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Don't Miss - White Burgundy Value
2016 Lamy Bourgogne Blanc Les Chataigners

I'm constantly searching for overachieving white Burgundy. Lamy's 2016 Bourgogne Blanc is an impressive deal.

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Thriving On Subtlety and Grace:
2013 Castell'in Villa Chianti Classico

Castell'in Villa is one of the great, traditional and honest examples of Sangiovese. For decades, Castell'in Villa has been a benchmark for the region. Somehow, the wines still seem to cruise under the radar.

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Red Burgundy 1999-2015:
Chevillon, Coche-Dury, Dujac, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Rousseau & More

I'll keep this brief. Below you'll find some of our favorite producers of red Burgundies.

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Boxing Above Its Weight-Class
2015 Trapet Gevrey-Chambertin

The success of villages level 2015 Red Burgundies continues to shock us. Trapet's Gevrey really highlights what the 2015 villages wines bring to the table. 

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Brilliance in the Saar - 2016 Lauer GGs: Kupp & Feils

Lauer’s 2016s have a beautiful harmony and are crystal clear in their expression. The collection reaches its greatest heights in the trio of Grosses Gewächs. The Schonfels GG was my wine of the year. Today, we finish the trilogy with the Kupp and Feils (formerly known as Saarfeilser.)

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The Master of Morgon Magnum Edition:
2016 Foillard Morgon Côte du Py Magnums

Côte du Py is one of Beaujolais' great vineyards. Foillard is undoubtedly the master of the site. A couple of weeks ago we offered bottles of Foillard's gorgeous 2016 Côte du Py. Today, we're happy to offer a modest parcel of magnums.  

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Pinot Esoterica - Red, Still Champagne
2014 Pascal Côteau Champenois Rouge Confiance

In a given year, Franck Pascal produces around 1,000 bottles of his Côteau Champenois. The availability of the 2014 underscores how rarely seen this bottle is. It can only be found at three other places in the U.S. 

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Red Burgundy At Its Most Heartfelt
2012 Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Fournaux

Simon Bize produces some of the most authentic, mindful, and too often overlooked wines we know. When it comes to soulful and ageable Red Burgundy, there are few wines as compelling and as fairly priced as Bize's. 

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2016 François Cotat
Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu

For decades, Cotat's Sancerres have stood as the pinnacle of the appellation. Taste bottles of François Cotat with a healthy amount of time in the cellar and their importance only becomes more clear. Beyond Sancerre, they are simply great examples of mineral-drenched and slow-to-unfold regal wines. 

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"A jewel of a wine" Revisited - 2012 Pierre Peters l'Esprit

When I had a second opportunity to buy Pierre Peters' 2012 l'Esprit, I didn't hesitate. Pierre Peters has a fairly large and strong lineup, but recently l'Esprit has emerged as one of our favorites.

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A Standard-Bearer In Prime Form
2015 Clusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie La Viallière

Clusel-Roch has long served as a standard-bearer for Côte-Rôtie. For decades, Clusel-Roch shocked people with their level of sophistication and expertly rendered terroir expression.

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"This is textbook Charmes" - 2016 Bertheau Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Charmes

When it comes to Bertheau, 2016 is the sort of vintage that we've been waiting for.

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Germany's Finest:
Egon Muller, Julian Haart, Keller, Rebholz, Willi Schaefer, Weiser-Künstler & More

I combed through our Germany inventory and focused on our favorite producers. The list covers a lot of ground - everything from the Saar to the Pfalz and ranging from aristocratic estates, like Egon Müller, to exciting young producers, like Julian Haart.

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A Multi-Faceted Success: 2015 Bernard Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet

Domaine Bernard Moreau's White Burgundies are some of the purest and most complicated expressions of Chardonnay around. The wine works on a mind-boggling amount of registers. They are graceful and high-toned, luscious and rigorous, deep with a stern underlying architecture.

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Northern Rhône, The New Name To Know:
2016 Gerard St. Joseph Le Blanchard

Xavier Gerard's wines are one of our most exciting finds in the past few years. Last November, we offered the 2014 St. Joseph Le Blanchard. We found the wine's bright, complex aromatics and lifted elegance incredibly compelling.

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"An excellent showing: sappy and vibrant"
- 2015 Drouhin Vosne-Romanee Magnums

"An excellent showing: sappy and vibrant." - Stephen Tanzer In vintages like 2015, something magical happens to Drouhin's villages wines.

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Provence's Aristocrat
2013 Château Simone Palette Rouge

There's something indisputably noble and singular about Château Simone. When their rouge is on, it makes this point very clear. 

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The Master of Morgon: 2016 Foillard Morgon Côte du Py

Foillard's Côte du Py is as pure and captivating as Beaujolais gets. At this point, Foillard's Côte du Py doesn't need much of an introduction. Still, it's a wine we're so fond of that we feel the need to say at least a few words.

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"Terrific" - 2015 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets

D'Angerville's Caillerets is Volnay at its most painstakingly precise. It's also one of the hardest to find in quantity.

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"Fans of classically built Barolos will want to take note."
-Antonio Galloni
2013 Francesco Rinaldi Barolo Brunate & Cannubi

In 2013, Francesco Rinaldi turned out the strongest collection we've seen from the estate.

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Singular Loire
2016 Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Clos de l'Echelier

Clos de l’Echelier is a 1.8ha clos (a walled vineyard) on hard limestone soils. And from this site comes one of the singular expressions of Cabernet Franc.

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Like No Other: 2015 Tempier Bandol Rosé

Tempier belongs to a very small class of rosés that really flourish in the cellar. It's a sunny, warm(ish) day here and seemed like the perfect time to bust out this stash of Tempier's rosé that just arrived.

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Long-Haul Beaujolais - Half-Bottle Edition:
2016 Roilette Fleurie Cuvee Tardive Half-Bottles

Most of you know the deal with Tardive. Alain Coudert set out to make the anti-nouveau, a bottle to showcase just how complex, structured and ageworthy Beaujolais can be. He definitely proved his point - Tardives with 10 or 15 years of age can be shockingly good.

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The Noble Savage Revisited: 2001 Chateau Musar

When we had a chance to buy more 2001 Musar, we jumped on it.

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