"...nothing short of remarkable..."
2007 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

"The d'Angerville '07s are flat out terrific wines, from the bottom to the top of the range and I highly recommend them to you." -Burghound

Angerville's 2.4-hectare monopole Clos des Ducs is one of Volnay's greatest wines - only Lafarge's Clos des Chênes can stand with it at the highest echelon of Volnay. This is also a wine we're absolutely obsessed with, a wine we've been passionate about for some years.

"I like the balance and punch."
2008 Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Combottes

Dujac's Combottes is a special wine.

It just has that magic - like Ramonet Ruchottes (featured this week and sold out), Lafarge Clos des Chênes, Drouhin Clos des Mouches or Fourrier Clos St. Jacques, to name a few off the top of my head (yes, there are many, many others).

Rare Debut Vintage
2005 Foillard Fleurie
The Most Feminine Voice of Beaujolais

2005 Foillard Fleurie - this is a rare bird to say the least.

Finding any Beaujolais from the monumental 2005 vintage is hard enough, sourcing a parcel of Jean Foillard's 2005 Fleurie is something of a coup. After all, he farms a mere 2 hectares in Fleurie making this a much more elusive bottling than his legendary Morgon Cote du Py.

Everyday Dauvissat (Yes, Really)
2008 Dauvissat Chablis
SERIOUS Rigor - SERIOUS Value

These are simply the purest expressions of Chardonnay in existence.

That email sold out VERY quickly.

So today we bring to the table yet one final rock star of the 2008 Dauvissat stable - and this one comes in at under $35.

The 2007 is a benchmark Cornas - powerful, dense, almost in spite of the vintage. While the Southern Rhône enjoyed a glorious 2007, the north proved more difficult. The cool summer weather led into a difficult August. Only the fair September weather saved the vintage and those estates, like Clape, that waited to harvest made beautiful wines that are both supple and structured. Tanzer's IWC tasting notes are below.

Beyond Vin Jaune
1999 Ganevat "Vignes des Mon Pere"
A Case for Savagnin's "Indisputable Nobility"

Leave it to Jean-Francois Ganevat to take Jura's iconic Vin Jaune and flip it on its head with his 99 Vignes des Mon Pere. Where Vin Jaune spends a minimum of six and a half years in barrel without topping up, Vignes des Mon Pere spent over ten years topped up.

What else would you expect from a winemaker who doesn't even own a computer?

Clearly, there is a tempo to life in Ganevat's Jura, a more natural rhythm that does not speak to our digital, instant-messaging world.

Slate, Polished
2009 Schäfer-Fröhlich GG
Tim's Greatest Dry Riesling, Year in and Year Out...
LOWEST PRICE IN THE NATION

2009 represents Tim's most mature collection; if past vintages have been fierce and angular, there is a new-found elegance to the 2009 Felseneck...

...this is slate, polished to a glossy sheen.

The purity of 2009 has served Tim Fröhlich very well. When I visited him in late March of last year he was basically giddy - Tim believes this is his best collection to date.

An Introduction to the Master of Meursault
2007 Coche-Dury Bourgogne Blanc
Jean-François Brings His Whole Game
to His "Most Basic" Wine

What to say about Coche-Dury that you don't already know?

As with Picasso or Miles Davis or Michael Jordan - there’s very little left to be said. They're the best.

So it is with Jean-François Coche. His wines represent the pinnacle of white Burgundy; they are wildly powerful (physically and emotionally) made in tiny quantities with a massive demand… and generally priced accordingly.

Rhône's Old Guard
Marcel and Olga Juge Cornas 2004 & 2005
The Old (Traditional) Northern Rhône Lives!

Keep reading.

You know there is something truly special about the wines of the Northern Rhône's old guard.

These are guys who began their careers before the region's wines traveled very far (even Paris was a distant place), before there was an international wine media, before wine was reduced to a point score... this was back when winemaking reflected a very local, very tangible culture.

These old-school Northern Rhônes were sometimes brutal, sometimes ferocious or wild, but also somehow delicate, somehow beautiful - black olive and dark berries crushed together in granite. Structured wines that revealed a poetry with age, that wilted in "tasting competitions" yet danced on tables weighed down by meat, game, friends and laughter.

A String of Knockouts from the Champ
Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 2003-2005
Back-Vintage Parcel: Perfect Provenance, Sharp Pricing

"No tricks. Other than the existence of Hermitage itself."
-Andrew Jefford, The New France

Jean-Louis Chave has a gift for crafting absolutely transcendent Hermitage. These are cornerstone wines in any serious collection - beautiful fusions of power with elegance, embellishment joined with focus. This is the genius of Chave.