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Hitting A High-Water Mark, Again
2013 Roagna Barolo La Pira

Simply put, Roagna is at the top of their game. There are very few producers working in Piedmont at their level. 

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"Strikingly pure" - 2016 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

"While d'Angerville rarely misses, I was particularly taken with the quality I found here; indeed the word classic would aptly describe their 2016s." -Burghound Catching d'Angerville's Champans in the right vintage is an extraordinary experience.

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A Dream Brew, Last Chance
2015 Jean-Luc Jamet Côte-Rôtie Terrasses

I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to reload on Jean-Luc Jamet 2015 Côte-Rôtie Terrasses Our initial offering in the spring sold out quickly, it's nice to have more to offer. If you missed the original offer, I strongly advise you snap some of this up. There's little hope of landing another parcel. 

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2017 Seehof Weissburgunder Morstein R

Less than half a hectare, old vines, and a very famous brother-in-law. If Keller's G-Max grabs the easy headlines with its ballooning auction prices, many wine geeks consider Morstein the greatest vineyard of the Rheinhessen. Think of it as a limestone quarry, with vines on top.

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Unbeatable Piedmont Value: 2013 Roagna Langhe Rosso

Roagna's Langhe Rosso has become one of our most popular offerings. Despite its humble designation, it's a bottle that can rival Barolos at twice the price.

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"I found the quality here to be outstanding." -
2016 Drouhin Chambertin Clos de Beze

Drouhin's Clos de Bèze is special wine. One of the best bottles of Burgundy I've ever had was a '71 Drouhin Clos de Bèze.

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Knockout Fleurie: 2017 Julien Sunier Fleurie

Julien Sunier has firmly established himself as one of Beaujolais' top young winemakers. Vintage after vintage, Sunier's Fleurie is the star of the line-up.

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Back Up The Truck - Piedmont Edition:
2014 Produttori di Carema Carema Riserva

Carema is about an hour's drive from Barolo and amounts to its alpine cousin. It's one of the most riveting and most versatile wines around.

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Puligny Benchmark:
2016 Jacques Carillon Puligny-Montrachet

Nearly every time I'm poking around the cellar of a serious Burgundy collector, I come across Carillon's wines right next to luminaries like Coche, Roulot, Ramonet, etc. The wines of Jacques Carillon may keep a lower profile than some others in Burgundy, but they are no joke. You'd be hard pressed to find Burgundies as carefully crafted as Carillon's. 

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Baby "Grand Cru"
2017 Keller Riesling von der Fels Trocken

Year after year, we watch people buy Von der Fels in case quantities. The explanation is simple: you'd be hard pressed to find a bottle that delivers as much refinement and sophistication as Keller's von der Fels.

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2016 Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Les Mémoires MAGNUMS

For many, Les Mémoires is Roches Neuves' top wine. There's no doubt that Les Mémoires stands as one of the Loire's grandest examples of Cabernet Franc, boasting a startling depth, sophistication and old vine complexity.

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Cult Burgundy Brilliance: 2015 Boisson-Vadot Bourgogne Blanc

Boisson's are among the most exciting White Burgundies that we taste each year. The wines have developed an enormous following. At this point finding Boisson-Vadot in quantity is really difficult.

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
2016 Tempier Bandol Rosé

Simply put, Tempier's Bandol Rosé is special. There are few rosés that serious wine collectors love as much as Tempier.

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Rhône Royalty, Back-Vintage Edition
2006 Chave Hermitage Rouge

There's simply no better expression of Syrah on the planet than Chave's Hermitage.

It's the crown jewel of the Northern Rhône.

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Loire Elite, The Smart Buy
2017 Thierry Germain Saumur Blanc Clos du Moulin

In a handful of years, Thierry Germain's Roches Neuves has been catapulted into elite status. They've become fixtures on the lists of 3-Star restaurants in Europe. At this point, it may very well be that their only rival in the Loire is the legendary Clos Rougeard. 

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Don't Miss Lapierre: 2017 Lapierre Morgon

For us, there may be no producer in Beaujolais who succeeds in ripe vintages like Lapierre.

As much as we love Lapierre, there are certain vintages that we get especially excited about and advise that you go deep on. Along with 2009, 2014 and 2015, 2017 is one of these vintages.

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The Noble and The Savage
2007 Gouges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les St-Georges

Les St-Georges is the prize of Gouges’ stable. If Nuits St. Georges had a Grand Cru, it would be Les St- Georges. It's the most complete, complex and aristocratic of the Nuits 1er Crus.

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A Game Changer - Best Yet:
2016 Bernhard Ott Grüner Veltliner Rosenberg

Bernard Ott renders Grüner Veltliners of incredible tension and brightness. In this regard, Ott may very well be without peer when it comes to Grüner.

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Montalcino Surprise: 2014 Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino

Sometimes the line between Rosso and Brunello di Montalcino is very thin. And when top Rossos are judged on their own terms, they can really hold their own. Poggio di Sotto is one of the profound instances of this.

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"I found the quality here to be outstanding." - Only Bottles in the U.S.
2016 Drouhin Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru

Drouhin produced dazzling 2016s. The Vosne 1er Cru is almost certainly where the greatest value is at. You don't have to look any further than the formidable sites to have a clear picture of what makes the Vosne 1er Cru special.

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Back-Up The Truck: Barolo Edition - 2013 Oddero Barolo

The 2013 vintage represents a high-water mark for Oddero. In recent vintages, we've been watching this traditionalist going from strength to strength. The wines have steadily grown more complicated and more detailed.

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The Wilds of the Mosel - A Rarity
2017 Stein Palmberg-Terrassen Kabinett

Spend even the briefest bit of time in the vertigo-inspiring and slate-riddled Palmberg-Terrassen with Ulli Stein and you immediately sense what a special place it is. This is an unknown vineyard, a forgotten curiosity even to most Mosel experts, yet the Stein family has spent the last 50+ years tending this vineyard, rebuilding its terraced walls.

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The Magic of Bea, Take Two:
2011 Bea Sagrantino Pagliaro

Bea has a unique touch with Sagrantino. In Bea's hands, the burly tannins and power of the Sagrantino grape assumes an astonishing nuance, delicacy and elegance For us, Bea's Sagrantino Pagliaro is one of the most compelling wines to be found in all of Italy. It's a view that seems to be widely shared. Every time that we offer Bea's Pagliaro, we brace ourselves for a flood of orders.

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Showstopping Meunier
2013 Laherte Frères Les Vignes d'Autrefois Extra Brut

At a recent tasting of over thirty wines, Laherte's 2013 Autrefois stole the show. It was sort of amazing. Among Cru Barolos and 1er Cru Burgundies, it was a Pinot Meunier Champagne that costs $59.95 in 4-packs that the entire staff was talking about.

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