The playful label, created by the late, famous Italian comics artist Sergio Staino, belies this wine’s class, structure, and ageability. Made from Riserva-quality Barolo Nebbiolo, it’s a throwback to the Baroli of yesteryear, profound and stately with notes of cherries, tar, blood orange, and spice.
This blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir sees partial barrel aging, partial malolactic fermentation, and two and a half years aging in bottle before release.
It has a round mouthfeel, silky and juicier than the Gravières, with a minerality that is more smooth slate than chalk.
Power, intensity, and complexity combine to bring us a Riesling for the ages.
This vintage might fool you for an oyster wine. Let it!
Showcasing impressive texture and flavors of citrus, stone fruit, and spring flowers, this offers a great pairing for grilled fish or seared scallops.
A fragrant cuvée full of peach skin, green guava, and passion fruit seeds.
Here is a full-bodied dose of Terrebrune terroir you can enjoy over the next thirty years.
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru “Les Cherbaudes”
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy
With vibrant fruit and a silky finish, it’s sure to age gracefully while gaining vintage soul in the years to come.
One of the first rosés Kermit imported, this wine has been consistently delicious for four decades.
David Lavantureux describes it as “direct and pure, full of energy”—a perfectly steely Chablis for oysters-on-the-half-shell.
Very fine-boned and ethereal.
The rose petal perfume of this ravishing Gewurztraminer enveloped the entire table, and was the perfect way to end a perfect meal.
You have never tasted Sauvignon quite like this.
Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.
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Crack it open now; aromas of tart blackberries and mint will waft out of the bottle, a perfect reminder of summer and outdoor grilling.
Primarily a blend of Marsanne and Viognier, Jamet’s blanc is bright and textured with notes of honey and apricot.
A nod to the island’s rich history of viticulture, the Général is simply a stunning bottle of white wine.
Alessandro Fantino’s Riservas are as good as Barolo gets.
Juicy and open-knit, it mirrors the sensation of biting into fleshy slices of white peach, nectarine, and guava.
An element of luscious, tender fruit that seems to coat the wine’s spinal chord of Kimmeridgian minerals.
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.
There are few pleasures like aged Bandol rouge from Tempier.
More Morey-like than the Charmes, with more muscle and spice. The grandest and longest-aging wine in this collection.
Pair this coastal fizzy white with spicy shrimp.
The high-toned nose suggests an absolutely electric wine, full of delicate florals and tart berries, and the juice hits the palate like a dreamy cloud of Gamay.
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From clay and limestone vineyards, they are able to obtain remarkable complexity in their Brut, while the texture shows both a creamy richness and an austere minerality.
Fermented and aged in barrel and bottled unfiltered, it features a delightful kiss of oak on the long, bracing, mouth-watering finish.
Delicious younger-vine Prünent blended with Croatina produces an immediately enjoyable, low-tannin red of character.
Made from young vine fruit from Grand Cru vineyards, this Riesling delivers delicious fruit, crispness, and minerality beyond its price point.
March Club Rouge ~ A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.
It is a seafood lover’s dream wine.
That grapes can be cajoled and fashioned to make such a liquid is miraculous. This aroma is beyond belief.
Delicious alongside black cod in miso soy marinade.
Classic Gevrey, with an emphasis on forward fruit and pleasure, great structure as well.
La Châtelaine highlights what may be the best terroir of Vézelay and why this little appellation is on the map in the first place.
A simply stunning white that seems to not just elevate the food on your plate, but your entire mood. Your surroundings will melt away as you get lost in your glass.
Moulin-à-Vent has a unique, earthy, chewy edge to it that you just can’t find anywhere else.
2021 Savoie Chignin Mondeuse “Voie Royale”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
The 2021 Voie Royale was aged entirely in foudre, and the result is an utterly distinctive, perfumed, and stony rouge evoking freshly pressed grapes, tart fruit, and violets.
The singularity and beauty of Chenin Blanc really shines with a bit of age, which is what makes this wine so special to enjoy now.
You will be surprised how well this dessert wine will pair with toasted almonds, bleu cheese or nice dark chocolate.
One whiff of this might make you want to plunge right into the glass
Limestone, sea breeze, and wildflowers: welcome to Patrimonio.
With intense flavors of blood orange, brambly fruit, licorice, and herbs, Barrosu is perfectly suited to a wide range of meat slow-cooked over coals.
La Grave is one of the rare Cahors to consist exclusively of the native Malbec. Without any Merlot to soften it, this Cahors is decidedly old-fashioned.
My favorite Riesling in the store, perhaps ever: zesty, minerally, intensely aromatic, and boundlessly deep!
Hot stone and white pepper liven up the backbone of this extraordinarily complex, unique white.
The fruit quality is dark and earthbound, like eating blackberries in the shade.
February Club Bianco ~ This chiseled Chenin Blanc comes from 70-year-old vines planted on an ancient limestone slope. Burgundian-like in character from its time spent in barrel, the laser-like acidity will become even more enticing with some age.
Imagine a red straddling the Loire, Médoc, and Madiran with Basque flair and a Pyrenean freshness. You’ll see that Irouléguy is in a world apart.
Ultra elegant yet energized, fresh, and juicy. An all-natural wine that’s just easy to love.
Full of freshness and detailed elegance, with not a hint of rusticity.
It fills the mouth with suspicions of honeysuckle and pulpy stone fruits, all while maintaining classic notes of iodine and sea breeze that make this the vinous equivalent of tidepooling.
Here is a rich, bold Régnié, saturated with luscious fruit and earthy spice.
Entry-level access to one of the masters of the Côte de Beaune.
March Club Bianco ~ Harvested early and fermented in stainless steel tanks to maintain a vibrant quality, balanced by lush notes of flowers, spice, and citrus that will pair well with any number of foods.
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
Supremely crisp and mineral, this is an ideal representation of this coastal region and perfect for seafood.
Bargain access to one of Burgundy’s established masters, ready to drink tonight.
Each sip is akin to biting into a piece of fresh-picked fruit, with an earthy minerality and bright acidity augmenting the palate-coating flavors of peach, orange zest, and white flowers.
A bright, chalky personality full of energy and thirst-quenching savor.
Made without added sulfur, a transparent reflection of Merlot grown in the limestone and clay of Fronsac
It’s like Corsican Chablis: pure Vermentinu planted in seashell-encrusted limestone.
Leccia's earthy, delicious island-mountain wine is fun, accessible and pairs with anything from fish stew to pasta to lounging in the park.
Textured, lush, full of aromatic gooseberry and passionfruit—all supported by spiny minerality.
Solid yet affordable cru burgundy with the structure, concentration, and complexity similar to Gevrey-Chambertin’s wine, as well as the bright fruit and accessibility of its other neighbor, Marsannay.
“That wine should be paired with a steak,” said Anthony Lynch when tasting this tête du cuvée from Paul Bara.
Saint-Josephs from André Perret’s northern part of the Rhône are typically more delicate and floral than their brethren further south around Mauves, the birthplace of the appellation.
This Jacquère grown on Savoie’s limestone mountainsides may be the crispest beverage to ever grace your palate.
Lumpp’s blanc offerings may be small, but they are mighty.
A contender for Italy’s best Pinot Nero.
Whatever snacks are on your table or picnic blanket, this blanc will fit the bill with its pretty notes of green apple, citrus, and subtle tropical fruits.
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Despite its voluptuousness, the wine is dry, fresh, very stony, and even salty.
This cuvée is sourced exclusively from the Fongeant lieu-dit, which sits right on the border of the Côte Blonde and Côte Brune, and is renowned for sharing the best of both.
The blend is equal parts Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and Clairette. Together, they create a wine that has a complex mouth-feel that finishes with a nice refreshing acidity.
This exquisite Muscadet is a perfect reflection of where it originates, as if it’s been sculpted by winds off the ocean and infused with hints of sea salt in the air.
A grandiose expression of Sciaccarellu worthy of grand cru status.
An explosively aromatic Corton, impeccably balanced.
It’s dense, noble, with grip and grit, the kind of cuvée that could generate a lot of awe and attention... and also a much higher price tag.
A sea-breeze freshness to contrast the fleshy, sun-imbued voluptuousness on the palate.
This fragrant red from the island’s south echoes the earthy, meaty complexity found in chewy cuts of coppa, lonzu, prisuttu, or figatellu that inevitably surface toward the end of a tasting at Clos Canarelli.
A quintessential house wine from Piemonte’s less-traveled side.
The wine offers a seductive red berry note, but also a savory balsamic element, balanced by a grippy, mineral backbone.
The oak adds a grain and level of class and backbone that raises this cuvée a step above the domaine’s classic Sancerre bottling.
Already in spectacular harmony, this beauty deserves a bin in every Burgundy collector’s cellar.
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.
A decidedly bright, aromatic, almost exotic Chianti, with aromas of black olive, violets, iron, and smoked meat.
Decadent, rich, stony, and a touch off-dry—hard not to love.
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.
Everything that comes from Domaine Albert Boxler seems to have an extra dash of magic, and this debut bottling of Pinot Gris from the grand cru of Florimont is no exception.
The fruit—think cherries and strawberries—is more reserved, with smoke and stones sharing the stage.
Charly Thévenet and his father, Jean Paul, now bottle a range of five different wines in their cellars in Villié-Morgon
No need to wait for the perfect moment to enjoy a bottle; popping the cork on their Blanc de Blancs is a special occasion unto itself!
Durella with a splash of Chardonnay—rich texture, laser-sharp acidity, and bone-dry finish.
A wine of striking finesse that shows off the crunchy red fruit, floral notes, and peppery spice typical of Pinot Noir from Burgundy’s far north.
Stony, spicy, and dense, it evokes red berries, watermelon, and garrigue and offers a beautiful accompaniment to a wide range of dishes.
Golden ripe Vermentinu berries are responsible for this fleshy, succulent dry white.
This Chardonnay delivers an exotic nose of candied lemon and spices, focused acidity and a sensation of beeswax and nuts on the palate.
This bears a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale.
Aromas of wildflowers, saffron, beeswax, and Mediterranean herbs. Rich, fleshy, and focused, all at just 12% alcohol.
It has the nerve and precision of the Définition cuvée along with additional weight and structure.
Bursting with energy and joy, this wine is bound to bring out the best of your inner bon vivant.
2020 Vin de France Rosé Grolleau/Cabernet Franc “Les Arceaux”
Grange Saint-Sauveur
France | Loire
Intensely dry and mineral, the structured Les Arceaux is a bottle to pair with a meal rather than to drink as an apéritif.
Aromas of black pepper, briny black olive, and violets with the earthiness, herbs, and concentration of southern Rhône Grenache.
The Rozeta features the exuberant, inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit we expect from a wine that underwent 100% whole-cluster fermentation.
The premier cru Beauroy is a round, ample expression of Chablis from a south-facing parcel. Silky and suave on the palate, it finishes with a whisper of salinity.
More-than-fifty-year-old vines running through limestone and clay produce a wine that offers a creamy and luscious mouthfeel intertwined with a dry, stony minerality.
Vintage bottles have more grip and a bit of weight than their blended counterparts and often have their best moments at table.
Alex Foillard fashions a Côte-de-Brouilly that strikes a deeper register, saturating the senses with tooth-staining fruit, gritty earth, and just a touch of the good funk.
It’s beautifully ethereal, with pillowy fruit that tastes so sublime it would be limiting to attempt a description, although quince and verbena jump to mind.
Ultra fresh and brimming with citrus blossom and orchard fruit notes, it has a saline, mineral finish that leaves my palate begging for more.
I find the Clos du Roy blanc to be quite versatile at my house in Meursault, especially with fowl, pork, and veal.
This site yields a lively, focused Rosso, featuring a mineral backbone that provides crystalline structure to the juicy, savory red fruit that cascades over the palate.
A reserve bottling made from Kante's best barrels of citrusy, salt-kissed Malvasia. Aged eight years before release, the wine is textured, vibrant, and delightfully decadent.
Imagine if in Alsace, deep beneath the earth, there were a Riesling aquifer...
A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.
The incredibly complex aromas soar out of the glass with an underpinning note of rose petal, the full-bodied and almost oily texture is classic.
Soaring with aromas of brioche and praline, this lush and luxurious bottling sets the benchmark for Crémants everywhere.
This sparkling wine has decadently rich, honeyed fruit and a nice dollop of buttery brioche.
Previously blended into the domaine’s Sancerre rouge, the Champs d’Alligny is now its own bottling, a successful experiment if there ever was one.
I find the Clos du Roy blanc to be quite versatile at my house in Meursault, especially with fowl, pork, and veal.
If you’re like me, a glass of Corsican Muscatellu sparks visions of evening cheese plates laden with Marcona almonds and gemlike fruits.
Dense layers of sea salt and stone are tightly coiled around a small drop of lemon.
Sweet spices conceal an edgy undercurrent, making this Pinot Gris both versatile and alluring.
The Lumpp style is on full display with this beauty: open-knit, fruit-forward, silky, and seductive Pinot Noir beckons.
There’s no mistaking this red for anything other than Nebbiolo—perfectly ripe fruit and the telltale scents of tar and roses.
We aimed for maximum drinkability: plenty of hedonistic purple-tinged fruit, along with a hint of wild herbs and lovely lavender and violet notes.
This 2017 is compact and absolutely brimming with energy, culminating in a grippy, stony tannin.
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.
The uncommon location and treatment capture a different face of this very familiar variety, deep and mouth-filling yet carrying a bracing jolt of limey acidity.
Notes of Cassis, black cherries, and espresso draw you into the glass and keep you coming back to decipher what makes this cuvée and terroir so special.
This lithe and expressive “orange” wine is an ideal palate-opener with a dry, cleansing finish and a fresh, cooling effect like coastal sage and seaspray.
ou’ll want to open it alongside richer dishes, or ones that take the longest to make, those that deserve a layered and complex bottling to match.
Matthieu Baudry captures both youthful fruit and energizing mineral textures with this rosé.
The violets, tapenade, and juicy black fruit in your glass is much unchanged from how it’s always been (and should be).
You’ll appreciate the distinctive flavor profile: born from warmer soils, it tastes of ripe, succulent citrus devoid of grassiness, while boasting the same flinty nerve as a good Sancerre.
Clairette—a name which translated means clear and bright. The wine certainly is, and at the same time, lush and nervy.
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One of the first rosés Kermit imported, this wine has been consistently delicious for four decades.
This Bouzy-dominant blend of Pinot Noir with 2% still red and 1 gram of dosage is bright, expressive, incisive, and chalky.
This brooding amphora-aged red is a tribute to ancient Corsican wines, as they were produced in Roman times.
Rich, exotic, and appealing—a monument to the grandeur of the forgotten Corsican varietals.
Decadent, rich, stony, and a touch off-dry—hard not to love.
You’ll taste the salty sea breeze in this wine.
This racy wine is a perfect match for all types of crustaceans as well all by itself on a sunny afternoon.
Sweet spices conceal an edgy undercurrent, making this Pinot Gris both versatile and alluring.
A longtime personal favorite for the weeknight go-to blanc, citrusy fresh with just the right hint of salted butter to round it out.
Fronholz is a vineyard composed primarily of quartz, and the taste of an Ostertag wine from here is reminiscent of this stone: sleek, transparent, and brilliant.
Power and finesse, silken fruit and muscular tannin, and a noticeable, stony, goût de terroir.
A dry sparkler made exclusively from Clairette.
An incredible wine that defines the region by marrying power, earth, finesse, dark fruit, silk, spice, and ageability.
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Produced from unfermented Chardonnay must blended with marc (neutral grape spirit), then aged for five years in barrel, it has wild aromatics of dried fruit, spices, and candied citrus zest.
Ready to drink tonight, it’s both elegant and eminently quaffable with explosive aromatics.
Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.
Violets and roses on the nose, and ample volume on the palate, with a Morello cherry freshness.
2021 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru “Les Chaignots”
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy
For all its density and weight, an earthy suggestion of Burgundian terroir still hides within.
This is the bottle to pop at your next celebratory meal; a white truffle risotto would make an excellent pairing as would ripe soft cheeses.
Ever the racy and mineral cuvée, this is all silk and flesh, and a rare village treat from a producer of mainly premier and grand cru wines.
This Pinot Blanc is weightless, sultry, and lengthy as the day is long.
A stunning value from one of Chablis’ oldest premier cru vineyards, with a lovely mouthful of stone fruit and hint of lemongrass.
A relatively new addition to Guy Breton’s Beaujolais lineup, this exuberant Côte de Brouilly is flat-out delicious.
There is a crisp toffee-like nose on this wine that’s a hint reductive but attractive and explosive.
It fills the mouth with suspicions of honeysuckle and pulpy stone fruits, all while maintaining classic notes of iodine and sea breeze that make this the vinous equivalent of tidepooling.
With unrivaled versatility at table and guaranteed mouthwatering abilities, Sylvaner brings something new and fresh to the table.
Powerful, cellar-worthy dry Chenin aged in chestnut, oak, and acacia.
This wine shows how understated, finessed, and downright glorious dry Pinot Gris can be in Alsace.
Sauvignon Blanc has many incarnations throughout the world, but even in the Loire Valley—the grape’s spiritual home—Pouilly Fumé represents a very distinctive example.
2020 Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Cuvée du Professeur—Sous-Roche”
François Rousset-Martin
France | Jura
A transformative process must have been at work here, with the dynamic freshness of the ouillé, or topped-up style, yet it still displays hints of caramelization and golden savoriness.
A crystal-clear translation of the Kimmeridgian limestone of Chablis—Chardonnay the way it can only taste from these soils.
Soulful and slightly wild, but beautifully balanced, this rouge has an irresistible notes of garrigue.
Dry red Italian sparkling wine with dinner? You’ll love it.
2020 Savoie Chignin-Bergeron “Côteau des Ducs”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
Lychee and ripe citrus wrapped in beeswax. You might think there are a bunch of busy benevolent bees whiling away inside your glass.
Redolent of almonds, honey, and a wide range of citrus, this kaleidoscopic Chenin finishes with a faint tannin, making it ideal alongside sushi, roast chicken, or a hard and flavorful cheese like Comté.
Each refreshing sip goes down lighter than air, keeping your palate clean and refreshed for whatever comes next.
Ripe, deep, and almost extravagant in its breadth of aroma and flavor, while a dense, tightly knit core of firm acidity and fine-grained tannins make up a rigid spine.
Incredible elegance for Pruliers, power and finesse in spades.
Lovely now with a slight chill, their Refosco has a stimulating, stony backbone that ensures a slow evolution through the years.
2013 Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 1er Cru “Cuvée du Clos Notre Dame”
Veuve Fourny & Fils
France | Champagne
That telltale Fourny freshness and finesse complement a nutty richness that is the result of the terroir, the stellar élevage, and five years’ aging on its lees.
2021 Chignin-Bergeron “Les Terrasses”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
Grown on near-vertical limestone scree slopes, Bergeron reaches incredible heights here, yielding a blanc full of character and flavors of peach, tangerine, and pine resin.
A rare blend of six premier cru bottlings that balances each parcel’s unique character in a delicate harmony.
A fragrant blend of mostly Riesling and Muscat, Félix Meyer’s organically grown Gentil is crisp and lean and works like a reset button for your palate.
Pierre’s old-vine Quincy has a mouth-coating texture and charming notes of tangerine that are certain to earn this great appellation the following it deserves.
The fruit recalls savory plums and baked cherries. It almost feels like a cheat: getting to drink a wine with the desirable qualities of long cellaring, but in its immediate, current release.
With some age, this will develop into one of the most gorgeous Pinot Noirs to ever grace your glass.
This full-bodied rouge, with notes of dark fruit and fragrant garrigue, is built for grilled lamb or pork chops.
The Follin family’s reds are some of the most delicious I have tasted, none more so than their incredibly vibrant and pure Aloxe-Corton.
Delicate, precise, and succulent at the same time, this beautiful blanc will pair well with fresh seafood and light summer salads and pastas.
Vauprin showcases Chardonnay’s ability to produce a wine that is simultaneously both round and taut in this mighty northern Burgundian terroir.
Notes of stones, pear, and citrus... Enjoy as a refreshing, mineral apéritif or alongside your favorite fresh seafood.
Tasting the bottle, one quickly sees winemaker Cyriaque Rozier’s statement that Malvasia has “acclimated perfectly to the land of La Roque” is not an overstatement.
Earthy, meaty, savory, juicy, and powerful, it is a glassful of joyful, soulful goodness.
Pure Pinot Noir from the grand cru of Bouzy, a great terroir that makes its presence felt with a more structured and serious Champagne, built to age
This is the best way to start a dinner party and nothing says the holidays like rosé bubbles. Please imbibe and enjoy.
A fresh, pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds with aromas and flavors of black cherries, stones, and a hint of black olive.
A sneakily serious Pinot Noir.
Pinot Beurot is the Burgundian name for their local strand of Pinot Gris. It is unique and delicious and showcases an interesting bit of Burgundy’s history.
If you’re a fan of Jura’s vin jaune or fino and manzanilla sherry, find yourself a new friend in this rare bottling from Ludvic Engelvin.
An intense exotic nose lures you in before the minerality channels the lightning energy of this pure Sauvignon Blanc.
This dreamy wine, perfect for aperitivo, reaffirms that we should turn more often to Piedmont not only for our reds but also for our whites!
It is the up-and-coming white Corsican grape, rapidly winning back the reputation it had earned so long ago.
Les Champs Cloux fresh, with good acidity, but also among the domaine’s more robust reds.
A rare Jurassian specialty, this dessert wine is made from Chardonnay must and a neutral grape spirit, then aged for five years in barrel.
This mesmerizing Savagnin’s bouquet is so laden with pear, you might think one shimmied into the bottle.
2021 Savoie Arbin Mondeuse “Terres Brunes”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
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This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.
A relatively new addition to Guy Breton’s Beaujolais lineup, this exuberant Côte de Brouilly is flat-out delicious.
Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
Equal parts Grenache, Carignan, and Mourvèdre, this boasts all of Maxime’s trademark elegance and silkiness.
This brisk, fizzy, stony nectar has an undeniable gift for bestowing unparalleled palate stimulation and mental reinvigoration.
A sparkling wine from Mount Etna that tastes like a day spent in the sun. Notes of juicy blood orange and pineapple have salty, flinty inflections from the small vineyard’s volcanic home by the sea.
Classy, pure, and precise Chardonnay, evoking freshly crushed apples, crushed stones, and citrus zest.
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
Divine with lemon and rosemary roasted lamb.
Experience Bonifacio, one of Corsica’s historic wine regions, through Canarelli’s epic, age-worthy biancu.
A slightly sweeter style of Gewurztraminer with opulent aromas and flavors to pair with any kind of spicy food.
Golden ripe Vermentinu berries are responsible for this fleshy, succulent dry white.
February Club Rouge ~ This cuvée is dark-fruited velvet in a bottle.
Proof that a great site and honest farming are key to genuine, long-lived wines.
A gorgeous perfume of honeysuckle meets the nose, and the wine is at once both lush and nervy, comforting and stimulating.
A fragrant blend of mostly Riesling and Muscat, Félix Meyer’s organically grown Gentil is crisp and lean and works like a reset button for your palate.
Deep, dynamic Grenache feels aptly highlighted by bright and fresh Clairette. Soft and rich, yet still defined.
Pfersig means “peach,” and the wine’s subtle whispers of white peach are adorable, and then the bouquet keeps growing more expansive, more intense, grander.
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Hailing from the rugged and windswept hills of Corbières, which teem with garrigue and olive groves, La Demoiselle delivers a glorious taste of the South.
Evaporation over time has concentrated the wine, giving it considerable strength to go with its trademark rancio aromas of walnuts and brine.
Lean, bracing, and tangy—just what you want when digging into a plate of fried calamari.
February Adventures Club ~ Consistently one of the Loire’s finest Sauvignon Blancs
La Tourtine perhaps best expresses the paradoxical combination of power and elegance that is a trademark of the Domaine's wines.
August Club Bianco ~ What about real-deal vanilla aromatics? I’m talking cured Madagascar bourbon seed, lightly crushed, delicate and discreet.
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This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
For this perennially over-delivering cuvée, Bruno Laboucarié blends two parts Carignan with one part Grenache and a splash of Syrah to produce a vibrant country red reminiscent of black cherries and spice.
Incredible elegance for Pruliers, power and finesse in spades.
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
This blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is a Champagne of luxury, from its decadent golden tinge to the fine, persistent bead that playfully caresses the palate.
Dry, chalky, and just the right combination of fleshy and lean. Serious sparkling wine.
This site yields a lively, focused Rosso, featuring a mineral backbone that provides crystalline structure to the juicy, savory red fruit that cascades over the palate.
While it sports plenty of dark bramble, mulberry, and plum skin, it’s tempered by a fresh bite of blood orange and violet.
Crisp and lean with mouthwatering minerality, Nössing’s Riesling is one of great finesse and precision.
A lovely apéritif or the ideal match to Mediterranean-inspired antipasti.
2021 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva “Passolento”
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
A luscious Verdicchio with layered textures that white Burgundy lovers chase after.
A Corsican red from a rosé specialist.
This is a universally loved pink bubbly delight of candied strawberries and roses, always true and always exquisite. Icing on the cake is that it’s affordable, too.
Always a standout, it is lithe, racy, and elegant, while not lacking the stony backbone for which great Greve is known.
Elegance and restraint from one of the hill’s lesser-known terroirs.
This mouthwatering and impeccably balanced Riesling is a testament to the majestic heights Alsace’s grands crus can reach.
Dupeuble’s rouge is thirst-quenching and tangy with loads of violet and réglisse.
A grandiose monument to the power of Corsica’s heirloom grapes.
A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
Kuentz-Bas vinifies a glorious dry Muscat from grand cru Pfersigberg, an ample and fleshy white scented of ripe citrus, tropical flowers, and exotic fruits.
Sparkling Sale Selection, 20% off this month! The Lassalle women tucked this bottling away for seven years, allowing it to slumber on its lees. Well worth the wait, it is a classy and luxurious bottle with a beautiful label to boot.
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.
Arneis has enough luscious, peachy body to satisfy Chardonnay drinkers, along with the mouthwatering zip of a good Sauvignon Blanc.
This wine showcases everything I seek for in a dry Gewurztraminer. The nose shows pure, delicate aromas of fresh lychee and exotic fruit.
A classic Charmes, sensual and graceful, with a deep core of concentration.
This inky, chewy blend of Cannonau with the native Muristellu boasts a strikingingly wild perfume that soars from the glass.
As Kermit wrote, “there is always something wild and unpredictable about it, spirited, shall we say, yet it is honest and impeccable, full of warmth and finesse.”
True to the region, it has exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
This deeply garnet stunner, with fine, balanced tannins, made from century old vines, is elegance made liquid.
His Aligoté associates the slicing acidity typical of the variety with the sheer class we have come to expect from a talented vigneron at the top of his game.
Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.
It combines the racy acidity and taut mineral structure imparted by the Kimmeridgian limestone terroir with a subtle kiss of oak and a fine wood grain on the finale.
Always one of the dreamiest versions of the variety we import—ethereal and bright, with notes of orange peel and pink peppercorn.
One of the most prestigious vineyard sites in his village of Monforte d’Alba, if not all of Barolo.
Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.
This inky, chewy blend of Cannonau with the native Muristellu boasts a strikingingly wild perfume that soars from the glass.
That grapes can be cajoled and fashioned to make such a liquid is miraculous.
Expect bright berry fruit with floral notes, a touch of smoke and leather, silky spice, and an earthy, mineral finish.
It’s tart and juicy like a fresh mandarin, with invigorating acidity ideally suited to cut through the region’s signature Parmigiano-Reggiano and prosciutto di Parma.
Cool in the mouth, with a whiff of smoke and game, this soulful little country Syrah will do a jig with your pâtés and terrines.
Delicate, ethereal aroma—gently floral. Rose water, citrus zest, blood orange. Round and airy on the palate. Bright, clean, pure. Crisp finish.
This mineral blend has an ethereal perfume, reminiscent of blossoming flowers with a hint of fennel.
Thierry has perfected the art of coaxing this Cabernet Franc’s soulfulness and elusive finesse into bottle.
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This red, made from the local Montepulciano grape, is aged in tank and bottle to refine its pleasantly rustic personality.
Floral notes and silky berry fruit showcase Etna’s gentler, but by no means weaker, side.
Meyer’s Riesling Réserve is a mélange of different terroirs around his domaine in Katzenthal, and is a precise, dry, minerally Riesling loaded with character.
The Champagne that kicked off the feast of the century.
Fine, with bright acid, sleek silkiness, and great length, it is the most elegant of all of Thierry’s red wines.
he first pour is dominated by the classic petrol notes of aged Riesling, but aromas of honey, beeswax, and golden apple soon emerge.
The vintage, austere and tense in its youth, has matured into the best a perfectly aged Meursault can offer.
Four months of skin contact leaves this Garganega from Vignato Davide bursting with fragrant clementine and almond blossoms, while volcanic soil imparts lingering salinity.
From the flowers on the nose to the fruit on the palate, and on through the succulent finish, it’s simply a joy to drink.
This lovely Muscat is full of fresh honeysuckle and ripe citrus fruit. Have an ice cream maker? This wine makes the best sorbet you’ll ever taste!
Gentle and refreshing on the palate, it boasts a delightful balance of stony minerality with luscious, almost honeyed fruit and flowery notes.
2022 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru “Les Vaucrains”
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy
Classic Nuits, the most structured wine in their book, legendary ager.
Not quite Rhône-like and not quite Corsican, this has the best of both worlds, with plenty of palate-staining black fruit to boot.
A cold glass hits the spot every single time, bursting over the taste buds with bright citrus, wild strawberry, and a juicy finish.
Already elegant, this Barolo shows astonishing poise and a different mesmerizing feature of its kaleidoscopic personality every time you take a sip.
Lush fruit, stony flavors, and completely dry...you will be thinking twice about why you didn’t buy more!
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.
2023 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
It’s both inviting––it makes for a lovely apéritif––and angular, prime to accompany lemony pasta dishes, clams, or flavorful and rich vegetarian lasagnas.
One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!
The pinnacle of traditional Côte-Rôtie being produced today.
The old-school, vino rosso of our dreams—serve it chilled, perhaps in a glass pitcher, for full trattoria effect.
The family’s top bottling of Prünent from a single vineyard is aged for an extra year in large cask and has another gear, and many corners and crevices to explore.
Merlot and Cabernet Franc born from such high altitudes display classic cedar, graphite, and black cherry notes, but with smooth, velvety tannins that bely the bottle’s youthful age.
Chinons from Joguet are known for their firm minerality, but this one is quite charming as well, with plummy black fruit, myrtle, and notes of warm licorice.
2021 Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru “Vers Cras Vieilles Vignes”
Domaine Robert-Denogent
France | Burgundy
Ancient vines, stunning Chardonnay.
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
It shows an exotic panoply of sweet aromas—burnt sugar, crème fraîche, roasted pineapple—balanced with an herbal, almost agave-like smokiness.
A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
Artisanal white Bordeaux like you have never tasted before!
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
If you don’t recognize Félix Meyer’s touch from the rich aromas of lychee, candied ginger, and rose petals, you will by the time you finish your first glass.
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins.
The perfect addition to your holiday season: decadent and lush, full of dense autumnal fruit and Burgundian finesse.
Decidedly lean in its youth, but with hints of glycerin, apple wax, and resin that will evolve into lavish layers as it ages.
Most of this blanc was aged in tank to preserve freshness, but the little bit that was aged in oak provides a glimmer of opulence.
This Chenin Blanc has a tart sweetness, or perhaps a sweet tartness—with neither overbearing—that epitomizes good balance and will have you greedily reaching for your glass.
It is fresh and buoyant enough for casual fare yet has the stuffing to accompany heartier dishes, while its vivid raspberry fruit makes it extremely approachable today, notwithstanding its medium-term aging potential.
Melony, snappy, bright, and clean, this is a delightful everyday white with a refreshingly different flavor profile.
Chotard has crafted a delicious, complex, and elegant rouge that gives many village Burgundies a run for their money.
With a regal perfume that is both sweet and savory, a ripe berry fruit accented by balmy herbs and earthy wafts of incense, this enthralling Brunello is already approachable, but will reward you if you set aside a few bottles to open over the next ten years.
A thoroughbred of pure Grenache, this unbridled rouge is fresh and lithe, teeming with juicy dark fruit and ample goût de terroir.
2022 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru “Les Corbeaux”
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy
Of all Boillot’s cuvées, the ones from Gevrey-Chambertin are the most brooding, the most earthbound.
De Chérisey produces classic Chardonnay that seems as if from a different time. White Burgundy like this doesn’t come around very often.
Sumptuous, yet bone dry with a stony finish. It’s just easy to love.
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The Rozeta features the exuberant, inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit we expect from a wine that underwent 100% whole-cluster fermentation.
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These Barbera vines sit in a privileged Barolo site, so there is no shortage of pedigree.
At thirteen years old, its brambly berry notes are but a memory of its youth. They have evolved and taken on a woodsier sophistication of shady underbrush, violet, and nutmeg.
This juicy, blueberry-and-leather-infused Syrah with a long finish is ready to drink tonight.
If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...
Limited to vintages where the weather hinders production of individual bottlings, Climat renders all the chart-topping qualities of the Robert family’s Pouilly Fuissé holdings.
This is the grandest bottling of Cabernet Franc from one of Chinon’s most outstanding producers.
Thierry Germain’s meticulous process coaxes out the delicate and aromatic side of Chenin Blanc—think jasmine, honeysuckle, and peach.
Ripe and opulent, this is one of the Alibrands’ first-ever single-vineyard dry whites made from 100% Sémillon vinified and raised in oak.
A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.
I know what you’re thinking: red wine from Champagne? Allow me to respond with a resounding yes!
This Chassagne is razor sharp, pure fruited, and packed with pleasure.
The Jurassic limestone soil and high elevation lieu-dit where the name “Montmajou” springs from lend this blanc a lean elegance.
This is unadulterated, bone-dry, incredibly stimulating, low-alcohol Garganega frizzante from the unheralded volcanic hills of Gambellara.
While charming now, Le Coste di Monforte will reward you for many years to come.
Elegant aromas and a refined texture characterize this bottling from one of the village’s great vineyards.
A thick perfume of dry-aged meat, smoke, and violets preface a wine that is powerful, but in perfect proportion.
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again.
Lightly golden in color, it conjures up a day spent in the sun: seabreezes and ripe honeydew, including its subtle, savory rind.
2022 Savoie Chignin Mondeuse “Vieilles Vignes”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
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.
Irresistible notes of black olive, succulent black cherries, and spices
Unusual for La Morra, the soil here is rich in limestone with veins of chalk, giving Giulia’s most dense, profound, earth- and mineral-driven Barolo.
Simon refers to Hameau de Reigny as a “nature” wine. The result is textured and tropical-fruited, yet not so much a departure from the region’s typicity, as rather, a riff on it.
It is pleasantly toasty and slightly nutty, evoking pretty orchard fruit and fresh citrus, with great acidity with a little grip.
Extremely limited quantities, limit four bottles per order.
There’s a quality that almost feels mouth-cleansing; like a spoonful of zesty citrus sorbet in the middle of a multi-course meal.
This skin-contact wine is redolent of blood orange and hyssop—a perfect apéritif for olives and anchovies.
The new vintage shows great freshness and brightness, making me think of tart berries picked in the forest just a touch below full ripeness.
See why Cap Corse's famous Muscat tastes like no other dessert wine in the world.
When you smell it, keep in mind that no other wine, besides a Melon de Bourgogne grown in the gabbro soil of Gorges, could possibly smell like this one does.
Biodynamically farmed Roussanne, Clairette, and Marsanne from rocky limestone in Van Gogh's Provence.
Lots of herbs and lemon curd precede its dry, racy finish. It’s a mouthwatering, drink-me-now white Burgundy.
Like eating lemon curd at a party that Renoir might have painted—think something like Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette.
A black wine made from steep inclines planted to Tannat and some Cabernet Sauvignon, it demands patience while its dense, mouth-coating tannins slowly release their clutching grip.
100% Carignan from very old vines with immense depth but the immediate drinkability of a Cru Beaujolais.
This is supple, velvety, seductive Volnay as we love it, and it begs us to dive right in today.
The small, sunny Mandelberg cru is already a classic through and through—petrol notes with lush pear, honey, and a tart bite of green apple.
Aromas of black fruit, graphite, wild herbs, and game over firm, stony tannins. Saturated with flavors of the Île de Beauté.
You’ll find whiffs of both Burgundy and Barolo in this single-vineyard bottling from vines planted in 1930, but it is unmistakably Etna.
Shows a kinship with the northern Rhône, echoing aromas of black olive and violets.
Evoking fresh orchard fruit, white flowers, and chalk, Les Margotés is remarkably pure and will continue to age beautifully over 10-15 years.
The grapes are dried for several days after harvest, then pressed and aged in barrel to give an equally lively red with a bit more guts and bass notes.
The Spécial Club represents an elite association of growers who abide by such strict standards of quality. Extremely limited quantities, maximum 3 bottles per purchase.
With plush notes of red fruit and cocoa abounding in the glass, this Pernand punches way above its weight.
Rabourcé is considered one of the top premiers crus in Rully. Its old vines sit on a steep clay and limestone slope and yield a complex, powerful white Burgundy.
2021 Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge 1er Cru “La Boudriotte”
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy
Larue’s home turf is Saint-Aubin, but with this Chassagne-Montrachet, the family shows how well it can steward neighboring terroirs too.
Clos La Roquète’s blanc is luscious, yet finishes nice and dry with striking acidity.
With aromas of apple blossom and marzipan, this Chardonnay is hard to resist on its own, but would be the perfect accompaniment to a semi-hard cheese like comté or baked steelhead trout.
Who could resist such a heavenly ambrosia, with its scent of kaleidoscopic spring wildflowers, fragrant citrus blossoms, and succulently ripe grapes?
From an east-facing premier cru parcel on steep slopes, this rich and noble white wine is long, elegant, and refreshing.
Bright red fruit, Corsican herbs, and smooth tannins make this a unique, but no less terroir-driven, Patrimonio.
Power, finesse, succulence, and striking acidity... Pair with delicate crab meat and relish in the experience.
A stony, spicy cuvée full of Mediterranean sunshine, aromatic garrigue, and a hint of salinity that offers a perfect match for grilled rosemary lamb chops.
From vines that are more than eighty years old comes this Marsanne with magnificent floral, pit fruit, and bitter notes.
2019 Vin de France Rouge Grolleau/Cabernet Franc “Clandestine”
Grange Saint-Sauveur
France | Loire
A lovely combination of Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc, there seems to be a synergistic effect elevating both grapes to create a juicy, spicy, refreshing whole.
Lemon zest, star fruit, wet stone, and white flowers all coat the palate in a bonedry, vitalizing, and immensely enjoyable wine.
Few things are more satisfying as an apéritif than a chilled glass of this Alpine elixir made from 70-year-old vines.
A masterfully made Muscat is an aromatically divine experience.
A delightfully lean and bright blanc from Charles Joguet that leaves me yearning to exclaim, “This smells like a green apple picked fresh from a lemon tree!”
Sourced from the village of Beaumont, located within the Chinon AOC, it is utterly delicious, with a perfect balance of fruit and earth.
Unique in its combination of honeyed richness and flinty verve. Hard to resist on its own, but you might also try serving it with salty-sweet yakitori or buffalo chicken wings.
Complex aromas, flesh, depth; the classic chiseled back end you’d expect from well-made Puligny.
The complexity and depth of this wine is driven by the 60-80 year old Grenache vines reaching deep down into the clay and limestone soils.
Young vines yield a Cornas that opens up sooner than Clape's flagship cuvée.
This single-vineyard Pinot Noir is what drinking great Burgundy is all about.
This Tour du Bon rouge, with its juicy nose and bright, crunchy fruit, its mouthwatering acidity and peppery verve, is particularly elegant.
Crystalline purity, mouthwatering salinity, and complexity without weight make this akin to an Alpine premier cru.?
This unique old-vine bottling from Kuentz-Bas is pure Pinot Auxerrois and boasts honey and orange blossom on the nose for days.
From the classic aromas of graphite, black fruit, and roasted spice, to the total finesse of its tannins, this is Côte-Rôtie at its best.
This Riesling “Katz,” as we call it, is a beautifully linear and chiseled style of Riesling, fresh and pure.
Méo-Camuzet’s Vougeot is marked by richness, concentration, velvety structure, broad aromatics, length, and power.
Crafted from less than two hectares of organic grapes and vinified in a cramped garage, this is silky Saint-Emilion at its most seductive.
All the depth, concentration, and intensity imaginable are densely packed into a tight, firm, chewy package.
It has all the best of Vézelay: a fresh, floral, citrusy attack, followed by warm and textured charm.
The unique blend of Favorita, Moscato, Arneis, and Chardonnay is dry but not tart, fruity but not cloying, and held together with a gentle effervescence.
Heimbourg, a very stony, steep limestone terroir in Turckheim, produces a powerful, full-bodied style of Pinot Gris with exceptional aging potential.
The wine is firmly structured and robust, with dark, plump fruit that tastes fresh and utterly drinkable.
This rosé Champagne from J. Lassalle is one of my favorite party tricks—festive, unexpectedly blush, and delicious.
Genuinely reflecting the down-home, country soulfulness we love about the Languedoc.
Leave it to Breton to take summer heat and turn it into a light summer breeze in a glass.
As Kermit wrote, “there is always something wild and unpredictable about it, spirited, shall we say, yet it is honest and impeccable, full of warmth and finesse.”
More Morey-like than the Charmes, with more muscle and spice. The grandest and longest-aging wine in this collection.
The Dudenstein bottling, produced only in great years, represents the pinnacle of Boxler’s wine-growing prowess.
A complex blend of one part Niellucciu for structure, one part Minustellu for silky tannins, and one part Grenache for a splash of wild blackberry and sunbaked earth, there is both power and elegance.
The Fantino brothers’ Riservas are as good as Barolo gets.
Sesti‘s Rosso di Montalcino, with its seductive and mood-enhancing perfume, is like a delicious elixir of black cherry, bitter herbs, and fragrant violet.
This festive sparkling wine is vinified following the ancient tradition of one of the most gorgeous corners of France, where small hills grow into small mountains on the flanks of the Alps.
It might be the most unusual and most delicious top-quality sweet wine you have ever tried: a pure Chenin Blanc from a special selection of late-harvest grapes in the appellation of Jasnière.
Supple, pretty notes of freshly crushed blackberries and raspberries—it will pair well with pretty much anything.
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Cinsault raised in concrete egg: all about finesse.
This wine is full of fresh Grenache fruit, beautifully perfumed, with a refined and elegant finish.
2021 Savoie Chignin-Bergeron “Le Grand Rebossan”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
Travel no further than Chignin, where the Quenard family bottles a Roussanne (dubbed Bergeron in these parts) that will exceed your wildest expectations.
This is the true alchemy of Quintarelli, a wine that has everything: fruit, length on the palate, and beguiling, layered aromatics.
2023 Savoie Chignin-Bergeron “Les Roches Blanches”
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
This medium-bodied white evokes peaches, honey, and pine resin. Perfect for winter nights and dishes like hearty, Savoie-inspired fish chowder.
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.
A wonderfully dry, fresh, sparkling wine from one of the most beautiful regions of France.
Immediately accessible, with the type of ripe, unctuous nose you know and love with grand cru Chablis.
Regal, opulent, and commanding—the finest perfumer in all of France couldn’t craft a more stunning scent.
This stellar cuvée features generous flesh enveloping a wiry core, with a flinty edge that leads to a satisfyingly creamy finish.
Sourced from 110+ year-old vines, this is hands-down one of the best Cab Francs being made in the Loire Valley today.
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol
A blend of two premier cru vineyards, Les Duresses and Les Grands Champs, this bottling has a gorgeous nose with cherry, earthiness, and a faint smokiness.
Vigneron Pierre de Benoist thinks the Cloux vineyard is arguably the best parcel for Pinot Noir in Rully.
A perfect apéritif or partner to light, fresh seafood or roasted cauliflower.
If you look closely in cellars throughout Burgundy, you’ll notice many of the greatest domaines continue to uphold this tradition.
2023 Vin de France Brut Nature “Elle est pas bulle, la vie?”
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire
Delicious and honest naturally sparkling Chenin, bottled with no dosage and no sulfur.
Offers an absolutely electric perfume loaded with bright notes of pomegranate, sour cherry, and fresh strawberry, while the palate delivers bracing acidity and a chiseled, chalky finish.
Evoking bright citrus as well as darker citrus—think hints of blood orange—the Vinothèque is among Veuve Fourny’s most elegant Champagnes.
This blend of youthful, floral Chardonnay contains just a splash of exotic sous-voile Savagnin.
If you’re looking for a Champagne to carry you from apéritif, through the main course, and into dessert, Fourny’s Rosé is the one.
It is a lively, brisk wine, showcasing pristine red fruit and a hint of herbs over a firm foundation of stony acidity.
From high-altitude slopes above the Rhône river, this Syrah exhibits remarkable purity and grace.
First class depth and complexity on par with village level White Burgundy, but with a Friulian slant. Zingy adicity with citrus and apple notes.
It has a purity and seamlessness—no angles or edges—and a feeling of weightlessness despite its broad, full-bodied, golden flesh.
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.
Racy and pure, with a full arsenal of fruit and ample style, this is a complete Alsatian Riesling experience.
Finding a wine as tasty and versatile at this price is not an easy task.
It’s hard to imagine this beauty could taste any better than it does now, but I’ll be curious to revisit it in five to ten years.
Bone-dry on the palate, it features intense, clean aromas with excellent minerality.
This Sylvaner, from high in the Dolomites, is a finely channeled mountain breeze, an exercise in textural delicacy that will leave your palate tingling with the sensation of crispy minerals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience beautiful, old-school, age-worthy red Burgundy from our newest domaine in the region!
Consistently great year in and year out. It possesses class, country soul, and more-than-meets-the-eye complexity.
Citrusy aromatics, bracing salinity, and a mineral backbone make it a mouthwatering match for tangy, fresh-herb-laden soups like tom kha gai or pho.
Brambly and mineral, this bottling exudes both the convivial charm of Gamay and the crunchy intensity of the Côte de Brouilly.
Produced exclusively in the 2021 vintage due to low yields, this Bourgogne is made from the terroirs of Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise La Fortune and La Digoine, Mercurey Les Montots and Santenay Rouge 1er Cru Passetemps.
Simply gorgeous, the Cris is sublimely perfumed, generous on the palate, and long and saline on the elegant finish.
Chez Boxler, Chasselas is fortunate enough to enjoy a privileged position on the granite slopes of Niedermorschwihr. Here, it becomes the reincarnation of a bubbling mountain spring—shockingly thirst-quenching!
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Very smooth, silky, and spicy, a wine obviously influenced by Boxler’s love for Burgundy.
Serve it to friends as an apéritif and listen for wows, because this wine’s perfume provokes wows.
This refreshing dessert wine is versatile at table—it works wonders as an apéritif or with cheeses—and can still be cellared for several years.
At first, it is streamlined, saline, and full of lemon. Then the granite terroir kicks in...
Equal parts Grenache, Carignan, and Mourvèdre, this boasts all of Maxime’s trademark elegance and silkiness.
Extremely limited quantities, limit two bottles per order
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
Sporting rich primary fruit, an intense granitic backbone, and mellow tannins, this monument to Sardinian viticulture delivers impressive power.
A gentle wave of peach, melon, and spring flowers rolls over the palate and lingers long past your last sip.
Earthy, meaty, savory, juicy, and powerful, it is a glassful of joyful, soulful goodness.
It is easy to forget that it isn’t a premier cru
There are few pleasures like aged Bandol rouge from Tempier.
Sourced from 110+ year-old vines, this is hands-down one of the best Cab Francs being made in the Loire Valley today.
One of Burgundy’s established masters.
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
A classic Charmes, sensual and graceful, with a deep core of concentration.
This rouge will stop you in your tracks with its subtle kiss of oak, silky tannins that glide effortlessly across the palate, and notes of freshly crushed bing cherries.
Sleek, crisp, light, and luminous, with a steely, saline finish.
The perfect combination of tart red fruit, herbaceousness, and graphite earthiness.
February Club Gourmand ~ Racy, slightly honeyed, exotically perfumed, and loaded with minerality, this wine is an excellent representation of how Chenin reacts to the local conditions.
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
Sauvignon and a splash of Chardonnay: the epitome of minerally Loire refreshment
There is blood orange on the palate, soil tones, iron, and a stony backbone. The luscious character of this vintage is on full display in this deliciously approachable bottle.
First, it is impeccable. Second, it does not exceed its appellation; it is not a substitute Romanée Conti; it is a perfect Côte de Nuits-Villages.
New to Alsatian wine? This is the perfect place to start.
Elevation and abundant limestone combine to give taut, high-toned wines with delicate floral aromas and stimulating mineral freshness.
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Everything about this cuvée, from the delicately briny scent of slick oyster shells to the concentrated, pristinely focused sensation on the palate, is a demonstration of why this domaine has become one of Chablis’ very best.
This new release highlights a parcel shielded from the hottest hours of afternoon sun by tall silver oaks (lecci), yielding a gentler Chianti characterized by dark, sultry fruit, luxurious spice, and velvety tannins.
Lucky for us, vignerons in the 1980s salvaged this gem of a variety; one sip feels like stepping into technicolor.
This beauty is brimming and bursting with deep dark flavors of black olive, blackberry and a hint of white pepper.
Earthy Pinot Gris as dramatic and flinty as this, with a hint of residual sugar, demands an assertive pairing; try it with smoked sausage and mustard.
Volcanic soils confer mouthwatering salinity to the Garganega grape in this racy, textured white.
If you’re searching for young, drinkable Bordeaux, the tiny appellation of Pomerol on the southern right bank of the Gironde River deserves a closer look.
A dry white with an intriguing aroma. You can drink it in good-sized swallows while floating on an inner tube.
Tuscan Pinot Noir—or Pinot Nero, as it’s called there—has no right to be this good.
It’s a perfect palate cleanser with refreshing notes of lime granita and tart pineapple.
Fresh and vibrant, bursting with every imaginable fruit, ripe off the tree.
Beautiful color, fresh-squeezed citrus and stone-fruit nose, luminous and invigorating while round and luscious at the same time.
This rouge is so silky and aromatic, reminiscent of strawberries and cherries. Open it over the next five years to fully enjoy its bright, fresh character.
Treated with the same care as the domaine’s premiers crus, and will certainly age like one.
A terroir-driven rosé redolent of a Provençal summer with notes of thyme and white peach, and a mouthwateringly salty finish.
With classic notes of sweet spice and quince, it’s great with dessert. An apple-walnut pie? Apricot and frangipane tart?
Climate, a clay-and-limestone soil, and stainless-steel vinification are the pillars of Valentin’s Galerne blanc, a divine rendition of pure, chiseled Chardonnay.
The family’s grandest wine, a brooding elixir of satiny fruit, cedar, and graphite.
Cap off your holiday feast with a glass of this heavenly Sauternes to experience pure luxury on the palate…
Aligoté may actually be an even more precise conduit for Burgundian terroir than Chardonnay.
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A brooding, wild beast with hints of black fruit and Mediterranean herbs, this is a portal to Catalonia’s stunning seaside vineyards.
Valinière is a monumental demonstration of what happens when respectfully working the earth is not just a job, but one’s whole life.
At once similarly saline and nutty as vin jaune or sherry, but also singular and standalone in its notes of watermelon flesh and rind.
Gorges boasts an incredible texture and tension imparted by decomposed, blue-green igneous rock, seventy-year-old vines, and years-long aging on the lees.
At the domaine's highest-elevation site, Mourvèdre's might is gently enveloped by Grenache and Cinsault to yield a Bandol of great finesse.
From the exceedingly fine and elegant nose to the creamy and lacy texture, the overall balance and touch, and its hint of salty freshness, this wine shows how understated, finessed, and downright glorious dry Pinot Gris can be in Alsace.
A vibrant tonic akin to a savory brew of muddled stone, wild herbs, and salty sea air.
A simply stunning white that seems to not just elevate the food on your plate, but your entire mood. Your surroundings will melt away as you get lost in your glass.
Old vines give this Carignan a supple, suede-like texture, along with loads of dark fruit, a peaty smokiness, and great minerality.
Vinified with a gentle, terroir-focused touch—few reds will slake your thirst with the ease and finesse of Cuvée Alouettes.
A field blend of Vermentino and other native Sardinian grapes, one week maceration; deep, broad, savory, and salty
A nod to the island’s rich history of viticulture, the Général is simply a stunning bottle of white wine.
Les Abymes is the epitome of an Alpine white—an invigorating mineral lick of Jacquère, crackling with freshness and crystalline purity.
A top site in Condrieu interpreted by one of the appellation’s masters—simply put, one of the greatest expressions of the Viognier grape on earth.
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Exotically perfumed with hints of guava, musk, and clove, it finishes dry and quite flinty.
Chardonnay reaches incredible heights in this bottle of Meursault. Each glass is a unique and memorable experience.
This Special Club rosé, made mostly of Pinot Noir with some Chardonnay, evokes bright white raspberries and possesses a fine, frothy bubble.
Notes of Cassis, black cherries, and espresso draw you into the glass and keep you coming back to decipher what makes this cuvée and terroir so special.
Crisp, clean, and aromatic, this is a delightfully refreshing white.
Hailing from a parcel of co-planted vines adjacent to the family home, these varieties were planted together with the express purpose of making the house rouge, the everyday vibrant and juicy drink you’d bring to the table in a jug and drink out of a cup.
Pure, classy fruit sing tenor without any interference from the earthy bass that often makes itself heard in Bourgogne rouge.
The perfume of rose petals and vivid red berry fruit, along with the delicate, fine-grained tannin, make this a truly special Rosso.
2021 Vin de France Rosé Grolleau/Cabernet Franc “Les Arceaux”
Grange Saint-Sauveur
France | Loire
Intensely dry and mineral, the structured Les Arceaux is a bottle to pair with a meal rather than to drink as an apéritif.
You’d be right to be skeptical of a Nebbiolo from Sardinia, but from a top-notch terroir high in the mountains, it is something else entirely.
The imprint of the sun-kissed landscape of the Languedoc is clear, with aromas of honeysuckle and lime zest.
A grainy texture and a lightness on its feet that his other more powerful and structured Pinots grown in limestone do not possess.
No need to wait for the perfect moment to enjoy a bottle; popping the cork on their Blanc de Blancs is a special occasion unto itself!
Chinons from Joguet are known for their firm minerality, but this one is quite charming as well, with plummy black fruit, myrtle, and notes of warm licorice.
Lightly golden in color, it conjures up a day spent in the sun: seabreezes and ripe honeydew, including its subtle, savory rind.
Biodynamically farmed, Brunello-quality grapes with the thrill of early and festive drinkability.
This white, raised in demi-muids with malolactic fermentation, flamboyantly shows off the affinity of ripe Vermentinu grapes with a judicious use of wood.
Evokes citrus rind, herbs, and sea spray and boasts all of the freshness of a Mediterranean breeze.
October Club Rouge ~ Leave it to Breton to take summer heat and turn it into a light summer breeze in a glass.
Incredible elegance for Pruliers, power and finesse in spades.
As sublime as their Brunello is, the Sestis’ craving for a wine to be drunk cool during the warm months led them to create this rosato. It’s gentle and mouth-filling, perked up by a touch of salinity that recalls the oceanic vineyard soils—quite a sophisticated rosé that is nonetheless gay and carefree.
February Club Gourmand ~ Reminiscent of ripe wild blackberries crushed on a hot stone, “Le Vin Coule” is utterly gulpable—give it a light chill and revel in this unique Corsican rouge.
Luscious and mouth-coating with generous passion fruit and lychee, yet racy at the same time.
A nervy, age-worthy wine; it smells remarkably like top-notch Chablis, but on the palate hints at cool and tropical fruits like melon, lychee, and lime.
There are few finer sites for premier cru Pinot in Burgundy!
There is actually a depth of interest that can reflect man’s insignificance in the solar system. Take me to the terrace!
No lack of minerality in this perfumed white from the Italy-Austria border.
Displaying both the oyster shell quality we love about Chablis and the sunny orchard fruit notes that make Bourgogne blancs so delicious.
A dense and chiseled Aglianico from old vines at elevation.
Earthy Pinot Gris as dramatic and flinty as this, with a hint of residual sugar, demands an assertive pairing; try it with smoked sausage and mustard.
The rose petal perfume of this ravishing Gewurztraminer enveloped the entire table, and was the perfect way to end a perfect meal.
After seven years, the 2019 is in its sweet spot, evoking sumptuous fruits like sour plum and fig, which make this cuvée distinctly Provençal.
Deep, concentrated, and refreshingly saline, this is like great Cornas with Mediterranean influences.
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.
Old-vine Pinot Noir blended from several sites across Gevrey-Chambertin provides a textbook rendition of this village.
“Sciavè is the result of ancient clones of Nero d’Avola which, besides exalting the limestone matrix of its terroir of origin in the Eloro appellation, carry forth the elegance gleaned from patiently aging the wine in barrel.”
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
Just different and obscure enough to deliver the thrill of introducing someone to a gorgeous wine that is familiar, but new.
You’d be right to be skeptical of a Nebbiolo from Sardinia, but from a top-notch terroir high in the mountains, it is something else entirely.
Soaring, imposing, and intense—I am looking forward to following it over the next decade.
You’ll want to pair this with a roast chicken or duck, or grilled sausages, when you are in the mood to forego a red with the main course.
Durban does here what they do best, keeping the focus and precision of the terroir as well as loads of fruit and pleasure.
Outre Terre is a tiny production of Cabernet Franc fermented in amphora and aged in barrel.
Hauntingly and uniquely perfumed, with ripe, buttery peach, green almond, and sea salt, the aroma of a well-made version is worth the price of entry.
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There is a rich, toasty complexity from lees aging, which highlights the delicate aromas you’ll find in your glass: honey, nectarine, citrus, and summer flowers.
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
Planted on a base of chalk, this is a dry, focused Champagne with real class.
Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
Lush with distinctive minerality and great nerve, this is an exceptional white Bordeaux value.
2020 Beaune 1er Cru “Les Montrevenots”
Gachot-Monot
From an exceptional parcel, an ideal spot for making colored, complex, deep Pinots.
The contrast of ripe, succulent Chenin Blanc fruit with a spike of flinty minerality is like licking honey off an arrowhead.
A triumphant new addition to our Chablis lineup, showing impressive concentration and that irresistibly marine expression of Chablisien Chardonnay.
With beautiful texture and notes of honeysuckle, peaches, and stones, this Pinot Blanc is a masterful display of subtlety and refinement.
Made in a fruit-forward, supple, easy-drinking style with very little added sulfur.
The imprint of the sun-kissed landscape of the Languedoc is clear, with aromas of honeysuckle and lime zest.
Textbook Sancerre: bright and citrusy, with a clean, stony finish.
Among the most perfect country wines we carry on our shelves.
Power, intensity, and complexity combine to bring us a Riesling for the ages.
2014 Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 1er Cru “Cuvée du Clos Notre Dame”
Veuve Fourny & Fils
France | Champagne
That telltale Fourny freshness and finesse complement a nutty richness that is the result of the terroir, the stellar élevage, and five years’ aging on its lees.
Huguette is a silky, peppery Cabernet Franc from vines over a century in age.
2022 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Blanc “Le Mont et Forêt”
Domaine Pierre Guillemot
France | Burgundy
Full of that perky, palate-opening freshness and vigor that’s so essential in a blanc.
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
You’ll detect a steely quality on the finish, and the slightest hint of the petrol often associated with Riesling. Delicious!
A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.
The 2022 has a sweet nose with summery whiffs of peach and apricot, a silky mid-palate, and a lovely citrus and mineral finish.
Given its hue and zesty, mouthwatering nature, you might wonder if this “rouge” is more of a rosé.
A fresh, pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds with aromas and flavors of black cherries, stones, and a hint of black olive.
A one-of-a-kind, high-altitude, fully dry Moscato. Bright fruit and granitic minerality in an utterly thirst-quenching package.
Made from nearly hundred-year-old vines, this a great initiation into the world of Thierry’s white wines.
2021 Hautes Alpes Blanc “Grains de Clotinaille”
Domaine Les Hauts Lieux
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
While it has a crystalline edge, there is a surprising dollop of sun, heft, and deep, creamy notes of white flowers and citrus fruit.
This dry Chenin Blanc is etched from the white limestone beneath—crystalline, pure, and chiseled.
Edi’s bottling of the local Malvasia Istriana grape is a delightful way to get to know the wind-whipped slice of Friuli that hugs the Slovenian border.
March Club Rouge ~ The 2023 vintage has its trademark elegance, with notes of blackberries, forest, and graphite.
The only Arena cuvée to see barrel-aging features the domaine’s oldest vines.
Enter Bruno Colin’s pristine, sacrosanct cellar and you immediately sense that something precious, almost invaluable, dwells within those beautiful limestone walls.
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
With this chewy, fragrant cuvée, something garlicky cooked over coals will do just fine.
It smells just like the ocean, with a sea-mist freshness to more than satisfy that itch in the back of your throat.
With some age, this will develop into one of the most gorgeous Pinot Noirs to ever grace your glass.
Emeline is sourced from the domaine’s favorite bits of their favorite parcels and then long-aged in barrel for a deeper, darker Irancy.
Pure Pinot Meunier from Villers, this impressive bottling shows great freshness and finesse allied with smooth, silky roundness and completed with a long, chalky finish.
A single-vineyard bottling whose age lends a soft, drawn butter richness to its bright, tart citrus palate.
Majestically dark and brooding Cornas, layered with aromas of herbs and mint. Extremely limited availability
This is about as quaffable as the region’s rouges get.
An incredible wine that defines the region by marrying power, earth, finesse, dark fruit, silk, spice, and ageability.
This thoroughbred wine is sculpted for the cellar but still provides a lot of immediate gratification.
The wine is bone-dry but offers a wonderful nose of bergamot and honeysuckle, along with a zippy freshness supported by all the Alpine minerality you would expect from fruit grown in stony soils in the Alps.
An opulent, mouth-filling expression of granitic terroir, this bottling has the delicate floral nuances and fine-grained tannin that differentiates Fleurie from the other crus.
Thierry’s Saumur Blancs are bone-dry, high-acid, mineral Chenin Blancs that drink like Chablis young and take on weight slowly over time.
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).
This is the perfect example of a fine, elegant version of Merlot.
This bottle reminds me of being young and the delights of discovering something new and delicious. Lush and aromatic, it leaves you smiling like after a special treat.
The wine’s salinity finds balance with a delightfully tart note of lemon rind.
Verdeca, a specialty around the town of Locorotondo, stars in this bottling that drinks like a southern Prosecco: light, crisp, and citrusy, with a playful bead.
Filled with notes of gorgeous red fruit and an irresistible stoniness that gives it structure
The grape is better known as the Loire Valley’s delicate, citrusy Muscadet, but grown in the land from whence it’s named, it takes on lovely length and texture.
With a touch of creaminess following the crisp stone fruit, it’s a Mediterranean white in a cashmere sweater.
This bottle gives some of my favorite grand cru Rieslings a run for their money with a nose evoking peach skin and pear and a palate that ripples with fresh acidity.
There is nothing overdone in this chiseled, elegant cuvée made from organically grown and pampered Merlot.
Serve it with a slight chill, and you’ll have a satisfyingly fresh red with medium fruit and a light dusting of herbs and tannin.
A thirst-quenching, spirit-lifting, and downright delicious white Burgundy.
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
A profound red wine full of depth, liveliness, and old-school, rustic character; the intensely gripping, ashy-fine tannin is a trademark of wines from Contrada Pino.
Grottafumata’s first release from the “Vigna degli Architetti” delivers deep, ripe fruit with elegance and grace.
This Saumur Champigny is electric and alive, from the first scent of roses on the nose to the juxtaposition of textured tannic grip and sheer weightlessness on the palate.
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops. It is heavenly with sea urchin pasta.
Extremely limited quantities, limit four bottles per order.
2020 Vin de France Rouge Grolleau/Cabernet Franc “Clandestine”
Grange Saint-Sauveur
France | Loire
A lovely combination of Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc, there seems to be a synergistic effect elevating both grapes to create a juicy, spicy, refreshing whole.
This is what happens when the Languedoc meets the Beaujolais: old Carignan and Cinsault fermented by carbonic maceration to make something light, fresh, and delicious.
From noteworthy terroir, Veuve Fourny brings us a clean, chiseled style—Chardonnay married with pure chalk and barrel aging.
There is no mistaking it—one taste and you are in Chablis territory: zesty minerality, wet stone, freshness and nervosity.
Old vines in Santenay produced this classy red that can be enjoyed now or cellared for three to five years for additional complexity.
Full-bodied style, golden, old-school Chardonnay with a chalky base.
Les Granges is the Baudry cuvée to drink in its youth, while the perfume of rose petals and brambly berries is at its most vivid and vibrant.
Beautiful, classic Barolo nose. Intense depth. Fresh and complex.
Here is a rich, bold Régnié, saturated with luscious fruit and earthy spice.
This wine has an impressive track record of aging, developing luscious notes of smoke, honey, butterscotch, and marzipan after ten to fifteen years in bottle.
Rada’s dense, minty Cagnulari is a reminder to take Sardinian reds very seriously.
A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.
Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.
Silky and perfumed, with no rough edges, this is dangerously swallowable.
Maybe it’s the biodynamic farming, but these wines always seem to have an extra gear when it comes to aromatics and sheer deliciousness.
The tiny village of Farges-lès-Mâcon is a wonderful terroir for textbook, perfectly opulent, floral Mâconnais.
Rochebonne offers Chardonnay fruit that’s both racy and sun-kissed
Here is a Riesling that will have you contemplating texture and terroir above anything else.
February Club Gourmand ~ If you can’t make it to the south of France this year, here’s a way to bring the Mediterranean sun to you.
Crafted from the local variety Minutolo, Pástini’s Rampone preserves lip-smacking acidity and low alcohol despite the baking-hot Puglian summers
From the iconic Domaine Tempier, this mineral white wine smells like the Mediterranean.
An abundance of violets and velvet, amid a cooling sensation of a cold spring on a hot day.
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Aromas of wildflowers, saffron, beeswax, and Mediterranean herbs. Rich, fleshy, and focused, all at just 12% alcohol.
Stony and smoky, and full of garrigue and black cherry, it is an epic wine that opens up wonderfully now.
This Santa Maria is coursing with raw beauty, exuding rose petals and turned earth and finishing with tannins fine as silk.
A biodynamic, orange-zesty, multifaceted masterpiece from the most ancient growing region on the island.
Salinity in spades, fleshed out by summery golden fruit notes, like baked pineapple.
It is a real-deal northern Rhône roasted-slope Syrah that walks the tightrope perfectly between creamy fruit, meaty tannins, and fresh spine.
2022 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru “Les Chaignots”
Domaine Robert Chevillon
France | Burgundy
From the Vosne side of the village, the silkiest number in the lineup.
This gorgeous blend of Vermentino, Ugni Blanc, Sémillon, and Clairette is both fleshy and mineral-driven.
With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.
This low-alcohol, youthful bianco has a subtle, chalky texture you might find in much pricier French Chablis.
Beautiful aroma, silky mouthfeel, fresh with old-vine weight, interesting, and downright delicious.
At the domaine's highest-elevation site, Mourvèdre's might is gently enveloped by Grenache and Cinsault to yield a Bandol of great finesse.
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
These ancient hillside vines yield very little, giving an intensely concentrated juice with great acidity and a textured finish. Open it alongside seafood or as an apéritif.
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Searching for something a bit funky to enliven your jaded palate? Look no further and prepare for an experience like none other.
Ample, deep, and succulent, this enthralling Brunello is already highly rewarding.
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
Exceptional Pinot Noir from Sommerberg
A single barrel was produced of this delicate, peppery, low-alcohol red from a forgotten grape variety. Serve chilled.
It tastes like the grapes were prompted, gently but insistently, to eke out the pure essence of Syrah. Extremely limited availability.
This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.
A complex and thought-provoking dessert wine loaded with notes of dried fruits, herbs, and citrus zest. Pair with the region's famous Comté cheese.
Any lover of whites from Chablis or the Loire should try this white made of Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, and Petit Courbu.
Fresh and punchy Cabernet Franc from fun-loving Catherine and Pierre Breton. Light, juicy, and ready to go. Drink young, drink chilled, drink plenty.
At the domaine's highest-elevation site, Mourvèdre's might is gently enveloped by Grenache and Cinsault to yield a Bandol of great finesse.
You may find it to be leaner and livelier than the rich, plush Merlots of Pomerol and Saint Emilion
The result is a pretty, round, and versatile rosé full of notes of red fruit, melon, and rhubarb. It finishes with a subtle herbal note and foodfriendly acidity.
From a small but mighty appellation boasting an impressive soil loaded with fossilized oyster shells. Peachy, finely textured, and pleasantly verdant.
Sourced from the pink granite terroir of Brouilly, this rosé is simply delicious, with good grip and notes of summery red berries.
Giulia’s most high-toned wine, offering delicate florals and tart berry fruit with laser-like precision. It is a racy and perfumed Barolo for those who appreciate wines of great finesse.
Made from vines planted between 1937 and 1976, this cuvée showcases impressive depth and soul.
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.
Very pure, with a beautiful noble tannin and excellent finish.
If Beaujolais were Burgundy, we might consider Morgon to be Vosne-Romanée, with its haunting perfume and silky texture, the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove.
February Club Gourmand ~ Félix Meyer’s old-vine Pinot Blanc from the slopes of Katzenthal, in Alsace, has long overdelivered in the role of the proverbial “crisp white” for which we long.
Think classic, spirited Sangiovese with a wilder, slightly darker-fruited, herb-singed character from the ancient seaside maquis-studded limestone.
A textbook Chinon like this merits simple, rustic cuisine such as roast game, baked potatoes, and sautéed porcini mushrooms.
One of the gems of the Meyer portfolio.
This old-vine Carricante gets its luxurious golden hue from four days of skin contact, a traditional process on Etna that really brings out the distinctive scents of this special place.
Always a standout, it is lithe, racy, and elegant, while not lacking the stony backbone for which great Greve is known.
This gives it a mesmerizing, Meursault-like tension between fuller body and almost creamy texture on one hand and high-acid, citrusy flavors on the other.
With notes of white peach, red berries, melon, and grapefruit, this Chiaretto is the quintessential Italian rosato for a summer evening al fresco.
Bottled without any sulfur whatsoever, here is a seriously playful Cab Franc from the masters of vinous fun.
Meyer’s 2020 is lovely stuff—fermented dry, full-bodied in style, it shines at table in a multitude of gastronomic settings with kaleidoscopic range.
It has a vivid magenta color, abundant cherry and raspberry fruit, an exotic spice note, and subtle oak.
An electric lightning bolt of Gamay from a steep, windy hillside.
Vercots is a wine that you can begin enjoying at age three and hold for up to fifteen years.
A fleshy, full-bodied Sancerre with great freshness and the ability to age in bottle for a few years after release.
Stylistically, Les Clous is in between La Fortune and La Digoine, characterized by medium weight with more red fruits, smooth but present tannins, and distinctive polish.
2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “La Crau”
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône
Clairette, an unsung hero of the south, is the main grape here, undoubtedly one of many key elements to this singular wine.
If you’re like me, a glass of Corsican Muscatellu sparks visions of evening cheese plates laden with Marcona almonds and gemlike fruits.
The brilliance of this site is its ability to produce sumptuously rich and perfumed Pinot Gris that maintains a vibrant acidity and stony backbone.
The wines produced from La Tartufaia are textbook examples of classically structured Barolo typical of the area.
Bone-dry and tangy, with brambly black fruit and a bold, old-school Italian bite.
2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Télégramme”
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
France | Southern Rhône
If Télégramme is more about fruit than stones, it is still undeniably Châteauneuf, expressing the nobility of carefully farmed Grenache from the Rhône’s finest terroirs.
Beautiful perfume of orange blossom, very fine with an incredibly soft mousse.
Old vines planted just after WWII, spicy and deep, rich and full.
Brand is Boxler’s most powerful Riesling
La Sagesse carries the full flavor, succulence, and savoriness we associate with Grenache on a graceful and lively frame.
While Piemonte’s most prestigious wines get all the attention, the heart and soul of the region revolves around its delicious everyday reds.
Pinot Beurot is the Burgundian name for their local strand of Pinot Gris. It is unique and delicious and showcases an interesting bit of Burgundy’s history.
Grenache is joined by Syrah and a drop of Mourvèdre to create this delightful everyday red scented with herbes de Provence and ripe black cherry.
The incredible depth, power, and fine but grippingly youthful tannins are text-book Pomerol.
At once robust, succulent, and elegant, this red offers immediate pleasure and age-worthy promise.
With its light and elegant notes of citrus and orchard fruit, this is one of the stand-out, exquisitely crafted wines of this region.
This bottling is classic Brouilly, balanced and old-school, and showcases the beauty of Gamay.
The bottling is classic Champagne in every sense: full, well-balanced, and elegant, with a fine mousse, delicious to drink.
March Club Chevalier ~ Savennières is home to some of the greatest terroirs for this grape variety thanks to its soils of schist, sandstone, and blue slate and its proximity to the moderating Loire River.
Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.
Soulful and slightly wild, but beautifully balanced, this rouge has an irresistible notes of garrigue.
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.
Yearning for northern Rhône magic? Here you go. Pull a cork or more and see what I mean.
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Often featuring grand cru fruit, this bottling is arguably the ideal entry point to Boxler’s range of magnificent white wines.
Fronholz’s vibrant mix of fruit and earth, flesh and structure, is Domaine Ostertag’s hallmark.
The Diplomate is rich, exotic, and appealing—a monument to the grandeur of the forgotten Corsican varietals.
Cask-aged Sardinian Cannonau yields a quintessential Mediterranean red.
Everything you’d expect from a great bottle is present: toasty brioche and baked peaches on the nose, and a color in the glass that’s ever-so-slightly rose-hued.
February Club Gourmand ~ A citrusy and floral sparkler with a stony, bone-dry finish. Mamma mia!
From the first taste in barrel, I immediately understood what Antoine wanted to accomplish stylistically, and the results were love at first taste.
As if a fistful of ripe summer fruit had been smooshed against a hot stone. The name is Corsican for “always happy,” and you’ll understand exactly why immediately upon pulling the cork.
Golden, luscious aroma and flavor, a delicious nectar infused with honeysuckle that invites you in at first sniff for a leisurely dip.
It simply has it all—refined hazel-nutty, toasty notes, bright acidity, some of the most delicate bubbles ever created, and a finish that lasts and lasts.
A masterful blend of Garganega, Trebbiano, Trebbianello, and Riesling, this perfumed charmer punches far above its weight.
Delicate and perfumed, it speaks softly, yet it has so much to say: lilies, bacon fat, spices... it could only be Côte Rôtie.
A Mourvèdre-majority masterpiece, lots of pleasure and even more soul.