News — Wine

Explore All Offers

(964 posts)

The King of Sancerre:
2016 Francois Cotat La Grande Côte

Among the vineyards of Sancerre, La Grande Côte is king. When you taste a young François Cotat Grande Côte, you immediately sense its profundity, the intricate weave of layers and its taut depth. It's clearly a wine that holds a lot in reserve.

Read the Full Story

Implausible Harmony: Selosse Cuvée Initial NV

This is the bottle of Selosse that I reach for most often.

Read the Full Story

"Precise, focused and energizing" -Mosel Fine Wines
2016 Lauer Ayler Kupp Kabinett Auction

For the past few years, Lauer's Auction Kabinett has been one of the most exciting Kabinetts that we taste. Last week, we opened a bottle of the 2016 and it was a gorgeous version of the wine. It has thrilling crystal clear presentation and cut. We had three different bottles opened and it was the Lauer that people returned to again and again.

Read the Full Story

A Rhône Benchmark In A Historic Vintage:
2010 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage

Alain Graillot's wines are the long-standing benchmark of Crozes. Catch a Graillot with age and the importance of the wine comes into clear focus. In general, Crozes is thought to be a simple, and sadly often underachieving, quaffer. In Graillot's hands, Crozes assumes haunting aromatic complexity and ageworthy breeding.

Read the Full Story

"The 2013 Extra Brut Efflorescence is fabulous"
- 2013 Marie-Courtin Efflorescence Extra Brut

Marie-Courtin is based in the Aube, which is pretty much the backwoods of Champagne. Despite this, Marie-Courtin is mentioned with the region's top growers. Amazingly, she has very swiftly reached this level of recognition. Marie-Courtin's Dominique Morneau bottled her first wine in '06. By the time her 2008's were released, the Champagnes already had a cult following.

Read the Full Story

The Greatest Barolo You Haven't Heard Of
2013 Poderi Colla Barolo Bussia Dardi Le Rose

"The 2013 reminds me of some of the most profound Barolos and Barbarescos I have tasted." -Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media The Barolo traditionalist estate of Poderi Colla has kept a low profile. The 2013 Bussia Dardi Le Rose changes all of this. As Galloni's note above makes clear, this is simply a standout by any estimation. 

Read the Full Story

A Monument From The Damned Mountain:
2016 François Cotat Sancerre Les Monts Damnés

François Cotat's Sancerres are singular in their tactile grandeur and incredible longevity. This goes a long way in explaining why when you check out the best wine lists or carefully selected cellars, you're almost certain to find François Cotat's wines.

Read the Full Story

Vines Planted in 1896, A Breakout Vintage
2016 Carl Loewen Longuicher Maximin Herrenberg
Alte Reben 1896 Riesling Feinherb

Carl Loewen hit a new and incredibly high level in 2016. Their Maximin Herrenberg Alte Reben 1896 leads the charge.

Read the Full Story

" I very much like the complexity and sense of harmony"
-2014 Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Talmettes

Simon-Bize is red Burgundy exactly as we like them. Their combination of finesse and wildness is endlessly fascinating. In 2014, you find this rendered with the utmost clarity. Bize simply nailed the 2014 vintage.

Read the Full Story

Our Go-To White Burgundy Value
2016 Paul Pillot Bourgogne Blanc

"Thierry Pillot is a top flight talent. If you haven’t tried the wines, you should.” -Burghound When it comes to value in white Burgundy, Paul Pillot's Bourgogne Blanc is the first thing that we reach for.

Read the Full Story

Champagne Rarity:
Chartogne-Taillet Couarres Château Extra-Brut (2012)

Chartogne-Taillet is making some of the most exciting wines in Champagne.

Read the Full Story

The Magic of Bea
2011 Bea Sagrantino Pagliaro

For us, Bea's Sagrantino Pagliaro is one of the most compelling wines to be found in all of Italy.

Read the Full Story

The Grand Cru of Vin Jaune: 2008 Macle Chateau Chalon

For us, Macle's Château-Chalons are some of the best and most moving wines out there. Without a doubt the 2008 will go down as one of the top examples. It's an amazingly complete vintage delivering verve, concentration and a deep complexity.

Read the Full Story

Singular German Pinot - Extreme Weightlessness: 2016 Enderle & Moll “Liaison”

Enderle & Moll obviously have the touch with Pinot Noir. Few, if any, producers in Germany render the grape with as much fascination and light-on-its-feet elegance.

Read the Full Story

"Massive Minerality"
2011 Clape Cornas

Clape really nailed the 2011 vintage. I was very happy to come across this modest parcel recently. 

Read the Full Story

Turn Back The Clock Red Burgundy
2008 Chapelle Santenay 1er Cru Gravières

This is old-school styled Burgundy at old-school prices. It's difficult to underscore how much of a rarity things like this are today. 

Read the Full Story

"This Spätlese seems virtually weightless" -
2016 Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese

Himmelreich's calling card is always a sharp, saline and slate-y cut with a dancing slate-inflected lightness. As David Schildknecht's note above makes clear, the 2016 Spätlese takes these qualities to a compelling extreme.

Read the Full Story

Loire Rarity:
2016 Pascal Cotat Chavignol Rosé

For us, there's nothing like Pascal Cotat's Rosé. It is one of the most ageworthy and compelling rosés in existence. When it comes to fascination and deliciousness, Cotat's Rosé is hard to beat. 

Read the Full Story

Back Up The Truck - Rhône Royalty Edition
2015 Chave St. Joseph Offerus

When Chave's St. Joseph Offerus is on, it can be shockingly good. In the past few weeks, I tasted through a cast of vintages that we had laying around here - 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. When it came to 2010 and 2015, the wines really blew me away. I immediately went deep on the 2015. 

Read the Full Story

The Unlikely Flagship, Back-Vintage Edition:
2002 Bouchard Beaune 1er Cru l'Enfant Jésus

L'Enfant Jésus occupies a unique place in red Burgundy. It's an example of where Burgundy's neat hierarchies become blurred. Put l'Enfant Jésus in a blind tasting next to Grand Crus and there's no doubt that it will hold its own. It overachieves in that big of a way. It's Bouchard's flagship bottling.

Read the Full Story

Boundary Breaker : 2014 Dujac Morey St. Denis

Simply put, Dujac is astounding. One of the things about the domaine that I like the most is that Dujac's magic respects no boundaries.

Read the Full Story

2013 Piedmont Sweet Spot Revisited:
2013 Castello di Verduno Barbaresco Rabajà

When you combine the Rabajà vineyard with the 2013 vintage in Piedmont, the results are dazzling. The 2013 vintage in Piedmont is all about finesse and clarity. Simply put, Rabajà is a blessed piece of earth for the Nebbiolo grape.

Read the Full Story

The Magic of Bea: 2011 Bea Sagrantino Pagliaro

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.

Read the Full Story

"Terrific Delineation" -Burghound
2014 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

We don't get to offer d'Angerville's Taillepieds very often. It's one of his wines that tends to disappear quickly from the market. D'Angerville's holdings in Taillepieds are half that of Ducs and a quarter of Champans. 

Read the Full Story
← 1 … 25 26 27 28 29 … 41 →