Saturday, September 9th
2pm - 4pm
Allaina will be here featuring a selection of fabulous French wines!
All new vintages from Stork Wine Company portfolio!
French Wine Tasting
Le Petit Bijou
Saturday, September 9th
2pm - 4pm, $20
With Special Guest, Allaina Lawrence of International Wines
Call 256-964-7980 to Reserve!
NV Vincent Couche Champagne Chloe Brut Nature (Solera), Champagne, France $96.99
Appellation: AOC Champagne (Côte des Bar region) Grapes: Pinot Noir (65%), Chardonnay (35%)
Farming: Biodynamic (certified)
Aromatics: Beautiful subtle oxidative character, with notes of brioche, vanilla, candied fruits, white flowers and stone fruits. A unique expression and full of complexity, this Champagne is something different.
Palate: Alive and vibrant with a subtle texture that gently touches your palate with complexity. Incredible sensation of delicacy and length, ripe stone fruits, citrus and almonds. A long finish.
About the wine: A special grower Champagne. Chloé is a unique cuvee, with no sulphites utilising a perpetual solera reserve started in 2011 and renewed 25% per vintage. The wine is 50% vinified in oak barrels, and unfiltered with zero dosage added. Disgorgement date is 18/12/19 as per engraving on the bottle. About 4300 bottles produced each year.
2020 Domaine Landron-Chartier Muscadet Coteaux De La Loire, Loire Valley, France $19.99
Muscadet pairs very well with seafood and especially with oysters and mussels. Notes of fresh quince and white peach. Crushed stone, vibrant, juicy, acidity on the intense and bracing finish. Go get shucked oysters right now! - Hand harvested, indigenous yeasts, no added sulfites.
A third-generation wine grower out of Nantes on the coast of the Loire Valley, Bernard Landron took it upon himself to demonstrate how great Melon B can be. Now based in the lesser know appellation of AOC Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire, Bernard grows and produces exceptional examples of Muscadet.
2021 Domaine La Piffaudiere Touraine `pif` Sauvignon Blanc, Loire Valley, France $16.99
Olivier Bellanger , young winegrower in Monthou-sur-Cher, a place called: “La Piffaudière” , in Loir et Cher .
Aromatic and well-balanced wine, the golden color with green reflections will not leave you indifferent... Very expressive, intense aromas of blackcurrant buds or boxwood, but also of citrus fruits or even exotic fruits will be offered to you during tasting.
2022 Jouves & Croisille Cahors `pur Jus`, France $19.99
ITS SOPHISTICATED TASTE OF JUICY, DRY HERBS AND JASMINE TEA WILL TANTALIZE YOUR SENSES AND LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE. SAVORY AND SMOOTH, THIS EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE FROM GOOD FRIENDS FABIEN JOUVES AND GERMAIN CROISSILLE IS A MUST-TRY.
FARMING : ORGANIC
WINEMAKING : HAND-PICKED GRAPES | NATIVE YEAST FERMENTATION | UNFINED | UNFILTERED | VEGAN
REGION : CAHORS, FRANCE
GRAPE : 30% SAUVIGNON BLANC | 30% COLOMBARD | 30% GROW MANSENG | 10% MUSCAT D'ALEXANDRIE
2020 Chateau Les Croisille Cahors `silice` Malbec, France $21.99
Grape: Malbec
Tasting notes: Smoky notes of sweet spices, ripe, and tasty black fruits. On the palate, the wine is tender and greedy.
Since arriving at the family estate in Luzech in 2007, Germain Croizille has trained his parents in his project to expand the vineyard to thirty hectares and convert it to organic in 2010, under the wise advice of an emblematic local figure. , Pascal Verhaeghe (Chateau du Cedre).
2021 Domaine Jean Fournier Marsannay Clos Du Roy Rouge, Burgundy, France $53.99
"Clos du Roy" will likely achieve 1er cru or even Grand Cru status within the next decade, as the vineyard has long been recognized as producing one of the most noble renditions of Marsannay, with comparisons to Corton Bressandes on the other side of the Côte d'Or.
This is a gorgeous midweight rendition of this vineyard- dark and earthy with violet-y floral notes and a hint of desiccated blueberry and forest floor on top of its cherry-plum fruit and bright mineral-tinged tannins. It shows well now but, like all of Fournier’s wines, they are built to improve with age and I suspect this will be at its best in five or six years and keep for a lot longer if you have the patience.