2017 Petit Chablis •  Domaine Roland Lavantureux  $26
Lavantureux’s most humble cuvée, this remains the domaine’s benchmark for value and typicity.

2018 Vézelay Blanc “Galerne”  •  Domaine Montanet-Thoden  $32
This is a divine rendition of pure, chiseled Chardonnay, bearing notes of orchard fruit, citrus, and oyster shells.

2016 Bourgogne Chardonnay  •  Bruno Colin  $39
Here is a classic interpretation of true Burgundian Chardonnay raised in oak (10% new) for twelve months to produce an easy-to-love wine with a silky texture and toasty aromas, plus hints of vanilla, tropical fruit, and apricot.

2017 Bouzeron Aligoté  •  Domaine de Villaine  $40
A deep and spiritual thinker, Pierre de Benoist tends to evoke the celestial when describing his wines, and indeed there is something otherworldly about the vibrant and crystalline 2017 vintage.

2017 Givry Blanc “Clos des Vignes Rondes”  •  Domaine François Lumpp  $52
From François Lumpp’s highest-altitude white vineyard, this Chardonnay shows its origins faithfully with a bright, chalky personality full of energy and thirst-quenching savor.

2016 Meursault-Blagny 1er Cru “La Genelotte”  •  Comtesse de Chérisey  $106
Ancient vines, a high-altitude limestone vineyard, a low-yielding vintage that delivered concentrated wines, long and slow aging in oak in a deep stone cellar dug into the hillside . . . all the makings for an explosive Meursault-Blagny.

2018 Bourgogne Pinot Noir “Champs Cadet”  •  Domaine de la Cadette  $36
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.

2017 Marsannay Rouge “Clos du Roy” •  Régis Bouvier  $41
Bouvier fashions a red from his Clos du Roy parcel that is at once serious and gay, generous and firm, bold and elegant.

2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune “Vieilles Vignes”  •  Pierre Guillemot  $42
The Savigny-lès-Beaune “Vieilles Vignes”—a blend of three parcels whose average vine age is half a century—is always a pale cranberry in the glass, but don’t let that fool you into thinking the wine is thin. 

2017 Givry 1er Cru Rouge “A Vigne Rouge”  •  Domaine François Lumpp  $59
The aromas are typical of fine Burgundy: raspberry, incense, cedar, and clove; on the palate, it presents a dense core and fine tannin. While all of François’s reds offer pleasure now and have good aging potential, none are more cellar-worthy than A Vigne Rouge.

2017 Gevrey-Chambertin  •  Lucien Boillot et Fils  $82
Grandiose, opulent, black, and mysterious. No wonder this village, this domaine, and this wine have achieved such a reputation.

2017 Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru “Clos du Chapitre”  •  Domaine Follin-Arbelet  $93
Clos du Chapitre evokes gorgeous red fruit with irresistible stoniness that gives it structure. As seductive as it is now, though, it will certainly evolve beautifully over the next ten to fifteen years.