NEW RELEASE: WAGNER STEMPEL
Wagner Stempel vineyards, in picturesque Siefersheim (about 1 hour SW of Frankfurt), are situated across porphyry-rhyolite rich pink soils (indeed an old Porphyry quarry is next-door). They are uniquely placed in a cool microclimate, with sunny slopes (for the Porphyr and GG's) , to produce wines of exceptional minerality, character, and age-worthiness. Daniel Wagner uses skin-contact judiciously, barrel fermentation (unless he feels the wines needs to be kept "tighter") and is obsessive about healthy, ripe fruit. He was so fussy with the 2024 harvest that it is the smallest crop ever with losses of over 50%. These are rocket powered wines with filigree of a Venetian chandelier!
Cheers, Randall
Cheers, Randall
PRE-ARRIVAL: Domaine Jérome Chezeaux
Finessed and Powerful Wines
Finessed and Powerful Wines
(Landing late 2025/early 2026)
The vineyard and winemaking team of Jerome and daughter Lyse farm 12ha in predominantly the southern Nuits St. Georges appellation and in Vosne.
Lyse won the 2024 Jeune Talent award for the Cote d'Or and has been working full-time at the estate since 2009. We imported a batch from 2020 and fell in love with the purity and freshness and the beautiful pinot fruitiness, florality and spice. All of this and great richness too. The domaine uses 30% new oak, but there is so much fruit that the oak is not obvious. This winemaking duo have a real knack for making silky flavoursome and complex fresh wines with beautiful integrated but ample tannins, and as Tim Atken MW says "curvacious" wines!
If unsure of these wines, please buy a 4-pack! You wont be sorry.
Lyse won the 2024 Jeune Talent award for the Cote d'Or and has been working full-time at the estate since 2009. We imported a batch from 2020 and fell in love with the purity and freshness and the beautiful pinot fruitiness, florality and spice. All of this and great richness too. The domaine uses 30% new oak, but there is so much fruit that the oak is not obvious. This winemaking duo have a real knack for making silky flavoursome and complex fresh wines with beautiful integrated but ample tannins, and as Tim Atken MW says "curvacious" wines!
If unsure of these wines, please buy a 4-pack! You wont be sorry.
