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14 Feb

Farmstead Classic Club – March Allocations

Choose at least two:
Domain Jomain Bourgogne Blanc (Sustainable)
Adroît Initiative Mission  (Organic, Natural)
Lioco  Indica (Organic practices)
Clos de Sixte Lirac (Organic)

 

 

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Domain Jomain Bourgogne Blanc (Sustainable)

 

If you’re like me and love white Burgundy, you’ve been priced out of many of your favorites over the past years.  That $30 Puligny-Montrachet is now over $100, and the once bargain of St.Aubin  is now in the $50-60 range.  

A true family enterprise, brothers Philippe and Christophe Jomain, along with sister Catherine, launched this Chardonnay focused Cote de Beaune domaine in 1992 with vines inherited from their father, Marc. With precious parcels in four of Puligny’s premier crus and almost an acre of hallowed ground in the Grand Cru Batard Montrachet, Domaine Jomain consistently produces a line of classically elegant white Burgs.

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14 Feb

Farmstead Classic Club – April Allocations

Choose at least two bottles: 
Natalie et Gilles Fèvre Chablis (Sustainable)
La Fouquette Rosé de Provence (Organic)
Durin Rosesse (Organic)
Desire Lines Winds of Change Red Blend (Sustainable, Minimal Intervention)

 

 

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Domain Natalie et Gilles Fèvre (Sustainable with some Organic farming practices – in transition

One of Chablis’ most recognizable names, branches of Fèvre family have been producing wine in the region since the early 1800s.  Nathalie and Gilles Fèvre base themselves in the village of Fontenay-Pres-Chablis, where they operate a Domaine that is impressively large by Chablis standards with over 100 acres under vine in total including a large proportion of classified holdings (Grand Cru Les Preuses, 1er Cru Fourchaume, and 1er Cru Mont de Milieu).

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