Updated for Spring Sale 2026
White Wines
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Rhone
2 bottles(s) of Bernard Gripa 2023 St Joseph Le Berceau Blanc for $84.99 per bottle (SKU6933) This is the best young bottle of Le Berceau Ive ever tasted. And Ive tasted a lot. I tasted one that made me cry in 2017. I tasted another that made me rethink my career. This one reprogrammed my expectations for white wine. I drank it. I paused. And I said aloud to an empty room: “Oh, were doing this now.”
3 bottles(s) of Domaine des Pierres Seches 2020 Saint Joseph Cuvee 1930 Blanc for $71.99 per bottle (SKU6896) The 2020 St. Joseph Blanc ‘Cuvée 1930 isnt just one of the greatest white wines ever made by Sylvain Gauthier, its one of the greatest white wines in the Northern Rhône. Period. End of story. Pour the glass. Leave the debate.
1 bottles(s) of Gonon 2022 St. Joseph Blanc Oliviers for $124.99 per bottle (SKU6231) This needs 25+ years to show its best! I dont make the rules! But Its a nice tipple young but watch out as it ages!
2 bottles(s) of Julien Barge 2021 St. Joseph Blanc for $43.99 per bottle (SKU5621) This wine gets better and better every vintage and out of all the St. Joseph Blancs we work with this drinks the best young and also ages without a problem.
13 bottles(s) of Maison Alexandrins 2022 Hermitage Blanc for $74.99 per bottle (SKU5901) The terroir Les Roucoles is the best for Marsanne in the whole world. This is from Les Roucoles and Maison Blanche. That is some tip top terroir. I mean top top. The price for this wine cannot be beat.
3 bottles(s) of Maison Alexandrins 2021 Hermitage Blanc (GCP) for $59.99 per bottle (SKU6143) The terroir Les Roucoles is the best for Marsanne in the whole world. This is from Les Roucoles and Maison Blanche. That is some tip top terroir. I mean top top. The price for this wine cannot be beat.
Provence
1 bottles(s) of Chateau Simone 2022 Palette Blanc for $77.99 per bottle (SKU6866) This is the kind of wine that resets your sense of what white wine can be. Not because its flashy. Because its deep. Monumental. Otherworldly. A white wine that behaves like a red, thinks like a monk, and ages like its in a time capsule buried beneath a monastery.
Germany
1 bottles(s) of Dr Wehrheim 2023 Weissburgunder Mandelberg GG for $67.99 per bottle (SKU6946) The nose of orange blossoms and orange cream leaps out at you, making this great dry pinot blanc hard to resist in spite of its youthfulness. Concentrated and creamy, with fine tannins on the medium- to full-bodied palate, then great chalky complexity builds in the very long, silky finish. Excellent aging potential, as the still lively 2003 shows.” — Stuart Pigott, 97 Points
4 bottles(s) of Dr. Wehrheim 2023 Riesling Kastanienbusch GG for $66.99 per bottle (SKU6832) 2023 – 99 Points – Stuart Pigott: “In spite of its great concentration and power, this astonishing dry riesling has sensational elegance and finesse on the medium-bodied palate. The wet stone minerality cascades over you at the extremely long and expressive finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold.”
1 bottles(s) of Enderle & Moll 2021 Weißburgunder / Pinot Blanc Sphere for $39.99 per bottle (SKU5532) This is made the exact same way as the Grauburgunder except the vines are older (60-70 years) and the plot is bigger at 1.5 hectares. Harmonious and impressive wine, build to age long, even if already enjoyable.
1 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2024 Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett for $26.99 per bottle (SKU6995) “This great Kabinett is incredibly vibrant, precise and energetic on the light-bodied palate, with a very tight mineral core. Incredible Amalfi lemon and wet-stone character in the extremely long, racy finish. Drink or hold.” – 97 Points Pigott
1 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2024 Neumagener Rosengärtchen von der Terrasen for $58.99 per bottle (SKU6979) “Enormously complex aromas are married to vibrant slatey acidity on the extremely concentrated, medium-bodied palate. Almost overwhelming slatey and salty minerality in the totally brilliant finish. Great smoky complexity. Limited production. Drinkable now, but best from 2027.” – 99 points, Pigott
31 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2024 Wintricher Grosser Hergott Kabinett for $25.99 per bottle (SKU6779) Very cool, restrained and precise, this has fascinating aromas of lemon curd, dried flowers and wet slate. Very juicy and filigreed on the light-bodied palate, which sounds like a contradiction in terms, but is not. Long, totally vibrant and delicate finish. Drink or hold. – 96 Points, SP
1 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2023 Piesporter Goldtropfchen Kabinett for $26.99 per bottle (SKU6942) For anyone who knows the James Bond novels where the wines from this vineyard site are mentioned, here is a prototypical example that marries the generosity and elegance of the Goldtropfchen. I love the interplay of raciness, juiciness and saltiness on the light-bodied but beautifully structured palate. Drink or hold. – 95 points SP
4 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2024 Dhroner Grosser Hengelberg Riesling Monopollage for $44.99 per bottle (SKU6987) “The bouquet of grilled grapefruit is off the scale. Enormously concentrated for the 2024 vintage, this is a truly extraordinary wine. Very easy to understand but also incredibly deep and mysterious. Unbelievably focused, with a brilliant finish. From 75-year-old vines. Drinkable now, but best from 2027.” – 99 Points, Piggott
11 bottles(s) of Gunther Steinmetz 2023 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett for $23.99 per bottle (SKU6277) Here is a beautiful and very classic riesling Kabinett from this very famous site. Elegance, silkiness and purity all converge in this delicate and light-bodied masterpiece. Then comes the fantastic interplay of juiciness and savoriness in the very long, beautifully balanced finish! – 95 SP
2 bottles(s) of Gut Hermannsberg 2019 Niederhausen Hermannsberg GG Reserve for $74.99 per bottle (SKU6287) This maturing dry riesling masterpiece has a fantastic elegance and stunning concentration. Please give it some air in the decanter and glass, because it becomes fresher with more air. Terrific slatey minerality and candied citrus character, the herbal and mineral energy driving the very long, complete finish. Decades of further aging potential. – 97 SP
2 bottles(s) of Gut Hermannsberg 2020 Niederhausen Hermannsberg GG Reserve for $87.99 per bottle (SKU7010) Incredible freshness and herbal finesse in the nose for a five-year-old wine. Also a lot of leesy complexity. Extremely racy and elegant, with very complex herbal aromas, the lemon balm particularly pronounced. Fantastically long, pure and precise finish with so many herbal nuances. From organically grown grapes with Fairn Green certification. Drink from release. 97 Points Piggott
2 bottles(s) of Gut Hermannsberg 2020 Kupfergrube Reserve Riesling Grosses Gewachs for $103.99 per bottle (SKU6973) One of the stars of the 2020 vintage, with exceptional aging potential. Enormously smoky and spicy, this is a remarkable wine for the very hot and dry vintage. Its dangerously fresh and sleek, with fabulous energy and grapefruit flavors. The dark, smoky minerality builds and builds on the very compact and radical finish, with enormous wild herb character. Drink from release. – 99 Points, Piggot
4 bottles(s) of Gut Hermannsberg 2022 Traiser Bastei GG (2) for $87.99 per bottle (SKU6637) “A mineral giant with a ton of smoke, wild herb and bergamot complexity. Enormous concentration and energy with racy and extremely stony acidity. And the sweet fruit complements this beautifully at the very long and complete finish. From organically grown grapes with Fairn Green certification. Drink or hold.” – 98 Points Stuart Pigott (2021)
7 bottles(s) of K.H. Schneider 2023 Marbach Riesling Spatlese for $24.99 per bottle (SKU6757) This mouth-filling riesling Spatlese is brimming with orange blossom, wild rose and pink grapefruit. Terrific succulence, almost to the point of lushness, but then the bright acidity kicks in and cleans everything up at the wonderfully silky and subtle finish. Excellent aging potential! Drink or hold. Screw cap. – 95 SP
5 bottles(s) of K.H. Schneider 2023 Domberg Spatlese for $24.99 per bottle (SKU6756) Here is a beautiful and very classic riesling Kabinett from this very famous site. Elegance, silkiness and purity all converge in this delicate and light-bodied masterpiece. Then comes the fantastic interplay of juiciness and savoriness in the very long, beautifully balanced finish! – 95 SP
6 bottles(s) of Laible 2023 Muskateller Trocken for $28.99 per bottle (SKU6775) Let me say this clearly: this wine will age. Maybe not like a GG Riesling, but this has 10+ years in the tank. And this is why the 2023 Muskateller Trocken is one of the most surprising, sophisticated, and sublimely structured white wines in the entire offer calendar this year.
4 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2022 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese*** Gold Capsule for $97.99 per bottle (SKU6451) The 2022 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is very clear, refined and elegant on the nose that shows perfectly ripe fruit reminiscent of lush peaches. Intense yet crystalline and thus refined and uplifted, this is a very elegant yet tensioned and stimulatingly frisky Auslese with precise and savory fruit. There is great finesse and weightlessness here. – 98 Points, WA
1 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2023 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese*** (Gold Cap) for $111.99 per bottle (SKU6911) . . .is deep, clear, refined and aromatic on the nose that is a little smoky before it reveals ripe peach, raspberry and sweet cherry aromas. Round, lush and sweet yet also refined and elegant, this is a balanced, rather tropical-flavored Auslese with persistent salinity and fine grip. . . .sustainable structure and never-ending savoriness and salinity. – 98, WA
2 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2021 Zelitnger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese*** Gold Cap for $87.99 per bottle (SKU5530) The 2021 Zeltinger Schlossberg Auslese *** (GK) shows a classic Molitor nose: very clear and refined but also deep and complex, very intense but elegant and in this case provided with crystalline and iodine notes of cut slate and quartzite. Lush and round, this is a very elegant and refined, wonderfully fruity and digestible Auslese . . .. – 96 Points, WA
7 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2023 Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese ** White Capsule for $64.99 per bottle (SKU6770) Its very well-articulated and has remarkable finesse. Dense and generous on the palate yet also crystalline and filigreed in structure, this is a very intense but elegant and sustainably saline and mouthwatering Riesling of great class. Fine and crunchy tannins give hold and add gastronomic qualities to this elegant and refined beauty 97 Points, WA
4 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2023 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (White Cap) for $111.99 per bottle (SKU6910) The wine offers an intense and warm but highly refined and elegant nose of saline and flinty notes of finely weathered rocks, lemon zests, apricots, pastry and mocha bean nuances. Silky and refined on the first palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and tight ZSU with great expression, fine tannins and a crystalline character. – 97+ WA
2 bottles(s) of Markus Molitor 2020 Urziger Wurzgarten Spatlese Gold Capsule for $28.99 per bottle (SKU5818) The 2020 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese (GK) is pure, clear, refined and flinty yet still muted. The reduction is also present on the palate yet with more positive effects. The wine is filigreed, refined and saline and shows crystalline, ripe acidity. This is a highly delicate Spätlese that needs some time to open up its nose as well, but its a long-distance runner anyway. – 95 Points, WA
2 bottles(s) of Martin Muellen 2009 Krover Kirchlay Riesling Auslese for $69.99 per bottle (SKU6843) This is Auslese at cruising altitude. Sweetness and structure. Confection and cut. Light and shadow. And that balance, that absolutely electric balance, is why this wine will last another 20 years if you want it to. But honestly? Its hard to imagine it being more beautiful than it is right now.
5 bottles(s) of Peter Lauer 2024 Riesling Schonfels Fass 11 Trocken for $54.99 per bottle (SKU6808) Intense crisp pear and fennel aromas are married to restrained leesy creaminess and a wealth of dried herb flavors on the medium-bodied palate of this concentrated GG. Somehow this is simultaneously electrically fresh and silky in the extremely long finish. Limited production. Drink from release. – 96 Points, WA
1 bottles(s) of Prinz 2023 Jungfer Riesling Trocken Grosses Gewachs for $49.99 per bottle (SKU6765) “ . . . here is hardcore minerality that should convince the most skeptical wine drinker. As straight as a laser beam extending out toward infinity. The almost supernatural vibrancy is so dominant that I have to force myself to consider matters such as concentration and balance, but they are far above any norm, even for the GG category.” 98 Points, SP
2 bottles(s) of Richard Ostreicher 2021 Chardonnay Rossbach for $68.99 per bottle (SKU5865) Richards Chardonnays are as close to elite White Burgundy as one can imagine. They have ridiculous tension, density and top notch finesse along with significant structure. They have a sweet dense minerality that is so appealing and they use a Montrachet clone and it really shows as they have a regal aristocratic nature and style.
10 bottles(s) of Spater-Veit 2023 Piesporter Goldtropfchen Kabinett Armes for $25.99 per bottle (SKU6720) This is the most graceful Goldtröpfchen Kabinett Ive tasted in years. It has the sites signature opulence, but filtered through the prism of 2023s completeness. Its decadent and transparent. Hedonistic and pure. There is nothing to fix, nothing to critique. It just is. A wine that doesnt demand attention, but earns reverence.
6 bottles(s) of Sven Enderle 2022 Muller Thurgau for $23.99 per bottle (SKU6282) This is so good and a very new style for Sven. Its less “natural” and in future vintages will be less and less natural as he will decrease the skin contact.
2 bottles(s) of Sven Enderle 2022 Muller Thurgau for $23.99 per bottle (SKU6721) This is a wine for people who think theyve outgrown Müller-Thurgau. For people who forgot what summer wine can really do. This is Müller-Thurgau in high resolution. And its just the beginning.
2 bottles(s) of Thorle 2024 Silvaner Probstey Trocken for $45.99 per bottle (SKU6999) This unique dry silvaner is a dead ringer for Meursault from a top producer. I love the delicate toasty character that is beautifully interwoven with seriously leesy complexity on the medium-bodied palate. Great seashell character in the extremely long and refined finish. From organically grown grapes. – 96 Points, Pigott
5 bottles(s) of Weingut Weltner 2023 Kuchenmeister Hoheleite GG Riesling for $59.99 per bottle (SKU6928) The Rödelseer 2023 Riesling Hoheleite GG is clear and intense on the elegant nose that shows white stone fruit as well as herbal aromas. Elegant, pure and saline on the palate, this is a dense and lush, vivacious and nervy as well as tensioned Riesling with serious mineral and tannic grip on the aromatic, long and stimulating saline finish. 12.5% alcohol. – 95, WA
10 bottles(s) of Wilhelm Weber-Osterman 1989 Brauneberger Juffer Auslese for $38.99 per bottle (SKU6976) This is Riesling transfigured. A monument to what happens when a legendary vintage meets a great vineyard, and then gets left alone for 35 years.
Burgundy
4 bottles(s) of JJ Morel 2018 Bourgogne Blanc for $27.99 per bottle (SKU3688) Its not a particularly complex wine but it has more soul than a shoestore.
3 bottles(s) of Laurent Boussey 2023 Monthelie Blanc for $39.99 per bottle (SKU7039) Electricity! Gorgeous purity, linearity and freshness!
1 bottles(s) of Sarl Garaudet Pere et Fils 2023 Monthelie Blanc Les Champs Fulliot for $67.99 per bottle (SKU6968) This bottle is proof. The man took ten leaps while you were looking the other way. He knows it. I know it. And soon, you will too.Buy like youre catching a comet.
USA
16 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2023 Aligote La Belle Promenade, Chehalem Mountains for $47.99 per bottle (SKU7215)
Switzerland
6 bottles(s) of Weingut Familie Hansruedi Adank 2023 Chardonnay Am Berg for $185.99 per bottle (SKU6830) Lets get this out of the way: Yes, its Swiss. Yes, its expensive. And yes, absolutely yes, its one of the greatest Chardonnays Ive ever tasted.
Sparkling Wines
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Champagne
11 bottles(s) of Caillez-Lemaire NV Reflets Extra Brut for $44.99 per bottle (SKU7042) Lovely mousse and cut. Terrific sap on the finish Terrific wine and what an epic finish. For what its worth this wine is always better on day 2. Best Champagne to open if youre going to be alone for two nights in a row. Quite sophisticated. So focused but also wild and feral but super clean. The finish is extraordinarily mineral and long. Drinks like $50+
10 bottles(s) of Perseval-Farge NV Terres de Sables 1er Cru Brut for $60.99 per bottle (SKU7044) For $64.99 that is an absolute insane screaming mimi of a value for a Champagne this good. It needs air, as all Perseval-Farge wines demand, but once it aired out it shows why it is so good. I think 40 minutes gets you there.
Red Wines
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Italy
1 bottles(s) of Cascina Quarino 2021 Albugnano Superiore Eclissi for $46.99 per bottle (SKU6941) This is Grand Cru Albugnano. Its the rare “bells-and-whistles” cuvée that actually speaks quietly and carries a laser pointer. Im not saying its the best Nebbiolo Ive had this year, but Im also not not saying it.
3 bottles(s) of Cecllia Monte 2013 Barbaresco Serracapelli for $50.99 per bottle (SKU5265) I have not had his as we started with the winery with the 2014 vintage but given her style and the character of the vintage, I had to sell it.
3 bottles(s) of Cesare Bussolo 2021 Barolo La Serra for $154.99 per bottle (SKU6272) This is a dark, masculine, focused Barolo, concentrated, structured, yet defined by rose tones that stretch from entry to finish. Its grippy, but not punishing. The structure is enormous but it doesnt shout. Theres inner-mouth sweetness, a touch of cedar, pipe tobacco, dried cherry, mint, all cascading like a silk scarf unfurling in slow motion.
2 bottles(s) of Cesare Bussolo 2020 Barolo La Serra for $154.99 per bottle (SKU5610) This is the second vintage of this wine and Cesare is making a top cru that is more focused on elegance and balance. This is an established stunner for fans of Roberto Voerzio. While obviously young this is an incredible young wine.
2 bottles(s) of La Psigula 2024 Costa Della Sessia Rosso for $36.99 per bottle (SKU7013) But this is the one they buried under the floorboards. The one with no oak, no ceiling, no disguises. The first wine theyve ever made that didnt see a single sliver of wood. Just stainless steel. From first breath to final bottle. Theyll tell you its the “simple” wine. Thats adorable. Simpler than what? Literature? Math? The northern slopes of Mordor?
3 bottles(s) of Quazzolo 2020 Barbaresco Ovello for $46.99 per bottle (SKU5956) This is simply stunning. It comes from one of the coolest sites in Barbaresco.
10 bottles(s) of Tenuta Monolo Gilodi 1989 Bramaterra Riserva for $26.99 per bottle (SKU7025) This is Bramaterra in its final form, ancient, serene, full of light. To drink it is to read an old philosophers final line and realize it was a love poem all along.
16 bottles(s) of Tenuta Monolo Gilodi 1994 Bramaterra Riserva for $26.99 per bottle (SKU7031) 1994 is allegedly “average.” Whatever that means. Came after the limp noodle years of 1991–1993 and before the golden Nebbiolo Renaissance of 1995–2001. But 1994 in Bramaterra it went rogue. Warm, but not cooked. Like a perfect summer where no one dies. The fruit from this vintage is unholy. Plump. Vivid. Radiant. Demonic. Alive.
8 bottles(s) of Tenuta Monolo Gilodi 1990 Bramaterra Riserva for $26.99 per bottle (SKU7024) Fresh as a daisy sacrificed to the gods. Juicy, electric, achingly balanced. Its the kind of 32 year old that makes you question your own skincare routine. The finish goes on like a prayer, tea and cherry and mineral persistence fading into balsamic air. A perfect bottle, sitting in its own golden hour
1 bottles(s) of Vietti 2019 Barolo Cerequio for $289.99 per bottle (SKU5319) “Aromatic and deeply pitched, the 2019 races across the palate with remarkable depth and intensity. Crushed red berry fruit, rose petal, mint and cinnamon all open in the glass, but it is the wines silkiness and suppleness that impresses most. A kick of acids and tannins puts an exclamation point on the finish.” – 98 points, Vinous, AG
9 bottles(s) of Vigneti Valle Roncati 2018 Spanna Runca Colline Novaresi for $26.99 per bottle (SKU6927) There are “great values” and then theres this, a wine so stupidly underpriced it feels like a clerical error. $25.99 a bottle for one of the purest, most soulful Alto Piemonte reds Ive had in years
Beaujolais
1 bottles(s) of Chateau Thivin 2024 Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Godefroy for $49.99 per bottle (SKU7015) Deep, dark and hypnotically beautiful, this Cote-de-Brouilly shows what greatness this appellation is capable of. Theres a touch of pomegranate alongside the violet and Amarena-cherry aromas wrapped around the rich, fine tannins. Fantastic balance in the very long finish. From organically grown grapes and 120-year-old vines, the oldest on the estate. – 95 SP (2023)
2 bottles(s) of Chateau Thivin 2023 Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Zacharrie for $54.99 per bottle (SKU6669) This extraordinary Cote-de-Brouilly manages to be mouth-fillingly rich and wonderfully fresh, floral and darkly volcanic (think smoke and pepper) all at once. Medium- to full-bodied with a compact tannic core and a long, crisp, wet-stone finish. From organically grown grapes. – 96, SP
7 bottles(s) of Chateau Thivin 2023 Cote de Brouilly Les Griottes de Brulhie for $35.99 per bottle (SKU6356) Despite the great appeal of its deep sour-cherry and violet aromas, this has a very serious structure, the ample tannins married to abundant crushed-rock minerality. Excellent drive, also thanks to the wet-stone acidity that illuminates the crescendo finish. From a southeast-facing site on the midslope of Cote de Brouilly – 95, SP
9 bottles(s) of Lafarge Vial 2019 Fleurie La Joie du Palais for $37.99 per bottle (SKU6132) Medium to full-bodied, lively and saline, its a vibrant, mineral wine with upside for those with a little patience. As readers may remember, this 1.5-hectare parcel of steeply sloping decomposed pink granite was planted in the 1950s. 94, WA, William Kelley
Rhone
1 bottles(s) of Compagnie de lHermitage 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Lieu Dit Pignan for $87.99 per bottle (SKU6515) Closed aromatically, . . . nevertheless has a generous, medium to full-bodied, concentrated style that carries black raspberry and blackberry fruits, some ground pepper and spring flower nuances, beautiful mid-palate depth, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. Its an incredible effort in a challenging vintage – 94 Jeb Dunnuck (2021)
2 bottles(s) of Compagnie de lHermitage 2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Lieu Dit Pignan for $109.99 per bottle (SKU6963) Black raspberries, wild strawberries, spice, and hints of garrigue define the . . ., a stunning, classic effort from this great site of sandier soils in the heart of the appellation. . . .it reveals ultra-fine tannins and beautiful balance, with a pure, seamless texture that carries through to a gorgeous finish. This floral, exotic, seamless, Rayas-like beauty . . .. – 96 points, Jeb Dunnuck
1 bottles(s) of Compagnie de lHermitage 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Lieu Dit Pignan for $87.99 per bottle (SKU5836) Closed aromatically, . . . nevertheless has a generous, medium to full-bodied, concentrated style that carries black raspberry and blackberry fruits, some ground pepper and spring flower nuances, beautiful mid-palate depth, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. Its an incredible effort in a challenging vintage – 94 Jeb Dunnuck (2021)
3 bottles(s) of Compagnie de lHermitage 2022 Cote Rotie Lieu Dit La Brocarde for $155.99 per bottle (SKU6815) Black raspberries, spicy wood, and smoked meats emerge from the 2022 Côte Rôtie Lieu-Dit La Brocarde, which shines for its incredible purity of fruit. Medium to full-bodied and aged in third-year barrels, it delivers gorgeous mid-palate depth, fine tannins, and outstanding overall balance. My money is on it being a truly brilliant Côte Rôtie. – 95-97 Jeb Dunnuck
1 bottles(s) of Cuchet Beliando 2020 Cornas for $106.99 per bottle (SKU6735) This is the producer that takes Cornas out of the valley and wires it into the sky. I didnt even know the name when I first drank it. Just the year: 2010. I remember the silence that fell over the table. The electricity. The way it didnt taste like any Cornas Id ever had, because it didnt behave. It lifted. It glowed. It moved like Keller. It shimmered like Brisset.
2 bottles(s) of Cuchet Beliando 2015 Cornas for $113.99 per bottle (SKU6839) This is the producer that takes Cornas out of the valley and wires it into the sky. I didnt even know the name when I first drank it. Just the year: 2010. I remember the silence that fell over the table. The electricity. The way it didnt taste like any Cornas Id ever had, because it didnt behave. It lifted. It glowed. It moved like Keller. It shimmered like Brisset.
1 bottles(s) of Domaine Champet 2023 Cote Rotie A Fils a Jo for $82.99 per bottle (SKU7009) The 2023 Domaine Champet Côte-Rôtie “Fils à Jo” is a transmission. An ancestral frequency. A flash of lightning that sings in violet. Fifth vintage. 600 bottles. All from La Viallières schist, whole-cluster Syrah, old vines, no apologies. This is Côte-Rôtie in full ceremonial dress, channeling the dead, scattering the living, and lighting candles in a dialect older than language.
5 bottles(s) of Domaine de la Cote St Epine 2024 St Joseph Rouge Cuvee Elegance for $24.99 per bottle (SKU6875) From vines as old as 140 years and the average age is 85+ years old! This remains the best value Northern Rhone wine I sell. This wine can age! A 2010 was spectacular when I had it at the estate. The 24 is extraordinary and the most classic Epine yet (maybe similar to the genius 16?)
3 bottles(s) of Domaine des Pierres Seches 2022 Saint Joseph Rouge Cuvee 1930 for $72.99 per bottle (SKU6895) The 2022 Domaine des Pierres Sèches St. Joseph Rouge “Cuvée 1930” is a wine of such staggering quality, it doesnt just raise the bar, it melts the bar down and forges a sword from its remains. This is the new flagship. “Aubert” is out. The torch has been passed, and it is absolutely on fir
4 bottles(s) of Domaine des Remizieres 2023 Hermitage Cuvee Emilie for $94.99 per bottle (SKU6767) I loved the 2022 Hermitage Cuvée Emilie, a pure, full-bodied, concentrated Hermitage revealing gorgeous crème de cassis, graphite, burning ember, and spicy oak-driven aromatics. Offering polished tannins, a great mid-palate, and a blockbuster of a finish, its going to shine with just a few years of bottle age yet evolve for two decades. – 94-96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck (2022)
1 bottles(s) of Domaine du Tunnel 2021 Cornas Vin Noir for $87.99 per bottle (SKU5200) The 2021 Cornas Vin Noir is even better and clearly a candidate for the wine of the appellation. Ripe blackberries, smoked herbs, cured meats, iron, and spice all flow to a medium to full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, balanced Cornas offering ripe, velvety tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. Bravo. – 93-95 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
2 bottles(s) of Domaine du Tunnel 2023 St. Joseph Peygros for $189.99 per bottle (SKU7017) From the old Jean-Louis Grippat vineyards. Yes, that Grippat. Peygros is only in its third vintage. The vines date back to 1920. Tournon parcel. Granite. 80% destemmed. Cap-punched and pulped by hand. Raised in 1–3 year oak for 14 months in a literal stone tunnel carved through the mountain.
4 bottles(s) of Domaine Michellas St Jemmes 2020 Cornas Terres dArces for $74.99 per bottle (SKU5364) Glass-staining violet color. Expansive, finely detailed aromas of blackberry and boysenberry, with exotic spice, floral oil, olive and sandalwood nuances building in the glass. Deep but energetic on the palate…… – 94 VINOUS
1 bottles(s) of Emmanuel Verset 2022 Cornas Signature Verset for $82.99 per bottle (SKU6351) The wines of Emmanuelle Verset (Alains daughter) are exceedingly rare. Emmanuelle has single handedly put this estate on her back and raised its profile. This is the best Cornas estate you dont know about.
2 bottles(s) of Gerard Courbis et Fils 2023 Cornas for $77.99 per bottle (SKU6661) This wine blows me away. The 2023 Ludovic Courbis Cornas is one of the most remarkable expressions of terroir I have ever had from young(ish) vines. It proves, beyond any doubt, that terroir is king
4 bottles(s) of Gerard Courbis et Fils 2023 Cornas for $77.99 per bottle (SKU7005) This wine blows me away. The 2023 Ludovic Courbis Cornas is one of the most remarkable expressions of terroir I have ever had from young(ish) vines. It proves, beyond any doubt, that terroir is king
4 bottles(s) of Guillaume Gilles 2021 Cornas for $89.99 per bottle (SKU5850) This is all Chaillot which really shows. Its got a gorgeously mineral nose with granite and really shows the mineral side of Cornas which is why it reminds me of a small scale Fauterie.
1 bottles(s) of Jean Michel Stephan 2023 Cote Rotie So Brune for $189.99 per bottle (SKU7011) My death bed Syrah. This wine is so absurdly great thats all one can talk about once one has opened the bottle.
1 bottles(s) of Jean Michel Stephan 2020 Cote Rotie Coteaux du Bassenon for $149.99 per bottle (SKU5135) This cuvée includes some of the oldest vines in Côte-Rotie—60% Syrah from 1896 and 1902, 30% Serine, and 10% Viognier from 1988 vines. Co-fermented with carbonic and semi-carbonic maceration, this is Stephan at his best. The warmest site in his lineup, it brings the deepest fruit.
1 bottles(s) of Julien Barge 2021 Cote Rotie Les Cotes for $79.99 per bottle (SKU6947) The most classical vintage one can imagine and this is like if Syrah was planted in Bordeaux, specifically Margaux.
4 bottles(s) of Julien Barge 2023 Cote Rotie Les Cotes for $91.99 per bottle (SKU6740) This is a blend of Le Combard, Lancement and Côte Blonde in 2022 and a few other less famous parcels. Its almost like a Bordelaise interpretation of all the fantastic terror.
1 bottles(s) of Julien Barge 2023 Cote Rotie Les Cotes for $95.99 per bottle (SKU6923) If 2022 felt like the breakthrough moment, 2023 is the deep breath after — confident, assured, utterly composed. The frame is finer, the aromatics more cut and dimensional, the whole wine moving with the kind of measured precision that only the most complete Côte Rôties manage.
1 bottles(s) of Louis Sozet 2016 Cornas for $99.99 per bottle (SKU6758) You think you know Cornas. You dont know Cornas. Not until youve met this wine, a bottle that smells like the ghost of Syrah itself just crawled out of the granite to tell you a story in blood and smoke.
2 bottles(s) of Ludovic Courbis 2022 Cornas for $69.99 per bottle (SKU6267) And for me, this has always been the heir apparent to the now, extinct greats, Fauterie, Louis Sozet. It has everything those wines had: precision, depth, and an almost Burgundian exactitude that makes it stand out from so many other Cornas. Its traditional to the core.
1 bottles(s) of Ludovic Courbis 2020 Cornas (5223) for $69.99 per bottle (SKU5223) This is one of the most remarkable wines Ive ever had from young (ish) vines and it proves that terroir is truly the great difference maker rather than vine age. Well at least in this instance.
7 bottles(s) of Nicolas Champagneaux 2021 Cote Rotie La Dedicace for $68.99 per bottle (SKU5840) Gorgeous all the way, the 2020 Côte Rôtie La Dédicace has a full-bodied, round, supple, sexy style to go with classic Côte Rôtie notes of black raspberries, spring flowers, incense, and hints of smoked game. Its rich, concentrated, yet light on its feet, with sweet tannins. Its a beautiful effort in a great vintage that will evolve for two decades..95 Points, Jeb Dunnuck (2020)
2 bottles(s) of Nicolas Champagneaux 2021 Cote Rotie Les Grands Palaces for $112.99 per bottle (SKU5796) This wine is a relic from a world we are no longer worthy of. I dont care if youve tasted La Mouline in magnum or drank Chave from the barrel in 1990, you are not ready for this wine. Because this is an artifact. A living, howling monument to the ancestral energy of old vine Côte-Rôtie, pulled straight from the slope and bottled before it could be worshipped into extinction.
Loire
1 bottles(s) of Domaine des Roches Neuves 2022 Clos de lEchelier Saumur Champigny Rouge for $62.99 per bottle (SKU5937) The 2020 Clos de lEchelier is a focused style of wine hailing from limestone that has a sense of tenderness through the mid-palate, while the sinew moves forward incessantly along the palate. It has a fine sense of spice and fruit-led fragrance on the long length. Very convincing.- 93 Points, VINOUS (2020)
4 bottles(s) of Domaine des Roches Neuves 2022 Franc de Pied Saumur Champigny for $59.99 per bottle (SKU5940) This is, and I hate to use the word, but it really applies here, Burgundian to the max. Even more reason to be swooped by bitter, priced out Burg drinkers. It is so elegant, ripe, pure and just plain thrilling wine. Nimble.
Southwest
20 bottles(s) of Familie Jouffreau Clos de Gamot 2021 Cahors Clos Gamotine for $23.99 per bottle (SKU6243) This is a wine that I feel is necessary to sell now as many of you have tons of the two higher bottlings in the cellar and need something young, charming and crunchy to drink.
Burgundy
3 bottles(s) of Francois Buffet 2023 Volnay 1er Carelle Sous la Chapelle for $77.99 per bottle (SKU6991) This is a glidepath into something subterranean and floral, a silk-cloaked altar to Volnay that radiates clarity and vibration. You do not drink this. You study it. You live inside it. You spend six hours watching it wake up, stretch its limbs, and show you whos boss. I already knew 2023 was special. I just didnt know this site in this vintage could break through the page like this.
1 bottles(s) of Francois Buffet 2023 Volnay 1er Cru La Village for $77.99 per bottle (SKU6944) This isnt some polite little bottle from a sleepy village plot. This is Le Village, a cloaked 1er Cru hiding in plain sight, nested among royalty. Below Jadots Clos de la Barre, across from Pousse dOrs Bousse dOr, and wrapped in the kind of microclimate the Côte dOr dreams in. And in 2023 it delivers the single most ethereal, elegant, heart-wreckingly pure wine Ive tasted from Buffet.
2 bottles(s) of JJ Girard 2023 Volnay 1er Cru Mitants for $87.99 per bottle (SKU6825) The 2023 J.J. Girard Volnay 1er Cru “Mitans” is from a vineyard I adore with the kind of irrational devotion usually reserved for lost lovers or limited-edition sneakers. Its rare, Ive gotten twelve bottles some years, twenty-four if the gods were feeling generous. But this year? This year they smiled. The allocation is finally decent, and the wine… my God.
15 bottles(s) of Laurent Boussey 2023 Monthelie 1er Cru Sur la Velle for $48.99 per bottle (SKU7037) This is from 30-50 year old vines and is located next to Volnay 1st Cru Les Champs Fulliots. The most famous owner of this estate is Domaine Leflaive. Yes, that Leflaive. The good one. A 1er Cru that is a sleeper but really rocks in a vintage like 2023.
20 bottles(s) of Laurent Boussey 2023 Monthelie Rouge Hauts Brins for $36.99 per bottle (SKU6936) Hauts Brins sits in that sweet spot between elegance and backbone, the kind of place that makes you wonder why Monthelie still flies under the radar when sites like this exist.
1 bottles(s) of Laurent Boussey 2023 Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds for $71.99 per bottle (SKU6921) A profound Taillepieds, and in this price bracket, maybe the best value in Volnay 1er Cru right now. .
2 bottles(s) of Michel Naddef 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux for $269.99 per bottle (SKU6988) The nose violates the Geneva Conventions. The palate rewrites thermodynamics. The finish colonizes your soul. Welcome to Champeaux.
1 bottles(s) of Michel Rebourgeon 2023 Pommard Vaumariens for $74.99 per bottle (SKU6972) This is old-vine Pommard from a site that deserves its own hymn. Tucked on the slopes above the village, with that unmistakable limestone spine, it is easily the star of Williams négoce line alongside Charmots. Where Charmots gives you velvet and seduction, Vaumuriens is all about grip and verticality, stones under fruit, architecture under silk. Its a wine that feels both carved and alive.
15 bottles(s) of Michel Rebourgeon 2023 Santenay Vieille Vigne for $36.99 per bottle (SKU6868) This is not some placeholder while your cellar of Rousseau/Roulot ages gracefully in its climate-controlled tomb. Santenay is a cornerstone. Its part of the Burgundian mosaic that the Cistercians spent centuries assembling, pixel by pixel, stone by stone, vine by vine. This 2023 VV from Rebourgeon, is the kind of wine that reminds you exactly why the hierarchy exists in the first place.
8 bottles(s) of Michel Rebourgeon 2023 Bourgogne Cote dOr for $30.99 per bottle (SKU6996) This is a highlight of the vintage. Its also a steal. If this were labeled Pommard, youd pay double. If it were labeled “1er Cru,” youd weep at checkout and still buy a case. But no, this is just “Bourgogne Côte dOr.” That beautiful, bureaucratic nonsense category where serious winemakers hide their joybombs.
2 bottles(s) of Michel Rebourgeon 2023 Beaune Les Epenottes for $48.99 per bottle (SKU6950) This is not a 1er Cru. This is a Lieu-Dit. And yet it drinks like royalty because the lines are blurring. The B-tier vineyards are stepping into their power, thanks to climate, precision farming, and growers who are actually paying attention. Beaune is no longer a bargain-bin afterthought for broke Burgundy buyers. Its the quiet revolution. The revenge of the “almost greats.”
1 bottles(s) of Philippe Naddef 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin VV for $85.99 per bottle (SKU6801) He took the velvet punch of 2022, the lavender lift of 2023, and then danced into 2024 with a wine that somehow feels like 2010 by way of 2021, backflipping across three parcels of old vines like a Gevrey gymnast possessed.
3 bottles(s) of Remi Poisot 2023 Grand Cru Romanee St. Vivant for $574.99 per bottle (SKU6994) This wine is silk incarnate. Not just silk, conscious silk, silk that knows what its doing, silk that wraps your throat like a velvet garrote and makes you thank it. The 2023 Remi Poisot Romanée-Saint-Vivant is the kind of wine that rewires your ability to process sensation. You dont drink it. You submit to it
1 bottles(s) of Sarl Garaudet Pere et Fils 2021 Volnay Vieilles Vignes for $54.99 per bottle (SKU5910) His 21s are poetic and lyrical wines. So light in color was ephemeral with drop dead purity and transparency. Theres nimbleness and compelling fruit and some elegant muscularity as well.
5 bottles(s) of Sarl Garaudet Pere et Fils 2022 Volnay Vieilles Vignes for $54.99 per bottle (SKU6547) Garaudets wines are about purity of fruit and an imposing finesse and elegance while also being muscular. Wines of contrast but most notably for me the big leap he made is in purity of fruit, finesse and even better fruit quality and definition. The new ritzy terroir must help but his older wines that we used to sell are just amazing.
10 bottles(s) of Sarl Garaudet Pere et Fils 2021 Monthelie 1er Cru Les Champs Fulliot for $48.99 per bottle (SKU6553) The wine drinks you. VIVID in all caps is what describes the fruit on this wine to a T.
Germany
1 bottles(s) of Jurgen Von der Mark 2023 Pinot Noir Krieger des Lichts for $61.99 per bottle (SKU6892) The wild part is it didnt peak until Day 2. Thats when it unfolded into the most layered, sensual, hedonistic Pinot Ive ever tasted from Jürgen. Ripe and fresh, sweet and savory, opulent and weightless. It reminded me of those mythical 90s Burgundy bottles, the ones that whisper to you like a memory youre not sure was yours.
5 bottles(s) of Thorle 2023 Holle Spatburgunder Trocken for $92.99 per bottle (SKU6920) Very deep and dark yet cool and youthful, this is an extraordinary pinot with great mineral freshness and incredibly fresh wild berry and sour cherry flavors. Very long, chalky finish that ripples over the palate into the smoky and stony distance. From organically grown grapes. Matured for 18 months in well-used, small oak casks. 98 points SP
10 bottles(s) of Thorle 2023 Probstey Spatburgunder for $74.99 per bottle (SKU6990) Welcome to the dark forest with its berries, dry floor and wildflowers. Incredibly deep and complex on the nose, but that barely prepares you for the density of spices, dried Mediterranean herbs, licorice and sandalwood on the rich, medium- to full-bodied palate. Theres a huge structure behind all this, but its beautifully integrated. – 98 Points, SP
3 bottles(s) of Weingut Josef Walter 2021 Spatburgunder J Hundstruck for $83.99 per bottle (SKU7034) Its got the density of 2016 but sharper, straighter, higher in acid, more blade, less blur. Think molten cherry fruit poured into a glass prism. The tannins are ripe and velvety, the texture halfway between Volnay and confession. Its powerful but never loud, precision wrapped in perfume.
1 bottles(s) of Ziereisen 2021 Jaspis Spatburgunder 10-4 for $174.99 per bottle (SKU6879) The purple-colored wine opens with a deep, fresh and refined yet generous bouquet with ripe and intense red and dark berry aromas intermingled with toast and nougat notes. Silky, fresh and chalky on the palate, this is a full-bodied, enormously vital and tensioned Pinot with fine and refreshing tannins and a long, tight and saline finish. – 96+ Points, Wine Advocate
USA
5 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2023 Pinot Noir Jessie James Vineyard for $59.99 per bottle (SKU7189)
2 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2022 Pinot Noir Jessie James Vineyard for $61.99 per bottle (SKU7021) . . .with a floral and ripe perfume offering notes of framboise, light herbal notes, wild fresh herbs, and a touch of dark black fruit coming through, with black raspberries and dark stones. On the palate, it has a rich tannin structure, a ton of clarity (as all of Evans wines tend to express), and a long finish. Its going to benefit from more time. – 98 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
2 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2022 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill for $61.99 per bottle (SKU7033) . . .is very pretty and stony in the glass, with notes of crushed stones, redcurrants, orange peel, and cinnamon. It has more nervous energy, and the palate is medium-framed, with finely coiled tannins, even, mouthwatering freshness, and a long finish, but its going to need time to flesh out, – 95+, Jeb Dunnuck
23 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2023 Gamay noir —Tualatin Estate Vineyard, Tualatin Hills for $39.99 per bottle (SKU7217)
Switzerland
2 bottles(s) of Weingut Familie Hansruedi Adank 2023 Pinot Noir Herranacker for $184.99 per bottle (SKU6831) When I say vibrating on the edge of forever I mean that this wine has that special something that only a few wines on earth have. It goes right up to and then it stays just on the edge of excess. It vibrates with that electric Adank tension. It just lingers there on the edge and your mind is trying to comprehend it, but really cant fully because the perfection is just too much to process.
Rose Wines
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USA
59 bottles(s) of Martin Woods 2025 Rose Eola Springs Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills for $29.99 per bottle (SKU7216)