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"This is a knockout and worth a search to find"
2024 Ballot Millot Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

The 2024 Genevrières is finely calibrated. It delivers a thundering mineral length combined with a beautiful cut. There's a really nice depth and finessed lift.

White Burgundy:
Bernard-Bonin, Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Lafon, Leflaive, Pillot, Roulot & More

"This wine offers an incredible level of sharpness and detail"
2014 Roagna Barolo La Pira

While Roagna is closely associated with Barbaresco, the Barolo Pira is, along with Barbaresco Pajè, a flagship bottling. Roagna's Pira is always one of the most finessed and lifted of the collection.

Rare: 2024 Wasenhaus Grand Crus!

"The 2014 Comtes de Champagne is pristine"
2014 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Magnums

This is a thrilling Comtes de Champagne. Given the wine's verve and harmony, we expect it to age gloriously, especially in large format. 

Wasenhaus:
Redefining Germany - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc

From the first vintage, the magic of Wasenhaus was the simplicity: The wines show a startling level of clarity, finesse, balance, and energy.

Red Burgundy:
Bachelet, Dujac, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier, Rousseau & More

Vollenweider:
Prädikats of the Vintage?

Moritz Hoffmann and Vincent Ewest have taken this estate to new levels over the last two years; it is a story of renaissance and rebirth after Daniel Vollenweider's passing.

Dauvissat, Lafon, Lamy, Leflaive & Raveneau

"A brilliant vintage"
2022 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

There is a brilliance to the wines that is simply undeniable. 

Hauntingly Beautiful:
2024 Jouan Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé

It possesses a haunting mixture of perfume and delicacy. There's a velvety, nuanced complexity to the wine that makes it easy to become obsessed with.

"This is a vintage that will surely stand as one of the estate's defining wines..."
2021 Château Simone Palette Rouge

The 2021 captures these qualities in a way that we haven't seen in a really long time. It possesses a vast spectrum of herbs, dried flowers, bright red fruits, pine, and spice. All of this is presented with thrilling clarity and detail.

Back Up The Truck:
2023 Lionnet St-Joseph Rouge Terre Neuve

Over the past 5-7 years, Lionnet's wines have catapulted into a whole different qualitative realm. Each time that we taste the wines, we're shocked by how good they are. 

Wine of the Year Flashback:
Adrien Renoir Champagne Le Cepage NV

The Le Cepage is all Pinot Noir and really showcases the shimmering and lithe framework of Verzy at its best. There's serious drive with hints of dark-berry fruit and explosive floral and herbal notes. 

"Sublime"
-2013 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé

In any vintage, Comtes de Champagne is one of the most compelling rosé champagnes.

Vollenweider:
Rebirth and Renaissance

These are simply at a level rarely achieved in the Mosel: think Julian Haart, Falkenstein, Weiser-Künstler, and Stein.

Large Formats: Allemand, Conterno, D’Arcy, Dauvissat, Dujac, Ente, Jamet, Lafon, Leflaive,
Mascarello, Roagna, Selosse, Taittinger, Wasenhaus & More

You'll find everything from magnums of 2015 Juge Cornas and Lefalive to three liters of Wasenhaus' 2022 Spätburgunder Möhlin and d'Angerville's 2010 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs. 

A Dream Brew:
2023 Bachelet-Monnot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts

For the past decade, things have clicked into high gear at Bachelet-Monnot. Each vintage, the wines seem to go from strength to strength.

The Star of the Show:
2024 Cascina Penna-Currado Langhe Nebbiolo Bricco Lago

Don't let the price tag or humble Langhe Nebbiolo designation fool you; this is a serious wine. It's very complicated and deep. It drinks like a Barolo that costs twice its price. Equally important, there's a silkiness to the wine that makes it incredibly enjoyable to drink today. 

White Burgundy:
Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Ente, Lafon, Leflaive, Raveneau & More

Brilliant Equilibrium:
2023 Dujac Charmes-Chambertin

Dujac's 2023s hit a brilliant equilibrium. The balance that the wines possess is astounding. 

Cult Loire:
2022 Bernaudeau Vin de France Les Coqueries

Bernaudeau simply makes revelatory wines. They have a clarity, a deep mineral imprint, and liveliness that is fascinating and straight-up delicious.

Hierarchies Crumble:
2024 Coche-Dury Bourgogne Blanc

Few wines make their greatness as obvious as Coche's do. Nearly every time I open a bottle, I'm amazed. Of course, all of this translates to there never being very much of this wine.

The greatest "Mineral?"
2025 Emrich-Schönleber Mineral Trocken

The blockbuster 2025 vintage offers some of the brightest, most juicy, and mouthwatering wines of the last decade-plus. It is an inarguably great vintage that offers simply perfect balance, the vivid fruit delineated and enlivened by a striking acidity.