Exciting! Exciting!

Why are we excited about this release?

Have you heard of Jacques Selosse Champagne?

Well, they are very rare, highly rated and hard to get Champagne.  We only get a few bottles a year of his stuff because the demand is so high.    His Champagnes sell for $200 + per bottle.

     "Every decade or so, a winemaker comes along who, through the force of his ideas, and the brilliance of his work, has the power to change the course of wine history.  Anselme Selosse is such an individual—and the man most responsible for the revolution that’s changing Champagne for the better.  Since taking over Champagne Jacques Selosse in 1980, Anselme has used the uncompromising brilliance of his wines—as well as no small amount of charisma—to challenge Champagne’s old defintions for excellence. If ten or twenty years from now, small, quality-driven growers have finally taken their share of the power—and the big houses have fully embraced the ideas of low yields, chemical-free vineyards and terroir-based wines—Anselme will deserve much of the credit." - importer for Jacques Selosse Champagne

Here is what The Wine Advocate has said about Anselme Selosse Champagnes...
"Montrachet with bubbles might be a good description for this profound, utterly moving Champagne." - 98/100 The Wine Advocate
"...is ridiculously great." - 97/100 The Wine Advocate
"...is breathtaking...It is an extraordinary wine in every way....This is a dazzling" - Rated 97/100 The Wine Advocate

2006 Dubl Greco Sparkling...$45.99

From Feudi di San Gregorio and Anselme Selosse

This is the only sparkling wine Anselme Selosse makes outside of his own at Jacques Selosse in Champagne!!  Rare and amazing!

Feudi di San Gregorio, a modern expression of a centuries-old tradition of passion and dedication to the land, is Campania’s premier winemaking estate. Situated in the tiny village of Sorbo Serpico in Campania's Irpinia region, this highly-acclaimed winery was established in 1986. Since then, it has aggressively tapped into the enormous potential of Campania's unique terroir and ancient varieties by placing a contemporary spin on indigenous grapes such as Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo and Aglianico.

In 2003, Feudi di San Gregorio invested in the production of its first sparkling product. Using the method champenoise and the regions historic varietals of Falanghina, Greco di Tufo and Aglianico grapes, FSG produced this new innovative product, DUBL. The wines are named DUBL in honor of the two wineries that work on this project, Feudi and our French partner, the great Champagne house of Anselme Selosse. Joining forces with famed Champagne producer Anselme Selosse was a natural union for these unique and high end wines. DUBL is our new journey into the future of sparkling wines.

The tradition of Greco Brut stems from the occupation of Naples by Louis XII de Valoisi in the 15th century, who demanded that Neapolitan made a Sparkling wine in his honor (he was from Champagne afterall). The local winemakers selected Greco as the suitable grape for this task given the tartness of the grape reminiscent of the Chardonnay of Champagne and the chalky composition of the Tufo soil similar to the terroir encountered in Reims.