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Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:32:07 -0400

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop:

The Chateau of Saint Martial in Bordeaux has been in the Dupeyrat family since 1782, just before the French Revolution. It is surrounded by 9 acres of vineyard that produce just the one cuvée each year. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc from vines that are 37 years old on average.

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:31:28 -0400

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop:

Bandol is on the mediterranean coast in southern France perched on terraces man-made. Whilst the vineyards are exposed south to the sun and make it the hottest in Provence, they are cooled down by the gentle marine breeze.

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:30:03 -0400

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop:

Structured with intense tannins. Luminous rubi color. Complexe red fruits with roasted cacao, violet & black pepper spices on the nose. The attack is tender and round. Tannins are smooth and soft. You can definitely feel the Cotes de Provence heat in this wine.

Feature: Domaine Kox in Luxembourg

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:07:54 -0400

One group of LaCave’s specially selected, top-quality wines originate in the vineyards of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a tiny nation landlocked between two larger producers, France and Germany. While both French and German are official languages of this small country, Luxembourgers enjoy a unique culture, lifestyle, and locally produced wines.

And, like their neighbors, Luxembourg winemakers enjoy a long and glorious tradition of vineyard management and winemaking.

Domaine Kox, located in the picturesque village of Remich beside the famous Moselle River, has been managing and producing excellent wines from local grapes since the early 1900s. The company has grown substantially under the current expert leadership and professional winemaking skills of family descendent Laurent Kox.

Passion, Respect for the Vineyard, and Competence

The Kox Family and team members strive to adapt to the latest technologies in vineyard management and winemaking while sticking to and even reviving some of the old methods. In their words, Domain Kox employs “unique know-how combining tradition and modernity.”

Domain Kox produces a wide range of highly respected wine, specializing in Riesling, Sparkling Wines, and a revival of an almost forgotten red variety, Saint Laurent.

Each of these delicious varietals is available from the wine merchants at La Cave in Napa, CA.

Domain Kox Retro-Innovation: The Kvevris

Throughout history, traditional production methods have been replaced by more efficient or faster solutions. Consistent with Domain Kox’s traditional-modern approach, in 2014, the winery decided to experiment with a long-abandoned process once used by winemakers of the nation of Georgia.

The process involves placing the new wines into massive jugs or “kvevris” that are filled and buried in the ground to ferment and store until bottling. This long-abandoned process uses minimal sulfur (thus lower sulfite content) in the final product and produces high-quality, long-lasting wines.

Domain Kox uses these amphora-shaped vessels for the production of many of their Riesling and Pinot Blanc varieties.

Domain Kox: Award-Winning Wines

In recent years, several Domain Kox wines have earned top grades among French wines and others from around Europe. Some of these are:

·The 2018 Riesling, Remich Primerberg, was featured in the prestigious LeGuide Hachette, one of the most famous European wine guides.

· Falstaff Wine Guide, Sparking Edition, awarded Domain Kox Cuvée Rhäifrensch First Place with 92 points after a blind taste comparison.

· During the 2020 10th International PIWI Wine Award, Domain Kox received the Gold Medal for their 2019 Cabernet Blanc. This award follows on the heels of consecutive wins in 2017 and 2018.

While French wines and grapes have tended to dominate much of the European wine industry accolades, Luxembourg production from Domaine Kox has found a significant, award-winning niche on the global stage.

La Cave: Napa Wine Merchants

Backed by four generations of French hospitality and seven generations as wine merchants, La Cave offers world-class wines from France, California, and many of the world’s other excellent winemaking locations.

La Cave Club members can enjoy delightful, expertly curated wines of every type throughout the year.

Group and individual virtual wine tastings are also available during the current social-distancing times to present a delightful and educational experience for all our guests.

For more information, shop online to restock your wine cellar, and to arrange a virtual wine tasting, visit the La Cave website. We will arrange shipment all the way to your door.

Get to Know Wine Maker Corinne Guilleminot

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Get to Know Wine Maker Corinne Guilleminot:

Among the rolling meadows and vines of the Champagne region lies a small commune situated in the “Côte des Bar’ province. It is here that the Guilleminot family have long produced Pinot Noir predominant Champagne of distinguished quality and remarkable expression.

Chateau St Martial

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In the Saint-Emilion appellation on the right bank of Bordeaux, lies the prestigious Chateau of Saint Martial. The property was purchased in 1782, by Bertrand Petit Dupeyrat just prior to the French Revolution. Chateau St. Martial produces one cuvee of Grand Cru St. Emilion. Producing the exceptional Chateau St. Martial cuvee are brother and sister grape growers and winemakers Monique and Michel Micheau-Maillou.

The Micheau-Maillou family legacy is deep rooted in the Libournais region. Following regional unrest at the end of the 1st World War, Michel and Monique’s grandfather established a great partnership with a friend from the army, who would begin working with him in the vineyard.

In any classic winemaking operation, a winemaker or winery will produce good French wine from grapes grown on their own property or purchase grapes from contract growers. A métayage agreement is a historical form of sharecropping, created by the Romans during the medieval era. Traditionally, a landowner and

farmer/ winemaker will enter a métayage contract, where the landowner provides capital and funding to maintain the land, while the farmer/tenant provides labor to tend the vines and maintain the property. Parties will typically split the profits in half or a two-thirds-one third split, with the tenants taking the lower portion.

In 1956, the Micheau-Maillou family was entrusted with the operation and management of the Château St Martial property. The Micheau-Maillou family work in close partnership with the owner and descendent of the estate, Bruno Dupeyrat, under a métayage agreement. The relationship between the two families is a bond built on trust and mutual respect.

The Grand Cru status of this wine is distinct from AOC St. Emilion, in that it symbolizes the most superior quality. Grand Cru classification recognizes a maximum grape yield of 40hl per hectare. It also governs that the wine be aged for a minimum of 18 months, for optimal maturity and complexity. Wines are tasted and analyzed each year to ensure peak quality for every consumer.

Michel’s 35-year grape growing philosophy is defined by a deep respect for nature and support in the vineyards through sustainability and adaptation. At the heart, Michel’s farming approach is as natural as possible. Michel preserves the health of soil and vines with one copper treatment per year – an environmentally friendly technique used for generations.

Michel allows nature to determine the date of harvest. Michel estimates approximately 100 to 105 days from bud flowering to veraison followed by 50 days to the date of harvest, but with close attention to detail, and a close connection to the vine, nature itself will determine the perfect date. By staying attuned to nature, Michel is extremely aware of the impact of climate change.

“We have seen a steady increase in temperature from an average of 12.8% back in 1982 to an average of 14.2º in 2019. From a winemaking perspective we see changes in the sugar concentration, skin thickness and density of our wines. Being as close to the vines as possible during harvest and adapting your harvest approach should be the aim of any good winemaker”.

Less that 20,000 bottles are produced from the estate’s 9-nine vineyard. This cool, sandy gravel limestone plot is home to 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc vines, that date back an average of 37 years. Well-drained soils and cool, long ripening allow for optimal flavor maturation and divine concentration. This is an elegant grand cru St. Emilion with velvety, wildflowers and dark fruits. Typically, Chateau St. Martial is sold exclusively to family, friends & restaurants, so, we are privilege to be able to share this wine with you.

Apple Cider, Normandy - La Cave Wines

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:02:09 -0500

Apple Cider, Normandy - La Cave Wines:

Domaine d'Apreval is a family domain in the Pennedepie village Frederick grew up in. 100% apples from 7 different varieties in a single orchard - once crushed, the juice and flesh are left exposed for a few hours to bring complexity to this hard cider.

2018 Sauvignon Blanc, Loire - La Cave Wines

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:01:03 -0500

2018 Sauvignon Blanc, Loire - La Cave Wines:

This wine is made traditionally, with disregard as to what new neighbors are doing in Sancerre. The hamlet of Chavignol sits in an oval bowl (est-west), litteraly surrounded by vineyards with limestone, chalk & sandy soils. Short but hot summers ripen this Sauvignon Blanc whilst keeping all it’s acidity.

2018 Red Blend, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines

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2018 Red Blend, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines:

La Sarrazine, 70% Syrah on red clay and 30% Grenache on stone is a perfect example of the complexity in soils and aspects of this AOP. With both of these grapes, the roots of the vine are going deep in the soil to find nourishment and to benefit from exposure in all cardinal directions. This environment will provide complexity in the bottle.

2016 Carignan, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines

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2016 Carignan, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines:

This is the Domaine’s flagship. Red colour, crisp, cherry-red highlights. Fine aromas, morello cherry aromas, black pepper aromas. Fruity flavours, cherry hints, soft tannin, silky tannin, round, powerful body, long length. Organic viticulture. Traditional hand picking into small crates. Whole grapes, Total carbonic maceration.

2016 White Blend, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:58:32 -0500

2016 White Blend, Rhone Valley - La Cave Wines:

Classified Duche d'Uzes in 2013, those parcels have made wine since the 6th century BC. Harmattan is a blend of ½ Viognier and ½ Grenache Blanc grown on limestone soil, as Baptiste says “this wine is pure stone juice”.

2018 Muscadet Sur Lie, Loire - La Cave Wines

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:57:43 -0500

2018 Muscadet Sur Lie, Loire - La Cave Wines:

Jean-Louis & Gilbert’s own vineyards around their town of La Chapelle-Heulin in the heart of the Sevre et Maine produce this Muscadet. The family’s fathers & sons have been producing wine in this town since the XVIth century.

A French Holiday Pack - La Cave Wines

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:54:51 -0500

A French Holiday Pack - La Cave Wines:

La cave now serve small producer French wine to California and the rest of the United States.La Cave in Napa offers a delightful selection of French wines at very affordable rates, buy online a French Holiday Pack six French classics to celebrate !

Lucien Rocault Burgundy Climate Change

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:13:14 -0500

Lucien Rocault Burgundy Climate Change:

If there is one family who understands the severity of an unpredictable climate, it is the 18th generation grape growing family of Lucien Rocault. Lucien spent some time with La Cave at his family’s home in Saint Romain where the Rocault family have been farming grapes as far back at 1280.

French Wine Producer Celine Barbaud

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:12:11 -0500

French Wine Producer Celine Barbaud:

Nested in the heart of the hillside Villages appellations of Côtes du Rhône in France is a newly designated province of Plan de Dieu. French wine producer Celine Barbaud of Domaine des Favards crafts wine from 25 hectares of certified organic vineyards located across two appellations of Southern Rhône Valley.

Celine Barbaud at the Domaine des Favards, Rhone

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:10:52 -0500

Celine Barbaud at the Domaine des Favards, Rhone:

Unique to the region is the famous Mistral, otherwise known as the spring wind that defines Southern French terroir. Celine and her father have chosen to propagate higher vineyard trellis training systems that defend the vineyard parcels against the threat of damaging winds.

Shop Spirits Flavored Rum | La Cave Wines

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:09:43 -0500

Shop Spirits Flavored Rum | La Cave Wines:

La Cave serve French good wine at a fair price to California and the rest of the United States.“Arranging” Rum has been, for many years, a culture reserved for the Rum aficionados in France. Cedric was the very first to make it a craft. In order to deliver the best flavors, he carefully selects naturally ripened fruits. buy online or free to join us!

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:08:46 -0500

Shop | La Cave Wines - French Wine Shop:

La Cave serve French good wine at a fair price to California and the rest of the United States.No need to get overwhelmed at a wine shop. La Cave & Amélie wine bar join together to bring you a taste of French terroir and the lifestyle that goes with it.Amélie wine bar & La Cave are excited to share their passion for wine and celebrate each month with you.free to join us!

Shop French Wine ONE65 | LaCave Wines

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:07:44 -0500

Shop French Wine ONE65 | LaCave Wines:

La Cave serve French good wine at a fair price,Chef Claude Le Tohic and his team wanted to give their fans special access to some of the wines elaborated especially for ONE65. The cellar includes Champagne ONE65 cuvée and Chablis O’ Cuvée as well as a Red & Rosé from Provence.

Best French Wines Producers | LaCave Wines

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:05:30 -0500

Best French Wines Producers | LaCave Wines:

La Cave serve French good wine at a fair price to California and the rest of the United States.we ‘bring France to you’ with in-home tastings in the bay and ‘take you to France’ with itineraries to small producers. Get inspired by one of the itineraries down below & do your own trip - we’re here to provide you free advice and winery contacts.