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"Worthy of active pursuit"
-2024 Roumier Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos de la Bussière

I've always had a soft spot for Roumier's Bussière. The 2024 is a brilliant and especially exciting vintage of this wine. 

"Indeed it is one of the wines of the vintage and a wine that is also worth a special search to find."
2024 Ballot Millot Meursault 1er Cru Perrières

The 2024 Perrières possesses an incredible amount of complexity and a staggering, refined elegance. The wine has a beautiful focus with a driving, laser-like minerality. It's clearly a first-class wine.

One of the Greatest Chardonnays Being Made in Germany:
2024 Lukas Hammelmann Chardonnay Roter Berg

Lukas Hammelmann's 2024 single-vineyard Chardonnay from the Roter Berg is one of the top five greatest German Chardonnays we've ever had... and that might be a conservative evaluation.

"If you can find it, buy it."
2023 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

The 2023 has a sleek finesse along with serious length and impact. The palate is a beautiful weave of luminous red fruits and spice with an overall impression of fine calibration.

Back Up The Truck - Outrageous Sparkling Wine Magnum Deal:
2023 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs Magnums

In no time at all, Schramsberg was realizing its goal - producing exemplary American sparkling wine. Their flagship Blanc de Blancs has made quite a name for itself over six decades of vintages - it has been used in some official capacity by every president since Nixon.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:
2024 Roulot Bourgogne Blanc

We're really excited to offer the 2024 Bourgogne Blanc. Roulot simply nailed the vintage. The wines have a blazing minerality.

"The 2020 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti shows how magical Nebbiolo and Barolo can be"
2020 Roagna Barolo La Pira Vecchie Viti

The 2020 Pira VV is shocking in how the wine manages to combine such density and elegance. The wine covers an amazing range - jaw-dropping - layered red fruits, game, earth, tar, herbs, spice, etc.

"This historic estate continues to rank among the reference points for classical, age-worthy cru Beaujolais"
-2023 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly: Les Griottes de Brulhié, Godefroy, & La Chapelle

"A super-classic Peters Champagne... sizzles with tension"
2018 Pierre Peters Champagne Cuvée Spéciale Les Chétillons

The 2018 Chétillons is extraordinary. It's a champagne of riveting clarity and incredible length and finesse. There's a radiance to this vintage that is jaw-dropping. Galloni calls the 2018 "An archetype for Mesnil." That makes total sense to me. 

"Almost surgical precision"
Ulysse Collin Blanc de Blancs Les Enfers (2018 Base, 72 Months)

The 2018 Les Enfers shows incredible breadth and depth that are married to tension and rigorous detail. The combination is thrilling. It boasts an extremely complicated grandeur of scale.

A Serious Overachiever:
2024 Bachelet-Monnot Bourgogne Blanc

Bachelet-Monnot simply nailed the 2024 vintage. They captured the laser focus and overall vibrancy of the year especially well.

2025 Emrich-Schönleber:
The Grand Cru Dry Rieslings

Emrich-Schönleber is a master of dry Riesling; we've long since painted a picture of a holy triumvirate: Schönleber, Keller, and Schäfer-Fröhlich.

D'Angerville Large Formats: 2007-2023

Sharply Priced Back-Vintage Red Burgundy:
2016 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses

Out of Simon Bize's Savigny wines, Aux Vergelesses is always the most structured. Along with La Dominode, Vergelesses is Savigny's top site.

2024 Roulot Meursault Villages

We've been excited to have Roulot's 2024 land. 

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Large Format Trio

Large Formats:
Allemand, D'Arcy, Lamy, Mascarello, Montevertine, Roulot, Wasenhaus & More

Back Up The Truck Spanish White Edition:
2025 Zarate Albarino Rias Baixas

Zarate's Albarino has quickly become our go-to value white wine.

We've tasted the 2025 a few times, and each time it tasted better. 

Extreme Purity:
2024 Lamy Puligny-Montrachet "Les Tremblots"

With all that said, the 2024s are at a whole different level. The wines have plenty of concentration along with a vivid laser-sharp focus. The total package is captivating.

A New Force in the Pfalz:
2024 Hammelmann Riesling Grand Crus

Hitting A High Water Mark:
2024 Moreau-Naudet Chablis 1er Cru Forêts

The collection represents a high water mark for this great domaine. It is certainly the best wines we've tasted since their brilliant 2017s. 

Champagne!
Cedric Bouchard, Chartogne-Taillet, Cristal, Dom Pérignon, Krug, Pierre Peters, Rogerie, Savart & More

Clarity and Finesse in the Northern Rhône:
2024 Gérard St-Joseph Rouge Le Blanchard

Le Blanchard is one of Saint-Joseph's coolest vineyards. Here, Saint-Joseph possesses an unusual finesse, agility, and perfume—elements that it shares with Côte-Rôtie. It all adds up to an exciting and gorgeous example of Syrah.

"Wonderful poise and elegance... Excellent."
2023 Mugneret-Gibourg Echézeaux

The Echézeaux represents one of the high points of Mugneret-Gibourg's 2023 collection. The wine is simply beguiling.