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The Benchmark Muscadet:
2022 Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Clos des Briords

The 2022 Briords is a deeply layered expression of the wine. Underneath the stone fruits and ripe citrus is a core of Briords' piercing minerality.

"This is lovely"
Lowest Price: 2018 Lafon Meursault

Given this illustrious history, it's amazing that Lafon is currently turning out some of the greatest wines that we've tasted from him.

Real Deal Sangiovese:
2020 Podere le Boncie Rosso di Toscana Le Trame

The 2020 Le Trame is a wine of saturating power with a beautiful energy. The added punch and layers of dark fruits give you the impression of the ripe vintage. Still, you get plenty of finesse. You get a really impressive presentation of honesty, complexity, and purity of terroir.

Grace and Understatement:
2021 Jouan Chambolle-Musigny

An Electric Overachiever:
2019 Pierre Boisson Bourgogne Aligoté

The 2019 Aligoté represents all of these qualities amplified. In the riper vintage, the high acid and electric Aligoté grape thrived. It has a blazing acidity with an extra amount of polish and punch. 

Back Up The Truck Spanish White Edition:
2022 Zarate Albarino Rias Baixas

The 2022 is linear and mineral driven boasting a silky texture and refreshing salinity. There's a very crisp and clear profile to the wine that we really like. All of this is complicated by orchard fruits and floral and spice notes. 

2016 Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs

Along with d'Angerville, Lafarge stands as the long-standing benchmark of Volnay.

"This is brilliant."
2020 Chevillon Nuits-St-George 1er Cru Les Vaucrains

Vaucrains is one of the great vineyards of Nuits St. Georges. It's an imposing wine that's legendary for its ability to age.

Diamonds of the Mosel:
2022 Weiser-Künstler

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

"This is a fine Chablis villages"
2017 Dauvissat Chablis

The 2017 vintage in Chablis is seriously impressive. The wines deliver richness and presence with an intense salty, Chablisienne minerality coursing through it.

Weiser-Künstler's Slate Scalpel:
2022 Trarbacher Trocken

That Weiser-Künstler has perhaps shaped one of the most linear, most mineral, most saline, transparent, and incisive dry Rieslings of the vibrant 2022 vintage is not all that surprising.

At The Top of Their Game:
2014 Domaine Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc

Across the board, they have show-stopping elegance, real impact and complexity, and serious cut and structure.

Cult Loire - Rare:
2018 Bernaudeau Vin de France Les Nourissons

Les Nourissons is one of the most thrilling and unique expressions of Chenin Blanc. It has an intense core of minerality that's backed by a nice raciness. I like how it combines delicacy with punch, texture, and length.

"It is a magical bottle."
2004 Krug Vintage Brut

Krug represents one of the pinnacles of not just Champagne, but all of wine. Krug can be simply profound in its depth of complexity and finesse.

"Superbly chiseled and precise"
2021 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett

Red Burgundy 1990-2021:
Bachelet, Barthod, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Mugnier, Rouget, Roumier, Rousseau & More

"The Rocche is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine"
2019 Oddero Barolo Rocche di Castiglione

It seems that with each vintage, Oddero's wines get stronger and stronger. Oddero is making some of the most compelling wines in all of Piedmont. The 2019 Rocche is a testament to the superlative work.

"They are seriously good and particularly so if classic old school Chablis is your passion."
2021 Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru La Forest

The 2021 Forest is an epic edition of this wine. There's a full-throttle intensity to it. The wine is a masterpiece of sculpted purity, defined by subtlety, balance, and a keen, almost surgical precision. You’ll find notes of moss, briny sea foam, yellow-green fruit, and chalky, etched minerals.

"I very much like the focused power... "
2020 Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

Have no doubt about it, while the Montée de Tonnerre is technically a 1er Cru vineyard, the wine has a density and size to it that humbles most of the Grand Crus. 

"This is an excellent Nuits villages and very much worth your attention."
2020 Chevillon Nuits-St-George Vieilles Vignes

The domaine is one of the most reliable producers in all of Burgundy. They are simply bulletproof. They are also some of the most honest, terroir-specific wines I know.

Utterly Magical:
Selosse Brut Rosé

Champagne expert Peter Liem has written the following about Selosse: "It’s rare to find a champagne, or indeed, a wine of any kind, as profound in its expression." The rosé is an incredibly compelling example of just how complex and moving Selosse can be. 

"This is a fabulous Kabinett."
2021 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Kabinett

The 2021 Domprobst Kabinett delivers clarity, snap, and classic proportions. It has extraordinary cut and a lifted, finessed delicacy. There's an incredible persistence and precision to the wine and the lithe frame is packed with lots of nuanced complexity.

Hitting On All Cylinders:
2020 Colin-Morey St. Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly Nicholas et Mathis

Seasoned Burgundy buyers have long sought out En Remilly for the ridiculous quality-to-price ratio it delivers. Colin-Morey's wines from En Remilly are stunning. They serve as exemplars of Colin-Morey's incredible ability to render the Chardonnay grape with such purity and riveting intensity.