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2022 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir Grand Cru: Limestone vs. Sandstone

These two wines are a spellbinding fireworks show of terroir—limestone versus sandstone—from an estate that changed the course of German Pinot Noir.

The Cult Meunier:
2021 Jerome Prevost La Closerie "&"

The 2021 Esperluette has a riveting energy and saline cut. There are beautiful aromatics of stone fruits and white flowers. Everything is presented with a tension-filled drive.

Red Burgundy:
D’Angerville, Bachelet, Bertheau, Bizot, Dujac, Engel, Lafarge, Mugnier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Roumier, Rousseau & More

Mysterious, Beautiful, and Subtle:
2022 Jouan Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé

Jouan's are some of the most beautiful and graceful Burgundies that you'll taste. The 2022 Clos Sorbé serves as an archetypal example of Jouan's soulfulness and purity

The Swiss Army Knife of Wine:
2022 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir-Rosé

The magic is the brightness and freshness of the nose, which make the wine feel like a rosé, while the depth of fruit and soil transparency leave the impression of a red wine.

One of Burgundy's best village wines: Back-Vintage Edition:
2014 Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée

It's easy to fall for Mugneret-Gibourg's Vosne. Few wines combine a seductive texture with an ultra-fine and elegant precision.

Mastering The Sparkle:
2022 Les Capriades Pet-Sec Blanc

When it comes to pét-nat, Capriades is simply way ahead of the pack.

Cult Sancerre For The Ages:
2005 Vatan Sancerre "Clos de Neore"

Nearing twenty years of age, this bottle hasn't let up. It remains a mineral bomb with precision and incredible structure. In terms of Sancerre, it stands alone. 

2010 Raveneau Chablis:
Butteaux, Montée de Tonnerre & Valmur

"The 2020 Le Pergole Torte is a total stunner."
2020 Montevertine Le Pergole Torte

The 2020 Pergole Torte dazzles with how it combines ripeness and concentration with drive, purity, and lift. As always, it offers up a beguiling set of aromatics with incredibly expressive notes of red fruits, herbs, spice, and floral notes.

Champagne!
Bérêche, Bouchard, Ulysse Collin, Dom Pérignon,
Ledru, Krug, Prevost, Savart, Selosse & More

This Champagne list covers a lot of ground and includes many rare bottles.

Back-Vintage Allemand: 2016 Allemand Cornas Reynard

As time has gone by, Allemand's 2016s have impressed us more and more.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice:
Michel Fallon Ozanne Blanc de Blancs (2018)

As a side project, Fallon makes a tiny amount of wine from his family's vineyard in Avize, Selosse's home turf. Production is somewhere around 1,000 bottles.

"Lovely juice"
2020 Picq Chablis Dessus la Carriere

For us, Dessus la Carrière is always the top choice. Simply put, it's everything that you could want from a villages Chablis and then some.

The Master of Nuits-St-Georges:
2010 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrières

"This is a quality Bonnes-Mares of grace" -2019 Bertheau Bonnes-Mares

Bertheau's 2019 Bonnes-Mares is simply profound.

The Unheralded Dauvissat:
2021 Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru Sechets

Séchet is for purists. It’s a bottling that boasts a deep cut and a blatant expression of saline minerality.

White Burgundy:
Coche-Dury, Dauvissat, Dureuil-Janthial,Lafon, Leflaive, Benoit Moreau, Pillot, Ramonet, Tribut & More

Transcending the Category Revisited:
2016 Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin VV

Fourrier’s signature is precise finesse, dazzling clarity of expression, and an ultra-seductive texture. Few wines delight the senses from so many angles.

"The 2014 Cristal Rosé sizzles with energy."
2014 Roederer Cristal Rosé

In short, it is one of Champagne's greatest wines. Cristal Rosé delivers a jaw-dropping finesse, length, and intricate laciness.

"In a word, brilliant."
- 2019 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

Clos des Ducs produces some of the most intense, mineral-driven, and deeply complex examples of red Burgundy.

"Positively stunning"
2019 Garrone Prünent Diecibrente

The 2019 Diecibrente dramatizes the heights that these wines can reach.

Elusive, Complicated Greatness:
2021 Château Simone Palette Blanc

Simone Blanc is a special wine. It's one of the rare wines that both creates its own category and shows an aristocratic breeding. The 2021 will go down as one of the best examples that we've seen of this wine.

Sub-$30 Red Burgundy:
2022 Trousselle Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune En Cre

It's rare to find this quality in red Burgundy at this price point, and even rarer for it to happen vintage after vintage.