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Northern Rhône Master:
2019 Chave Saint-Joseph

The 2019 has a combination of power, purity, and freshness that's really stunning. It's a wine that I buy every vintage, but this is one of the years that seem special. 

The Master of Morgon:
2020 Foillard Morgon Côte du Py

Côte du Py is one of the iconic and great vineyards of Beaujolais. The site finds its ultimate expression in Foillard's hands.

"Beautifully playful"
2018 Egon Muller Riesling Spätlese Scharzhofberger

There's no expression of Riesling quite like Müller's Scharzhofberger. It offers intensity without weight; a steely nobility that's breathtaking.

The Extreme Lightness of Being:
2020 Nival Pinot Noir "Les Entêtés"

The 2020 Pinot Noir "Les Entêtés" is a wine of extreme vigor and energy. This is a thrilling region we will be hearing much more about in the future.

"Clearly one of the wines of the vintage"
2008 Dom Pérignon Magnums

The 2008 Dom Pérignon is simply an epic vintage of this wine. Dom Pérignon in magnum is the perfect format to capture the wine's magic.

Supremely Elegant Vin Jaune
2013 Montbourgeau L'Etoile Vin Jaune

Montbourgeau produces some of the finest and most elegant Vin Jaunes. Their only rival is Macle's great Château-Chalons. 

Impeccable Focus and Verve:
2017 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Champans

The 2017 Champans captures the site with stunning precision. I really like its iron minerality and impeccable focus and verve.

Gamay In Silk:
2020 Foillard Morgon Corcelette VV

All Foillards have an amazing textural intrigue, but here you get an underlying minerality that's profoundly tactile.

Tension and Punch - Only Bottles in the Country:
2019 Bernard Moreau Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Sur Gamay

Alex and Benoît Moreau produce some of the most exciting white Burgundies around. This marks our first offering of their work in Saint-Aubin. 

Elite Piedmont Rarity - Only Magnums In The Country:
2016 Roagna Barbaresco Montefico Vecchie Viti Magnums

The estate is a part of Piedmont's elite along with Conterno and Bartolo Mascarello. In Barbaresco, Roagna is without peer. The Montefico VV is one of the great wines of the Piedmont. 

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

The 2020 red Burgundy vintage is astonishing. It combines a dark, saturating intensity and vibrancy, and lift. I share the common opinion that I haven't tasted a vintage quite like it.

The Magic of Dagueneau:
2018 Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Silex

There are no examples of the grape that reach an equal amount of depth and sophistication.

"In a word, lovely" -Burghound
2019 De Montille Saint Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly

Saint Aubin's 1er Cru En Remilly is a go-to for many Burgundy fanatics. The site pulls in everyone from collectors to value seekers. Not many other places offer white Burgundies at this level for this price. After all, En Remilly sits just behind the Grand Cru, Le Montrachet.

Back Up The Truck - Piedmont Edition:
2020 Paitin Langhe Nebbiolo Starda

The 2020 Nebbiolo Starda showcases the bright side of Nebbiolo with beautiful complexity, verve, and nicely judged structure. The total package is irresistible. 

Extreme Purity:
2020 Lucas Chasselas Un Matin Face au Lac

Chasselas doesn't have a stellar reputation. Most Chasselas are simple wines to quaff without much thought after a day of skiing. Lucas' are mind-bending examples of the grape.

Untamed Beauty Revisited:
2017 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains

The 2017 really highlights Chevillon's ability to combine muscle with finesse and purity.

Cult Chablis, Part Two:
2019 Tribut Chablis

Tribut's signature is a complex Chablisienne minerality and sweeping notes of stone fruits, flowers, and a crackling acidity.

Thriving on Subtlety and Finesse:
Lilbert-Fils Brut Blanc de Blancs Perle Grand Cru NV

Lilbert's Perle delivers the energy and the precisely detailed chalky minerality that makes Côte des Blancs some of the most captivating Chardonnays around. Lilbert's Perle excels in terms of harmony, complexity, and elegance.

"A potential legend in the making" -2009 Philipponnat Les Cintres

The 2009 combines class and raw power. There's little doubt that this will be an aristocratic bottle in the decades to come.

Punching Above Its Weight Class:
2019 Bachelet Bourgogne Rouge

Only a select group of winemakers, such as Mugneret-Gibourg and Bachelet, produce such profound and thoroughly exciting examples of Bourgogne Rouge.

Red Burgundy:
Barthod, Duroché, Fourrier, Lafarge, Mugnier, Rousseau, & More

The New Name To Know In Beaujolais:
2019 Prunelle De Navacelle Beaujolais-Lantignié

The extreme care that Prunelle exercises in the vineyard and winery really show. The 2019 Beaujolais-Lantignié is simply a dynamite bottle of Beaujolais. As I said earlier, this is the most exciting bottle from the region that we've tasted in a very long time.

2020 Weiser-Künstler Grand Cru Dry:
More Soil than Riesling...

As we’ve written before – and as is widely accepted among the serious scholars of German wine – Weiser-Künstler is simply making some of the greatest wines in Germany.

At The Height Of His Powers:
2019 Dominique Lafon Meursault "Les Narvaux"

The 2019 "Narvaux" highlights so much of what makes Lafon one of our favorite producers of white Burgundy. This is a bottle that shows Lafon at the height of his powers.