2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
$27
Producers
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
Vigne Rada Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
October Club Rouge Selection
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Colleleva
Italy | Le Marche | Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
A highly aromatic rosso that is all about pleasure, especially in the hands of Colleleva’s Stefano Antonucci
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Gamay over 80 years old, partly planted in 1920
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Chiroubles
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
Domaine Gramenon
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.
Domaine Gramenon
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
A masterpiece of old-vine Grenache - decant, or hold up to ten years in a cool place.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
All the care, attentiveness, and backbreaking labor required to farm this site result in one of the most joyful and lighthearted reds you will encounter.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
True to the region, it has a slightly sweet and creamy edge and exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
Domaine Diochon France | Beaujolais | Moulin-à-Vent
Jean-Paul Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Domaine Gramenon France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Etna
Pre-phylloxera vines in volcanic sand give this silky, smoky beauty.
Silvio Giamello
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
Giamello’s 2020 Langhe Nebbiolo is fresh and vibrant, evoking cherries, roses, and a touch of tar.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
M. & C. Lapierre
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Silky and perfumed, with no rough edges, this is dangerously swallowable.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A full-throttle Niellucciu from a sun-soaked limestone vineyard in Patrimonio.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône | Beaumes-de-Venise
Fattoria Moretto
Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna
Dry red Italian sparkling wine with dinner? You’ll love it.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Precision, soaring floral aromatics, finely etched tannins, a ripe core of dense fruit, and a granitic crunch on the back end.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
These Barbera vines sit in a privileged Barolo site, so there is no shortage of pedigree.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A beautiful Cadette rouge with a bit more structure and plenty of pleasure.
Domaine Montanet-Thoden
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A sneakily serious Pinot Noir.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A classic bistro red with great thirst-quenching versatility.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
A delightfully fresh, spicy, medium-bodied red scented of tart blackberries, wild mint, and other aromatic herbs.
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais | Côte-de-Brouilly
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
One whiff of this Corbières takes you to a spice cabinet or a Mediterranean field full of aromatic herbs.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
There’s no mistaking this scrumptious red for anything other than Nebbiolo—perfectly ripe, dusty red fruit, gentle tannins, and the telltale scents of tar and roses.
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Supple, pretty notes of freshly crushed blackberries and raspberries—it will pair well with pretty much anything.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Ventoux
Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.
Maxime-François Laurent
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for your favorite summer grillables.
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Loaded with aromas of violets and ripe berries, it is full-bodied yet soft and effortlessly downable
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Gamay planted in 1946
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
Put a slight chill on it, pop the cork, and inhale its lively perfume: the floral fragrance and bright, juicy fruit—picture fresh-squeezed berries—are simply irresistible.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Cabernet Franc on sandy, gravelly soils—juicy, crunchy, and highly chillable.
Tenuta La Pergola
Italy | Piedmont | Monferrato Rosso
The old-school, vino rosso of our dreams—serve it chilled, perhaps in a glass pitcher, for full trattoria effect.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
A fresh, honest, and pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
With notes of mixed black and red fruit and a spine of minerality, Quenard’s Gamay is crunchier, more aromatic, and more succulent than most bottles you’d find in Beaujolais.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
There is something timeless to La Roque’s Pic Saint Loup, its herbal bouquet and rich, fleshy texture, all free from any hint of modern trappings.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bardolino
There is actually a depth of interest that can reflect man’s insignificance in the solar system. Take me to the terrace!
Tenuta La Pergola
Italy | Piedmont | Monferrato Rosso
A quintessential house wine from Piemonte’s less-traveled side.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
January ’21 Club Rouge Selection
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
This bottling represents one of the best values, pound for pound, in our entire book.
Domaine Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
This Beaujolais offers the charm and drinkability of the most effusive Morgons with the class and frankness of a chiseled Moulin-à-Vent.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
The life of the party at any cookout, picnic, or potluck.
Domaine de Durban
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Throw a rock (or a riverbed stone) in the southern Rhône and chances are you’ll land on a bottle whose contents, for the price, wouldn’t hold a candle to Henri Leydier’s Gigondas from Domaine de Durban.
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône
The soft, juicy fruit and bright acidity lead to a long, dry finish with very supple tannin.
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d’Oc
Genuinely reflecting the down-home, country soulfulness we love about the Languedoc.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont
Finding a wine as tasty and versatile at this price is not an easy task.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Savor it while you can, because your glass will be empty before you know it, leaving you only with the spicy, mineral-laden aftertaste of a bottle that went down way too easily.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe Nebbiolo
Extremely pure, with smooth tannins, freshness, and a touch of austerity that hints of its serious terroir.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Bourgueil
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint-Loup
Maybe it’s the biodynamic farming, but these wines always seem to have an extra gear when it comes to aromatics and sheer deliciousness.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
What is there to say about this wine that upon first opening you will be engulfed with aromas of maquis that grows wild all over Corsica. Not to mention the exuberant energy this wine has on the palate.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Juicy fruit and gentle tannin make for an epicurean lunchtime wine that’s ideal for generous gulping.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Expect bright, crunchy forest berries, elegance, freshness, and sneaky structure.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
It has often been likened to a cross between Pinot Noir and Syrah: bright, elegant, and floral, with suggestions of wild fruit, blood, and minerals.
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