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Canta is a private cave based in Los Angeles.
We ship to most states, and take local
appointments as well. We used to do
deliveries all over LA, but in reality we are
actually only one person and we got pretty
tired of doing that, so please stop by on
a Friday to pick up your wines, or write
to schedule another day. We take our
selections pretty seriously and only offer
what we ourselves have open on the
table most evenings. All wines are organized
above by producer, first name alphabetically,
and new arrivals sit on top of the photo roll.
Please write us with any questions or to build
an order. You can read a little bit more
about Canta here.

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consultation and party + event curation.
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Mark

Fontedicto

Bernard Bellahsen (Languedoc, France)


Tasting with Bernard at Les Anonymes in 2023

It often happens for me that I taste an unexpected wine of profundity, a bottle I think that I’ve never actually noticed before, and then realize that I’ve been seeing the same understated bottle for years, like Fontedicto for example, in the mouth of Joan-Ramon Escoda (lol). Natural wine is a secret language and is sometimes all about clues. With the right amount of experience, a savvy drinker can learn quite a lot quickly just by looking at the trophy bottles in the windows of their favorite haunts. It happened again recently for me in Tokyo seeing empty Lemaire-Fournier bottles literally everywhere, having recently imbibed a 2004 demi-sec (absolute nectar) for the first time just a few weeks prior. Having a keen awareness for the bread crumbs left by the top cavistes, importers, and restaurateurs is what separates the deep heads from the basic label chasers. At the end of the day, it’s simply about paying attention. 



I was first exposed to the wonders of Bernard Bellahsen’s ripe, pulpy red nectar wines during a harvest lunch at l’Absurde Génie des Fleurs in 2022; a bottle of 2004 Carignan that was everything I wanted—and still want—in a red wine from the south of France. Similar to old Casot-era Castex, but perhaps a little less “spheric” (do you know what I mean?) and more down to earth, Bernard Bellahsen’s wines represent an idyllic paysan vision of the Languedoc, and make up just part of his project near Beziers. Bernard, a confidently quiet gentleman who has been farming since the early 80s, now works a mere hectare (compared to five when he first began), and now mostly, like Pierre Overnoy, focuses on baking bread that he sells at the local farmer’s market each week. His cellar is also a ceramics studio that he shares with his wife Cecille, and ceramics have become more of a priority for him as of late. Fontedicto is one of those domaines that most people in Los Angeles have never heard of, and I actually feel kind of stupid having to “sell” the story here—the juice is just too honest to even need my pitch, and I hope that everyone who picks some up feels the same way—deep cuts for the lovers here.



Coulisses 2021
Carignan, Syrah
$40