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Real Deal Sangiovese, Part II:
2019 Boncie Rosso di Toscana Chiesamonti

The 2019 Chiesamonti boasts a serious amount of punch and length. All of this intensity is delivered with refinement and grace. The overall harmony and clarity of expression is really impressive. 

Absolutely Spectacular:
Ulysses Collin Blanc de Blancs Les Pierrières Extra Brut (2016 Base, 48 Months)

The 2016 base of Pierrières is incisive, powerful, and complex. It covers an incredibly wide range, from layers of citrus to stone fruits, stony minerality, smoke, and herbs. There's an amazing radiant expansiveness to the wine.

Red Burgundy:
D'Angerville, Barthod, Dujac, Fourrier, Lafarge, Mugneret-Gibourg & More

Burgundy Elite - Transcending The Category:
2019 Bachelet Bourgogne Aligoté

We've opened a few back vintages of Bachelet's Aligoté over the years, and we've always been impressed. With a few years of age, the inherent sharpness of Aligoté rounds out into something deeper.

"I was knocked out with the quality"
2020 Leflaive Mâcon-Verzé

I was seriously impressed by the 2020 white Burgundies when I tasted them this spring. Everything points to this being a very important vintage.

Rare Jamet:
2020 Jamet Côtes du Rhône

Jamet is one of the northern Rhône's famed domaines, and his Côtes du Rhône is a sought-after rarity. This is a wine that rarely sees the light of day.

2021 Lapierre Morgon Magnums

Their Morgon serves as an archetype of purity and deliciousness. Few wines offer so much joyful drinking. These qualities make magnums essential.

Real Deal Sangiovese
2019 Boncie Rosso di Toscana Le Trame

It's this beautifully composed combination of intensity and finesse that defines the Le Trame. It's very easy to imagine Le Trame aging amazingly well for decades.

“One of the wines of the vintage"
2013 Chave Hermitage Rouge

The Chave family has been making wine on the slopes of the northern Rhône for over 500 years and Hermitage Rouge is their flagship bottling. Chave allows Hermitage to shine in all of its majestic nobility and ageworthiness.

White Burgundy:
Drouhin, Raveneau, Boisson, Lafon & More

The Heart of the Matter:
2014 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée

Coeur de Cuvée combines a grand and sculpted architecture with filigree detail. It's a Champagne of supreme gracefulness and weightless resonance.

Red Burgundy As It Should Be Revisited:
2020 Bertheau Chambolle-Musigny

Along with Jouan, Bertheau epitomizes subtle, graceful, and understated Burgundy. It's a style that I really enjoy. 

Piedmont Elite, Rosé Edition:
2021 Nervi-Conterno Il Rosato

Roberto Conterno is an unrelenting perfectionist who makes world-class wines. When he applies this philosophy to rosé, good things happen.

"A Barolo of haunting beauty" -Antonio Galloni
2016 Cappellano Barolo Pie Rupestris

In terms of longevity, Cappellano's Barolos boast a structure that can keep stride with the great distance runners of Piedmont, like Conterno's Monfortino and Giacosa's Red Label.

"Very fine typicity" -2019 Dauvissat Chablis

Dauvissat's 2019s possess an extraordinary amount of power and breeding. It is emphatically mineral.

Without Peer Revisited: 2020 Pascal Cotat Chavignol Rosé

The 2020 is an especially vivid and concentrated vintage of the rosé. There's plenty of chalky tension and incredibly pure layered red fruits. 

The Brilliance of PYCM Revisited:
2019 Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot Cuvée Clement et Emma

There's no doubt that Pierre-Yves Colin is making some of the most compelling white Burgundies around.  People hunt the wines down feverishly. There's an enormous amount of excitement over their 2019s.

Lauer Masterpiece - Auction Edition:
2020 Lauer Schonfels Grosses Gewächs Auction Magnums

For years, the chiseled and ruthless Schonfels was for me the pinnacle of what Lauer and the Saar could achieve with dry Riesling. With the 2020, the wine reaches another level.

Portuguese Revelation - Don't Miss:
2017 Niepoort Quinta de Baixo Bairrada Branco VV

The 2017 Quinta de Baixo Bairrada Branco VV has an amazing kinetic energy and polished minerality. I really love the combination of density and razor cut. You get a rush of citrus and deep stoniness. 

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:
2021 Lapierre Morgon Sans Soufre

The Sans Soufre takes Lapierre's signatures of deliciousness and purity to the next level.

Gem-Like: Historic Vintage
2019 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Frémiets

Whenever the 2019 vintage comes up, people always mention d'Angerville as one of the great collections. For Burgundy fanatics, this is a lineup that shouldn't be missed. 

Gracefulness to the Extreme Revisited:
2017 Jouan Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé

Jouan's Clos Sorbé gets to the beating heart of the domaine like no other wine in the incredibly strong lineup does.

"I especially like the translucent expression of Nebbiolo here."
2018 Castello di Verduno Barbaresco Rabajà-Bas

This was the star of a recent tasting of over a dozen wines and the most compelling example of the Rabajà-Bas that we've tasted. 

Without Peer:
Selosse Sous Le Mont Extra Brut

The profundity and sheer individuality of Selosse's wines has made him one of the most important producers in Champagne and in wine in general. Sous le Mont dramatizes just how fascinating and groundbreaking Selosse's work is.