Domaine South
French Wine Tasting
Loire Valley, Costieres de Nimes, & Burgundy from Featured Importer, Paris Wine Company!
Special Guest, Perry Riddle from International Wines
Friday, October 30th, 4pm - 6pm
$20 per person
256-759-9952 to Reserve
The Wines
2024 Athletes Du Vin Coteaux Du Layon , France $26.99
100% Chenin Blanc. Les Athlètes du Vin is a négociant project focused on typical, value-driven wines from the Loire Valley. The idea was conceived by a group of French winemakers called Vini Be Good, who work together to distribute their wines across France. The wines are vinified by various members of the Vini Be Good network using their own grapes or grapes purchased from friends and neighbors in the Loire. We are proud to present these wines made by their friends and family, as several of the cuvées are vinified by Gérard Vallée, brother of Mathieu Vallée from Château Yvonne.
NV Athletes Du Vin Gardien De Bulles Sparkling Wine, Loire Valley, France $26.99
Les Athletes du Vin Gardien de Bulles Touraine NN is a sparkling natural wine made from Chenin Blanc grapes farmed organically in the Loire Valley. Fun Loire fizz rounds out the showstoppers at Athlètes du Vin. Brut white wine, fine bubble with notes of peach and exotic fruits.
100% Chenin Blanc, 50 years old vines. Vinfied in the traditional method for one year; no liquor added to the disgorging. Aged on slats for 24 months.
2025 Athletes Du Vin Montlouis-Sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France $27.99
On the nose, notes of white flowers and lemon lead to a generous, flavor-packed palate.
100% Chenin Blanc, 30 year old vines. Flinty clay soils. Native yeast fermentation. 2/3 in stainless steel vats and 1/3 in used oak barrels. Hand Harvested.
2023 Athletes Du Vin Touraine Gamay, Loire Valley, France $22.99
Intense aromas of red fruits, sour black cherries and some spiciness from the carbonic maceration. Medium bodied Gamay with plenty of blackberries and black cherries on the palate, lovely ripeness and volume. Also a great drink slightly child in the summer. All very yummy!
100% Gamay, 30 years old vines. Clay-sand soils.
Grapes are hand picked, destemmed, and macerated / fermented in concrete tanks for 14 days. Six months in concrete / steel tanks. Hand Harvested. No fining and only one light filtration
2025 Chateau De Montfrin Costieres De Nimes Rouge, France $18.99
The Château de Montfrin has been an important site for centuries, as it has always played host to travelers and statesmen alike, including Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint-Louis, Louis XIII, and Molière. In the late 1990s, after working in fashion and cinema, Jean-René de Fleurieu returned to Montfrin and planted 200 hectares of vineyards and olive orchards. Since its inception, everything at the château has been farmed organically, in keeping with Jean-René’s vision to produce high-quality organic wines and olive oils at excellent prices.
A deceptively simple blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre that has a satisfying richness and long finish. It’s a classic everyday red that pairs with a wide range of foods and occasions. Like all the wines from Château de Montfrin, the grapes come exclusively from their own 120 hectares of organic vines around the town of Montfrin, vinified on-site using native yeasts.
2025 De Oliveira Lecestre Chablis, Burgundy, France $39.99
The Chablis comes from the Portlandian and Kimmeridgian limestone soils from hillside vineyards with southern and western exposure. Traditional low-temperature fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, which yields the archetypal food-friendly white wine that has made Chablis famous around the world.
The De Oliveira family emigrated from Portugal to Chablis in the 20th century, long before Chablis became famous as a winemaking region. The family found work in the local logging industry and produced a bit of wine on the side. In the 1950s, Mr. De Oliveira began working in the vines for William Fevre at the age of 14 years old. After ten years, he saved enough money to purchase his first parcel of land – a mere 33 ares, where he planted his first vineyard.
Over the years, Mr. De Oliveira continued to purchase land and plant new vineyards, and in 1965, he began working full time at his own domaine (which had grown to 7 hectares) and created the Domaine Oliveira Lecestre with his brother. At this time in Chablis, many winemakers did more than grow grapes, and the De Oliveiras were no exception. They raised cows, chickens, and pigs around the family domaine in the morning and evening, then spent the weekends tending to the wheat fields. It wasn’t until the 1990s that Mr. De Oliveira gave up polyculture to concentrate exclusively on winemaking.
Throughout the decades, the appellation of Chablis was slowly expanded, and Mr. De Oliveria judiciously purchased land that he could someday plant as Chablis (or even Premier Cru). Today, the domaine encompasses 50 hectares of vines spread out over Petit Chablis (8 hectares), Chablis (35 hectares), Chablis Premier Cru (4.29 hectares), and Chablis Grand Cru (0.28 hectares).
The wines are vinified and aged exclusively in stainless steel tanks and reflect the perfect typicity of Chablis. The Petit Chablis is particularly noteworthy, as it comes from vineyards located on the plateau just a stone’s throw from the Les Clos Grand Cru.