2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
$27
Producers
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône
The soft, juicy fruit and bright acidity lead to a long, dry finish with very supple tannin.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
The life of the party at any cookout, picnic, or potluck.
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.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Ventoux
Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
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.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
January ’21 Club Rouge Selection
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Cabernet Franc on sandy, gravelly soils—juicy, crunchy, and highly chillable.
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Régnié
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.
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.
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.
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.
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d’Oc
Genuinely reflecting the down-home, country soulfulness we love about the Languedoc.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A full-throttle Niellucciu from a sun-soaked limestone vineyard in Patrimonio.
Domaine Diochon France | Beaujolais | Moulin-à-Vent
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Gamay over 80 years old, partly planted in 1920
Jean-Paul Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
M. & C. Lapierre
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Silky and perfumed, with no rough edges, this is dangerously swallowable.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Gamay planted in 1946
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
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.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
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.
Domaine Gramenon France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
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.
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
A fresh, honest, and pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais | Côte-de-Brouilly
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
October Club Rouge Selection
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
This bottle is benchmark Corsica at a weeknight price.
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.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again
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.
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.
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 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.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Juicy fruit and gentle tannin make for an epicurean lunchtime wine that’s ideal for generous gulping.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
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.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A classic bistro red with great thirst-quenching versatility.
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône | Beaumes-de-Venise
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.
Yves Leccia France | Corsica | Patrimonio
François Rousset-Martin
France | Jura
Fresh and silky-fine, wild, and spiced, this stunner demands something equally characterful, like a lamb tagine or perfectly ripe Époisses.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Ajaccio
A grandiose expression of Sciaccarellu worthy of grand cru status.
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 Le Sang des Cailloux
France | Southern Rhône | Vacqueyras
A mixture of deep, dark color with a lightness of touch, rusticity with warmth, and minerality with delicious fresh fruit.
Domaine le Sang des Cailloux France | Southern Rhône | Vacqueyras
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Château Tertre de la Mouleyre France | Bordeaux | St-Émilion Grand Cru
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
Even though the majority of Saint-Aubin is planted to Chardonnay, reds like Domaine Larue’s Les Eduens prove that the terroir here is also beautifully suited to Pinot Noir.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
The high limestone content gives this Pinot plenty of spice and ripe cherry with great acidity and persistence.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
Made from vines planted between 1937 and 1976, this cuvée showcases impressive depth and soul.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
This beauty is brimming and bursting with deep dark flavors of black olive, blackberry and a hint of white pepper.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
The idea with this wine is vibrant fruitiness. An absolutely delicious Pinot Noir to enjoy immediately.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Ostertag’s Fronholz delivers deeply refreshing, pulpous cherry fruit, woodsy nuances that scream autumn, and velvety-smooth tannins that give the finest reds from anywhere a run for their money.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
Shows a kinship with the northern Rhône, echoing aromas of black olive and violets.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
This chewy red offers aromas of ripe black cherry and wild brush that beg for something hearty, grilled, and smothered with garlic and herbs.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Antoine Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A vibrant tonic akin to a savory brew of muddled stone, wild herbs, and salty sea air.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Aromas of black fruit, graphite, wild herbs, and game over firm, stony tannins. Saturated with flavors of the Île de Beauté.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot
France | Burgundy | Maranges
Dark and velvety, with beautiful notes of perfectly ripe raspberries and black cherries, balanced by impressive density and food-friendly acidity.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
From a stony, upper-slope parcel just above Les Clos Roussots, the delicious Fussière is black-fruited, flinty, and structured.
Selected By Kermit Lynch
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
The 2019 vintage is over half Syrah, giving it lots of smoky dark fruit and a toothsome meatiness.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
Domaine Arretxea France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Domaine Les Pallières
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
An abundance of violets and velvet, amid a cooling sensation of a cold spring on a hot day.
Domaine Les Pallières France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Domaine Les Pallières France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
Cinsault with a touch of Grenache, blended from various terroirs to create a traditional assemblage Languedocien.
Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
This wine is full of fresh Grenache fruit, beautifully perfumed, with a refined and elegant finish.
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.
Domaine Gramenon France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
Domaine Rousset-Martin
France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
75% Pinot and 25% Poulsard, juicy and light with a slight perlant texture on the palate, redolent of currants, cherries, and spices.
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Irresistible notes of black olive, succulent black cherries, and spices
Domaine Gachot-Monot France | Burgundy | Côte de Nuits-Villages
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Clos Canarelli France | Corsica | Corse Figari
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
This grippy rouge comes from Domaine de Fontsainte’s most famous parcel called “La Demoiselle,” planted in 1904.
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
This cuvée is a classic southern French red, with the attitude and spiciness you’d expect from a full-blooded Catalan.
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
If you can’t make it to the south of France this year, here’s a way to bring the Mediterranean sun to you.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The depth, complexity, and crushed-stone minerality of a great Côte-Rôtie, all while maintaining inviting youthful fruit.
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
Famille Brunier 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
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
The comfort of settling in for the winter—that’s the feeling I get the minute I put my nose in a glass of Baudry’s Chinon Grézeaux. The very name suggests its gravelly terroir and earthy structure: a natural choice for this time of year.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
The combination of tart red fruit, herbaceousness, and graphite earthiness.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
This cuvée comes from their highest vineyard, which rests on a plateau of gravel, sand, and limestone, and it is arguably their best entry point into the charm of Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, lithe and less dense than the bottlings from their clay-and-limestone terroirs.
Clos La Coutale
France | Southwest | Cahors
A red perennially punches way above its weight, both in the immediate pleasure it delivers and the way it evolves in the bottle over time.
Alex Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A great option when you need to stop your “natty wine” friends in their un-sulfinated tracks. A seriously playful Cab Franc from the masters of vinous fun.
Bruno Colin
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Fresh, elegant, and balanced—a screaming deal for top-quality red Burgundy.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie France | Loire | Bourgueil
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 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.
Domaine de la Tour du Bon France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine de la Tour du Bon
France | Provence | Bandol
This Bandol captures the essence of the Mediterranean. It has lush fruit with hints of rosemary, squid ink, and peppery meaty flavors.
Domaine Tempier
France | Provence | Bandol
With this chewy, fragrant cuvée, something garlicky cooked over coals will do just fine.
Jean-Claude Marsanne France | Northern Rhône | IGP Ardèche
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
The Follins’ exquisite 2019 reds are aromatic, enchanting, and serious, encompassing everything we love about Burgundian Pinot Noir, and none is more immediately irresistible than this bottling.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
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.
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.
Grange Saint-Sauveur France | Loire | Vin de France
Les Vignes Oubliées France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Terrasses du Larzac
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
April Club Rouge Selection
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
January ’21 Club Rouge Selection
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.
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
The Chotards are some of the lucky few who have Sancerre parcels that are ideal for growing Pinot Noir, and theirs have been planted to Pinot for well over fifty years, so the vines are at full maturity.
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Syrah-based blend from rocky limestone vineyards—tremendous value!
Domaine de Villaine
France | Burgundy | Rully
Les Champs Cloux fresh, with good acidity, but also among the domaine’s more robust reds.
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
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
This is the perfect example of a fine, elegant version of Merlot.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Exceptional Pinot Noir from Sommerberg
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
A grainy texture and a lightness on its feet that his other more powerful and structured Pinots grown in limestone do not possess.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Pernand-Vergelesses
This Pernand has a little grip, but plush notes of red fruit and cocoa abound in the glass.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The Cuvée Sarah, an aromatic mix of roasted, smoking herbs with plenty of tannins to chew on, goes down with pleasure and calls for another round (and a grill).
Antoine-Marie Arena France | Corsica | Patrimonio
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 Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Morey Saint Denis
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays de Mont Baudile
Sylvain crafts this wine as a testimony to the quality Carignan can achieve with low yields from old vines in poor soils.
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
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Montpeyroux
Proof that a great site and honest farming are key to genuine, long-lived wines.
Domaine Arretxea France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Hermitage
Elegance and restraint from one of the hill’s lesser-known terroirs.
Domaine Les Pallières France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Domaine Les Pallières
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
If you’re familiar with the wines of Vieux Télégraphe, you know that grapes in the hands of the Brunier brothers are treated respectfully to coax nuance and finesse.
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 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
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Taupenot-Merme 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.
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Earthy, meaty, savory, juicy, and powerful, it is a glassful of joyful, soulful goodness. Barral’s is a signature that cannot be mistaken.
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Simultaneously rustic and graceful, dark and light on its feet, this red shows succulent notes of mixed red and black fruit, spices, and leather.
Domaine Gallety France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Vivarais
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
Cool climate translates to low alcohol and delicate floral notes in this elegant red.
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Tasting Côte Rôtie this good is an event.
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Made from six vineyards that, when blended, showcase the whole of the Côte Rôtie appellation.
Jean-Claude Marsanne France | Northern Rhône | Crozes-Hermitage
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône | Crozes Hermitage
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.
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 Clape
France | Northern Rhône | Cornas
Majestically dark and brooding Cornas, layered with aromas of herbs and mint. Extremely limited availability
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit, then finishes with a crunchy backbone reminiscent of dark schist and roasted spices.
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
This drinks like great cru Beaujolais infused with southern soul.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
This red boasts all the telltale aromatics, flavor, and structure of the legendary roasted slope.
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
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
Even though all of the wines hail from Chinon, the soil, elevation, and exposition all combine to make Le Clos Guillot their cuvée with the most finesse.
Alex Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Bargain access to one of Burgundy’s established masters, ready to drink tonight.
Domaine Lucien Boillot & Fils
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A rare blend: Pinot fruit from around the village of Gevrey-Chambertin and some from Volnay.
Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Lucid and bright, it offers a youthful crunch and subtle earthiness emblematic of great Pinot Noir.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Blagny
A gorgeous red that flirts with savoriness in such an irresistible way
Jean Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Domaine du Gros ’Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
Ding! It's ready! If there is a drinking window, this one just flew through it.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Auxey Duresses
Kuentz-Bas France | Alsace | Alsace
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
This is classic old-world, unadorned Pinot Noir at its best: ethereal, but not lightweight; ripe, but not rich or overly extracted.
Domaine Hauvette
France | Provence | Alpilles
Cinsault raised in concrete egg: all about finesse.
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.
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
This rouge—a blend of fruit from two parcels that abut premier cru vineyards—delivers such finesse and pleasure that it makes you wonder why this village isn’t mentioned more often in the same breath as Volnay, Gevrey-Chambertin, and Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Volnay
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
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!
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
Powerful, round, and built to last a long, long time.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Pommard
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Pernand-Vergelesses
This Pernand has a little grip, but plush notes of red fruit and cocoa abound in the glass.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Leccia's earthy, delicious island-mountain wine is fun, accessible and pairs with anything from fish stew to pasta to lounging in the park.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The only Arena cuvée to see barrel-aging features the domaine’s oldest vines.
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
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 Taupenot-Merme 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 Régis Bouvier France | Burgundy | Morey Saint Denis
Domaine d’Aupilhac France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays de Mont Baudile
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Mazoyères Chambertin
Jean-Claude Regnaudot
France | Burgundy | Maranges
A thick, dense Pinot Noir with the guts to age like the Maranges of old, but enough voluptuous fruit to provide pleasure in the near term.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
September ’19 Club Chevalier Selection
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Montpeyroux
Fadat’s bottlings from this terroir have proven to be among the most complex and elegant wines of southern France.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
Aged for two years in barrel and bottled unfiltered, this soulful Languedoc super-cuvée promises to age just as gracefully as top bottlings from Bandol and the Rhône.
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Hermitage
Bold and mysterious, with a velvety texture and a certain rusticity.
Domaine Les Pallières
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
The tannins are soft, and the fruit is pure and elegant. Underlying that, though, is something dark and profound.
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Boillot France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy | Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Gevrey Chambertin
Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
Mourvèdre and Grenache from a historic vineyard site give this elegant and profound red, replete with wild herbs, spice, and a chewy, stony tannin.
Château Moulin
France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Made without added sulfur, a transparent reflection of Merlot grown in the limestone and clay of Fronsac
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Earthy blend from old biodynamic vineyards—rustic and soulful.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Barruol Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
Power and finesse, with the capacity to evolve for a long time in your cellar.
Domaine Gachot-Monot
France | Burgundy | Côte de Nuits-Villages
September Club Chevalier Selection
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Champagne may be considered the traditional wine for most celebrations, but what could be more spontaneously festive and happiness-inducing than juicy, bright Gamay?
Barruol / Lynch
France | Northern Rhône | Côte Rôtie
A time capsule in the form of Côte Rôtie. This is the old rustic style and reminds us how this Northern Rhône appellation earned its legendary reputation.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Corton Rognet
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Corton Grand Cru
A grand cru red that will age gracefully, but is also charming and elegant right now
Clos Canarelli France | Corsica | Corse Figari
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.
Domaine Méo-Camuzet
France | Burgundy | Clos de Vougeot
When life gets you down, this wine reminds you that there’s greatness in this world.
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.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Chiroubles
Bright, juicy and easy to drink, this is the perfect accompaniment to all the holiday snacks and sumptuous meals.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Domaine Taupenot-Merme France | Burgundy | Charmes Chambertin
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.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.
Bruno Colin
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Fresh, elegant, and balanced—a screaming deal for top-quality red Burgundy.
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Blagny
Intensely perfumed with violets, roses, plums, and exotic spices, there is a dreamy, ethereal side to this beauty.
Comtesse de Chérisey
France | Burgundy | Beaune 1er Cru
Without hesitation, this is the best red Burgundy I have tasted this year.
Domaine du Gros ’Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
Chill and enjoy with Richard Olney’s marinated fennel recipe.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
February Club Rouge Selection
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Domaine Follin-Arbelet
France | Burgundy | Aloxe-Corton
Filled with notes of gorgeous red fruit and an irresistible stoniness that gives it structure
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Château Gombaude-Guillot
France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A commanding hillside strewn with big stones and marine fossils, Carco is one of Patrimonio’s great vineyard sites.
Domaine Giudicelli
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Gard
One of the newest additions to our portfolio, Engelvin focuses on low-impact farming and makes supremely elegant wines.
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 Les Mille Vignes France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Fitou
Domaine Les Mille Vignes France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Fitou
Domaine Leon Barral
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Faugères
Wild, chewy, age-worthy red from a pioneer of biodynamic farming
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
One of the great Syrah bottlings of France—truly epic.
Clos Canarelli
France | Corsica | Corse Figari
Among the greatest expressions of Sciaccarellu being made today.
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
March ’21 Adventures Club Selection
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Domaine Catherine Le Gœuil
France | Southern Rhône | Cairanne
Rhône valley, old-vine Grenache at the top of a plateau, riverbed stones…
Domaine Tempier France | Provence | Bandol
Clos Canarelli
France | Corsica
A grandiose monument to the power of Corsica’s heirloom grapes.
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 de Bellevue France | Bordeaux | Lussac Saint Émilion
Domaine Hauvette
France | Provence | Les Baux de Provence
This Grenache, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon blend provides just the right balance of sturdy southern grip and country refinement.
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
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 Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Cuvée 1512 represents a much more serious breed of Gamay pleasure.
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Maranges
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
July Club Chevalier Selection
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
This is my son’s birth year and what a handsome vintage that is for Bandol. This wine has such elegance, power, and a classy, lengthy finish. Tannins are well integrated and should be enjoyed this holiday season or any day with a roast leg of lamb!
Bruno Colin France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Domaine Les Mille Vignes
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Fitou
With eleven years of age, the Dennis Royal is an absolutely stunning example of how brilliant wine from the Languedoc can truly be. Don't miss the final bottles of this tremendous and perfectly aged wine.
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