The flavors are intense and distilled, a wine of remarkable complexity packaged into a sleek, sophisticated core. At only 13% alcohol it’s mouthfilling and chewy, but without an ounce of heaviness.

Visitors to the Newton Depot last weekend loved this wine on its own, but it’s unquestionably best with food. Serve this alongside a roasted spring lamb with rosemary and mint, or something smoky from the grill.

 

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Saint Clair St-Joseph 2015

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Unoaked and Elegant: 2016 Premier Cru White Burgundy

Chablis is a singular place. Its combination of deep stony soils (see photo) and cool climate exists nowhere else on earth. These factors produce a similarly unique wine — mineral and crisp, pure and clean. Our goal as importers is to find wines that reflect the place from which they come, and there is no better place to find such wines than Chablis.

The traditional interpretation of Chablis shows little or no oak. In recent years, some vignerons have begun to oak their wines more aggressively, particularly among their higher-end cuvées. But winemaker Cyril Gautheron uses oak sparingly and carefully — when he thinks the wine doesn’t need it, he doesn’t use it.

Today’s wine, the Chablis 1er cru “Vaucoupin” is pure, elegant Chardonnay. Gautheron keeps his entirely unoaked, allowing the stony soil to show through as delicate minerality. One taste and we think you’ll agree: the wine doesn’t lack anything.

 

 

The new 2016 Vaucoupin has just arrived in our warehouse. It shows remarkable richness for a wine without oak — purity and elegance that is exceptional. The briny freshness of oysters (or a lemony-prepared fish) is a perfect foil for the brisk energy of the Vaucoupin.

After the excellent but unusually soft 2015 vintage, Gautheron’s 2016s are a return to his regular form. This is pure, elegant, and remarkably long — it begins with flowers and fruit, and finishes (after a while) with freshness and minerality. The nose shows lemon rind and salt air; the mouth is long, tense, and full of energy.

It’s hard to imagine a purer interpretation of the Chardonnay grape. Put alongside a plate of fruits de mer or a simply grilled fish, and you’ll know that summer has indeed arrived.

 

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Gautheron Chablis 1er “Vaucoupin” 2016

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Summer Supply Cases: $250/case

We tend to drink simply in the summer. Some summer moments call for grand bottles — weddings, graduations, etc. But when we think of “summer wine,” it’s something refreshing, uncomplicated, and inexpensive.

So we’ve collected four Summer Supply Cases — one white, one red, one rosé, and one mix of three — and discounted them all to $250 (East Coast shipping included). They’re easy-drinking wines with dry refreshing palates — they don’t require contemplation, only a few glasses and a couple of friends.

 

Summer Supply Case: White ($250)
4 of each wine
Martin-Luneau Clisson 2014: very dry, mineral white from Loire Valley
Gautheron Petit Chablis 2016: unoaked, dry white Burgundy, 100% chardonnay
Mersiol Auxerrois 2016: dry, floral white from Alsace, similar to Pinot Blanc

 

Summer Supply Case: Red ($250)
4 of each wine
Coulange Mistral 2016: bright, fruit forward, refreshing Côtes du Rhône
Bonnefond Syrah 2016: lightweight, peppery, earthy Northern Rhône Syrah
Foulaquier Orphée 2015: earthy, organic, very expressive Grenache/Syrah blend

 

Summer Supply Case: Rosé ($250)
4 of each wine
Muré Rosé 2017: dry, floral Pinot Noir rosé from the Alsace
Goubert Rosé de Flo 2017: cool, refreshing Provencal blend of Grenache and Syrah
Malmont Séguret Rosé 2017: complex, dry, perfectly-balanced Grenache/Syrah blend

 

Summer Supply Case: Mix ($250)
4 of each wine
Coulange Mistral 2016: bright, fruit forward, refreshing Côtes du Rhône
Malmont Séguret Rosé 2017: complex, dry, perfectly-balanced Grenache/Syrah blend
Gautheron Petit Chablis 2016: unoaked, dry white Burgundy, 100% chardonnay

 

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Thirst-Quenching New Provençal Rosé.

We’d bet that many readers have garages bigger than the Domaine Malmont’s winemaking space. We work with some small-production winemakers, but even by our standards Malmont’s winery is tiny. The space attached to winemaker Nicolas Haeni’s house in Séguret looks more like a large tool shed than a winemaking operation.

But from this tiny place Nicolas crafts some of the most exciting wines in our portfolio. Last year for the first time he allocated us a small amount of his excellent rosé, and it quickly became a favorite among our readers. This year’s allocation isn’t any bigger, but the quality is even better.

 

 

Malmont’s vines are high in the hills to the east of Séguret, a series of terraced vineyards that he farms with minimal intervention. His winemaking is similarly restrained, where he uses only ambient wild yeasts, and allows the fermentation to proceed at its own pace. The result is honest wines full of precision and complexity.

Malmont’s 2017 rosé is a blend of Grenache and Syrah (75/25) and a blend of direct pressing and saigné (85/15). The nose shows light strawberries, lemon rind, tangerine, and minerals. The mouth is perfectly balanced, totally dry with excellent freshness and pleasant notes of herbs, lavender, and honey. It’s effortlessly drinkable — a refreshing glass that will transport you to Provence with one sip.

We can’t think of a better match for a sweltering day like today.

 

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Malmont Rosé 2017

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