2018  

Extremely Limited Production. Certified Organic & Biodynamic, from a Chenin Blanc parcel named "Pascaline" planted in 2014 on Orthogneiss soils. Aged 10-12 months on the lees in amphora. Nofining, no filtration, no sulfur...just pure chenin! ---- A complex and powerful Chenin with real energy and focus. Matris means "mother" in latin -- a lovely nod to the pedigree of the Chenin grape in Orthogneiss terroirs. Don't sleep on this wine as it won't stick around for long! ---- "The 2018 Chenin Blanc Matris emerges from relatively young Chenin Blanc vines, planted in 2014. It was fermented in underground concrete tanks and aged 10 to 12 months in amphora. The nose is a tropical bounty. In the mouth, there’s pineapple and more pineapple: fresh, then baked, then grilled, then dipped in soy sauce. All balanced by cool minerality and a bit saline at the finish. Unique and fascinating." - Vinous

2020  Melon de Bourgogne VdF

Biodynamically farmed, demeter certified since 1998. All hand-harvested. Aged total of 24 months: 12 months on the fine lees in underground concrete tanks, then 12 months on the fine lees in four year old burgundy barrels. No fining or filtration. A mineral-driven nose with aromas of lemon, grapefruit, white flowers and toasted almonds. The palate is rich and mouth-coating, but a driving energy and vivacity that brings incredible balance and length to this singular Melon de Bourgogne.

2018  

Certified Organic & Biodynamic 25-30 year old vines of Cabernet Sauvignon vines, gown on subsoils of Gneiss and Orthogneiss. Aged in stainless steel, bottled at the end of Spring. 5000 bottles produced.

2022  Carte Noire

The Carte Noire (black label), made from melon de bourgogne vines in the middle of the age range and aged sur lie (on their fine lees) through the winter, is classic Muscadet, with great depth and complexity.

2020  Chavignol

100% Sauvignon Blanc from one of the top vineyards in all of Sancerre. South facing, very steep slope on pure limestone, 45+ year old vines. Indigenous yeast, fermented and very old demi-muids and aged in old barrels. Unfined and unfiltered.

2022  Chavignol

2021  Sancerre

2020  Sancerre

Domaine Paul Thomas has the largest vineyard on the steeply sloping hill of Chavignol, in Les Mont Damnés, one of the finest areas for the production of top class Sauvignon Blanc. The Domaine is under the watchful eye of Raphael Thomas, who is producing some of the most exciting wines in Sancerre. ---- "From the steep slopes of Mont Damnés, planted on kimmeridgian soils, the 2020 Sancerre La Côte des Monts Damnés has a sense of roundness and richness through the mid palate, without losing its elderflower and nettle-like twang. There's plentiful concentration here and a chalky finish." - Vinous

2020  Chinon Blanc

100% Chenin Blanc. Raffault planted Chenin under ten years ago on the special clay-limestone terroir of the Les Picasses hills and bottled it as "Chenin de Picasses" for this first time in the 2020 vintage (note: in France the wine bears a different label and name, "L'Or d'Olga"). The farming is organic and the harvest is manual. The whole clusters are gently pressed and the must settled overnight. Fermentation takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500-liter, second-and-third-use demi-muids and finishes dry; the wine does not go through malolactic fermentation and is aged on its fine lees for a year in the same barrels. It clarifies naturally during aging and is bottled without filtration.

2019  

"Drinking Window: 2028 - 2040 Le Château is a small plot of land enclosed in the Chêne Marchand terroir, and is situated on the top of the hill, planted on Kimmeridgian limestone. The first vintage of this wine was 2014. The bouquet on this 2019 vintage is tightly introverted, but its incredible tension and depth point to a magnificent wine. Mineral-driven aromas with spices, both white and spring flowers, orange blossom and lemon oil aromas. Long and penetrating, this wine has a deep and concentrated core, striking levels of chalky dry extract and a long, penetrating finish. Still an infant, it will be one of my favourites after 10-20 years in the cellar." - 97pts Decanter