2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
$27
Producers
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine Les Mille Vignes France | Languedoc-Roussillon
Domaine Méo-Camuzet France | Burgundy | Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine Les Mille Vignes France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Rivesaltes
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Beaune 1er Cru
Without hesitation, this is the best red Burgundy I have tasted this year.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A nod to the island’s rich history of viticulture, the Général is simply a stunning bottle of white wine.
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Antoine Jobard
France | Burgundy | Meursault-Blagny
Outstanding, upper-slope Meursault, dominated by a stony crunch
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Romanée-Saint-Vivant
With some age, this will develop into one of the most gorgeous Pinot Noirs to ever grace your glass.
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Mazoyères Chambertin
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Corton Rognet
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Pinot Noir planted in 1911
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Blagny
Intensely perfumed with violets, roses, plums, and exotic spices, there is a dreamy, ethereal side to this beauty.
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Chassagne-Montrachet
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Late-harvest wines of this quality in Alsace take incredible skill to make. This is a supremely beautiful example of a harmonious, highly successful partnership between man and nature.
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
One of Burgundy’s established masters.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine Méo-Camuzet
France | Burgundy | Clos de Vougeot
When life gets you down, this wine reminds you that there’s greatness in this world.
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Chassagne-Montrachet
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Meursault-Blagny
An irresistible juxtaposition of delicacy and generosity
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Already in spectacular harmony, this beauty deserves a bin in every Burgundy collector’s cellar.
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
A deep, rich, powerful Bordeaux scented of wild fruit and black truffle—the perfect gift for the home cook or collector; also guaranteed to impress your in-laws.
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
This is the perfect example of a fine, elegant version of Merlot.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Chassagne-Montrachet
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Charmes Chambertin
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Bruno Colin
France | Burgundy | Chassagne-Montrachet
Complex aromas, flesh, depth; the classic chiseled back end you’d expect from well-made Puligny.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Gevrey Chambertin
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A nod to the island’s rich history of viticulture, the Général is simply a stunning bottle of white wine.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Pinot Noir planted in 1911
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Romanée-Saint-Vivant
With some age, this will develop into one of the most gorgeous Pinot Noirs to ever grace your glass.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Rich, exotic, and appealing—a monument to the grandeur of the forgotten Corsican varietals.
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
An incredible wine that defines the region by marrying power, earth, finesse, dark fruit, silk, spice, and ageability.
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Santenay
This outstanding Santenay is so expressive, with notes of red fruit, rose petals, peonies, and a touch of spice.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The majesty of the La Crau vineyard is encapsulated in this wine. I can't think of a grander expression of Southern Rhone terroir to be enjoyed this winter.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Immediately accessible, with the type of ripe, unctuous nose you know and love with grand cru Chablis.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Rich, exotic, and appealing—a monument to the grandeur of the forgotten Corsican varietals.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Filled with notes of gorgeous red fruit and an irresistible stoniness that gives it structure
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Filled with notes of gorgeous red fruit and an irresistible stoniness that gives it structure
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine is at once pleasure, richness, depth, and freshness. The body is velvety and not at all aggressive. You smell the stones, the minerality, a smokiness, the magnificent old-vines Grenache fruit.
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Meursault-Blagny
De Chérisey produces classic Chardonnay that seems as if from a different time. White Burgundy like this doesn’t come around very often.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
A grand cru red that will age gracefully, but is also charming and elegant right now
J. Lassalle France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
A grand cru red that will age gracefully, but is also charming and elegant right now
Domaine Pierre Guillemot
France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
Open now if you would like to taste its youthful magic, but don’t miss the transcendent reward of popping the cork in ten to fifteen years.
J. Lassalle
France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
Extremely limited quantities, maximum 2 bottles per purchase
André Perret France | Northern Rhône | Condrieu
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Pommard 1er Cru
Powerful, round, and built to last a long, long time.
Domaine Lucien Boillot & Fils
France | Burgundy | Volnay
Violets and roses on the nose, and ample volume on the palate, with a Morello cherry freshness.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Already in spectacular harmony, this beauty deserves a bin in every Burgundy collector’s cellar.
Bruno Colin
France | Burgundy | Puligny-Montrachet
Complex aromas, flesh, depth; the classic chiseled back end you’d expect from well-made Puligny.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Puligny-Montrachet
Comtesse de Chérisey France | Burgundy | Meursault-Blagny
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Vercots is a wine that you can begin enjoying at age three and hold for up to fifteen years.
Château Tertre de la Mouleyre France | Bordeaux | St-Émilion Grand Cru
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Chassagne-Montrachet
Domaine Lucien Boillot & Fils
France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Of all Boillot’s cuvées, the ones from Gevrey-Chambertin are the most brooding, the most earthbound.
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Meursault-Blagny
De Cherisey produces classic Chardonnay that seems as if from a different time. White Burgundy like this doesn’t come around very often.
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur
Albert Boxler France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Domaine Clape
France | Northern Rhône | Cornas
Majestically dark and brooding Cornas, layered with aromas of herbs and mint. Extremely limited availability
Meyer-Fonné France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard 1er Cru
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
I propose twelve bottles to accompany a spring feast in which many distinctive dishes would mingle on a big, long table and there would be enough wine to serve a multitude of serendipitous guests.
Domaine du Gros ’Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
Chill and enjoy with Richard Olney’s marinated fennel recipe.
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The majesty of the La Crau vineyard is encapsulated in this wine. I can't think of a grander expression of Southern Rhone terroir to be enjoyed this winter.
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Puligny-Montrachet
Power, finesse, succulence, and striking acidity... Pair with delicate crab meat and relish in the experience.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
With opulent aromas and intense minerality, this Chablis exhibits the character that sets the Grand Crus apart. A truly magnificent wine!
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Puligny-Montrachet
Power, finesse, succulence, and striking acidity... Pair with delicate crab meat and relish in the experience.
Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Insider tip: cellaring some grand cru Chablis from Lavantureux is about as wise a move as you can make in today’s volatile (wine) world.
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
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