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Old-School Northern Rhône: 

2021 Lionnet Cornas Terre Brulée

There's no mistaking that quality at this domaine is on a major uptick. This is a serious, compelling, but accessible bottle of Cornas. Don't miss this!

Chave Rarity:
2017 & 2020 Chave St-Joseph Clos Florentin

The Chave family has deep roots in Saint-Joseph, dating all the way back to 1481. Jean-Louis has been a major proponent of Saint-Joseph’s potential, buying choice parcels and painstakingly rebuilding terraces there since the 1990s. Today, Chave's family home is in Mauves, in the beating heart of Saint-Joseph.

In Stock White & Red Burgundy:
Bachelet, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Lafon, Les Horees, Mugneret-Gibourg, Pillot, Raveneau, Tremblay & More

The Quiet(?) German Chardonnay Revolution

Even from cooler sites like the limestone-riddled Steingrube, in warmer vintages like 2023, ripeness is possible. The wines can have a textural fullness, and a satiny amplitude, yet the energy and a polished yet forceful acidity pulls the wines into a leaner, tauter form.

The Cerebral Mosel - 2023 Weiser-Künstler Grand Crus:
Steffensberg & Gaispfad

"A real stunner"
2021 Montevertine Le Pergole Torte

The 2021 Pergole Torte has nearly everything that you could want. It has power, verve, and plenty of finese. It's a vintage of the wine that shouldn't be missed. 

Jura's Wineman - Jacques Puffeney:
2008-2017

Extremely Rare:
Selosse Lieux-Dits 6-Packs

These are once-in-a-lifetime wines: beautiful, singular and some of the most complex and thought-provoking out there.

435 Miles North of Cornas: Roterfaden

This is a grape that people have compared to a blend of Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Nebbiolo - it can be elegant, lithe, herbal, and floral.

"2022 is as good a vintage as Chevillon has made"
2022 Chevillon Nuits-St-George 1er Cru Les Pruliers

This is Burgundy at its most unyieldingly honest, at its most soil-driven. Chevillon achieved something truly awe-inspiring in 2022.

The Go-To Non-Vintage Champagne: Bérèche Brut Reserve NV

Bérèche is one of our favorite producers in all of Champagne.

Everything that he turns out is shockingly good. However, the value that the Brut Reserve offers is amazing. It's our go-to Champagne.

Lauer:
The View from the Top of the Saar

The "Stirn" is a bottle that so perennially over-delivers, that is so profoundly linear and elegant, that articulates a conception of delicately off-dry balance that it can come from nowhere else other than from the Saar, and from no one else other than Florian Lauer.

White Burgundy:
Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Guffens-Heynen, Lafon, Leflaive, Ramonet, Roulot & More

Recent Purchases:
Bernaudeau, Burlotto, Cedric Bouchard, Gonon, Julian Haart, Keller, Mascarello, Mugneret-Gibourg, Puffeney, Wasenhaus & More

"This is an excellent group of 2022 whites and worth your interest."
2022 Bachelet-Monnot Chassagne-Montrachet

Bachelet-Monnots are revelatory expressions of Burgundy. The 2022 Chassagne underscores the caliber of winemaking at this domaine.

"The 2019 Barbaresco Albesani is a haunting, gorgeous wine."
2019 Roagna Barbaresco Albesani 750s & Magnums

Luca Roagna is producing wines with mind-blowing purity and textural allure.

"The domaine almost never misses these days and 2022 is a brilliant vintage."
2022 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

Today, I'm happy to offer a dynamite example of Champans. In 2022, the wine is shockingly impressive. 

Throwback Loire - Earth Saturated Finesse:
2021 Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée

The 2021 has an astonishing purity and a lovely buoyed lightness of crushed berry fruit and complex savory notes. There's herbs, spice, smoke, sandalwood, and violets all backed by a core of tensile saline minerality. 

"Simply breathtaking."
2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne

As the Galloni quotes above make clear, the 2008 is a dynamic bottle. We drank another bottle last week and there's little doubt that the wine will go down as a legend.

"The Domprobst is the aristocrat of the Mosel Kabinett world"
-2023 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Kabinett

There's not much that needs to be said about Schaefer's Domprobst Kabinett. Vintage after vintage, it's one of the great Kabinetts. 

Red Burgundy 1989-2023:
Barthod, D’Angerville, Lafarge, Les Horees, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier & More

"This is a superb set of whites"
2022 Ballot-Millot Bourgogne Blanc

The 2022 Bourgogne Blanc dramatically underscores just how careful the winemaking is. It's rare that you get this much precision and depth at the Bourgogne level. 

"Superb"
2019 Roagna Barolo La Pira

It's shocking how the wine manages to combine such density and verve. The spectrum of flavors is jaw-dropping - layered red fruits, game, earth, tar, herbs, spice, etc.

"The Mondino is complex, balanced, and an absolute joy to taste"
2021 Piero Busso Barbaresco Mondino

The whole lineup is stunning. With that said, I have a soft spot for Mondino. The combination of seriousness and accessibility is difficult to beat.