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Dynamite and a Provençal Aristocrat:
2023 Domaine de Trévallon IGP Alpilles

Trévallon flaunts the nobility that France's south can display. The 2023 really highlights the finesse, elegance, and aristocratic power that Trévallon can achieve.

Red Burgundy:
Bachelet, Dujac, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier, Rousseau & More

"What a total delight"
2022 Serafino Rivella Barbaresco Montestefano

The 2022 is the epitome of honesty and refinement. It possesses a radiant clarity, delivering spice, floral notes, herbs, and hints of game.

Tearing Up The Script - Unbelievable:
2021 Dominio del Challao Garnacha

This is Grenache with the aristocratic breeding of Rioja, and it is really amazing. 

2025 Julian Haart in Keller's Rheinhessen

The "Rote Erden," meaning "red soil," is explosive in 2025. The vintage has a brightness and clarity to the ultra-vivid fruit that recalls the greatness of the 2005 vintage exactly 20 years ago. But in 2025, there is somehow more acidity, more phenolics, more density, and structure.

"This is an excellent Chambolle villages"
2023 Roumier Chambolle-Musigny

The explanation is simple: Even when you stack Roumier's Chambolle up against other top villages Burgundies, you realize that it exists on its own plane.

Cult Loire - Bizot Disciple:
2023 Nicolas Barbou Touraine Oisly Utopie Creative

Barbou's wines have become some of the most sought-after bottles around. The fact that production is very limited has made the wines disappear from the market in a flash.

"The Brune is consistently one of the best wines made at Côte Rôtie."
Jamet Côte-Rotie Côte Brune

"The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots has turned out brilliantly"
2018 Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots

I've always really liked Mugneret-Gibourg's 2018s. There’s an extra dimension of depth and breadth to these wines from the top to the bottom of the range.

Champagne:
Bouchard, Brochet, Gauditiabois, Roederer, Savart, Selosse, Taittinger & More

The Pinnacle - 0.36ha:
2022 Jouan Clos St-Denis

The buoyant luminosity of the vintage really helps the Clos St-Denis assume fascinating dimensions. It possesses haunting aromatics, finesse, and depth of minerality.

"Silky and pliant, with captivating purity, the 2020 is a total delight. "
2020 Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

The intention with Monfortino has always been to stand on tiptoe and reach for the top. The results have been epic. It's easy to make the case that Monfortino is THE benchmark Barolo.

Without Peer:
2023 Allemand Cornas Chaillot & Reynard

The 2023s are yet another example of how Allemand's wines are without peer. The wines have a brilliant vividness and jaw-dropping balance.

"I was knocked out by the quality of the Lafarge 2019s"
2019 Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Aigrots Rouge

Lafarge is one of our favorite producers; there is just something about the delineation, the fineness, and the purity of the wines.

2005-2023:
D'Angerville & Mugneret-Gibourg Magnums

"This is a knockout and worth a search to find"
2024 Ballot Millot Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

The 2024 Genevrières is finely calibrated. It delivers a thundering mineral length combined with a beautiful cut. There's a really nice depth and finessed lift.

White Burgundy:
Bernard-Bonin, Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Lafon, Leflaive, Pillot, Roulot & More

"This wine offers an incredible level of sharpness and detail"
2014 Roagna Barolo La Pira

While Roagna is closely associated with Barbaresco, the Barolo Pira is, along with Barbaresco Pajè, a flagship bottling. Roagna's Pira is always one of the most finessed and lifted of the collection.

Rare: 2024 Wasenhaus Grand Crus!

"The 2014 Comtes de Champagne is pristine"
2014 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Magnums

This is a thrilling Comtes de Champagne. Given the wine's verve and harmony, we expect it to age gloriously, especially in large format. 

Wasenhaus:
Redefining Germany - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc

From the first vintage, the magic of Wasenhaus was the simplicity: The wines show a startling level of clarity, finesse, balance, and energy.

Red Burgundy:
Bachelet, Dujac, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier, Rousseau & More

Vollenweider:
Prädikats of the Vintage?

Moritz Hoffmann and Vincent Ewest have taken this estate to new levels over the last two years; it is a story of renaissance and rebirth after Daniel Vollenweider's passing.

Dauvissat, Lafon, Lamy, Leflaive & Raveneau