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2018 Roagna Langhe Rosso
Langhe Rosso is a humble designation (like Bourgogne Rouge), but Roagna's has no trouble going head-to-head with Barolos and Barbarescos.
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"Unusual in Every Respect"
2020 Château Simone Palette Rouge
Given the wine's harmony and Simone's track record for aging, the 2020 seems poised to show brilliantly for at least the next decade.
Punching Above Its Weight Class:
2015 & 2016 Bachelet Côte de Nuits-Villages
Bachelet’s top-to-bottom quality is staggering. You can taste at any level, from the Aligoté to his epic Charmes-Chambertin, and be thoroughly impressed.
"If you can find it, don't miss it!"
2019 Giacomo Conterno Nebbiolo d'Alba Arione
Conterno's wines exist in their own realm. Roberto’s exacting standards focus on perfecting every little detail. The sum is an almost logic-defying profundity.
"Spätlese does not get better than this"
2021 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Spätlese
Müller crafts the most consistently magical Rieslings on the planet.
Domaine Fourrier: 2008-2016
Jean-Marie Fourrier took over his family's domaine in 1994 after working under Henri Jayer. He wasted no time defining his unique style and catapulting his family's domaine into Burgundy's elite tier.
2022 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir Grand Cru: Limestone vs. Sandstone
These two wines are a spellbinding fireworks show of terroir—limestone versus sandstone—from an estate that changed the course of German Pinot Noir.
The Cult Meunier:
2021 Jerome Prevost La Closerie "&"
The 2021 Esperluette has a riveting energy and saline cut. There are beautiful aromatics of stone fruits and white flowers. Everything is presented with a tension-filled drive.
Red Burgundy:
D’Angerville, Bachelet, Bertheau, Bizot, Dujac, Engel, Lafarge, Mugnier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier, Rousseau & More
Mysterious, Beautiful, and Subtle:
2022 Jouan Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé
Jouan's are some of the most beautiful and graceful Burgundies that you'll taste. The 2022 Clos Sorbé serves as an archetypal example of Jouan's soulfulness and purity
The Swiss Army Knife of Wine:
2022 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir-Rosé
The magic is the brightness and freshness of the nose, which make the wine feel like a rosé, while the depth of fruit and soil transparency leave the impression of a red wine.
One of Burgundy's best village wines: Back-Vintage Edition:
2014 Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée
It's easy to fall for Mugneret-Gibourg's Vosne. Few wines combine a seductive texture with an ultra-fine and elegant precision.
Mastering The Sparkle:
2022 Les Capriades Pet-Sec Blanc
When it comes to pét-nat, Capriades is simply way ahead of the pack.
Cult Sancerre For The Ages:
2005 Vatan Sancerre "Clos de Neore"
Nearing twenty years of age, this bottle hasn't let up. It remains a mineral bomb with precision and incredible structure. In terms of Sancerre, it stands alone.
2010 Raveneau Chablis:
Butteaux, Montée de Tonnerre & Valmur
"The 2020 Le Pergole Torte is a total stunner."
2020 Montevertine Le Pergole Torte
The 2020 Pergole Torte dazzles with how it combines ripeness and concentration with drive, purity, and lift. As always, it offers up a beguiling set of aromatics with incredibly expressive notes of red fruits, herbs, spice, and floral notes.
Champagne!
Bérêche, Bouchard, Ulysse Collin, Dom Pérignon,
Ledru, Krug, Prevost, Savart, Selosse & More
This Champagne list covers a lot of ground and includes many rare bottles.
Back-Vintage Allemand: 2016 Allemand Cornas Reynard
As time has gone by, Allemand's 2016s have impressed us more and more.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice:
Michel Fallon Ozanne Blanc de Blancs (2018)
As a side project, Fallon makes a tiny amount of wine from his family's vineyard in Avize, Selosse's home turf. Production is somewhere around 1,000 bottles.
"Lovely juice"
2020 Picq Chablis Dessus la Carriere
For us, Dessus la Carrière is always the top choice. Simply put, it's everything that you could want from a villages Chablis and then some.
The Master of Nuits-St-Georges:
2010 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrières
"This is a quality Bonnes-Mares of grace" -2019 Bertheau Bonnes-Mares
Bertheau's 2019 Bonnes-Mares is simply profound.
The Unheralded Dauvissat:
2021 Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru Sechets
Séchet is for purists. It’s a bottling that boasts a deep cut and a blatant expression of saline minerality.