WINES BY THE GLASS

BUBBLES

PIERRE RICHARD CRÉMANT DU JURA ROSÉ $13/67
Pinot Noir/Chardonnay, Jura, FR, NV
Soft pink subterfuge. A gentle, inviting color masks big acid, as sour cherries mingle with rose petals and toasty almond brioche.

GIACHINO ‘GIAC’ BULLES’ PÉT’NAT $13/67
Jacquère, Savoie, FR, 2022
Salty like a gentle wave of cleansing seawater washing over smooth rocks. Soft like fresh laundry drying on the line in the sun.

LES FUNAMBULES ‘SOIF!’ $11/54
Auxerrois/Apples, Alsace, FR, 2022
Is this pet’nat masquerading as cider, or cider in disguise as pet’nat? Equal parts white grapes and Alsatian apples ferment into a wine/cider hybrid with bracing top notes of citrus, a bassline of apricot jam and a chewy, unfiltered texture.

VINS BLANCS

GROSBOT BARBARA ‘LE VIN D’ALON’ $12/61
Chardonnay/Tressallier, Saint-Pourçain, FR, 2022
Tressallier once rivaled plantings of Chardonnay in this region of the Loire just north of Auvergne. Today only 53 hectares remain, but it makes up 30% of this cuvee, aged in stainless steel to preserve its roasted lemon acidity and green hints of celery seed.

DUSEIGNEUR ‘LA GOUTTE DU SEIGNEUR’ $13/66
Grenache Blanc/Bourboulenc/Viognier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, FR, 2022
For those who like a fuller, lower acid wine, this is an ocean of wildflowers and orchard fruit that finishes dry and salt-kissed. Pair with anything from the garden.

LA VIGNE SAUVAGE ‘L’INSOUCIANCE’ $15/77
Chasselas, Savoie, FR, 2020
High altitude mountain wine from vineyards perched on the border of Lake Geneva. Like squeezing the juice from a cold, smooth stone just plucked from a freezing Alpine stream.

VINS ON THE SKINS

DOMAINE SAINT CYR ‘LA GALOCHE’ ROSÉ $11/56
Gamay Noir, Beaujolais, FR, 2023
From a fourth generation winemaker (and first generation organic farmer), this is dry, glowing pink rosé that tastes like sloppily making out with a strawberry.

BECHTOLD ‘NEF DES FOLLES’ $14/69
Pinot Gris, Alsace, FR, 2021
Macerated on its skins for 12 days and aged in a single old foudre, this is luscious, burnished orange wine with no added SO2. A silky stew of blood orange, apricot pits and chamomile.

VINS ROUGES

JULIE ET TOBY BAINBRIDGE ‘CUVÉE CRUSH’ $13/60
Grolleau, Loire, FR, 2022
Slippery, lightweight and refreshingly chillable summer wine…bright red currants, just-mowed lawns, and hose water splashing on hot sidewalks.

SANDRINE HENRIOT ‘BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGES’ $11/52
Gamay Noir, Beaujolais, FR, 2021
Whole cluster berries on the edge of Morgon and Régnié macerated in stainless steel evoke freshly tilled earth and almost-ripe blackberries with a hint of wood smoke.

BONNET HUTEAU ‘CABECÔT’ $13/60
Cabernet Franc/Cot, Val de Loire, FR, 2021
Silky blue fruit and dried red flowers from the heart of Muscadet country, light in body but big in flavor and texture.

VINS DOUX

MAS DES CAPRICES ‘BLANC DE BLANC DOUX’ $8
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Muscat de Rivesaltes, FR, 2022
What we imagine it would feel like for a honeybee to faceplant into a flower. A softly honeyed and perfumed late harvest elixir from two Alsatian chefs who now make wine in view of the French Riviera. A friend to foie gras and soft cheese.

EMMANUEL CAMUT ‘AMBROSIA’ $16
Apple, Normandy, FR, NV
Emmanuel Camut and his brother Jean-Gab are the stewards of Adrien Camut Calvados, in our humble opinion the best apple brandy in the world, which makes his ‘Ambrosia’ the best Pommeau in the world. Emmanuel boils fresh apple juice overnight until it’s reduced by half before adding 4-year-old Calvados to stop fermentation, then letting it rest and meld in old Calvados barrels. Like deep, dark, wonderfully haunted balsamic apple juice.