Last year trade info.

Hilarious, all of the wines that I really liked at Domaine Select last year (also b/c I was following my friend Pamela around), are wines that we have at UVA. Must have been pre-destiny for me to work there.

Chateau Musar, Bekka Valley, Lebanon (1930)
Serge Hochar
150 hectares
Surrounding mountains running parallel to the Mediterranean coast
Gravelly soil with a limestone base
I remember liking the Rouge a lot (2001), black olives, funk, "rhone", dried cherries, morello cherries, smooth on finish

Castell'in Villa (1968)
13th century medieval hamlet, one of the oldest estates in Castelnuovo Berardenga
Coralia Pignatelli della Leonessa
Estate grown, traditionally styled, high quality, low-yield
Releases older vintages only when they are showing best

"Estate covers almost 300 hectares of vineyards, olive groves, and hunting ground for hare, pheasants, and wild boar. Spread over eight different sites, the vineyards are some of the most picturesque in CC and reflect the diversity of the Toscana countryside both in soil type and microclimate.

52 hectare
Rolling hills
Gravel
100,000 bottles
Sangiovese, CS, Trebbiano, Malvasia

COS; Sicily, Italy (1980)
Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, Pinuccia Strano
25 hectares
Rolling hills
Calcareous and siliceous with compact clay and tufa
120,000 bottles
Nero d'Avola, Frappato, Insolia, Grecanico

Domaine Henri Milan (1955)
Provence, FR
near Avignon, St. Remy de Provence
1986 Henri: environmental reverance, diversity of the soil of the Alpilles
ORG, biodynamic principles (viticuture and vinification)
17 hectares
Slopes
White wines: blue marl, with some clay, limestone, gravel
Red wines: yellow sandstone (as at Chateau Rayas: compare with his old vine grenache and syrah)
65,000 bottles
grenache, cinsault, CS, syrah, mourvedre, roussanne, rolle, chanrdonnay, muscat

Le Grand Blanc 2007 (Grenache blanc, Roussanne, Rolle, Chard, Muscat)
Cidery

Papillon Sans Soufre Ajoute 2009 (Grenache, Syrah, Cab Sauv, Cinsault, Mourvedre)
Sour cherry, young
Vin de France

St. Remy de Provence 2006 (Grenache, Syrah, Cab Sauv, Cinsault, Mourvedre)
Morello cherry
Les Baux de Provence

Clos Milan 2005 (75:Grenache, 25:Syrah) compare to Rayas,,,,
Black pepper, stainless
Les Baux de Provence

Domaine Vouette et Sorbee (1918)
Bernard Gautherot
Village of Buxiere-sur-Arce
4 hectares (~21 yrs old)
20:Flat, 80:Slopes
Kimmeridgien, Portlandian !!!!
Protegee of A. Selosse, nat'l production
1998 Demeter, heads organic champagne org (32 growers)
Hand-harvest, traditional Coquard pressing, ind yeast at ferment in 400L barriques continuing into spring when malo has been completed
Aging and second ferment take place sur latte, then hand-riddling, hand-disgorgement without dosage!!

Fidele Extra Brut
Blanc d'Argile Extra Brut
Saignee de Sorbee Extra Brut
creamy red fruit, rhubarb, lees (crayon)
30,000-40,000 bottles
Pinot Noir, Chard

Mono-varietal champagne,