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Born From Extremity:
2013 Enfield Cabernet Fort Ross - Seaview Sonoma Coast

One of the most compelling California Cabernets we've tasted comes from the most unlikely of places. The very cool Fort Ross-Seaview AVA has established itself as one of California's top Pinot Noir addresses. Enfield's Cabernet is a wonderful surprise.

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Rare Ulysse Collin: Ulysse Collin Rose de Saignee (2013)

We love Ulysse Collin's Champagne for how thrilling, complex and fascinatingly unique they are. Today, we turn to Collin's rarest wine.

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"Stunning Focus" - 2015 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Spätlese

I'll keep this short. Egon Müller produces some of the greatest and most age-worthy white wines in the world. His 2015s are some of the best that we've seen from him in decades.

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The Perennial Overachiever - Lowest Price:
2014 Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been blown away by a bottle of Drouhin’s Clos des Mouches. It’s a wine that dramatically overachieves. I’ve been at many dinners where an old bottle of Clos des Mouches has outshined many of the Grand Crus at the table. 

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Fleurie In Unmediated Purity:
2013 Foillard Fleurie

Foillard captures the beauty and delicacy of Fleurie in a way that few others achieve. Foillard is famous for making some of the greatest examples of Morgon. Still, his much less available Fleurie stands dangerously close to being the Platonic ideal of Fleurie. 

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Exciting Debut - d'Angerville in Jura:
2015 Pelican Poulsard

I waited for months to taste Pélican's Poulsard. I heard really good reports on the wine. It didn't disappoint.

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"Extremely beautiful" - 2012 Brovia Barolo Rocche

Regardless of the vintage, Brovia's Rocche is utterly captivating. It's a wine that has dazzling elegance and aromatics.

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Transcending Its Category - 2014 Tribut Chablis

For years, Laurent Tribut's wines have been an insider's secret, but that has ended. These are wines that you can't help but take notice of. 

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Unmistakable Brilliance:
2015 Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese GK & Graacher Himmelreich Auslese GK

J.J. Prüm joins the cast of producers whose 2015s are the best wines that we've seen from them in a long time. Along with Egon Müller, Prüm has provided us with a ridiculous amount of profound old bottles. In the end, there may be no German wines more proven than Prüm. 

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Long-Haul Beaujolais, Magnum Edition:
2015 Roilette Fleurie Cuvee Tardive

In any vintage, Roilette's Cuvée Tardive is one of the most loved wines of Beaujolais. But there's no doubt the 2015 is special.

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Transcending Its Category
2015 Egon Müller Scharzhof QbA

The deal with Müller's 2015s is well known by now. It's an absolutely brilliant collection. It wouldn't be out of line to say that Egon Müller's 2015 line-up is his most exciting collection in decades. Egon Müller compares his 2015s with his 1990s, which are absolutely stunning. 

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Rare Pierre Peters - Pierre Peters Extra Brut

These are the only bottles in the U.S. I'm going to keep this short.

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"Eccentric Genius"
1995 Kalin Chardonnay Cuvée W

“Invariably some of California’s greatest Grand Cru Chardonnay bottlings” - John Gilman, View from the Cellar Kalin Cellars is an enigma on many levels. They are one of three or four California Chardonnays that age for decades upon decades. As Gilman's quote above makes clear, they are also some of the greatest expressions of classically styled Cali Chardonnay. 

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IDTT #381: Cristiano Garella
2012 Colombera & Garella Lessona

Cristiano Garella's recent I'll Drink To That! interview is a treasure trove of insight into the Alto Piemonte. This area North of Barolo has recently become one of the most exciting places to find exhilarating, tensile and perfumed wines - qualities that climate change has made increasingly elusive. And it turns out some amazing values.

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2014 White Burgundy Sweet Spot:
2014 Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon

Leflaive resides at the very highest level of white Burgundy. Right there with Coche-Dury, Lafon, Roulot, and Ramonet. Leflaive's 2014s are easily some of the best wines that we've seen from them in the past decade.

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2012 Canonica Barolo Paiagallo

Canonica turns out some of the most captivating and soulful Barolos around. Every time I taste one of Canonica's Barolos, I'm blown away by their purity and their textural complexity. 

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Rare Métras
2015 Métras Moulin-à-Vent VV

In 2006, Yvon Métras purchased a mere 0.6ha of Moulin-à-Vent. Across the board Métras is scarce, but the Moulin-à-Vent is painfully so. The 2015 was especially difficult to find in quantity. In Beaujolais, it was warm and dry, which, along with winds, decreased yields significantly. 

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Saar Icon, Historic Vintage
MAGNUMS: 2015 Weingut Peter Lauer "Senior"

One of the greatest Seniors that Florian Lauer has made in his 10-year career, in magnum. If you're reading this offer, then it's almost guaranteed that you've already heard plenty about the incredible 2015 vintage in Germany. 

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"Terrific Energy" - Lowest Price:
2014 Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly

Hubert Lamy's En Remilly is one of the benchmarks for the overacheiving 1er Cru. The 2014 is one of the strongest examples we've tasted in a very long time. It was clear from the start that 2014 White Burgundy was something special. As the wines have had a little time to evolve, it's become clear that it's an absolutely stunning vintage.

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Back Up The Truck: Burgundy Edition -
2014 Hudelot-Noellat Bourgogne Rouge

Hudelot-Noëllat's Bourgogne Rouge may be the greatest sub-$30 Burgundy value. Since Charles Van Canneyt's arrival at the estate and the soaring quality that resulted, the Bourgogne Rouge has become a core wine here.

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2015 Alzinger Riesling & Grüner Veltliner Loibenberg Smaragd

In Alzinger's hands Loibenberg reaches a rare level of delicacy and intricacy. Today, we celebrate Alzinger's Loibenberg, one of Austria's most famous sites.

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“Superb precision and cut” -
2014 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

D’Angerville’s Champans has an extraordinary track record for aging. Every time we have the opportunity to drink old Champans it’s an amazing experience. We’ve had bottles with fifty years of age that were still gorgeously fresh and completely stunning.

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Loire Elite - 2 Barrels Made
2015 Roches Neuves Saumur Blanc Clos de l’Échelier

Revue du Vin de France has awarded only two Loire domaines with its highest 3-star rating, Clos Rougeard and Roches Neuves. Lately, it's been impossible not to take notice of Roches Neuves. They've always been in the top echelon of the Loire, but things have really clicked in the past few vintages. 

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Côte du Py Lapierre Style:
2015 Lapierre Morgon Cuvée Camille

Côte du Py is Morgon's most famous vineyard, and one of Beaujolais' top sites. Naturally, when word got out that Lapierre was bottling a Côte du Py, we were very excited.

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