2020 Gard Rouge “Célas”Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
$39
Producers
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Domaine Lucien Boillot & Fils
France | Burgundy | Volnay
Violets and roses on the nose, and ample volume on the palate, with a Morello cherry freshness.
Giovanni Montisci Italy | Sardinia | Vino Rosso
Grange Saint-Sauveur France | Loire | Vin de France
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Medium-bodied and intensely aromatic, this wine provides an abundance of red berries and lip-smacking acidity.
Cuna
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
By planting Pinot Nero in limestone at high elevation, he has found an unlikely home for the grape, yielding a singular rosso that is anything but international in style.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily | IGT Terre Siciliane
Grottafumata means “smoky caves” and that's exactly what I think about when I swish this around. Grown in volcanic soils, it's a perfect balance between smoky tannins and Sicilian grapes.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
April Club Rouge Selection
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
Previously blended into the domaine’s Sancerre rouge, the 2018 vintage is the first separate bottling of this unique vineyard, a successful experiment if there ever was one.
Jean-Claude Marsanne France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Mourvèdre-majority masterpiece, lots of pleasure and even more soul.
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Syrah-based blend from rocky limestone vineyards—tremendous value!
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
The 130-year-old vines at Poggio Pini deliver Alessandro Anfosso’s greatest wine: a deep, silken Rossese that marries floral, smoky, and spice elements, culminating in a mouthwatering, stony finish.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
The single-vineyard Luvaira showcases vines planted in 1905 for a bold, savory expression of this historic appellation, rife with suggestions of stones, faded flowers, leather, and game.
Tenuta Anfosso Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
The fruit—think cherries and strawberries—is more reserved, with smoke and stones sharing the stage.
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 Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard 1er Cru
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Pommard
This deeply garnet stunner, with fine, balanced tannins, made from century old vines, is elegance made liquid.
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine Giudicelli
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.
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 Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Pinot Noir planted in 1911
Domaine Robert Chevillon France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
One of Burgundy’s established masters.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme
France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges
Incredible elegance for Pruliers, power and finesse in spades.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme
France | Burgundy | Morey Saint Denis
Old vines planted just after WWII, spicy and deep, rich and full.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme
France | Burgundy | Mazoyères Chambertin
More Morey-like than the Charmes, with more muscle and spice. The grandest and longest-aging wine in this collection.
Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Marsannay
This single-vineyard Pinot Noir with about four years of age is what drinking great Burgundy is all about.
Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Marsannay
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
This cuvée is dark-fruited velvet in a bottle.
Benoît Cantin France | Burgundy | Irancy
Cantine Valpane
Italy | Piedmont
This light-ruby-colored red has less body than Valpane’s Barberas, but what it lacks in weight, it more than makes up for in perfume.
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 Boillot
France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
With vibrant fruit and a silky finish, it’s sure to age gracefully while gaining vintage soul in the years to come.
Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Valinière is a monumental demonstration of what happens when respectfully working the earth is not just a job, but one’s whole life.
Masseria del Pino
Italy | Sicily | Etna Rosso
It’s immediately likable as it draws you in for another glass: fun, folksy label, vibrant berry and spice aromas, meticulously crafted using ancient methods.
Domaine Gallety
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Vivarais
This wine combines Syrah’s savoriness with Grenache’s stoniness for a delicious red that is ready to drink today.
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
Contrary to the usual rough and tannic reds of the far-reaching Côtes de Provence appellation, this is fresh and lively! A gem hidden in the hills.
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Made from six vineyards that, when blended, showcase the whole of the Côte Rôtie appellation.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme
France | Burgundy | Corton Rognet
An explosively aromatic Corton, impeccably balanced.
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
The island of Corsica is only a few hours by ferry from mainland France, but when you arrive, you get the sense you’ve set foot in a partly foreign country.
Domaine Méo-Camuzet France | Burgundy | Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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.
Charles Joguet France | Loire | Chinon
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Perennially Campriano’s bottling with the most irresistible, terroir-reminiscent notes of earth and undergrowth.
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
This is delicious Sangiovese from the Greve zone of Chianti Classico and made by some of the nicest and most talented people you could ever hope to meet.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Charmes Chambertin
Portelli
Italy | Sicily
Enough vibrance and freshness to drink well on its own, but just enough tannin and acid to be versatile at table.
Giovanni Montisci Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
There isn’t a spot in the world better suited for Cabernet Franc, and their old vines produce the raw material for one of the best reds in the Loire valley.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Blagny
A gorgeous red that flirts with savoriness in such an irresistible way
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Drink Later: Both succulent and structured, this Barolo bursts with explosive aromas and flavors of black cherries, rose petals, black tea, and spices.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
If you are unfamiliar with Guido Porro and his world-class Baroli, this is an ideal bottle with which to become acquainted.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Giulia’s painstaking attention to detail in these sandier-soil parcels, and deliberate choices in the cellar, result in wines with a fine grain, spiced tannins, and a celestial nose of peony and rose petal.
Benevelli Piero
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Beautiful, classic Barolo nose. Intense depth. Fresh and complex.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont
One of the most prestigious vineyard sites in his village of Monforte d’Alba, if not all of Barolo.
Benevelli Piero
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Benevelli makes classic Barolo and this vintage exhibits the aromas and flavors of tar, roses, and hints of raspberry and cherry. Delicious.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
La Tartufaia is a divinely atmospheric truffle forest in the heart of La Morra where Giulia’s vineyards run parallel. The wines produced here, from clay-rich soil, are textbook examples of classically structured Barolo typical of the area.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
The Barolos of Serralunga are renowned for their power and longevity, and while Porro’s Gianetto is not the unyielding, tannic beast of old, it will certainly benefit from a few years in your cellar.
Cantine Valpane
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera del Monferrato
Luscious, mouth-filling cherry fruit, a strong soil signature, and smooth tannins make this the perfect Barbera to cure your weeknight Italian craving.
Silvio Giamello
Italy | Piedmont | Barbaresco
Rich, ripe fruit with the delicacy and floral notes we love in great Barbaresco.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
Here is a full-bodied dose of Terrebrune terroir you can enjoy over the next thirty years.
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Vigneti delle Dolomiti
Keep it simple with grilled portobellos smothered in balsamic and minced garlic.
Domaine Hauvette
France | Provence | Alpilles
Cinsault raised in concrete egg: all about finesse.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
This silky Aloxe-Corton is in a stellar place today, although I imagine it will continue to drink beautifully over the next five to ten years.
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
February ’19 Club Rouge Selection
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