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"A profound wine in the making...keeps company with vintage's finest"
2019 Trapet Chambertin Bottles & Magnums

There is likely no grander, more soaring expression of red Burgundy than Chambertin.

The Magic of Alzinger:
2020 Alzinger Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd

In Alzinger's hands, Loibenberg reaches a rare level of delicacy and intricacy. You can definitely find more powerful and more layered Austrian wines, but you won't find any as fine. That's a big part of why we love his wines so much.

"This young man is a clear talent"
2019 Pierre Girardin Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières

Hitting The Mark:
2020 Julien Sunier Morgon

Sunier's 2020 Morgon highlights his irresistible and very compelling winemaking style. It's gorgeously silken and strikingly pure. 

Red Burgundy:
D'Angerville, Barthod, Fourrier, Ponsot, Rousseau & More

"If you admire both the intellectual and the savage, then this is a must-buy wine"
2019 Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche

Levet's Chavaroche is one of the most traditional and fascinating wines currently being made in the northern Rhône. With age, Levet's wines become even more nuanced, captivating, and refined. 

The Exemplar:
2019 Jouan Chambolle-Musigny & Gevrey-Chambertin "Aux Echezeaux"

Jouan's wines are some of the most mysterious, beautiful, and subtle Burgundies I know.

Once you adjust to their un-showy wavelength and whispering complexity, it's really easy to become obsessed

In A Class of Its Own:
2017 Chevillon Bourgogne Rouge

In 2017, the Bourgogne Rouge has beautiful purity, vibrancy and soil-inflected complexity that's amazing. It sums up so much that I love about the vintage.

"One of the under the radar gems of the vintage" - 2018 Oddero Barolo

The 2018 has a brilliant clarity of expression with a weightless texture and incredible length. It possesses a class far beyond what its humble price tag might suggest. 

Back Up The Truck Corsican Edition:
2020 Clos Fornelli La Robe d'Ange Rouge

We tasted the 2020 La Robe d'Ange a few weeks ago with fifteen other wines all costing considerably more. It was the standout of the tasting. 

"I continue to think this is one of Prévost's finest releases of the decade"
Prevost Beguines Extra Brut NV (2019)

Judging from Prévost's wines, something really special happens to Meunier here.

"This is potentially a great Champans..."
2019 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans2019 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

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

Extreme Purity:
2014 Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot Clement et Emma

Pierre-Yves Colin produced an incredible lineup in 2014. As always, they present Chardonnay at its most intense, its most pure, its most beautifully integrated. 

Stefan Vetter: Origin Story

The brilliant wines of Stefan Vetter are incredibly famous. Eric Asimov in the New York Times has called them a "revelation of how good sylvaner can be". They are also shockingly unknown.

"Simply breathtaking"
2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne

When Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is on, it can reach heights that only a select few Champagnes can achieve.

Grand Cru in everything but price
2021 Weingut Peter Lauer "Senior"

This is a bottle we introduced to the U.S. nearly 15 years ago; it is a wine that is bought by the most serious collectors. Yet it is also a perennial staff favorite, a "Grand Cru" Riesling priced to be nearly a summertime go-to wine.

"Genuinely Great"
2017 Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc

Drouhin's Clos des Mouches quickly became an expectation-defying wine beloved by Burgundy insiders.

"An extraordinary set of wines"
2014 Roagna Barbaresco Pajè

It's difficult to think of Roagna and not think of the Pajé vineyard. They have other great sites, like Asili, but Pajé often seems like the beating heart of the estate.

2019 Hubert Lignier:
Morey St. Denis "Les Chaffots", Morey St. Denis 1er Cru VV, & Charmes-Chambertin

The Other Side Of Coche:
2018 Coche-Dury Volnay 1er Cru

The entire red lineup is stunning but if I had to limit myself to a single wine, it would certainly be the Volnay 1er Cru.

Utterly Brilliant:
2010 Agrapart L'Avizoise Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Grand Cru

The 2010 L'Avizoise combines fine-ness, precision, and elegance with an impressive power and punch. The combination is absolutely thrilling. It weaves a chalky kinetic verve with brash intensity. 

A Study in Grace and Understatement:
2019 Jouan Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé

Jouan's wines are all about subtlety and a mysterious quiet depth. The Clos Sorbé captures this signature with heartbreaking beauty.

"Unusual in every respect"
2018 Château Simone Palette Rouge

We recently tasted Simone's 2018 and it simply wowed us. This is a vintage with class to spare. While the incredibly well calibrated harmony of the 2018 makes us excited to watch the wine evolve for the next couple of decades, it's also a bottle that's really enjoyable to drink today.

Kirchspiel GG’s Alter Ego:
2020 Keller Kirchspiel RR

It can be an absolutely thrilling bottle. We've tasted numerous bottles with a decade of age that have been stunning.