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"One of the finest grower-producers" - Marie-Noëlle Ledru Brut Grand Cru

Every year around this time, we get a Ledru allocation, get excited to offer it out, and then it's gone. Each year the situation gets uglier and uglier as the quantities steadily decrease. The size of Ledru's estate has shrunk, her fan base has exploded and demand has been further fueled by her impending retirement.

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A Dream Brew
2015 Jean-Luc Jamet Côte-Rôtie Terrasses

Last week, we introduced the Côte-Rôtie of Jean-Luc Jamet. By the afternoon, we were sold out and allocating bottles. Today, we're happy to offer Jean-Luc Jamet's glorious 2015 Côte-Rôtie Terrasses. 

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"By now there isn’t any question: Julian Haart is a master of Kabinett"
- 2016 Julian Haart Goldtröpfchen & Schubertslay Kabinett

"By now there isn’t any question: Julian Haart is a master of Kabinett" -David Schildknecht The wines of Julian Haart became some of the top wines of the Mosel practically overnight.

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Magnums: 1982-2015:
Bea, Bonneau, Dom Perignon, Egon Muller, Roulot, Salon, Trimbach & More

I wanted to bust out some big bottles and frankly, got carried away.

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The Other Side of Cotat:
2016 François Cotat Sancerre Les Caillottes

When you taste through François Cotat's line-up, Caillottes is a clear outlier. If Grande Côte and Monts Damnes wow with their layered intensity and longevity, Caillottes impresses with its agility, lithe frame and linear minerality.

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13th Annual War of the Rosés Tasting - FREE!
Thursday, June 21st 5:30-7:30pm

RSVP to help us crown this year's rosé champion! Rosé season is here. As has become our yearly tradition, we're hosting a grand tasting of 16 different rosés. You get to vote for - and thereby crown - the rosé champion of 2018.

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2015 Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet
1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot Cuvée Clement Emma

Colin-Morey is one of the masters of Chassagne. There may be no one in the villages working more compellingly. Today, I'm happy to offer Colin-Morey's 2015 Abbaye de Morgeot Clement et Emma for $119.95.

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Burgundy's Little Secret
- 2015 Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge

Clos des Mouches has an incredible track record in riper vintages like 1985, 1990 and 2009. The 2015 Clos des Mouches follows in the footsteps of these great vintages for the wine. Here you have Mouches' signature aristocratic breeding and diamond cut on full display.

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Jamet, The Next Chapter:
2013 & 2014 Jean-Luc Jamet Côte-Rôtie Terrasses

The Jamet family has long been the benchmark for traditional Côte-Rôtie. The heights that their Côte-Rôties reach have few peers in the entire Northern Rhône.

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Gang of Four +1 More: 2016 Alex Foillard Brouilly & Côte de Brouilly

Jean Foillard makes some our favorite wines anywhere. When news arrived that his son, Alex, had started making wine in very different terroirs in Beaujolais, we were really curious.

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Red Burgundy: 1993-2015 Bachelet, Chevillon, d'Angerville, Fourrier, Mugneret-Gibourg, Ponsot, Rousseau & More

I wanted to put together a broad range of our red Burgundy stock.

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Creative Genius, Within Reach:
2016 Ponsot Bourgogne Rouge Peupliers

Laurent Ponsot is one of the most singular, compelling minds in all of Burgundy, and his wines have always reflected that. One of the biggest stories of 2017 was that Laurent Ponsot decided to leave his family's domaine and go out on his own.

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One More Chance:
2001 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 375th Anniversary

“This might ultimately approach the quality of the 2001 Clos Ste. Hune…” David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate

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"Very pure and unforced"
- 2015 Bertheau Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes

Bertheau's wines are the archetypes of just how graceful and pure Burgundy can be. It's a style that flourished in 2015.

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"Consistently among the top wines produced anywhere in the Mosel..."
- 2016 Weiser-Künstler Wolfer Sonnenlay Kabinett

Weiser-Künstler's 2016s are shimmeringly clear and painfully precise wines. They shock you with their minerality, precision and overall composition.

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2015 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru:
Taillepieds & Clos des Ducs

Simply put, d'Angerville's 2015s are epic. By now, this isn't shocking news to many of you. Word has been out about the 2015s for some time.

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Chassagne Over-Achiever:
2016 Lamy Chassagne Concis Champs

Lately, Hubert Lamy has been one of the most talked about white Burgundy producers. For many years, Lamy has been one of the standard-bearers for St. Aubin and his St. Aubin "Derrière Chez Edouard" and Criots-Batard-Montrachet are aggressively hunted down by serious collectors.

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Like No Other: 1997 Château d'Yquem Half-Bottles

There is nothing like Yquem. Simply put, it has no peers.

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Revelatory, Explosive Complexity
2015 Colin-Morey St. Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly Nicholas et Mathis

Pierre-Yves Colin turns out no shortage of wines from Burgundy's greatest sites - Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Meursault Perrieres, etc. Yet savvy buyers flock toward his St. Aubin bottlings.

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"Grab northern Rhône 2015 reds with both hands” - 2015 Jamet Côte-Rôtie

The heights that Jamet's Côte-Rôties reach have few peers in the entire Northern Rhône. It's pretty much that simple. They are amazingly elegant, precise and clear.

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"This wonderfully complex effort reminds me a bit of a smaller scaled Les Clos"
- 2010 Dauvissat-Camus Chablis Vaillons

2010 is a great vintage for Chablis, and Dauvissat just rocked it. As Burghound's note above makes clear, Dauvissat is one of the stars of the vintage.

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Lapierre Rarity Revisited:
2016 Lapierre Morgon Sans Soufre

Lapierre's Morgon is one of the most wildly delicious wines in existence. The Sans Soufre bottling takes it to another level.

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A Secret No Longer: 2016 Chezeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin

Griotte-Chambertin is one of the most elusive and smallest Grand Crus in Burgundy. It is one of the most beguiling and elegant of Gevrey's Grand Crus, and that makes the difficulty in finding examples of Griotte painful. Just over a handful of producers even make wine in Griotte.

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Supreme Refreshment, Serious Complexity
- 2016 Boulay Sancerre: Clos de Beaujeu & Monts Damnés

Along with Vatan and the Cotat cousins, Boulay produces some of the most elegant, complex and long-lived Sancerre. Out of all of them, it's Boulay's wines that I reach for most often and devote the most cellar space to.

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