French wine
Le vignoble
Alexandre Bain
Alexandre Bain produces with the greatest passion authentic whites, reflecting their vintage and their terroir.
André and Michel Quénard
Guillaume Quénard is now the leader of the estate. He is beginning to make his mark with more straightforward, fine wines of superb balance.
Anne and J-F Ganevat
Antoine-Marie Arena
What the RVF says in its 2018 Guide:
Belliviere
"Éric et Christine Nicolas, rejoints par leur fils Clément, incarnent la référence des vins de la Sarthe en continuant de les positionner à leur plus haut niveau. Leur conduite du vignoble de 15 hecares, partiellement en biodynamie, se révèle irréprochable.
Camin Larredya
Jurançon with a dizzying complexity!
Château Thivin
Claude-Edouard continues the work of his father Claude Geoffrey. The level now reached on his Côte de Brouilly makes it the absolute reference of the appellation and places it among the elite of the whole Beaujolais.
Christophe Peyrus
Christophe Peyrus, of the famous Clos Marie, is continuing his ascent with the acquisition of this new estate in the Pic Saint-Loup hills at Cazevieille.
Clos Canarelli
Yves Canarelli never ceases to amaze us and continues to raise the profile of Corsican wines, unquestionably belonging to the elite of Mediterranean winegrowers.
Clos des Grillons - Nicolas Renaud
Clos du Rouge-Gorge
One of the great artisan-winemakers of the whole of France!
Clos Joliette
Count Abbatucci
In the Taravo valley, not far from Propriano, the Comte Abbatucci estate continues to shine through its contribution to the revaluation of Corsican native grape varieties.
Didier Dagueneau
The quintessence of Sauvignon...
Domaine aux Moines - Tessa Laroche
"Des 2019 et 2018 en forte progression nous amènent à hausser la note pour ce domaine modèle de Savennières.
Ferrand
Discover this exceptional nugget of the Southern Rhône...
François Carillon
Since 2010, François Carillon has been running his own estate, which now covers around 14 hectares, mainly in Puligny, Chassagne and Saint-Aubin. The wines are authentic, generous and clean, with minimal doses of sulphites, in total control, crystalline and full of minerality, resulting from a phenomenal work in the vineyard with a very demanding soil work. Already a great reference in Puligny Montrachet, much sought after by wine lovers..
François Chidaine
François Chidaine is now one of the greatest winemakers in the Loire region, and by extension in France, recognised by his peers for his talent as a winemaker but also for his mastery of biodynamic principles.
François Mossu
Giachino
The vineyard of the brothers David and Frédéric, the Giac brothers as they are known, is made up of about ten hectares overlooking the Isère valley.
Henri Bonneau
The legend of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and its now mythical vintages...
Out of Scope
Jean-François Ganevat
Jean-François Ganevat, known as Fanfan, returned to his roots in 1998, to the Combe de Rotalier, after having been cellar master at the Domaine Morey in Chassagne Montrachet. Each year he makes around forty cuvées from parcel selections of 25 different grape varieties on 9 hectares of clay, schist and marl, with very old vines, 80 years old for the yellow one and a hundred years old for others.
Jérémie Huchet
"Jérémie Huchet, vigneron œnologue, a propulsé son domaine de la Chauvinière, d'une soixantaine d'hectares, au panthéon des grands muscadets. Son terroir composé de granite de ChâteauThébaud est unique. Il ne représente qu'un îlot de 4 %, au cœur du vignoble : son sol composé de sable, gravier et caillou y demeure peu profond.
Jérémie Mourat
The New Don(n)e
The Saint John Gate
The Domaine La Porte Saint-Jean is beginning to build a solid reputation on the web, on starred tables and for export. Sylvain Dittière is the son-in-law of the late Charly Foucault (Clos Rougeard).
La Taille aux Loups
"Le millésime 2019 est sans doute le meilleur de la carrière de Jacky Blot. Le domaine compte 25 hectares de chenin au bord de la Loire et du Cher, dont cinq hectares à Vouvray.
Labet
"Julien Labet, with the help of his brother and sister, has taken over his father Alain's vineyards, which are now grouped together under a single entity: Domaine Labet. (...) Numerous micro-parcels (between 15 and 80 ares, often from old vines) are vinified by Julien, both in white (all ouillés) and in red, the latter being perhaps the most exceptional to be born today in the region. Sulphur levels are very low but the balance is impossible to fault in the wines. The estate is now one of the spearheads of the Jura revival." RVF Guide 2018
Le Puy
The Amoreau family has been cultivating its vineyards since 1610, located on a rocky plateau, identical to that of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. The fifty year old vines are cultivated according to the biodynamic method, which contributes to the singularity of the estate and stands out among all the Bordeaux crus.
Le Roc des Anges
One of the great rising stars of the French wine industry...
Léon Barral
Didier Barral continues his work begun in the 1990s. On the schists of Lenthéric, he and his brother make wines in search of authenticity that perfectly reflect the typicity of this terroir.
The Soulier Brothers
The Forgotten Vines
"Une poignée des meilleurs vignerons du Languedoc, hélas trop peu, redécouvrent les vertus du cinsault, un vieux cépage dont on a fait des citernes de rosés, au demeurant parfois bons. Vinifié en rouge, c'est assurément le vin de soif par excellence et sa buvabilité hors pair peut se conjuguer, quand il est bien traité, à une profondeur étonnante.
Mai and Kenji Hodgson
Mas del Périé
Fabien Jouves takes the South West to a new style. The great talent of Cahors signs wines of great purity, natural, expressive and precise. To be discovered without further delay...
Mas Jullien
"Installé à Jonquières à l'ouest de Montpellier, Olivier Jullien, référence incontestée et incontestable, est parvenu avec intuition et intelligence à hisser au plus haut le niveau qualitatif des vins de la région et a entraîné derrière lui toute une génération de jeunes vignerons.
Michel Autran
Montcalmès
Frédéric Pourtalié has become a Languedoc icon. The Montcalmès vineyard covers an area of 23 hectares today; Syrah and Grenache on a limestone plateau and Mourvèdre on rolled pebbles. A blend has been produced since 1999, the one that made the reputation of the Domaine. It is aged for twenty-four months in barrels, in the purest tradition without fining or filtration, a cuvée of unfailing regularity.
Montus - Bouscassé
Château Montus and Château Bouscassé are the two masterpieces of Alain Brumont, the pioneer of Madiran, who was the first, as early as 1980, to detect the value of these fabulous terroirs and to compose, vintage after vintage, what can be done best in this sector, by revealing the quintessence of these very great terroirs. Great wines for ageing, capable of competing without difficulty with the greatest Bordeaux wines...
Nugues
Olivier Pithon
"Avec d'entrée de jeu 3 étoiles, le domaine Olivier Pithon faisait il y a quelques années une entrée fracassante dans notre guide. Depuis, les vins continuent de nous convaincre d'année en année.
Peyre Rose
"S'il fallait donner synonyme à Peyre Rose, ce serait sûrement mille et une nuits tant les finales sont envoûtantes.
Pierre André
An exceptional heritage of old vines!
Pierre Ménard
A very talented winemaker to discover first...
Richard Leroy
Romain Le Bars
Installé à Tavel dans le Gard, Romain le Bars est un vigneron nature qui progresse de millésime en millésime et dont les vins sont déjà très recherchés. Il a eu le privilège de travailler près de 7 ans chez le grand et illustre voisin Eric Pfifferling, vigneron du domaine de l’Anglore. Après cette expérience, Romain Le Bars se lance en 2018 avec 1,20 hectares de vignes, et un tout petit chai dans son garage. Son vignoble est composé aujourd’hui d’une bonne dizaine d’hectares avec un chai un peu plus grand.
Rousset Peyraguey
Alain Dejean's wines from Domaine Rousset Peyraguey are made using biodynamic methods and are aged for a long period of time. They have incredible depth, freshness and complexity, and can easily compete with the greatest wines of the appellation... at prices that are, to say the least, honest...
Saint Nicholas
"Thierry Michon, supported by his sons, Antoine and Mickaël, runs the only estate of international stature in the Vendée. On the Atlantic terroir of Brem, he has vines cultivated entirely in biodynamic methods, whose yields have unfortunately been very low in recent years. Under the influence of the ocean, the vineyard produces whites of chenin and chardonnay (yellow stone fruits and saline finish), and reds of pinot noir aged for a long time (Jacques, La Grande Pièce), but also of gamay, negrette and cabernet franc. This eclecticism is reflected in wines that are constantly gaining in finesse, purity and intensity of fruit. Their natural balance, which is becoming more and more accomplished, makes them affordable when young, but they can age gracefully: don't hesitate to aerate them in a carafe. The brand new cellar will allow the trio of winemakers to further refine their cuvées." RVF Guide 2018
Sébastien David
Sébastien David's vines were mainly planted around 1940, with some plots being much older, planted long before the appellation was classified in 1937.
Tarra di Sogno - Clos Canarelli
A domain born from the association of Yves Canarelli (Clos Canarelli) and Patrick Fioramonti (great Corsican sommelier and director of Cala Rossa in Porto-Vecchio).
Guillaume Vineyard
Au Moyen Âge, les vins de Gy étaient déjà célèbres à l'échelle internationale et appartenaient aux archevêques de Besançon. Plus tard, au 16e siècle, ces vins étaient servis à la table des nobles.
Zind-Humbrecht
The Zind-Humbrecht estate, founded in 1959 by the union of the properties of Emile Zind and Zénon Humbrecht, has succeeded in becoming one of the leading French estates over the last few decades. Wine lovers all over the world recognise the exceptional quality of the terroirs and the work of the visionary Olivier Humbrecht, who succeeds in creating the finest Alsatian nuggets year after year.
Julien Delrieu
Muriel Giudicelli
"Voici encore un domaine de « femme corse » ! Muriel Giudicelli exploite avec autorité une propriété située au cœur du vignoble historique de Patrimonio, avec un pied dans l'aire d'appellation du Muscat du Cap Corse (son mari l'aide à la vigne depuis 2005).
Château des Tourettes
"La propriété est acquise à la fin du XXème siècle par le couple Maine et Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen. Natifs de Hollande, il ont posé leurs valises en France en 1976 pour y apprendre le français et les travaux de la vigne. Ils fondent en Bourgogne le domaine Guffens-Heynen en 1979, devenu au fil des années célèbre et reconnu pour la qualité de ses vins.