Maunoury

We're back in business sort of. Hooray! Turns out, after all, we're only able to move our inventory over to our new distributor piecemeal so our book is very tiny and manageable at the moment! I've attached it here. 

       As a company and as a person and as a friend I'd like to say thank you so much for your patience with us and your support with the transition. This is what it means to support a small portfolio and we wouldn't be able to do it without you. Stick with us, lots of incredibly delicious and nutritious (!) things to come this year. 

We are proud to introduce today a new winemaker from Puy-Notre-Dame in Saumur, Jonathan Maunoury. Puy-Notre-Dame is a little hill of chalk 20 kilometers south of the city of Saumur, sort of on the border of between the more limestone bedrock of the greater Saumur region, and the more superficial soils of Anjou noir. In 2015, after studying with such illustrious vignerons as Marc Angeli, Vouette and Sorbée, Pierre Gonin, Chandon de Briailles, and -naturally- Melaric, Jonathan settled in this little goldilocks zone of truffeau vineyards. (Truffeau is this sort of wet and crumbly bedrock that makes up all the caves of Saumur including the ones you walked through at La Dive! It's alluvial like schist, but not so much, and it produces a lot of power, but not as much as pure limestone). 

Anyway, as a result of this interesting terroir and it being one of the driest places in France, the wine here is known for its muscularity and aromatic complexity. Also because it tastes very good. That's no more so the case than with this very cool lineup we've got from Jonathan spanning 4 vintages and many different exposures. Something for everyone here: completely biodynamic, without additives, and as clean as can be.