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"Impeccably well-balanced"
2014 d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

D’Angerville’s 2014s show brilliant complexity and saturating minerality. As always, Ducs is a high point of the lineup.

Chassagne Benchmark - Sharply Priced:
2019 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie

The 2019 Clos de la Maltroie flaunts a lifted high-toned citrus profile.  It is beautifully clear with explosive layers of stone fruits, spice, and wet stone. The overall impression is one of refinement and mineral persistence. 

"This is a terrific villages"
2019 Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny Magnums

Drouhin simply has the touch when it comes to Chambolle. This can be seen everywhere from their incredible 1er Cru Amoureuses to their massively overachieving Chambolle AC.

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

Chave's 2013 Hermitage is not only an extraordinarily pure and transparent vintage, but also one with an architecture that promises an incredibly impressive evolution. 

Brilliance in the Côte des Blancs
2007 Agrapart L'Avizoise Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

It stands out for its combination of presence and length with exacting focus, lift, and finesse.

Morgon's Master In Fleurie:
2020 Foillard Fleurie

Foillard captures the beauty and delicacy of Fleurie in a way that few others achieve. Fleurie's irresistible lifted, silky profile and elegance is laid bare.

"Focused, pure and impeccably well-balanced"
2015 Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Aigrots Rouge

Lafarge's 2015s are stunning. "They may very well have made the wines of the vintage from the Côte de Beaune... if you can find them, buy them." 

Lauer Auction Kabinett - From Rebel to Legend?

Lauer's Auction Kabinett has always been one of our favorites. For many, the 2019 Auction Kabinett was the top example of the vaunted vintage.

"Excellent"
2019 Bachelet Gevrey VV

When you catch Bachelet's Gevrey in a vintage like 2019, the wine can simply floor you. It has a class and complexity that village-level wines pretty much never have.

The Crown Jewel of the Northern Rhône
2019 Chave Hermitage

Chave’s masterful Hermitage is the crown jewel of the northern Rhône. There’s simply no better expression of Syrah on the planet. The 2019 seems destined to be one of the most important vintages of the wine in the past decade.

A Study in Grace and Understatement Revisited:
2020 Bertheau Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

They are wines that feel as though they're without artifice. The wines are animated by a fine-ness, a delicacy. They speak softly, but with captivating precision.

"This gorgeous Spätlese will turn into a modern-day legend"
2020 Willi Schaefer Domprobst Spätlese #10

The wines boast a seamlessly miraculous clarity, precision, and intensity. 

Implausible Harmony:
Selosse Cuvée Initial & Version Originale

Selosse exists in his own realm. The Champagnes are some of the most captivating wines around. I can't think of another Champagne that delivers as much personality in such a seamless and finessed way.

"In a word, terrific"
2019 Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

Each vintage, I search out this bottle aggressively, but this is the first vintage that we've been able to offer the wine. 

"This is already excellent and potentially outstanding." -Burghound
2018 Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

Chambolle is one of the most beautiful expressions of red Burgundy. For many years, Drouhin's 1er Cru has served as an archetypal Chambolle for me. It's a wine that's simply beguiling.

Magic in Meursault
2018 Pierre Boisson Grands Charrons

The Boisson family makes Meursault exactly as we like it: intensely mineral, nervy, and with perfectly-judged richness. 

The Grands Charrons is always one of the high points of the lineup. 

The Epic Trilogy Returns
2020 Enderle & Moll Grand Crus

For us, Enderle & Moll are making some of the greatest Pinot Noirs in Germany. It's that simple.

Saint-Joseph Sweet Spot
2020 Gérard Saint-Joseph Le Blanchard

Xavier Gérard has maintained a low profile, but he's among the most talented winemakers in the northern Rhône. 

Rhône Royalty
2019 Chave Hermitage Blanc

Over the years, Chave's Blanc has steadily assumed a place as one of my favorite white wines on the planet. There's no other dry white wine in the world that ages quite like Chave's Hermitage Blanc.

The Master of Morgon Magnum Edition:
2020 Foillard Morgon Côte du Py Magnums

Foillard's Côte du Py captures the wild cherry, mineral, and floral-tinged quality of the vineyard in an unparalleled way.

Indescribable Magic - Lowest Price:
2017 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Auslese

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:
2019 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

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

A New Emrich-Schönleber Grand Cru?
Introducing Niederberg

The simple truth is Niederberg may be a qualitative equal to the two storied Grand Crus of Emrich-Schönleber – at a significant discount.

White Burgundy:
Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Leflaive, Lafon, Pillot, Roulot & More