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"Excellent delineation and punch" Revisited -
2016 Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières

Carillon stands as one of the great, time-tested domaines of Puligny. Nearly every time I'm poking around the cellar of a serious Burgundy collector, I come across Carillon's wines right next to luminaries like Coche, Roulot and Ramonet.

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"Remarkable acidity" - 2016 Lauer Neuenberg Fass 17

Neuenberg is one of the greatest parcels in the Ayler Kupp. The site delivers a near magical combination of expansive power paired with incredible detail and finesse.

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Loire Aristocrat - Century Old Vines: 2017 Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Les Memoires

Les Mémoires is sourced from a tiny parcel of 100+ year old vines. It is one of the most intriguing and profound expressions of Cabernet Franc.

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Beaujolais and The Volcano - A Distance Runner:
2017 Château Thivin Côte du Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie

Château Thivin's Cuvée Zaccharie is one of Beaujolais' unsung greats. Along with Bouland's Delys and Roilette's Tardive, Zaccherie is among the most structured expressions of Beaujolais. Zaccharie is a Beaujolais of truly uncommon earthy depth and layered complexity.

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Cote Rotie: Raw, Untamed, Beautiful - 2016 Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche

When it comes to unyieldingly honest and unapologetically traditional Côte-Rôtie, Levet's wines are without peer. Levet's Chavaroche has long been one of the smartest buys for your cellar, especially when it comes to steadfastly traditional Northern Rhône wine.

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"Strikingly transparent" - 2017 Dönnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshöhle Spätlese

Niederhauser Hermannshöhle is Dönnhoff’s crown jewel. If we had to sum up Dönnhoff's style briefly, we'd say that the wines have a gorgeous polish, beautiful proportions and a sense of weightless elegance.

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The best '16s here are standouts"
- 2016 Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes

The heights of Ramonet are some of the great experiences in wine. For many seasoned Burgundy collectors, Ruchottes is the quiet star of Ramonet's lineup.

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Single Barrel Revelation:
2015 Rodáno Chianti Classico Bottesola No. 46

We've been tasting Rodáno's Chianti for close to 15 years and nothing prepared us for the "Bottesola No. 46."

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Weightless Intensity - Don't Miss Cult Pinot:
2017 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir Liaison

If your idea of great Pinot Noir is transparency and weightless complexity, then Enderle & Moll's Pinot Noir Liaison is the best buy we know of.

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Firing On All Cylinders - Revisited:
2016 Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux

Bachelet's Corbeaux has become a very difficult bottle to find in quantity. Before landing this parcel, it had been over three years since we were able to offer Bachelet's Corbeaux.

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Bulletproof Burgundy Value:
2017 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges Vieilles Vignes

Chevillon’s NSG consistently outperforms its category and the 2017 vintage transcends an already high bar. Chevillon's style is deep and structured - they are what we reach for when seeking ruggedly-honest, serious Burgundy.

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“The greatest dry wines I’ve ever made” - 2015 JB Becker Walkenberg Auslese Trocken

For Hans-Josef Becker, the dry Riesling reign began with his first vintage in 1971. Yet the pinnacle comes forty-four years later. Today we present a tiny, final parcel of his top dry wine, the Walkenberg Auslese Trocken. This is his Grand Cru dry Riesling, and it is a formidable monument to one of the top vintages of the last few decades.

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A Stand Out Croix Boissée:
2016 Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée

It's probably best to come out and say it: Baudry's Croix Boissée is one of my favorite wines. I've bought and cellared every vintage for over a decade and have never been even mildly disappointed by the wine. There are very few wines with this level of consistency.

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A Bize For The Ages: 2015 Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Fournaux

Simon Bize is Burgundy the way we like it. The 2015 vintage elevated their already seriously impressive wines to a jaw-dropping level.

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: 2016 Tempier Bandol Rosé

Simply put, Tempier's Bandol Rosé is special. 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.

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"A seriously impressive effort that is built to age"
- 2010 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

Last Monday, we offered d'Angerville's 2013 Ducs. Today, I'm excited to offer the 2010 Champans. I've been obsessed with d'Angerville since my visit there a few weeks ago. It was magical.

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Back-Vintage Meursault Perrières: 1991 Ampeau Meursault 1er Cru Perrières

Among Burgundy producers, Ampeau is a welcome outlier. Instead of releasing the most current vintage, his releases follow a different logic. They're released only when they're ready to drink.

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Canary Islands Superstar: 2017 Suertes del Marques Trenzado Valle de la Orotava

Suertes del Marques makes some of the most refined wines that we've tasted from the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands have emerged as one of the most exciting wine regions. There are few places that produce wines as loaded with terroir and character.

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Loire Benchmark:
2017 François Cotat Sancerre Les Monts Damnés

Les Monts Damnés may be the most famous vineyard in Sancerre. It's called the “damned mountains” because of how steep and how difficult the site is to work. When you see a picture of Monts Damnés, it's obvious that this is great terroir.

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"Bulletproof Volnay" - 2013 D'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

D'Angerville's 2013 Ducs is an astonishing success. D'Angerville's 2013s stand out for their striking clarity and precision. The 2013 Ducs distills the site down to its essence. And it's absolutely captivating.

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Ungrafted and Unparalleled: 2015 Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied

Simply put, Roches Neuves' 2015s are stunning. In 2016, I made the 2015 Les Mémoires my wine of the year.

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Painstaking Precision:
2017 Chidaine Vouvray Argiles Sec

Over the years, we've penned plenty of emails on Chidaine. Every vintage, there's a bottle or two from the vast range that really impresses us. In 2017, Les Argiles is the stand out.

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"In a word: exceptional!"
2012 Agrapart L'Avizoise Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Grand Cru

In every vintage Agrapart goes from strength to strength. With that said, I found the 2012s mind-blowingly good. We agree with Antonio Galloni when he writes: "these are the very finest wines I have ever tasted from Pascal Agrapart"

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2013 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Spätlese

Last week, we offered Egon Müller's Auslese. We couldn't resist offering one more of Müller's wines before the week ended. As we said in the Auslese offering, for us, Müller makes some of the greatest wines in the world.

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