2015 Puligny-Montrachet “Les Chalumaux”Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy
$120
Producers
Domaine Roulot France | Burgundy | Auxey-Duresses
Domaine Hauvette France | Provence | Baux de Provence
Château Gombaude-Guillot France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
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.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Pinot Noir planted in 1911
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard 1er Cru
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
Domaine Méo-Camuzet France | Burgundy | Chambolle-Musigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Deliciously lush and full, remains fresh with backbone.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Singing with a veggie-heavy stir fry!
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.
Ludovic Engelvin France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
Domaine du Gros ’Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
At nearly ten years old, this is spot-on magnificence!
Domaine Gachot-Monot
France | Burgundy | Côte de Nuits-Villages
Blind taste this wine and you'll imagine you’re drinking a much fancier 1er or Grand Cru red Burgundy. Gachot-Monot is my go-to when I want to impress my palate without splurging.
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy | Rully
Clos Canarelli
France | Corsica
A grandiose monument to the power of Corsica’s heirloom grapes.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Val de Loire
Charles Joguet France | Loire | Chinon
Domaine du Joncier
France | Southern Rhône | Lirac
A Lirac of exceptional structure, freshness, and aging potential
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 Roulot France | Burgundy | Monthelie
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Wild, chewy, age-worthy red from a pioneer of biodynamic farming
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Famille Brunier France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Domaine Les Pallières
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
This 2015 is already delicious with black cherry, réglisse, and dried herb suggestions, and it will continue to improve for many years
Château Moulin
France | Bordeaux | Canon-Fronsac
You may find it to be leaner and livelier than the rich, plush Merlots of Pomerol and Saint Emilion
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Meyer-Fonné France | Alsace
Domaine Hauvette France | Provence | Baux de Provence
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Made from six vineyards that, when blended, showcase the whole of the Côte Rôtie appellation.
A. & M. Quenard France | Savoie and Bugey | Vin de Savoie
Domaine Hauvette France | Provence | Baux de Provence
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Rich, velvety texture and vivid fruit, suggesting blackberry and plum with an almost wild intensity.
Clos Canarelli
France | Corsica | Corse Figari
This brooding amphora-aged red is a tribute to ancient Corsican wines, as they were produced in Roman times. Selection
Domaine du Gros ’Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
Chill and enjoy with Richard Olney’s marinated fennel recipe.
Bernard Baudry France | Loire | Chinon
Domaine Giudicelli
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
This gorgeous red is deep and concentrated with notes of moist earth, cherry and myrtle berries, with nice dusty tannins to hold it all together.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
September ’19 Club Chevalier Selection
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
March Club Rouge Selection
Nicole Chanrion
France | Beaujolais | Côte-de-Brouilly
Try Gail’s recipe: grilled halibut soaked in yogurt and roasted Indian spices.
Quentin Harel France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Domaine de Fontsainte France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Château Haut-Lariveau
France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
From a boldly ripe and energetic vintage, a perfect pairing, it turns out, for smoky magret de canard
Domaine Catherine Le Goeuil
France | Southern Rhône | Cairanne
Rhône valley, old-vine Grenache at the top of a plateau, riverbed stones…
Jean Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
Château La Roque France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
Château La Roque France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
Château Moulin
France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Made without added sulfur, a transparent reflection of Merlot grown in the limestone and clay of Fronsac
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Consists of 60% Carignan, planted 1907-1920
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
I have matched bottles with grilled pork and veggie kebabs, turkey sandwiches from the deli, spicy buffalo wings, freshly fried fish tacos...
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie France | Loire | Bourgueil
Domaine Maestracci France | Corsica | Calvi
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine Larue France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
Jean-Marc Vincent France | Burgundy | Santenay
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône | Hermitage
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica
One of Corsica's finest reds, from a collection of heirloom grape varieties saved from extinction by Abbatucci's father.
Domaine Maestracci France | Corsica
Famille Brunier France | Southern Rhône | Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Domaine Giacometti France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine Tempier
France | Provence | Bandol
La Tourtine perhaps best expresses the paradoxical combination of power and elegance that is a trademark of the Domaine's wines.
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux
France | Southern Rhône | Vacqueyras
February Club Rouge Selection
Domaine Tempier
France | Provence | Bandol
At the domaine's highest-elevation site, Mourvèdre's might is gently enveloped by Grenache and Cinsault to yield a Bandol of great finesse.
Lionel Faury France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Domaine Les Pallières France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica | Île de Beauté
May Club Chevalier Selection
Les Vignes Oubliées France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Terrasses du Larzac
Ludovic Engelvin France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
Domaine Méo-Camuzet
France | Burgundy | Clos de Vougeot
When life gets you down, this wine reminds you that there’s greatness in this world.
Quentin Harel France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais Villages
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
François Lumpp
France | Burgundy | Givry
Power and finesse, silken fruit and muscular tannin, and a noticeable, stony, goût de terroir.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
This Châteauneuf-du-Pape has all the perfume, plush fruit, and ethereal structure to please right away
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Château de Bellevue France | Bordeaux | Lussac Saint Émilion
Château Léoville-Las Cases
France | Bordeaux | Saint-Julien
Extremely limited quantities
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
This wine beautifully marries the esprits of the Beaujolais and southern Rhone. It is at once juicy, festive, sunny, and spicy.
Quentin Harel
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais Villages
November ’19 Chevalier – A quintessential Beaujolais quaffer full of early-drinking charm.
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
Perfect for marinades calling for red wine...and for enjoying with said marinade.
Clos La Coutale
France | Southwest | Cahors
Dark and full without being ponderous, with abundant black cherries and dried herbs.
Domaine de la Tour du Bon France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine du Durban France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Château Fontanès France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint-Loup
Château Léoville-Las Cases France | Bordeaux
Château Léoville Las Cases France | Bordeaux
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
Domaine d’Aupilhac France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Montpeyroux
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
The Bretons run a benchmark domaine for their region.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.
Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
February ’20 Club Rouge Selection
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Domaine Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Low levels of tannin, trademark aromas of juicy red fruit and spice—this is what good Beaujolais is all about!
Yves Leccia France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine Tempier
France | Provence | Bandol
With this chewy, fragrant cuvée, something garlicky cooked over coals will do just fine.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Fine red Burgundy to satisfy the most sophisticated palates.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
There is a strangely beautiful harmony between earth, sun, and man.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
April Club Rouge Selection
Domaine Robert-Denogent France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais Villages
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica
The drinkability of a Beaujolais with the herbs and aromatics of the Corsican landscape.
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Very pure, with a beautiful noble tannin and excellent finish
Domaine Ganevat
France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
This Trousseau electrifies your palate with its high-toned fruit.
Anne & Jean-François Ganevat
France | Jura | Vin de France
This cuvée displays earthiness and minerality to balance out the fresh cranberry notes.
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Mercurey
It is easy to forget that it isn’t a premier cru
Domaine de Villaine France | Burgundy
Domaine Ganevat
France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
Like premier cru red Burgundy on vacation
Anne & Jean-François Ganevat
France | Jura
Supernatural, well-made reds of this caliber are such a thrill.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Château de Bellevue
France | Bordeaux | Lussac Saint Émilion
Endowed with great aging potential, this red delights in its young years thanks to the pure, bright fruit and mouth-watering finale
A. & M. Quenard France | Vin de Savoie
Domaine de Terrebrune France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Bernard Baudry France | Loire | Chinon
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica
Perhaps the best introduction to Abbatucci's lineup of unique world-class wines.
Bernard Baudry France | Loire | Chinon
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Gamay planted in 1946
Domaine La Tour Vieille France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Treated with the same care as the domaine’s premiers crus, and will certainly age like one.
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
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.
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Blagny
Pinot Noir planted in 1934
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
I think it is because there is something inscrutable about the best Syrahs. Instead of leaping out of the glass, they pull you in.
Domaine Ostertag France | Alsace
Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Clos Saint-Joseph France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Clos Saint-Joseph France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Domaine Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Classic Burgundian Pinot Noir aromas and flavors, and a deeply fruited and solid core.
La Soeur Cadette France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône
Anne & Jean-François Ganevat France | Jura | Vin de France
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
André & Michel Quenard France | Savoie and Bugey | Vin de Savoie
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Domaine Gallety France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Vivarais
Charles Joguet France | Loire | Chinon
Lionel Faury France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Bourgueil
Les Mille Vignes France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Fitou
Jean Foillard France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Quentin Harel France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Bourgueil
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
This Châteauneuf-du-Pape has all the perfume, plush fruit, and ethereal structure to please right away
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Dress-code-not-required Bordeaux, whose velvety tannins and supple structure fit more like soft flannel and worn jeans than a stiff suit jacket and tie
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d’Oc
Genuinely reflecting the down-home, country soulfulness we love about the Languedoc.
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy | Savigny-aux-Serpentières
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
Domaine Robert-Denogent France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais Villages
André & Michel Quenard France | Savoie and Bugey | Vin de Savoie
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Bargain access to one of Burgundy’s established masters, ready to drink tonight.
Charles Joguet France | Loire | Chinon
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
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