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0.34HA, Uncommon Grace:
2015 Bertheau Bonnes Mares

Bertheau produces one of my favorite examples of Bonnes-Mares. It offers up the Grand Cru's muscle along with a really impressive degree of finesse and agility. I'm very happy to have another opportunity to offer the absolutely beautiful 2015 Bonnes-Mares. 

Back Up The Truck - Chablis Edition:
2016 Tribut Chablis

It's not easy. Finding Tribut in quantity is always difficult, but it's even worse in 2016 - production was down considerably.  

2019 Weiser-Künstler Enkircher Ellergrub Kabinett

Ellergrub is Weiser-Künstler's top site.

The Pope of Arbois:
2012 & 2013 Puffeney Arbois Vin Jaune

Puffeney is one of the Jura's old guard. He's so well-respected within the region that he's nicknamed the Pope of Arbois.  The wines have a rugged honesty that we love. 

The Oldest of the Old School:
1996 Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre Margaux

Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre's Jean-Pierre Boyer has overseen every vintage after 1950 and produces Bordeaux in an utterly unyielding style. 

Brilliant Bourgogne:
2018 Bernard Moreau Bourgogne Blanc

They are graceful and high-toned, luscious and rigorous, deep, with a stern underlying architecture.

One Hundred-Year-Old Vines, Lapierre On Tiptoe:
2019 Lapierre Morgon Cuvée Marcel Lapierre

Lapierre's Morgon is one of Beaujolais' most beloved wines. The cuvée Marcel takes their work to a much different level of depth and seriousness. I was very happy to land a second parcel of the 2019 recently. 

Italy 1989-2018:
Brovia, Burlotto, Cappellano, Conterno, Miani, Montevertine, Valentini, & More

"What a wine!"
2002 Dom Pérignon Rosé

At this point, it's clear that the 2002 Dom Pérignon Rosé will go down as one of the absolute greats of all time.

Red Earth, Untamed Brilliance:
2016 Zidarich Teran

In his hands, the obscure, complicated, and somewhat unruly grape reaches a level that's without peer. There's nothing quite like Teran and Zidarch elevates the seriously noteworthy grape.

Like No Other:
2019 Tempier Bandol Rosé

It belongs to a very small class of rosés that really flourish in the cellar. It shares this unique status with wines like Château Simone, Cotat, and Valentini's Cerasuolo. Catching a Tempier with 5 or more years of age is delightful.

2012 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Auslese

No wines on earth offer the thrilling contrast between intensity and dancing, intricate delicacy. Simply put, they are epic wines. 

2013 Allemand Cornas Reynard

Allemand takes Cornas to a level of expressiveness and finesse that no one can compete with. His 2013 Reynard is a powerful example of this. 

"Impeccably well-balanced... In a word, gorgeous"
2016 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

The unfortunate fact is that d’Angerville’s Taillepieds parcel is half the size of their Ducs holdings and a quarter of Champans, making it one of the hardest of d'Angerville's wines to find in quantity.

2018 Gonon Saint-Joseph

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

"Incredible for the price"
2018 Envinate Ribeira Sacra Lousas Vinas de Aldea

Envinate's lineup is full of exciting wines, but the Lousas Vinas de Aldea is an undoubted sweet spot. It's a wine of extreme enjoyment, fascination, and above all, value. 

White Burgundy 1993-2018:
Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dauvissat, Lafon, Leflaive, Pillot, & Raveneau

Thriving On Grace
2018 Jouan Gevrey Chambertin "Aux Echezeaux"

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

Lapierre Rarity Revisited:
2019 Lapierre Morgon Sans Soufre

Lapierre is one of the most beloved winemakers, and it's rare to see the Sans Soufre bottling.

Making Its Own Category:
2015 Coche-Dury Bourgogne Aligoté

"Truly remarkable wine"
2019 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #5

This is simply a don't miss vintage for Schaefer. Even judged by their superlative track record over many decades, the 2019s are stunning.

2017 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet

Pillot’s wines stand out for their unmatched purity and crystalline character.

Piedmont Holy Ground:
2013 Oddero Barolo Vigna Rionda

Rionda is a well exposed, limestone-rich vineyard that has the potential to deliver some of the greatest Barolos around. 

Essential Cornas - Back-Vintage Clape:
1998 & 2000 Clape Cornas

If Allemand is Cornas as suave, fine and bright, Clape shows the region's dark side, wonderfully bone-crushing and savory. Clape’s Cornas gets to the beating heart of the appellation’s intensely dark and savory side. The wines are wildly complex and utterly compelling expressions of Cornas.