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Unbeatable White Burgundy Value:
2019 Thierry Pillot Bourgogne Blanc

Everything that Pillot produces is shockingly pure, precise, and tension-filled. The incredible quality across the entire range is impressive. 

"Without question the finest wines I have ever tasted... "
2016 Produttori Barbaresco Montestefano Riserva

Montestefano is one of the great sites of Barbaresco. It's a wine that soars with tightly coiled finesse.

White Burgundy:
Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Lafon, Roulot, & More

Authentic Bordeaux In Full Glory:
2016 La Fleur Garderose Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

La Fleur Garderose's 2016 is a shocking bottle. It boasts incredible completeness. There's beautiful detail, focus, and subtle complexity.

The Crown Jewel:
2019 Pascal Cotat Sancerre La Grande Côte

Grande Côte is one of the grandest, most profound, and longest-lived Sancerres on earth.

"Crystalline precision and fabulous depth"
2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé

I can't tell you how many times I've been blown away by bottles of Comtes de Champagne Rosé.

"The balance, focus and precision are perfect"
2008 Drouhin Grands Echezeaux

In a vintage defined by its purity of terroir expression, Drouhin's wines stand out for the pristine, soil-saturated clarity.

An Electric Overachiever - Lowest Price:
2018 Anne Boisson Bourgogne Aligoté

The Boisson family is making some of the most exciting wines in Burgundy. Their Aligoté highlights the incredible level of winemaking at Boisson. 

The Master of Morgon:
2019 Foillard Morgon Eponym

The Eponym really underscores just how attuned Foillard is to Morgon's different terroirs. 

"Super-elegant"
2015 Dauvissat Chablis Les Preuses

If Les Clos is all muscle and force, Les Preuses will beguile with its finesse. It's a wine of supreme length and clarity; it is a fine-tuned expression of Chablis.

"Simply fantastic wines"
2009 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses

2018 Roulot Auxey-Duresses Blanc

It's a bottle that I make an effort to buy every vintage. Recently, we opened a bottle of 2014 and it was a potent reminder of how much this bottle brings to the table. 

Under-the-Radar Chave:
2016 J.L. Chave Sélection Hermitage Blanc Blanche

On paper, the Hermitage Blanc Blanche is a negociant wine. In reality, the truth is much more complicated. 

Can't Miss Burgundy Value
2018 Hudelot-Noellat Bourgogne Rouge

The ripeness of the vintage gives this edition an extra amount of punch and a lovely suave texture.

"Nothing short of magnificent"
2008 Dom Pérignon

The 2008 delivers a laser-like focus and impeccable class. The balance and harmony flirts with perfection. There's a regal intensity and exhilarating tension.

Lapierre Rarity:
2019 Lapierre Morgon Sans Soufre

2015 Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru La Forest

Without Peer:
2019 Pascal Cotat Chavignol Rosé

Pascal Cotat's Rosé is in many ways without peer.

It is one of the most ageworthy and compelling rosés in existence.

"Outstanding definition"
2018 Gonon Saint-Joseph

The amount of gracefulness that Gonon is able to coax from the hills of Saint-Joseph is extraordinary.

2019 Wittmann Grosses Gewächs:
Aulerde, Kirchspiel, & Brunnenhauschen

Wittmann's 2019 GGs are absolutely radiant with a tactile mineral tension and serious length, finesse, and definition. 

Transcending Its Appellation:
2018 Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

When you catch Bachelet's Gevrey in the right vintage, the wine can simply floor you. It has a class and complexity that village-level wines pretty much never have. The first Bachelet that drove this point home was a bottle from 1990 opened nearly twenty years after the vintage.

Jamet: From VdF to Côte Brune

The heights that Jean-Paul Jamet reaches has few peers in the entire northern Rhône.

Rare Lamy Magnums:
2014 Lamy St. Aubin 1er Cru Chateniere & En Remilly Magnums

The 2014 vintage produced simply extraordinary white Burgundies. It's one of the best young white Burgundy vintages that I've tasted. There's an impression of completeness and elegance to the wines that's special.

"Baby" Grand Cru Steal:
2019 Emrich-Schönleber "Mineral" Trocken

Along with bottlings like Keller's "von der Fels" or Lauer's "Senior," it's a wine with an undeniable Grand Cru pedigree. It is, by all standards, simply a declassified Grand Cru.