When we tasted the 2000 Mangot we flipped — Not only because of the extremely high quality and aging potential from one of the best years in recent memory, but because it was not "internationalized". While many of its Bordeaux counterparts are over-manipulated, the Mangot classicly European in style and a genuine expression of the terroir of St. Emilion.

The Overlooked Bordeaux?
2000 Château Prieuré-Lichine
Pristine Bottles, Bought En Primeur, Professionally Stored

"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years."
- Robert Parker

Bordeaux is the most iconic wine region on earth. Which is perhaps why the wines themselves can sometimes play second fiddle to the glamour of the Châteaux, the manicured lawns and well-dressed winemakers.

Sauternes Without Rival
Château d'Yquem 1989, 1990, 1995, 2005
Historical Vintages Ready for the Table,
the Cellar... or the Next Century

Yquem has no peers.

There are few names in the world of fine wine that conjure up the gravitas, the history, the emotion that Sauternes' legendary Château d'Yquem does.

This is a wine without peers; the sole Sauternes classified as a Great First Growth in the original classification of 1855. It remains the sole Premier Cru Supérieur in Sauternes.

48-Hour Holiday Single Cellar Sale!
Heitz, Mugnier, Phelps, Philipponat, Ponsot, Roumier, Rousseau, Salon and more...
Special Pricing on Everything You Need for the Holidays
Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, California

So it's official now, right? The holiday season has begun?

For all of you braving the crowds, the cold, the chaos, we offer a bit of calm and a lot of cheer: Benchmark producers from Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux and California discounted for the weekend.

Special pricing, 48 hours only.

Single-Owner Cellar: Perfect Provenance
Back-Vintage Bordeaux, Burgundy and California
in Pristine Condition
Angelus - Coche-Dury - Ducru - Haut Brion - Harlan - Latour - Margaux - Mouton - Pichon Lalande and more...

With wines like this, provenance is everything.

Today we present a tiny parcel of the best of Bordeaux, Burgundy and California and everything is priced to move.

Likely you've got a few other things on your mind today: We know we have to do something special today to get your attention.

So here we go, for Bordeaux we have everything from blue chip gems like 1982 Latour and 1996 Margaux (bottles with decades of development, yet they come to you lower than the 2009 futures prices for the same wines, if that makes any sense) to underrated, undervalued back-vintage bottlings like 1995 Ducru Beaucaillou and 1996 Angélus.

Family Matters
2009 Duhart-Milon
A House at the Tipping Point?
Special Bordeaux Futures Pricing

"The 2009 appears to be the finest Duhart-Milon yet made. The Rothschild family has invested heavily in this estate over the last 20 years in order to upgrade the quality, and their investments have certainly paid off handsomely."
- Robert Parker

People are catching on, quickly: Duhart-Milon offers a fantastic quality to value ratio, the chateau's 2009 an exemplary Medoc for the vintage... and at a miniscule fraction of the price of its supermodel siblings (read: Lafite and that maison's Carruades).

Today we continue our 2009 Bordeaux futures campaign with the vintage's Duhart-Milon at $77.95 a bottle.

Our Window Into 09 Bordeaux
2009 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion
1/10th the Price of the Grands: $89.95
Amongst the Lowest Pricing in the World

"There are approximately 2,000 cases of the 2009 La Chapelle de La Mission, the best one I have ever tasted... To get an idea of just how extraordinary all the wines from the Dillon family are in 2009, just consider how phenomenal the second wines are." - Robert Parker

We’re in strict agreement. This is remarkable Bordeaux and easily one of the greatest values in the raucous 09 Bordeaux market.

Robert Parker makes no bones about it, summing up his rhapsodizing review of the 09 Chapelle de la Mission ("amazing density, extraordinary fruit quality... admirable purity and length") by calling it flat out “the best one I have ever tasted.”

My choice for Wine of the Year is the 2000 Chateau de Fonbel.

The story here is simple: An innocent tasting where I was simply blind-sided by the wine's purity and elegance - aromatic with plentiful fruit wrapped in layers of great spice, minerality and florality. The mouthfeel is undeniably St-Emilion - luxurious and full, expansive and enveloping, yet with a seemingly nimble footprint.

At under $40, this is one of the best deals in Bordeaux I've come across all year.