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Dynamite and New Horizons, Part II:
2017 Grange des Peres Vin de Pays de l'Herault Rouge

Simply put, this is a wine of confounding greatness. Its origins defy expectations yet its importance as a world-class wine is undeniable. This is an utterly singular bottle. 

Real Deal Sangiovese, Part II:
2020 Boncie Rosso di Toscana Chiesamonti

The 2020 Chiesamonti is certainly powerful but delivers its intensity with levity and grace. The overall harmony and clarity of expression is really impressive. We love the wine's texture and precision.

"This is about as good as it gets. Wow!"
2007 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé

Taittinger's 2007 is defined by its energy and ethereal perfume.

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

Back Up The Truck: Southern Italy Edition
2020 Marsella Fiano di Avellino

This is a wine that's deeply impressive now, but our experience with bottles with five years of age has been really compelling. There are few wines that deliver so much for the money. This is one of the wines that demand to be a back-up-the-truck offering. 

The Ideal Stage for Cornas' Master
2010 Allemand Cornas Chaillots

Allemand takes Cornas to a level of expressiveness and finesse that no one can compete with.

JB Becker 2021:
Grand Cru Dry Rarities

If Hans Josef was all but ignored in the 1980s and 1990s, in the last decade, Becker has finally been recognized for what he is: one of the pioneers of mineral, structured, age-worthy dry Rieslings.

"An official 'wow' from the moment I put my nose to the glass"
2010 Costanti Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

The 2010 Riserva leads with striking aromatics and offers layers of pure, dense fruit, dried flowers, and spice. The wine reveals a thrilling depth and concentration while remaining lifted and delicate. In short, it's a wine of shocking harmony, power, and finesse.

Thriving On Grace:
2021 Jouan Gevrey-Chambertin "Aux Echezeaux"

The 2021 is a soaring, incisive, and agile example of the wine. It's really thrilling. In this vintage, the Aux Echezeaux has a beautiful transparency with gorgeous vivacity and low-octane delicacy.

Making Its Own Category:
2019 & 2020 Roulot Meursault Villages

Roulot makes some of the most riveting expressions of Chardonnay on earth and the Meursault Villages makes this clear.

Foillard Value:
2021 Foillard Morgon Classique

Foillard’s reputation looms so large that most of this email probably goes without saying. It’s amazing that wines from a producer of his stature can still be had for this price.

Champagne!
Collin, Fallon, Krug, Laval, Peters, Prevost, Philipponnat, Savart, Selosse & More

"One of the more complete Rosés readers will come across"
2022 Bedrock Ode to Lulu Rosé

Bedrock's Ode to Lulu pulls off the rare feat of combining seriousness with joyful refreshment.  Year after year, this is one of our favorite rosés. 

Rarely Seen Lapierre:
2022 Lapierre Morgon Sans Soufre

The 2022 is another example of Lapierre succeeding in a ripe vintage. It's a concentrated vintage for the wine with a washing freshness on the backend that keeps it lively.

Gracefulness to the Extreme - 0.36ha:
2021 Jouan Clos Saint-Denis

The Grand Cru Clos Saint-Denis is celebrated for its class, purity, grace, and simultaneously, for its intensity.

Comtes de Champagne Magic
2012 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne

When Comtes de Champagne is on, it's one of the most intriguing and enjoyable Champagnes that I know. There's magic to Comtes' radiance, class, and utterly appealing texture. The 2012 boasts these qualities.

Mastery On Display:
2019 Lafon Meursault

You'd have to look towards Coche and Roulot. In recent vintages, it's become clear that Lafon is at the top of his game.

Dynamite and New Horizons:
2018 Grange des Peres Vin de Pays de l'Herault Rouge

Everything is so harmonious and finely calibrated that it's impossible not to discern the skillful winemaking at play.

"Airy, elegant, precise, and incredibly persistent"
2021 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Kabinett

We can't get enough of the 2021 German wines. It is a throwback vintage. The wines possess verve and low-octane that's become incredibly rare. Above all else, 2021 is a Kabinett vintage. Today, we're happy to have another opportunity to offer one of our favorite Kabinetts. 

"This is a very fine Meursault villages and worth checking out."
2018 Roulot Meursault Villages

Roulot's wines are among the most riveting expressions of Chardonnay on earth. They are razor-sharp, indisputably noble, and emphatically mineral.

"Deserving of a place in any conscientiously-stocked Burgundy collection"
2019 Roumier Morey-St-Denis 1er Cru Clos de la Bussière

The 2019 is a fascinating version of the wine. It possesses some of the vintage's enveloping fruit character but also has real snap and minerality. There's power and edge, but also suaveness and finesse.

"Beautifully detailed, intense, and appealingly textured."
2019 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru

Whenever the vintage comes up, people always mention d'Angerville as one of the greats.

"One of the most complete, most dazzling Champagnes I have ever tasted"
2008 Roederer Cristal

It's easy to imagine that Cristal's status as a luxury item obscures just how great it can be, so let me say that anytime I have the opportunity to drink old Cristal I get very excited. Cristal with age can be jaw-droppingly profound.

JB Becker 2021:
The Final Word on this Monumental Vintage

While the wine was in large, old oak casks for nearly a year (it was bottled late last year), the wine is still embryonic – it requires a few hours open to begin to show gem-like facets of winter citrus, stone fruit, complex green herbs, saline ocean notes, and an earth-driven minerality.