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WINTER MARKET LIST - SPARKLING & WHITE
Sparkling
LELARGE-PUGEOT EXTRA BRUT TRADITION, VRIGNY 1ER CRU CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 99
JO LANDRON ATMOSPHERES METHODE TRADITIONNELLE, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE NV 49
CLOS LENTISCUS CAVA GRECO DI SUBER BRUT NATURE, PENÈDES, SPAIN NV 57
JAUME MONTANER BRUT NATURE, CAVA GRAN RESERVA, PENEDES, SPAIN 2013 59
ARCARI E DANESI RISERVA ZERO DOSAGGIO, FRANCIACORTA, LOMBARDY, ITALY NV 79
CONTRATTO MILLESIMATO BRUT, OLTREPO PAVESE, ITALY 2012 61
MURGO BRUT, METODO CLASSICO, SICILY, ITALY 2012 42
MURGO BRUT ROSÉ, METODO CLASSICO, SICILY, ITALY 2016 49
SORELLE BRONCA PROSECCO BRUT, CONEGLIANO VALDOBBIADENE, VENETO, ITALY NV 53
LA COLINA LAMBRUSCO DELL'EMILIA ROSATO ROSA LUNA, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, ITALY 2016 39
DIGBY FINE ENGLISH BRUT, SUSSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND NV 93
COMBE TROUSSEAU PET' NAT, BALLARD CANYON, CALIFORNIA 2016 84
LAS JARAS SPARKLING BRUT, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2017 87
ARGYLE BRUT, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2015 49
ELENTONE BRUT, LAKE CHELAN, WASHINGTON 2013 84
Chardonnay
JACQUES CARILLON BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2015 58
DOMINQUE LAFON BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY 2017 91
DOMAINE COSTAL CHABLIS 'TRUFFIERES,' BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2013 64
DOMAINE DES MALANDES CHABLIS TOUR DU ROY VIEILLES VIGNES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2015 46
EMMANUEL GIBOULOT 'LES PIERRES BLANCHES' COTE DE BEAUNE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2013 96
NICOLAS POTEL POUILLY-FUISSÉ, MÂCONNAIS, FRANCE 2013 69
B. ET S. TISSOT 'LES BRUYERES,' ARBOIS, JURA, FRANCE 2012 79
HADEN FIG, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2017 46
DOMAINE DROUHIN ARTHUR, WILLLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2016 71
BIG TABLE FARM, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2016 99
SMOCKSHOP BAND, COLUMBIA GORGE, WASHINGTON 2014 69
COPAIN LES VOISINS, ANDERSON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2015 63
JORDAN SOMMELIER SELECT, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2013 86
PENFOLDS BIN 311, TUMBARUMBA, AUSTRALIA 2012 74
HAMILTON RUSSELL, HEMEL-EN-AARDE VALLEY, SOUTH AFRICA 2016 83
Sauvignon Blanc
DOMAINE VACHERON SANCERRE, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2018 79
VINCENT PINARD SANCERRE CUVÉE FLORES, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2017 66
PONT DE CHEVALIER, KNIGHTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2008 53
ANDREW WILL 'TWO BLONDES' CUVÉE LUCIA, YAKIMA VALLEY 2017 47
CRAGGY RANGE 'TE MUNA ROAD,' MARTINBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND 2018 46
Riesling
C.H. BERRES 'ERDENER TREPPCHEN' KABINETT DRY, MOSEL, GERMANY 2015 39
DÖNNHOFF TROCKEN, NAHE, GERMANY 2018 49
LEITZ 'RUDESHEIMER KLOSTERLAY' KABINETT, RHEINGAU, GERMANY 2016 49
REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT 'JOSEPHSHOFER' SPÄTLESE, MOSEL, GERMANY 2011 74
DOMAINE OSTERTAG 'FRONHOLZ,' ALSACE, FRANCE 2012 59
HÖGL 'STEINTERASSEN' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU, AUSTRIA 2011 46
CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE & DR. LOOSEN EROICA, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 34
LONG SHADOWS POET'S LEAP, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2017 43
SAVAGE GRACE 'UNDERWOOD MOUNTAIN,' COLUMBIA GORGE, WASHINGTON 2016 41
SLEIGHT OF HAND RIESLING 'EVERGREEN' THE MAGICIAN, ANCIENT LAKES, WASHINTON 2018 37
WINTER MARKET LIST - WHITE & ROSÉ
Pinot Gris & Pinot Blanc
REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT PINOT BLANC, MOSEL, GERMANY 2012 46
HEXAMER GRAUBURGUNDER TROCKEN, NAHE, GERMANY 2013 37
TERLATO PINOT GRIGIO, FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI, ITALY 2017 42
Gruner Veltliner
ARNDORFER 'STRASSER WEINBERGE,' NIEDERÖSTERREICH, AUSTRIA 2017 46
EMMERICH KNOLL 'LOIBNER' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU, AUSTRIA 2016 67
EMMERICH KNOLL 'KREUTLES' SMARAGD, WACHAU, AUSTRIA 2016 99
NIGL ALTE REBEN, KREMSTAL, AUSTRIA 2016 76
MANNI NÖSSING, ALTO-ADIGE, ITALY 2013 59
Chenin Blanc
HUET VOUVRAY 'CLOS DU BOURG' SEC, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2018 84
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GARNIER 'LA ROCHE-BEZIGON,' ANJOU, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2015 57
BEAUMONT HOPE MARGUERITE, BOT RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA 2014 66
RACONTEUR WINE COMPANY CHENIN/GRUNER BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 41
Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne
RENÉ ROSTAING VIOGNIER LÉZARDES, VDP COLLINES RHODANIENNES, RHONE, FRANCE 2018 77
ELEPHANT SEVEN VIOGNIER 'BLUE MOUNTAIN,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2018 49
AMAURICE VIOGNIER 'ESTATE' SPARROW, WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2017 79
RENÉ ROSTAING GRENACHE BLANC/VIOGNIER PUECH NOBLE, COTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC, FRANCE 2014 48
ALAIN GRAILLOT MARSANNE/ROUSSANNE, CROZES HERMITAGE, RHONE VALLEY, FRANCE 2016 72
J.L. CHAVE ROUSSANNE CIRCA, ST. JOSEPH, RHONE VALLEY, FRANCE 2015 77
Sommelier Select
JO LANDRON 'LES HOUX,' MUSCADET-SÈVRE-ET-MAINE SUR LIE, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2016 49
B. ET S. TISSOT SAVIGNAN, ARBOIS, JURA, FRANCE 2013 89
DOMAINE DES ARDOISIERES ARGILE,' VIN DES ALLOBROGES, SAVIOE, FRANCE 2016 74
ROC DES ANGES GRENACHE GRIS BLEND LLUM, CÔTES DE CATALANS, ROUSSILLON, FRANCE 2017 64
ALBERT SELTZ SYLVANER, ZOTZENBERG GRAND CRU, ALSACE, FRANCE 2010 99
ZIND HUMBRECHT MUSCAT, ALSACE, FRANCE 2012 64
NIGL GELBER MUSKATELLER, KREMSTAL, AUSTRIA 2011 37
VENICA & VENICA FRIULANO, COLLIO GORIZIANO, ITALY 2016 58
I CLIVI FRIULANO GALEA, COLLI ORIENTALI DEL FRIULI, ITALY 2000 93
I CLIVI FRIULANO GALEA, COLLI ORIENTALI DEL FRIULI, ITALY 2015 59
VIE DI ROMANS FRIULANO BLEND FLOR DI UIS, FRIULI, ITALY 2016 76
SAN LORENZO VERDICCHIO OCHE, CASTELLI DI JESSI CLASSICO, MARCHE, ITALY 2014 64
TERREDORA DIPAOLO FALANGHINA, IRPINIA, CAMPANIA, ITALY 2018 33
DOMAINE SIGALAS ASSYRTIKO/ATHIRI, SANTORINI, GREECE 2015 44
MASSAYA OBEIDI BLEND, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2016 39
DOMINIO DE LA ABADESA VERDEJO, RUEDA, SPAIN 2018 42
WILLOW WINE CELLARS ALBARIÑO, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 41
GOLDEN CLUSTER SEMILLON COURY 'DAVID HILL,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2014 71
MATTHIASSON RIBOLLA GIALLA NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2015 99
Rosé
CHÂTEAU PEYRASSOL SYRAH/CINSAULT BLEND, CÔTES DE PROVENCE, FRANCE 2018 71
SMOCKSHOP BAND ZINFANDEL SPRING EPHEMERAL, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2018 63
WINTER MARKET LIST - RED
Gamay
BENOIT CANTIN BOURGOGNE PASSE-TOUT-GRAINS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2017 48
GUY BRETON MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2012 46
JEAN-MARC BURGAUD MORGON 'LES CHARMES,' BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 42
DOMAINE CHIGNARD BEAUVERNAY, JULIENAS, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2012 52
DOMAINE FOILLARD MORGON CUVÉE CORCELETTE, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 91
YOHAN LARDY MOULIN-À-VENT 'LES MICHELONS,' BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2014 44
LUC ET DENIS LATTARD, VIN DE FRANCE, DRÔME, FRANCE 2015 38
CLUSEL-ROCH GALET, COTEAUX DU LYONNAIS, FRANCE 2016 61
LOVE AND SQUALOR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2017 57
Pinot Noir
REMOISSENET GIVRY, CÔTE CHALONNAIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2015 66
GAGNARD-DELAGRANGE CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2015 76
CAROLINE MOREY SANTENAY 'LE CHAINEY,' BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2016 95
BENOIT CANTIN, IRANCY, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2016 66
DOMAINE ROLET PINOT NOIR, ARBOIS 2013 52
LES CRETES, VALLE D'AOSTA, ITALY 2016 49
ENDERIE & MOLL SPÄTBURGUNDER LIAISON, BADEN, GERMANY 2014 69
HADEN FIG, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2017 42
BIG TABLE FARM, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2017 99
CRISTOM MT. JEFFERSON CUVÉE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2017 67
SMOCKSHOP BAND SPRING EPHEMERAL, COLUMBIA GORGE, OREGON 2018 89
LOST & FOUND, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, SONOMA, CALIFORNIA 2013 99
CRAGGY RANGE 'TE MUNA ROAD,' MARTINBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND 2016 99
Syrah
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD CROZES-HERMITAGE, RHONE, FRANCE 2016 89
ALAIN GRAILLOT SAINT-JOSEPH, RHONE, FRANCE 2015 87
DOMAINE FAURY SAINT-JOSEPH VIEILLES VIGNES, RHONE, FRANCE 2014 74
J.L. CHAVE SELECTIONS OFFERUS SAINT-JOSEPH, RHONE, FRANCE 2015 81
ROC DES ANGES AUSTRALE, CÔTE DU ROUSSILLON 2017 61
W.T. VINTNERS SYRAH 'STONEY VINE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY, OREGON 2015 98
SWICK SYRAH-GRENACHE BLANC K HUNGUS, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2018 49
ELEPHANT SEVEN SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2018 44
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2014 77
B. LEIGHTON SYRAH 'OLSEN BROTHERS,' YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 96
COPAIN LES VOISINS, YORKVILLE HIGHLANDS, CALIFORNIA 2015 77
MULLINEAUX, SWARTLAND, SOUTH AFRICA 2015 84
Grenache, Mourvedre, & Rhone Blends
CHAPELLE ST. THEODORIC CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 'SABLONS,' RHONE, FRANCE 2016 99
DOMAINE LA BOUISSIERE GIGONDAS, RHONE VALLEY, FRANCE 2017 91
ROC DES ANGES GRENACHE BLEND SEGNA DE COR, CÔTES DU ROUSSILLON, FRANCE 2016 46
AMPELEIA ALICANTE NERO, COSTA TOSCANA IGT, ITALY 2016 63
COMMANDO G GARNACHA LA BRUJA DE ROZAS, VINOS DE MADRID, SPAIN 2017 56
MASSAYA GRENACHE BLEND TERRASSES DE BAALBEK, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2012 49
KEVIN WHITE GRENACHE BLEND BLUE LABEL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2018 43
ORR WINES GRENACHE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2018 56
WIND GAP GRENACHE 'SCEALES' OLD VINE, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2013 79
WINTER MARKET LIST - RED
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc & Merlot
RACONTEUR WINE CO. CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 42
CADENCE CABERNET-BLEND CODA, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2017 59
KERLOO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2017 74
FORCE MAJEURE CABERNET BLEND PARABELLUM, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2014 69
SPARKMAN CABERNET BLEND STELLA MAE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2014 89
MARK RYAN CABERNET BLEND DISSIDENT, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2017 79
TWO VINTNERS MERLOT, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 61
LEAH JORGENSON CABERNET FRANC, SOUTHERN OREGON 2018 58
JEAN-MAURICE RAFFAULT 'CLOS D'ISORE,' CHINON, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2017 47
PIERRE-JACQUES DRUET BOURGUEIL 'GRAND MONT,' LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2008 49
VENICA & VENICA MERLOT, COLLIO GORIZIANO, ITALY 2016 54
I CLIVI MERLOT GALEA, COLLI ORIENTALI DEL FRIULI, ITALY 2011 58
PASANAU CABERNET/GARNACHA FINCA LA PLANETA, PRIORAT, SPAIN 2013 91
Italy
SORI PAITIN DOLCETTO D'ALBA, PIEDMONT 2013 43
PECCHENINO DOLCETTO 'SIRI D'JERMU' DOGLIANI SUPERIORE, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2017 59
GIACOMO BORGOGNO NO NAME, NEBBIOLO LANGHE, PIEDMONT 2014 87
FERDINANDO PRINCIPIANO COSTE, NEBBIOLO LANGHE, PIEDMONT 2017 49
PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO TORRE BARBARESCO, PIEDMONT 2015 91
AR.PE.PE. ROSSO DI VALTELLINA, LOMBARDY 2015 74
COPERTINO NEGROAMARO RISERVA, PUGLIA 2009 37
OCCHIPINTI FRAPPATO/NERO D'AVOLA SP68 IGT, SICILY, ITALY 2017 53
BENANTI ETNA ROSSO ROVITELLO, SICILY 2014 99
CIRO BIONDI 'SAN NICOLO,' ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2015 69
CAMIGLIANO, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, TUSCANY 2014 99
ARNALDO CAPRAI SAGRANTINO BLEND, MONTEFALCO ROSSO, UMBRIA 2012 46
TERREDORA DIPAOLO TAURASI, CAMPANIA, ITALY 2012 63
Sommelier Select
B. ET S. TISSOT POULSARD VIEILLES VIGNES, ARBOIS, JURA, FRANCE 2016 64
B. ET S. TISSOT TROUSSEAU SINGULIER, ARBOIS, JURA, FRANCE 2016 74
JEAN BOURDY PINOT NOIR/POULSARD/TROUSSEAU, CÔTES DU JURA, FRANCE 2016 72
DESCENDIENTES DE JOSE PALACIOS MENCIA CORULLON, BIERZO, SPAIN 2016 99
BODEGAS ONTANON RIOJA GRAN RESERVA, SPAIN 2010 73
R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA ‘VINA TONDONIA’ RESERVA, RIOJA, SPAIN 2007 89
ABADIA RETUERTA TEMPRANILLO/CABERNET/SYRAH SELECCION ESPECIAL, SARDON DE DUERO, SPAIN 2014 72
HARRINGTON TROUSSEAU 'SILETTO,' CIENEGA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2013 83
LAS JARAS CARIGNAN GLOU GLOU, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2018 54
LAS JARAS CARIGNAN SWEET BERRY WINE, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2017 73
ILLAHE LAGREIN ESTATE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2016 83
RIDGE ZINFANDEL BLEND 'LYTTON SPRINGS,' DRY CREEK VALLEY, SONOMA, CALIFORNIA 2017 91
AMAURICE MALBEC 'ESTATE' AMPARO, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 98
FEATURED WASHINGTON WINES
FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN 1969 THAT ENCOURAGED FARMERS TO PLANT MORE VITIS VINIFERA VARIETALS, THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY HAS EXPLODED TO RANK SECOND LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. EAST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER VINIFERA VINES FLOURISH FROM A VAST NUMBER OF GRAPES AND STYLES. THERE IS DELICATE PINOT NOIR IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE, BOLD CABERNET AND SYRAH ON RED MOUNTAIN AND IN WALLA WALLA VALLEY. WASHINGTON IS QUICKLY BEING RECOGNIZED AROUND THE GLOBE AS A WORLD-CLASS PRODUCER OF WINE, ANCHORED BY A PIONEER SPIRIT AND DEVOTION TO QUALITY.
ANDREW WILL
WITH ROOTS IN ICONIC SEATTLE RESTAURANTS, CHRIS CAMARDA SET OUT TO MAKE WINES OUT OF HIS MOTHERS GARAGE IN 1989. BY NIGHT HE CONTINUED TO MANAGE RESTAURANTS, BY DAY HE ENDEAVORED IN THE CELLAR OF HIS FLEDGLING WINERY, ANDREW WILL , NAMED AFTER HIS SON WILL AND NEPHEW ANDREW. IN THE FIRST FEW VINTAGES, HE OUTGREW THE GARAGE GRADUATED TO A SMALL SEATTLE WAREHOUSE. THEN IN 1994 THE WINERY MOVED TO ITS PERMANENT RESIDENCE ON A 5 ACRE PLOT OF LAND ON THE BUCOLIC VASHON ISLAND, A 15 MINUTE FERRY RIDE FROM SEATLE. IN 1997, HE LEFT THE RESTAURANT BUISNESS AND WENT ALL IN ON THE WINERY. SPRING FORWARD THREE DECADES, ANDREW WILL IS NOW A FATHER AND SON TEAM. ANDREW WILL CONTINUES ITS VISION OF REFINED AND ELEGANTLY STYLED WINES THAT REFELECT THEIR GRAPE AND PLACE. THEIR CORE VISION HAS REMAINED THE SAME OVER MORE THAN THREE DECADES. THEY BELIEVE IN LETTING EACH VINEYARD REVEAL ITS SIGNATURE CHARACTER. BUCKING THE TRENDS OF OVEREXTRACTED HIGH ALCOHOL WINES, MADE FAMOUS BY A SMALL SET OF WINE CRITICS, THE CAMARDA’S HAVE HELDFAST IN THEIR STYLE OF CLASSICLY STRUCTURED WINES OF PLACE. AS PART OWNER OF THE COVETED 'CHAMPOUX' VINEYARD AND THEIR ESTATE VINEYARD 'TWO BLONDES' IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO WASHINGTON'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER FRUIT. THE RESULTING WINES HAVE PROVEN TO BE SOME OF THE STATES MOST DELICIOUS AND AGE WORTHY EXAMPLES OF WASHINGTON WINE.
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'SEVEN HILLS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2000 129
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'SHERIDAN' YAKIMA VALLEY 2000 129
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 1995 164
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 1998 139
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 1999 136
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2000 136
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN' WASHINGTON 1995 164
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1996 163
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1997 151
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1998 147
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1999 146
ANDREW WILL MERLOT 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 2000 159
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'TWO BLONDES,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2009 136
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'TWO BLONDES,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2010 136
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'MAY'S DISCOVERY,' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2013 116
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'CHAMPOUX' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1999 191
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX,' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2014 115
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1994 229
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1996 226
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1997 226
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1998 219
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 1999 223
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2006 209
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2012 179
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CHAMPOUX' SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2013 151
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2001 159
ANDREW WILL CABERNET BLEND 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2007 156
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WASHINGTON 1996 198
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON R, WASHINGTON 1996 229
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON R, WASHINGTON 1997 229
ANDREW WILL CONTINUED
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 1998 171
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 1999 156
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'CIEL DU CHEVAL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2000 157
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1997 169
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1998 171
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'KLIPSUN,' RED MOUNTAIN 1999 171
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'SEVEN HILLS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 1996 158
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'PEPPER BRIDGE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 1997 151
ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'PEPPER BRIDGE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 1998 153
ANDREW WILL CABERNET FRANC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2017 59
AMAURICE
AMAURICE IS A TRUE FAMILY WINERY. EACH MEMBER HAS BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL PART IN THE CREATION OF THIS RELATIVELY NEW BUT RISING STAR ESTATE ON MILL CREEK IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. THE YOUNG AND VIVACIOUS ANNA SCHAFER HONED HER TALENTS AS A WINEMAKER FOR PAUL HOBBES IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. SHE HAS DEVELOPED HER OWN STYLE THAT IS POLISHED, EXPRESSIVE AND CEREBRAL. THE WINES ARE STUNNING.
AMAURICE SYRAH 'ESTATE' FRED, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 88
AMAURICE SYRAH 'ESTATE' FRED, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 91
AMAURICE SYRAH 'BOUSHEY,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2014 89
AMAURICE SYRAH 'BOUSHEY,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 89
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND THE ARTIST, CALLAHAN, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 81
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND 'ESTATE' NIGHT OWL, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 126
AMAURICE MALBEC 'GAMACHE,' COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 77
AVENNIA
A NATIVE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WINEMAKER CHRIS PETERSON BEGAN TO HONE HIS CRAFT AS THE FIRST GRADUATE OF WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE PROGRAM. NOW, WITH OVER A DECADE IMMERSED IN THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING SEVEN YEARS WITH ICONIC DELILLE CELLARS, WINEMAKER CHRIS PETERSON PARTNERED WITH FORMER MICROSOFT EXEC MARTY TAUCHER TO FORM AVENNIA. INSPIRED BY THE ROMAN NAME FOR THE CITY OF AVIGNON, AVENNIA IS MAKING WINES THAT EVOKE CLARITY OF PLACE, CLARITY OF TYPE, AND CLARITY OF PURPOSE. THEY BELIEVE THIS IS BEST EXPRESSED BY USING THE CLASSIC FRENCH VARIETALS AND BLENDS, WITH METHODS PASSED DOWN OVER GENERATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF WASHINGTON’S VINEYARDS AND TERROIR.
AVENNIA MERLOT BLEND VALERY, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2013 105
AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND GRAVURA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 83
AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND GRAVURA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 71
AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND SESTINA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 136
AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND SESTINA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2013 129
AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND SESTINA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 131
BAER WINERY
WINEMAKER LANCE BAER FOUNDED BAER WINERY IN 2000 WITH A SINGLE PASSION—TO BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO WOODINVILLE. AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WINERIES IN WASHINGTON, LANCE WANTED TO TAKE HIS WINEMAKING SKILLS IN HIS OWN, CREATIVE, DIRECTION. LANCE SUCCEEDED IN HANDCRAFTING BLENDS DISTINCTLY HIS OWN, AND IN APRIL 2003 THE WINERY’S SIGNATURE BLEND, URSA, WAS RELEASED. URSA, A FEMININE EXPRESSION OF RED WINE, PREDOMINANTLY MERLOT AND CABERNET FRANC, WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY ARCTOS, A BOLDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON-BASED BLEND. SADLY, LANCE PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY IN 2007. THE WINERY AND LANCE’S VISION CONTINUES WITH THE HELP OF HIS SISTER LISA AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WINEMAKER ERICA ORR, AS CONSULTING WINEMAKER, ENSURES THAT BAER’S BORDEAUX VARIETAL DRIVEN WINES CONTINUE TO BE BENCHMARKS FOR WASHINGTON WINE.
BAER MERLOT/CABERNET 'STILLWATER CREEK' URSA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 78
BAER CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'STILLWATER CREEK' ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 87
BAER CABERNET/SYRAH 'STILLWATER CREEK' CALLISTO, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 79
BETZ FAMILY
AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS AT CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, BOB BETZ - MASTER OF WINE, CREATED HIS OWN LABEL AND RELEASED HIS FIRST VINTAGE IN 1997. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD A SINGLE GOAL: CRAFTING COMPELLING WINES THAT SHOWCASE WASHINGTON AS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE WINE REGIONS IN THE WORLD. BOB CREATES WINES THAT EXPRESS THE BEST CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH NEW AND OLD WORLDS, OFFERING RIPE INTENSE FRUIT AND STRUCTURE FOR LONGEVITY.
BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 99
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2012 127
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2013 127
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2014 129
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 124
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH CÔTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2011 126
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH CÔTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2012 127
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH CÔTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2014 129
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH CÔTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2015 124
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH 'RED WILLOW' CÔTE PATRIARCHE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 126
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH 'RED WILLOW' CÔTE PATRIARCHE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 124
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 119
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 124
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 124
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 124
BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PÈRE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 151
BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PÈRE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 159
BUTY WINERY
OWNER NINA BUTY AND WINEMAKER CHRIS DOWSETT BELIEVE THAT MAKING WINE IS PART OF A LARGER PROCESS, WITH MANY INTERCONNECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT GREAT VINEYARDS AND GREAT WINES HAVE SOUL. IN KEEPING WITH THESE BELIEFS, BUTY IS GUIDED BY A PHILOSOPHY THAT REFLECTS THE IDEA OF GROWTH FROM BODY TO MIND TO SOUL TO SPIRIT—WITH EACH LEVEL BUILDING ON THE LAST TO CREATE A MORE COMPLEX AND COHESIVE WHOLE. FROM THE SELECTION OF VINEYARDS, THE METHODS USED TO FARM THEM AND THE TIMING OF HARVEST TO BUTY’S DEDICATION TO NATURAL WINEMAKING PRACTICES. TO MAINTAIN THIS AUTHENTICITY, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, CHRIS AND NINA EMPHASIZE BLENDS WHERE ALL THE VARIETALS COME FROM THE SAME VINEYARD.
BUTY MERLOT ‘CONNER LEE,’ COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 94
BUTY CABERNET/SYRAH COLUMBIA REDIVIVA 'PHINNEY HILL,' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2015 83
CADENCE
CADENCE IS DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THE DISTINCT TERROIR OF WASHINGTON'S RED MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS THROUGH ITS BORDEAUX STYLE BLENDS. IN 1998, AFTER RECEIVING SEVERAL YEARS OF ACCOLADES AS AN AMATEUR WINEMAKER WITH BOEING’S WINE CLUB, ENGINEER-TURNED-WINEMAKER BEN SMITH GAVE UP THE SAFETY OF A 9 TO 5 JOB TO PURSUE WINEMAKING FULL TIME. IN 1997, BEN AND HIS PARTNER GAYE MCNUTT HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A SMALL PIECE OF SCRUB LAND ON RED MOUNTAIN ABUTTING SOME OF WASHINGTON’S MOST PRIZED VINEYARDS. NAMED AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER, 'CARA MIA,' THE ESTATE VINEYARD BECAME A REALITY WITH THE PLANTING OF THE FIRST VINES IN 2004.
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND 'CARA MIA' BEL CANTO, RED MOUNTAIN 2011 123
CADENCE CABERNET BLEND 'CARA MIA' CAMERATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2007 123
CADENCE CABERNET BLEND 'CARA MIA’ CAMERATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2011 103
CAIRDEAS WINERY
CAIRDEAS (PRONOUNCED ‘CARDIS’) IS AN ANCIENT GAELIC WORD MEANING FRIENDSHIP, GOODWILL OR ALLIANCE. FOUNDED IN WEST SEATTLE IN 2009, CAIRDAS WINEMAKER CHARLIE LYBECKER AND HIS WIFE AND BUSINESS PARTNER LACEY FOUND THEIR INSPIRATION IN THE GRAPES AND WINES OF THE RHONE VALLEY. IN 2012, A JOB OPPORTUNITY TOOK LACEY TO THE LAKE CHELAN AREA WHERE THEY QUICKLY SAW ENDLESS POTENTIAL AND A PLACE TO PUT DOWN ROOTS. THEY HAVE SLOWLY BUILT THEIR DREAM INTO A REALITY; PLANTING VINEYARDS, BUILDING A WINERY AND A HOME ON THE LAKE’S EDGE. WHILE THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS ARE STILL REACHING MATURITY THEY HAVE FORGED RELATIONSHIPS AND GAINED ACCESS TO MANY OF WASHINGTON’S BEST VINEYARD SOURCES.
CAIRDEAS GRENACHE BLEND 'BOUSHEY' CAISLEAN AN PAPA, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 96
CAIRDEAS SYRAH BLEND DIFRACTION, YAKIMA VALLEY 2017 44
CAIRDEAS SYRAH BLEND TRI, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 84
CAYUSE VINEYARDS
AFTER STUDYING VITICULTURE IN CHAMPAGNE AND BURGUNDY, WINEMAKER CHRISTOPHE BARON REALIZED HE WASN'T YET READY TO ENTER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND GAVE IN TO THE URGE TO TRAVEL. AN UNEXPECTED INTERNSHIP AT A WINERY BROUGHT CHRISTOPHE TO THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY IN 1993. WHILE OTHERS SAW A ROCKY TEN ACRES AS WALLA WALLA'S WORST FARMLAND, CHRISTOPHE DISCOVERED A TERROIR MUCH LIKE THE COBBLESTONES OF CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE. HIS 'FOOLISH GAMBLE' ON THAT FIELD OF STONES CONTINUES TO REWARD YEAR AFTER YEAR: CAYUSE PRODUCES SOME OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WINES IN THE NATION.
CAYUSE 'ARMADA' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 273
CAYUSE 'ARMADA' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 279
HORSEPOWER THE TRIBE SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 371
NO GIRLS 'LA PACIENCIA' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 231
NO GIRLS 'LA PACIENCIA' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 229
CHARLES SMITH & K VINTNERS
CHARLES SMITH IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BIG HAIR, ROCK N’ ROLL AESTHETIC AND A PENCHANT FOR AUDACIOUS BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC. HOWEVER, HIS TRUE MARK IN THE WORLD OF WINE IS HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO WASHINGTON SYRAH AND AS A CHAMPION FOR THE REGION. WHILE IT’S JUST AS LIKELY TO FIND HIM STAGGERING OUT OF A BAR AS WALKING HIS VINEYARDS, CHARLES’ SINGLE-MINDED COMMITMENT TO PRODUCING QUALITY WASHINGTON WINES FOR BOTH CHARLES SMITH WINES AND K VINTNERS HAVE CEMENTED HIS LEGACY IN THE WORLD OF WINE.
K VINTNERS SANGIOVESE GUIDO, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 115
K VINTNERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'RIVER ROCK,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 89
SUPER SUBSTANCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'STONERIDGE,' COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 79
CORLISS ESTATE
AT THE BASE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN ESTATE VINEYARD SITS THE BUCOLIC TOWN OF WALLA WALLA BLENDS INTO THE GENTLE MOUNTAINS FORMING THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. THROUGHOUT THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS, GRAPES NATIVE TO FRANCE’S ARE GROWN IN HOMAGE TO THE WINES OF THE SOUTHERN RHONE VALLEY AND BORDEAUX. WINEMAKING AT CORLISS IS THE RESULT OF TEAMWORK AND PATIENCE. MICHAEL CORLISS HAS, FROM THE BEGINNING, BEEN AT THE CENTER. HE IS ENGROSSED IN EVERY DETAIL AND HAS GUIDED THE WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY. SURROUNDING MICHAEL IS A TALENTED STAFF OF WINEMAKING PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING THE TALENTED ON-SITE WINEMAKER ANDREW TRIO, AS WELL AS PHILIPPE MELKA, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HIGHLY REGARDED WINEMAKING CONSULTANTS. TOGETHER, THEY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST ACTUALIZATION OF MICHAEL'S VISION.
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2003 171
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 169
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 167
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 161
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 157
CORLISS RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 153
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ESTATE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 203
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ESTATE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 194
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ESTATE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 189
DUSTED VALLEY VINTNERS
WHEN DUSTED VALLEY WAS CREATED, THE JOHNSONS AND BRAUNELS SET OUT ON AN ADVENTURE – LEAVING BEHIND THEIR COMFORTABLE JOBS TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE UNCONVENTIONAL. AND THEY HAVEN’T LOOKED BACK SINCE. THIS YEAR DUSTED VALLEY PROUDLY CELEBRATES THEIR 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF GROWING AND CRAFTING SPECTACULAR WASHINGTON STATE WINE UNDER THE DUSTED VALLEY AND BOOMTOWN BY DUSTED VALLEY LABELS. WITH STRONG ROOTS IN AGRICULTURE, BROTHERS-IN-LAW CHAD JOHNSON AND COREY BRAUNEL FOCUS THEIR WINE GROWING PHILOSOPHIES IN THE VINEYARD WITH SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, LOW (OR MODEST) YIELDS AND MINIMALISTIC WINEMAKING. THE RESULTING WINES OFFER A SENSE OF PLACE AND SHOWCASE THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY AND OTHER PREMIER VINEYARDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
DUSTED VALLEY SYRAH 'STONEY VINE' TALL TALES, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 144
DUSTED VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 91
ELEPHANT SEVEN
ELEPHANT SEVEN IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY WINEMAKER JOSHUA WEST. HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN INVESTMENT BANKING, BUT BEGAN WORKING HARVEST AROUND THE WORLD AND EVENTUALLY WITH LOCAL PRODUCERS INCLUDING WALLA WALLA VALLEY STALWARTS FIGGINS FAMILY AND DUSTED VALLEY. AFTER HIS EXPOSURE TO WASHINGTON WINE, HE SETTLED INTO FULL TIME WINEMAKING IN 2014 AND PRODUCED HIS FIRST VINTAGE UNDER HIS NEW ELEPHANT 7 LABEL. JOSH HAS KEPT HIS PRODUCTION EXTREMELY LIMITED IN ORDER TO PURSUE WINES OF TRUE DISTINCTION AND QUALITY.
ELEPHANT SEVEN GRENACHE 'YELLOW BIRD,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2017 64
ELEPHANT SEVEN SYRAH 'YELLOW BIRD,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2017 73
FORCE MAJEURE
“FORCE MAJEURE” DESCRIBES THE RELENTLESS, POWERFUL ELEMENTS OF NATURE THAT FORM THE TERROIR IN THEIR VINEYARDS. THE FORCE MAJEURE WINERY IS LOCATED IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY, SPECIALIZING IN ESTATE-GROWN, SINGLE-VINEYARD BORDEAUX AND RHÔNE-INSPIRED WINES FROM THREE DISTINCT VINEYARDS. THE WINES ARE METICULOUSLY CRAFTED BY FORMER BRYANT FAMILY VINEYARD WINEMAKER, TODD ALEXANDER. FROM ITS INCEPTION, FORCE MAJEURE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUTSTANDING VITICULTURE AND EXEMPLARY WINEMAKING.
FORCE MAJEURE GRENACHE BLEND PARVATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2015 138
FORCE MAJEURE GRENACHE BLEND PARVATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2016 152
FORCE MAJEURE MERLOT BLEND ÉPINETTE, RED MOUNTAIN 2014 197
FORCE MAJEURE MERLOT BLEND ÉPINETTE, RED MOUNTAIN 2015 197
GRAMERCY CELLARS
OWNER AND WINEMAKER GREG HARRINGTON - MASTER SOMMELIER, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND BUSINESS PARTNER PAM HAD A REVELATORY TASTING OF WALLA WALLA WINES THAT INSPIRED THEM TO LEAVE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF NEW YORK CITY TO CHASE A DREAM IN BUCOLIC WALLA WALLA. GRAMERCY WAS FOUNDED IN 2005 AND NAMED AFTER THE NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY LIVED. YOU WILL FIND HERE PERHAPS WASHINGTON’S MOST 'EARTH DRIVEN' WINES. THEIR FOCUS IS TO EXPRESS THE VINEYARD SOURCE THROUGH RESTRAINED USE OF NEW OAK AND MINIMAL INTERVENTION IN THE WINERY.
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH LAGNIAPPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 119
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH 'FORGOTTEN HILLS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 121
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH JOHN LEWIS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 179
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH JOHN LEWIS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 179
GRAMERCY CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 109
GRAMERCY CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON RESERVE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 209
GRAMERCY CELLARS GRENACHE BLEND THIRD MAN, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 74
KERLOO CELLARS
SEDUCED BY THE ROMANCE OF OWNING A WINERY (SCRUBBING TANKS, CLEANING BARRELS, ETC.) RYAN CRANE LEFT WEST SEATTLE AND THE SAFETY OF SECURE JOBS AND MOVED TO WALLA WALLA TO MAKE WINE. UNDER THE TUTELAGE SEVERAL OF WASHINGTON’S FINEST WINEMAKERS THE RYAN HAS HONED A DISTINCT STYLE OF WASHINGTON WINE; BALANCED, ACCESSIBLE, AND VARIETALLY CORRECT. IN 2015, THE CALL OF THE CRANE BROUGHT RYAN BACK HOME TO SEATTLE WHERE HE HAS BUILT A NEW WINERY IN THE SODO NEIGHBORHOOD.
KERLOO CELLARS MALBEC 'STONE TREE' THE APOCALYPSE, WAHLUKE SLOPE 2016 89
KERLOO CELLARS SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 61
KERLOO CELLARS SYRAH 'LES COLLINES', WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 84
SODO CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON DEADBIRD, WASHINGTON STATE 2016 49
KLIPSUN VINEYARD
KLIPSUN VINES WERE FIRST PLANTED IN 1984. NAMED ONE OF THE "25 GREAT VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD" BY WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE, KLIPSUN HAS EARNED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF WASHINGTON’S FINEST VINEYARDS. IN 2017, THE TERLATO FAMILY PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY WITH THE AIM TO PRODUCE THE TRUEST EXPRESSION OF THIS PLACE - A SINGLE VINEYARD WINE THAT SHOWCASES EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THE FRUIT GROWN HERE EXCEPTIONAL.
KLIPSUN VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON, RED MOUNTAIN 2016 309
L'ECOLE NO. 41
FOUNDED IN 1983, L'ECOLE NO. 41 IS BOTH A PIONEER OF WASHINGTON WINE AND AT ITS CUTTING EDGE. NOW THREE GENERATIONS DEEP AND CELEBRATED THE WORLD OVER L'ECOLE HAS TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO FOSTERING THE LAND THAT HAS PROVIDED FOR THEM. THEIR CELEBRATED ESTATE VINEYARDS FERGUSON AND SEVEN HILLS VINEYARDS ARE NOW CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE AND SALMON SAFE. FROM THEIR ROOTS IN THE EARLY 1980'S TO THEIR LATEST RELEASES L'ECOLE HAS BEEN A STANDARD BEARER IN WASHINGTON STATE WINE, PRODUCING WINES OF POWER AND SUBSTANCE.
L'ECOLE NO.41 CABERNET BLEND 'SEVEN HILLS' PERIGEE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 111
L'ECOLE NO.41 CABERNET BLEND 'PEPPER BRIDGE' APOGEE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 113
L'ECOLE NO.41 CABERNET BLEND 'FERGUSON,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 123
LA RATA
IN THE CHINESE ZODIAC, THE RAT HAS STRONG CURIOSITY, A RICH IMAGINATION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TRY ITS HAND AT ANYTHING. SO DOES ELIZABETH BOURCIER, A SELF-DESCRIBED "CELLAR RAT" WHO, IN 2012, CREATED HER FIRST WINE, LA RATA. SINCE 2008 SHE HAS WORKED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CAYUSE VINEYARDS FOUNDER AND VIGNERON CHRISTOPHE BARON. HER INSPIRATION FOR LA RATA CAME AFTER CHRISTOPHE INTRODUCED HER TO A WINE FROM THE PRIORAT REGION OF SPAIN THAT WAS ALSO MADE BY A FEMALE WINEMAKER. ELIZABETH WAS INTRIGUED BY WHAT SHE TASTED, AND USING BIODYNAMIC GRAPES FROM CAYUSE VINEYARDS, WAS ABLE TO CREATE HER OWN UNIQUE BLEND OF GRENACHE AND CABERNET SAUVIGNON. LA RATA, FOUNDED IN 2012, IS A SEPARATE PROJECT FROM CAYUSE VINEYARDS, A VERY SPECIAL WINE ELIZABETH CREATED USING FRUIT FROM ARMADA AND EN CERISE VINEYARDS. THE EXTREMELY LIMITED PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 130 CASES PER YEAR.
LA RATA GRENACHE-CABERNET, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 209
LA RATA GRENACHE-CABERNET, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 216
LA RATA GRENACHE BLEND, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 212
LA RATA GRENACHE BLEND, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 209
LA RATA GRENACHE BLEND, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 209
B. LEIGHTON WINES
RAISED BY HIPPIES IN SANTA CRUZ, CA. BRENNON’S PATH TO WINE WAS AN INDIRECT ONE. AS A PUNK ROCK TWENTY-SOMETHING BRENNON PLAYED IN BANDS AFTER HOURS, MEANWHILE EARNING A LIVING WORKING IN SEATTLE RESTAURANTS. HIS EPIPHANY MOMENT CAME IN THE FORM OF A SMALL TASTE OF 1985 CHEVAL BLANC. HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE, BRENNON EARNED A VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY DEGREE AT UC DAVIS. SOON AFTER HE FOUND HIS WAY BACK TO WASHINGTON WITH A POSITION AT THE WINE GIANT CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, WHERE HE WORKED WITH LEGENDARY ERNST LOOSEN ON THE EROICA RIESLING PROJECT. FOLLOWING CSM HE MADE HIS NAME AND HONED HIS STYLE AT EFESTE WINERY. MOST RECENTLY, HE HAS LANDED AS HEAD WINEMAKER AND ENOLOGIST FOR CHARLES SMITH WINES. ON THE SIDE, BRENNON HAS PARTNERED WITH GRAPE GROWER LEIF OLSEN AND OLSEN FAMILY VINEYARDS IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY TO CRAFT WINES OF POWER, GRACE AND A DEEP SENSE OF PLACE FROM ONE OF WASHINGTON’S MOST PRIZED VINEYARDS.
B. LEIGHTON MOURVEDRE BLEND GRATITUDE 'OLSEN BROTHERS', YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 89
B. LEIGHTON PETIT VERDOT 'OLSEN BROTHERS,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 89
LEONETTI CELLAR & FIGGINS ESTATE
TRULY ONE OF THE FOREFATHERS OF WASHINGTON WINE, THE FIGGINS FAMILY’S FIRST COMMERCIAL VINTAGE WAS IN 1978. IN 1981 WINE & SPRITS MAGAZINE RECOGNIZED THAT FIRST VINTAGE OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON AS THE 'BEST IN NATION' IN A BLIND TASTING. ROOTED IN TRADITION, SECOND-GENERATION WINEMAKER CHRIS FIGGINS IS CRAFTING WINES FROM THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS IN WALLA WALLA WITH THE SAME PASSION AND INTENSITY THAT FUELED THE WINERY'S INCEPTION.
LEONETTI MERLOT, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 199
LEONETTI MERLOT, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2017 199
LEONETTI CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 253
LEONETTI CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 251
LEONETTI RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 369
FIGGINS CABERNET BLEND ESTATE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 209
LONG SHADOWS
AS THE CULMINATION OF OVER 30 YEARS IN THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY, LONG SHADOWS FOUNDER ALLEN SHOUP HAS GATHERED A COLLECTIVE OF WORLD-RENOWNED WINEMAKERS. EACH CRAFT A UNIQUE WINE IN TRADEMARK STYLE FROM SOME OF WASHINGTON’S MOST COVETED VINEYARDS. AND EACH WINE IS A REFLECTION OF WASHINGTON’S POTENTIAL AND THE WINEMAKERS' STAMP, WHICH BRINGS NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF WASHINGTON WINE.
LONG SHADOWS MERLOT BLEND PEDESTAL, COLUMBIA VALLEY [MICHEL ROLLAND] 2015 127
LONG SHADOWS MERLOT BLEND PEDESTAL, COLUMBIA VALLEY [MICHEL ROLLAND] 2016 141
LONG SHADOWS CABERNET SAUVIGNON FEATHER, COLUMBIA VALLEY [RANDY DUNN] 2016 147
LONG SHADOWS CABERNET SAUVIGNON-SYRAH CHESTER-KIDDER, COLUMBIA VALLEY [GILLES NICAULT 2015 136
MARK RYAN WINERY
MARK RYAN MCNEILLY FOUNDED MARK RYAN WINERY IN 1999 WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING THE BEST WINES IN WASHINGTON STATE. LARGELY SELF-TAUGHT, MARK HONED THE CRAFT OF WINEMAKING THROUGH RIGOROUS STUDY AND THE WELCOMED ADVICE OF SOME OF THE AREA'S MOST EXPERIENCED PRODUCERS. IN THE EARLY YEARS THE WINERY WAS TRANSIENT. THE FIRST VINTAGES OF LONG HAUL AND DEAD HORSE WERE PRODUCED CRUSHED AND PRESSED IN GARAGES OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BARRELS AGED IN WAREHOUSES IN THE SEATTLE AREA, AND FINALLY SETTLING IN WOODINVILLE, WA IN 2003. THE GOAL, HOWEVER, REMAINS THE SAME. MAKE DELICIOUS WINES THAT REPRESENT THE VINEYARD FROM WHICH THEY COME. MARK’S WINES EXUDE TREMENDOUS POWER, AN INTENSITY OF BOTH FRUIT AND OAK, WHILE REMAINING IN BALANCE. MARK RYAN WINES HAVE BECOME A REFERENCE POINT FOR MODERN WASHINGTON WINES.
MARK RYAN MERLOT BLEND LONG HAUL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 111
MARK RYAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON DEAD HORSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2016 129
PEARL AND STONE
PEARL AND STONE IS BASED IN THE SNOQUALMIE VALLEY, AND WAS FOUNDED BY THREE FAMILIES OVER A BOTTLE OF WINE OR TWO. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN. THE NAME HAS SIGNIFICANT MEANING TO THE OWNERS; PEARL REPRESENTS THE VALUE AND BEAUTY OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WHILE STONE STANDS FOR A STRONG FOUNDATION AND A SENSE OF PLACE. THE TALENTED WINEMAKING TRIO OF CHRIS STONE, ROB WESORICK AND PAUL RIBARY SOURCE THEIR GRAPES FROM SOME OF WASHINGTON'S BEST VINEYARDS, INCLUDING CIEL DU CHEVAL ON RED MOUNTAIN AND TWO BLONDES IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THIS TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO A NEW CHALLENGE WITH EVERY VINTAGE AS A WAY TO EXPRESS THE BEST OF WHAT NATURE GIVES THEM. THEIR GOAL IS HANDCRAFTED WINES THAT ARE A PURE EXPRESSION OF ONLY THE BEST VINEYARDS
PEARL AND STONE GRENACHE BLEND BOULDER LOOP, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 96
PEARL AND STONE MERLOT BLEND WANDERING, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 63
PEARL AND STONE MERLOT BLEND MAILBOX PEAK, YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 77
PEPPER BRIDGE
PEPPER BRIDGE BOASTS TWO EXTREMELY WELL ESTABLISHED ESTATE VINEYARDS IN WALLA WALLA WITH VINES THAT DATE BACK TO 1981. 'SEVEN HILLS' VINEYARD & 'PEPPER BRIDGE' VINEYARD FOCUS ON BORDEAUX VARIETIES. THEY PRODUCE RICH, TEXTURED WINES WITH TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO MATURE WITH BOTTLE AGE. WINEMAKER JEAN-FRANCOIS PELLET EARNED HIS STRIPES IN NAPA VALLEY AT HEITZ CELLARS.
PEPPER BRIDGE MERLOT 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 109
PEPPER BRIDGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 127
PEPPER BRIDGE CABERNET BLEND TRINE 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 119
QUILCEDA CREEK
AS A PIONEER OF THE WASHINGTON WINE COMMUNITY, QUILCEDA CREEK HAS BEEN MAKING BLOCKBUSTER CABERNET SAUVIGNON THAT HAS IMPRESSED THE WORLD SINCE 1979. VINTAGE AFTER VINTAGE THE WINES RECEIVE HIGH PRAISE FROM CRITICS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE WINES ARE STRUCTURED AND INTENSE.
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 1997 601
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2000 586
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2001 568
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2004 569
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 371
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2013 358
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 355
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 354
QUILCEDA CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 343
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS WAS FOUNDED IN 2004 IN WALLA WALLA BY MIKE AND GALE REYNVAAN. TWO ESTATE VINEYARDS REPRESENT EACH END OF THE WALLA WALLA TERROIR SPECTRUM. ON THE VALLEY FLOOR IS THE COBBLESTONE LADEN ‘IN THE ROCKS’ VINEYARD ALONG WITH THE SECOND VINEYARD ‘FOOTHILLS IN THE SUN’ AT THE BASE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. WINEMAKER MATT REYNVAAN TENDS TO THE VINEYARDS AND CRAFTS TERROIR DRIVEN, RHONE STYLE WINES THAT EXPRESS VINEYARD CHARACTER.
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS CABERNET SAUVIGNON THE CLASSIC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 168
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH IN THE HILLS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 161
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH IN THE HILLS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 179
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH IN THE ROCKS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 183
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH FOOTHILLS RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 179
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE CONTENDER, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 189
SAVAGE GRACE
SAVAGE GRACE WINES WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011 BY OWNER-WINE-MAKER MICHAEL SAVAGE, WITH A VINTAGE OF CABERNET FRANC. HIS VISION IS TO MAKE OLD WORLD STYLE LOWER-ALCOHOL, BALANCED, AND EXPRESSIVE WINES. HE IS CONTINUING TO DEEPEN HIS CORE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL STAGES IN THE VINIFICATION PROCESS, TO PUT HIS PHILOSOPHY OF LOW-INTERVENTION WINEMAKING INTO PRACTICE, WHERE THE GRAPE, VINEYARD AND VINTAGE FORM A UNIQUE BALANCE.
SAVAGE GRACE SYRAH 'UNDERWOOD MOUNTAIN,' COLUMBIA GORGE 2015 74
SAVAGE GRACE SYRAH 'RED WILLOW,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2016 56
SAVAGE GRACE CABERNET FRANC 'COPELAND,' RATTLESNAKE HILLS 2016 56
SLEIGHT OF HAND CELLARS
IN 2002, JERRY AND SANDY SOLOMON WERE AT THE SUN VALLEY WINE AUCTION, ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL WEATHER AND TASTING SOME INCREDIBLE WINES. THEY HAPPENED UPON A TABLE THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY NONE OTHER THAN TREY BUSCH, WHO WAS THEN MAKING THE WINES FOR A SMALL WALLA WALLA WINERY. LAUNCHED IN 2007, SLEIGHT OF HAND CELLARS HAS BUT ONE FOCUS, AND THAT IS TO CRAFT EXCEPTIONAL WINES FROM EXCEPTIONAL VINEYARDS HERE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH 'STONEY VINE' PSYCHEDELIC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 131
SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH 'STONEY VINE' PSYCHEDELIC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 119
SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH 'STONEY VINE' PSYCHEDELIC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 121
SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH 'FUNK' FUNKADELIC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 126
SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH 'ZIGGY STARDUST' SPIDERS FROM MARS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2016 203
SLEIGHT OF HAND GRENACHE-SYRAH SORCERESS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 69
SLEIGHT OF HAND CABERNET SAUVIGNON ILLUSIONIST, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2015 104
SYNCLINE WINE CELLARS
POPPIE & JAMES MANTONE MET WHILE WORKING HARVEST IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN 1997. FOUR YEARS LATER THEY FOUNDED A WINERY IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND CREATED THEIR FIRST VINTAGE OF PINOT NOIR FROM THE COOL 'CELILO' VINEYARD THAT HAD BEEN PLANTED IN 1972. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR BOTTLINGS TO INCLUDE GRENACHE, CARIGNAN, VIOGNIER & ROUSSANNE BUT ARE KEEPING PRODUCTION SMALL TO FOCUS ON QUALITY.
SYNCLINE SYRAH 'ESTATE,' COLUMBIA GORGE 2014 122
SYNCLINE SYRAH 'MCKINLEY SPRINGS,' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2014 69
SYNCLINE GRENACHE BLEND CUVÉE ELENA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 92
TWO VINTNERS
WINEMAKER MORGAN LEE FIRST CUT HIS TEETH AT COLUMBIA CREST, BUT WAS QUICKLY WHISKED AWAY TO BE THE WINEMAKER FOR UPSTART WINERY COVINGTON CELLARS IN 2007. NOT LONG AFTER, MORGAN AND ASSISTANT WINEMAKER DONAVIN CLAFLIN LAUNCHED TWO VINTNERS AND SHIFTED THEIR FOCUS TO MERLOT AND SOON AFTER EXPANDED INTO RHONE INSPIRED WINES AND A TOUCH OF ZINFANDEL. TODAY, MORGAN WORKS ALONG SIDE HIS ASSISTANT WINEMAKER/PADAWAN - GRAHAM WHYE. TWO VINTNERS STYLE IS CLASSIC WASHINGTON BOLD, YET PLUSH, RIPE, BUT NOT OVERBEARING.
TWO VINTNERS CINSAULT 'OLSEN' MAKE HASTE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2014 51
TWO VINTNERS SYRAH 'MAY'S DISCOVERY' SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2014 102
TWO VINTNERS SYRAH 'STONEY VINE' SOME DAYS ARE STONES, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 101
TWO VINTNERS GRENACHE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2016 64
UPCHURCH VINEYARD
WINEMAKER CHRIS UPCHURCH HAS EARNED HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF WASHINGTON WINE AS HEAD WINEMAKER AND PARTNER AT DELILLE CELLARS. WHILE DELILLE CONTINUES TO THRIVE WITH CHRIS AT IS HELM. CHRIS AND HIS WIFE THEA HAVE PUT DOWN ROOTS, PLANTING AN 18.5 ACRE VINEYARD ON A PLATEAU AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF WASHINGTON’S RED MOUNTAIN AVA. THE BELOVED FARMER DICK BOUSHEY MANAGES THE VINEYARD AND THE RESULTING WINES ARE POWERFUL, MODERN, AND WORLD CLASS.
UPCHURCH VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON, RED MOUNTAIN 2016 149
UPCHURCH VINEYARD MERLOT-CABERNET SAUVIGNON COUNTERPART, RED MOUNTAIN 2016 106
VA PIANO VINEYARDS
THE INSPIRATION FOR A TUSCAN-THEMED WINERY AND TASTING ROOM CAME ABOUT AFTER OWNER/WINEMAKER JUSTIN WYLIE SPENT HIS SENIOR YEAR AT GONZAGA UNIVERSITY STUDYING IN FLORENCE, ITALY. THE MAJORITY OF GRAPES USED ARE ESTATE GROWN, AS WELL AS GRAPES SOURCES FROM CAREFULLY CHOSEN VINEYARDS ACROSS THE REGION. VA PIANO WINES DISPLAY INTENSE FLAVORS, FINE TANNIN STRUCTURE AND INTENSE AROMAS.
VA PIANO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 84
VA PIANO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 103
W.T. VINTNERS
JEFF LINDSAY-THORSEN'S PASSION FOR WINE BEGAN WITHIN THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY. HE ESTABLISHED SOLID WINE PROGRAMS, WON COMPETITIONS, AND ACHIEVED MANY ACCREDITED CERTIFICATIONS. AFTER TRAVELING AND WORKING IN MOST QUALITY WINE REGIONS OF THE WORLD, THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING LEFT THAT COULD MAKE HIM A MORE QUALIFIED SOMMELIER - WINEMAKING. IN TRUE GARAGISTA FASHION, W.T. VINTNERS BEGAN AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES IN THE GARAGE OF RETIRED OCEANOGRAPHER GEORGE WHITE. IT WAS HERE THAT THE FOUNDATION AND VISION OF W.T. WAS REALIZED - "WITH ELEGANCE TOWARDS EXCELLENCE." JEFF CRAFTS WINES THAT RESONATE A SENSE OF PLACE AND ABOUND WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF BALANCE. HE SOURCES GRAPES FROM SOME OF THE BEST VINEYARDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: LES COLLINES, DESTINY RIDGE, STONEY VINE, BOUSHEY, AND SEVEN SPRINGS VINEYARD.
W.T. VINTNERS SYRAH BLEND 'STONEY VINE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 74
W.T. VINTNERS SYRAH 'LES COLLINES' DAMAVIAN, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 94
W.T. VINTNERS SYRAH 'LES COLLINES' DAMAVIAN, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2014 89
W.T. VINTNERS SYRAH 'LES COLLINES' DAMAVIAN, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2015 103
W.T. VINTNERS GRENACHE 'BOUSHEY,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2015 81
WATERS
WATERS WAS FOUNDED IN 2005 BASED ON THE INDELIBLE BELIEF THAT WALLA WALLA VALLEY TERROIR IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DISTINCTIVE RED WINES THAT RIVAL THE FINEST OF OLD AND NEW WORLD REGIONS ALIKE. WATERS PRODUCES JUST A FEW THOUSAND CASES OF SMALL LOTS EACH YEAR, AIMED AT REFLECTING AN UNDERLYING SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE. WINE FROM THEIR ESTATE VINEYARD 'FORGOTTEN HILLS' IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND COMPLEX EXPRESSIONS OF SYRAH IN WASHINGTON. A RECENT COLLABORATION BETWEEN WATERS, ARTIST MAKOTO FUJIMURA AND GRAMERCY CELLARS LED TO THE STUNNING 21 GRAMS PROJECT.
WATERS SYRAH/GRENACHE TREMOLO, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 77
WATERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 109
WATERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 21 GRAMS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 249
WATERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 21 GRAMS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 249
KEVIN WHITE
ESTABLISHED IN 2010, KEVIN AND HIS WIFE STEFANIE SET OUT TO PRODUCE LIMITED, HAND CRAFTED WINES THAT ARE COMPLEX, BALANCED, AND PAIR WELL WITH FOOD. KEVIN'S LOVE FOR WINES FROM THE RHONE VALLEY IN FRANCE HAVE LED HIM TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON SYRAH, GRENACHE, AND MOURVÈDRE FROM COOLER CLIMATE AND HIGHER ELEVATION VINEYARDS IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THESE VINEYARDS PRODUCE WINES WITH DEPTH AND POWER ALONG WITH THE FINESSE AND DELICATENESS REQUIRED TO COMPLEMENT FOOD. IN 2012, KEVIN RELEASED HIS FIRST WINE, THE 2010 VINTAGE EN HOMMAGE SYRAH FROM OLSEN VINEYARD. KEVIN’S WOODINVILLE WINERY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH, BUT WISELY HE HANGS ON TO HIS FIRST CAREER, AT MICROSOFT, AS A COMPUTER ENGINEER WITH A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF INCOME TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND PASSION.
KEVIN WHITE GRENACHE BLEND FRATERNITE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2017 53
KEVIN WHITE CABERNET SAUVIGNON ' DUBRUL' HERITAGE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 79
FEATURED OREGON WINES
BETWEEN 1965 AND 1968, DAVID LETT, CHARLES COURY AND DICK ERATH INDEPENDENTLY MOVED TO THE RURAL NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ESTABLISHED VINEYARDS. SOON AFTER, ADELSHEIM, PONZI, AND SOKOL BLOSSER ALL PLANTED ROOTS IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. IN 1979 DAVID LETT OF EYRIE VINEYARDS ENTERED HIS PINOT NOIR INTO THE GAULT-MILLAU FRENCH WINE OLYMPICS AND WON TOP HONORS AGAINST FRANCE’S BEST WINES. IT WAS THEN THAT THE WORLD BEGAN TO TAKE NOTICE OF OREGON AS A SERIOUS WINE GROWING REGION. IN JUST 40 YEARS OREGON HAS EVOLVED INTO A WORLD CLASS WINE GROWING STATE WITH 15 DEMARCATED WINE GROWING REGIONS AND MORE THAN 300 WINERIES PRODUCING WINE FROM 72 GRAPE VARIETIES. AS A WINE REGION, OREGON CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE SMALL, HAND CRAFTED WINES REIGN AND WHERE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ARE KEY.
ANTICA TERRA
ANTICA TERRA (MEANING OLD EARTH), REPRESENTS SOME OF THE FINEST WINE BEING MADE IN OREGON. NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GRAPES ARE GROWN ON AN ANCIENT SEABED THAT WAS CONVERTED TO ORGANIC VITICULTURE 15 YEARS AGO. OR THE FACT THAT 3,600 TONS OF ROCK WAS REMOVED TO EXTEND THE VINEYARD SIZE BY 5 ACRES. THE TRUE DRIVING FORCE OF QUALITY IS WINEMAKER MAGGIE HARRISON. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER ASTHE ASSISTANT WINEMAKER FOR CULT WINERY SINE QUA NON IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA. DURING THAT TIME SHE STARTED HER OWN SANTA BARBARA SYRAH PROJECT CALLED LILLIAN, WHICH SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE AFTER THE MOVE TO OREGON. MAGGIE IS RENOWNED FOR HER HYPER AWARENESS TO INDIVIDUAL DETAILS AND UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE WINEMAKING PROCESS. THIS INCLUDES AGING INDIVIDUAL CLUSTERS OF GRAPES IN CAVIAR BASKETS TO REPLICATE THE APASSIMENTO PROCESS OF GRAPE DRYING IN ITALY. AS WELL AS SEPARATING GRAPE CLUSTERS BY COLOR AND THEN TREATING EACH COLOR WITH THEIR NECESSARY WINEMAKING NEEDS. ANTICA TERRA EXISTS TO CREATE BEAUTY THROUGH WINE.
ANTICA TERRA PINOT NOIR 'ANTIKYTHERA,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 309
ANTICA TERRA PINOT NOIR 'ANTIKYTHERA,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 308
ANTICA TERRA PINOT NOIR 'ANTIKYTHERA,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 319
ANTICA TERRA PINOT NOIR 'BOTANICA,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 221
ANTICA TERRA PINOT NOIR 'CERAS,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 223
BECKHAM
ANDREW AND ANNEDRIA BECKHAM HAVE COMBINED TWO PASSIONS: MAKING ART AND MAKING WINE INTO A SUSTAINABLE FAMILY WINERY. AFTER HELPING A NEIGHBOR ON PARROT MOUNTAIN DURING HARVEST, THEY TOOK HOME PINOT NOIR CLIPPINGS AND STARTED A SMALL DRY-FARMED VINEYARD WITH ASPIRATIONS OF WORKING TOWARDS A BIODYNAMIC PERMACULTURE. ANDREW TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL CERAMICS AND AS A RESULT STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH VARIOUS AMPHORA IN HIS WINERY TO CREATE UNIQUELY VIBRANT WINES. AT THE FAMILY HOME THERE ARE 6.5 ACRES OF GRAPES, A WINERY, AND AN ART STUDIO WHERE ANDREW CREATES THESE TERRA COTTA FERMENTATION VESSELS. THE 'AMPHORA PROJECT' HAS BECOME SO POPULAR AROUND THE WORLD THAT ANDREW HAS A WAIT LIST OF WINEMAKERS EAGER TO UTILIZE THEIR SPECIAL PROPERTIES.
A.D. BECKHAM GRENACHE, ROGUE VALLEY 2015 77
A.D. BECKHAM PINOT NOIR CRETA, CHEHALEM MOUNTAINS 2014 93
A.D. BECKHAM SYRAH/VIOGNIER, APPLEGATE VALLEY 2016 79
BELLE PENTE
NESTLED IN THE HILLS EAST OF CARLTON, OREGON, BELLE PENTE IS A 70 ACRE FARM AND VINEYARD OWNED BY BRIAN AND JILL O’DONNELL IN THE YAMIHILL-CARLTON DISTRICT OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. BRIAN AND JILL MET WHILE PURSUING CAREERS IN SILICON VALLEY IN THE 1980’S. IN 1992, THEY MOVED TO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO BEGIN A NEW CAREER MAKING WINE. THE ESTATE NOW HAS 12 ACRES OF CLOSELY PLANTED PINOT NOIR, WHICH IS FARMED WITH ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST VINES WERE PLANTED IN 1994 AND HAVE RECEIVED ACCLAIM FOR THEIR CONSISTENT QUALITY AND FINESSE.
BELLE PENTE PINOT NOIR 'MURTO,' DUNDEE HILLS 2014 84
BELLE PENTE PINOT NOIR 'BELLE PENTE ESTATE,' YAMHILL-CARLTON 2014 81
BELLE PENTE PINOT NOIR 'BELLE PENTE ESTATE' RESERVE, YAMHILL-CARLTON 2014 114
BIG TABLE FARM
A WINEMAKER AND AN ARTIST, BRIAN MARCY AND CLARE CARVER SHARE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT KNOWN AS BIG TABLE FARM AND DEDICATED IT TO GROWING THE THINGS THEY LOVE TO EAT AND DRINK. AFTER 10 YEARS OF WINEMAKING AT SOME OF THE BEST WINERIES IN THE NAPA VALLEY, BRIAN MOVED TO OREGON AND BEGAN BIG TABLE FARM WITH 150 CASES OF WINE IN 2006. BRIAN WORKS WITH GRAPES FROM SOME OF THE BEST VINEYARDS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY WITH THE INTENT OF ONE DAY GROWING HIS OWN ON THE FARM.
BIG TABLE FARM PINOT NOIR 'PELOS SANDBERG,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2017 129
BIG TABLE FARM PINOT NOIR BARN, YAMHILL-CARLTON DISTRICT 2017 131
BIG TABLE FARM PINOT NOIR 'SUNNYSIDE' HEN AND CHICK, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 127
BIG TABLE FARM SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY, OREGON 2016 109
BIG TABLE FARM PINOT NOIR 'WIRTZ' WILD CHERRIES, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 129
BEAUX FRÈRES
BEAUX FRÈRES HAS THE RARE DISTINCTION OF BEING A MULTI-GENERATION WINERY IN THE RELATIVELY NEW OREGON WINE SCENE. MICHAEL ETZEL FOUND THE FURTURE WINERY SITE WHILE VISITING THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN 1986. HE WAS EQUALLY MOTIVATED BY THE POTENTIAL OF THE TERROIR ATOP THE RIBBON RIDGE AVA AND BY HIS BROTHER IN LAW, RENOWNED WINE CRITIC ROBERT PARKER JR. HE AND MICHAEL ARE THE FRÈRES (BROTHERS) THE WINERY IS NAMED FOR, AND THEY BEGAN PLANTING THE VINES IN THE ’80S THAT ARE NOW THE CORE OF THE WINERY’S PRODUCTION. MICHAEL’S SON, MIKE D. ETZEL, IS NOW THE WINEMAKER AND IN 2017 DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH THE FRENCH, FAMILY-OWNED MAISONS AND DOMAINES HENRIOT WHO ALSO OWN PARTS OF WILLIAM FEVRE AND BOUCHARD IN BURGUNDY AS WELL AS THEIR NAMESAKE ESTATE IN CHAMPAGNE. THIS COMBINATION OF ESTABLISHED WINEMAKING FAMILIES CAN ONLY MEAN THE LONG-STANDING PIONEER BEAUX FRÈRES FUTURE HAS JUST BEGUN.
BEAUX FRÈRES PINOT NOIR 'BEAUX FRÈRES,' RIBBON RIDGE 2017 193
BEAUX FRÈRES PINOT NOIR 'UPPER TERRACE,' RIBBON RIDGE 2017 216
BEAUX FRÈRES PINOT NOIR CUVÉE BELLES SOEURS, RIBBON RIDGE 2017 193
BEAUX FRÈRES PINOT NOIR 'ZENA'S CROWN,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2017 149
BRICK HOUSE
DOUG TUNNELL, OWNER AND WINEMAKER OF BRICK HOUSE VINEYARDS, SPENT SEVENTEEN YEARS AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR CBS TELEVISION NEWS BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE OREGON TO BECOME ONE OF THE STATE’S PREEMINENT WINEMAKERS. IN 1990, HE BOUGHT 40 ACRES ON THE CHEHALEM RIDGE. TODAY, SPECIALIZING IN THE THREE TRADITIONAL VARIETALS OF BURGUNDY: PINOT NOIR, CHARDONNAY AND GAMAY NOIR. THE 29-ACRE VINEYARD IS PLANTED ON THE SEDIMENTARY SOILS OF THE RIBBON RIDGE AVA. ALL FRUIT IS ESTATE GROWN AND PROCESSED IN THE FARM WINERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS. THE VINEYARDS AT BRICK HOUSE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED ORGANIC BY OREGON TILTH SINCE 1990. IN 2005, THE FARM RECEIVED BIODYNAMIC CERTIFICATION BY DEMETER. THE FIRST VINTAGE WAS 1993. PRODUCTION IS 3,800 CASES ANNUALLY.
BRICK HOUSE PINOT NOIR SELECT, RIBBON RIDGE 2016 77
BRICK HOUSE PINOT NOIR CUVÉE TONNELIER, RIBBON RIDGE 2017 101
BRICK HOUSE PINOT NOIR LES DIJONNAIS, RIBBON RIDGE 2016 109
CAMERON
JOHN PAUL FOUNDED CAMERON IN 1984 AFTER A BACKGROUND IN ACADEMICS. HE HOLDS A PHD IN MARINE BIOCHEMISTRY AND BRINGS THAT SAME RIGOROUS ENERGY TO HIS WINERY IN THE HILLS ABOVE DUNDEE. THE ESTATE VINEYARD, CLOS ELECTRIQUE, WAS PLANTED IN 1984 MOSTLY ON ITS OWN ROOTS AND WITH A MYRIAD OF PINOT NOIR CLONES TO ENSURE DEPTH OF FLAVOR EVERY YEAR. JOHN PAUL ALSO FARMS THE FAMED ABBEY RIDGE VINEYARD, PLANTED IN 1974, GROWS SOME OF THE RICHEST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER FRUIT IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THE CAMERON WINERY ITSELF IS RAN WITH AS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA AS POSSIBLE. JOHN PAUL’S PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THE VINEYARDS SHOULD BE SHARED WITH GEESE, GOATS, HONEY BEES AND HEALTHY KIDS RATHER THAN A MONOCULTURE COVERED IN CHEMICALS.
CAMERON PINOT NOIR 'ABBEY RIDGE,' DUNDEE HILLS 2016 141
CAMERON PINOT NOIR 'ABBEY RIDGE,' DUNDEE HILLS 2017 157
CAMERON PINOT NOIR 'CLOS ELECTRIQUE,' DUNDEE HILLS 2016 143
CAMERON PINOT NOIR 'CLOS ELECTRIQUE,' DUNDEE HILLS 2017 157
CRISTOM VINEYARDS
A TRIP TO OREGON’S INTERNATIONAL PINOT NOIR CELEBRATION WAS ALL IT TOOK FOR PAUL GERRIE TO QUIT HIS ENGINEERING DAY JOB IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVE OUT WEST TO START HIS OWN WINERY. PREVIOUSLY, HE FOUND GREAT PINOT NOIR INSPIRATION THROUGH A BOTTLE OF 1980 ECHEZEAUX IN ADDITION TO HIS LOVE FOR CALERA IN CALIFORNIA. CIRCA 1992-1997, PAUL’S LIFE GOALS CHECK LIST WAS LOOKING PRETTY AMAZING: MOVE TO OREGON AND BUY A STUNNING PROPERTY IN THE EOLA-AMITY HILLS (CHECK), HIRE FAVORITE WINERY’S WINEMAKER OF 14 YEARS STEVE DOERNER FROM CALERA (CHECK), BEGIN PLANTING NEW VINEYARDS AROUND THE PROPERTY AND NAME THEM AFTER ALL OF THE SPECIAL WOMEN IN HIS LIFE (CHECK), PIONEER OLD WORLD STYLE OF WINEMAKING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HEALTHY VITICULTURE (CHECK) AND LASTLY, MAKE A PINOT NOIR THAT BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND WELL RESPECTED WINES IN YOUR STATE – CHECK! CRISTOM IS SITUATED DOWN IN THE EOLA-AMITY HILLS WHERE THE VINEYARDS WELCOME THE COOL PACIFIC OCEAN BREEZES THAT FLOW THROUGH THE VAN DUZER CORRIDOR. THE CORRIDOR ALLOWS COOL MARINE BREEZES TO FLOW EAST INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND MODERATE HIGH SUMMER TEMPERATURES, COOL THE VINES, AND MOVE AIR THROUGH THE CANOPY TO REDUCE DISEASE PRESSURE. MOST OF THE VINEYARDS EITHER FACE SOUTH, SOUTHEAST, OR DUE EAST WITH SWEEPING VIEWS OF MT. JEFFERSON, MT. ADAMS, AND MT. HOOD IN THE CASCADES. IN ADDITION TO GROWING WORLD CLASS PINOT NOIR, THERE IS ALSO PINOT GRIS, CHARDONNAY, VIOGNIER, AND JUST OVER AN ACRE OF SYRAH.
CRISTOM - MARJORIE VINEYARD
NAMED AFTER PAUL GERRIE’S MOTHER. SITUATED AT THE HEART OF THE HILL AND THE ORIGINAL VINEYARD THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 1992. THE VINES ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER VINEYARD AS THEY ARE OWN ROOTED AND LOW DENSITY. THE WINES PRODUCED FROM THIS FRUIT ARE ALWAYS THE BRIGHTEST, MOST RED FRUIT DRIVEN, AND SUPPORTED BY A GREAT TEXTURAL MOUTHFEEL.
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘MARJORIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2004 159
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘MARJORIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2006 147
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘MARJORIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2012 136
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘MARJORIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 147
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'MARJORIE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2011 164
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'MARJORIE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 174
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'MARJORIE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 138
CRISTOM - LOUISE VINEYARD
NAMED AFTER PAUL’S GRANDMOTHER. THIS WAS THE FIRST VINEYARD THAT PAUL PLANTED IN 1993. IT IS DISTINGUISHED BY IT’S UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS WHICH EACH CONSIST OF DIFFERENT SOILS, JORY AND MISSOULA FLOOD DEPOSITS RESPECTIVELY. DARK FRUIT, FIRM STRUCTURE, AND A GREAT BALANCE OF ACID AND TANNINS ARE DEFINING ATTRIBUTES OF THIS WINE MADE FROM THIS VINEYARD.
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2007 132
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 156
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2011 154
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2012 154
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 131
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 133
CRISTOM - JESSIE VINEYARD
NAMED AFTER PAUL’S PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. THIS WAS AN EAST FACING WOODED AREA OF THE PROPERTY BEFORE BECOMING THE SECOND VINEYARD TO BE PLANTED TO NEW VINES. THE INAUGURAL RELEASE BEING 1998. THIS VINEYARD OFFERS FLORAL TONES, WITH BLUE AND PURPLE FRUIT, AND HINTS OF SAVORY ON THE FINISH.
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'JESSIE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2008 158
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘JESSIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 159
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘JESSIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 131
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘JESSIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2011 149
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘JESSIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 141
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CRISTOM - EILEEN VINEYARD
NAMED AFTER PAUL’S WIFE. TOP OF THE HILLSIDE VINEYARD WHICH OFFERS GREAT EXPOSURE TO THE WINDS FUNNELING THROUGH THE VAN DUZER, IN ADDITION TO EXTRA SUNRAYS ON THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES. MULTIPLE PLANTINGS IN 1997 AND 2006 MAKE THIS THE LARGEST PINOT NOIR VINEYARD ON THE ESTATE. GREAT ACID, SWEET SPICES, SOFT TANNINS, AND A CREAMY PALETTE ARE HALLMARK NOTES OF THESE WINES.
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2007 149
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2009 143
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2012 123
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 136
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2013 133
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘EILEEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 141
CRISTOM - SIGNATURE CUVÉE
ONLY MADE IN THE BEST OF VINTAGES, THE SIGNATURE CUVÉE IS A BLEND OF THE CRISTOM ESTATE VINEYARDS AT THEIR PINNACLE. THE BLEND IS NEVER REVEALED AS IT IS NEVER THE SAME. UNLIKE THE SINGLE VINEYARD WINES AT THE CORE OF CRISTOM'S QUIVER OF WINES, THE SIGNATURE IS A REFLECTION OF THE ENTIRE ESTATE IN A PERFECT VINTAGE, AT ITS VERY BEST.
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR SIGNATURE CUVÉE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2008 314
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR SIGNATURE CUVÉE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 289
CRISTOM - VINEYARD BLENDS & SYRAH
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR MT. JEFFERSON CUVÉE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 86
CRISTOM PINOT NOIR 'ESTATE,' EOLA-AMITY-HILLS 2014 106
CRISTOM SYRAH 'ESTATE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2008 131
CRISTOM SYRAH 'ESTATE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 134
CROWLEY
TYSON CROWLEY FOUNDED HIS EPONYMOUS WINERY WITH THE GOAL TO MAKE TRANSPARENT AND TERROIR DRIVEN WINES. HAILING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK, HE WAS INSPIRED BY A TRIP TO THE FINGER LAKES REGION AND BY 1995 TYSON WAS HELPING ROB STUART AT ERATH IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. AFTER EXPERIENCING WINEMAKING IN NEW ZEALAND, HE RETURNED HOME TO WORK WITH JIM PROSSER AT J.K. CARRIERE AND EVENTUALLY WITH JOHN PAUL AT CAMERON WINERY WHERE HE PRODUCED HIS FIRST ENTRE NOUS PINOT NOIR FROM JUST FOUR BARRELS. SINCE 2005, CROWLEY WINERY HAS GROWN TO A STILL MINISCULE 2,500 CASES A YEAR AND HAS ACCESS TO SOME OF THE BEST TERROIRS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
CROWLEY PINOT NOIR ENTRE NOUS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 64
CROWLEY PINOT NOIR 'LA COLINA,' DUNDEE HILLS 2014 101
CROWLEY PINOT NOIR 'LA COLINA,' DUNDEE HILLS 2017 99
CROWLEY PINOT NOIR 'FOUR WINDS,' MCMINNVILLE COAST RANGE 2017 101
DOMAINE DROUHIN
DOMAINE DROUHIN HAS ALL THE PIECES TO BE ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP PINOT NOIR SITES. WITH A “FRENCH SOUL IN OREGON SOIL,” THE DROUHIN FAMILY PUT DOWN ROOTS IN BURGUNDY MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, AND CONTINUES PRODUCES TOP LEVEL BURGUNDY. THE FAMILY HAD AN INTEREST IN OREGON SINCE THE 1960’S BUT AFTER VERONIQUE BOSS-DROUHIN EARNED A MASTERS IN ENOLOGY, SHE CAME TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF OREGON PINOT NOIR. SHE WORKED WITH EYRIE VINEYARDS, BETHEL HEIGHTS, AND ADELSHEIM VINEYARDS WHERE VERONIQUE GAINED A PROFOUND FIRST-HAND IMPRESSION OF THE AREA. INSPIRED BY THE WINES OF EYRIE AND OTHER WILLAMETTE VALLEY PIONEERS, THE DROUHIN FAMILY PRODUCED ITS FIRST OREGON PINOT NOIR IN 1988 AND BUILT A PERMANENT WINERY IN 1989. SHE PERSONALLY SELECTS THE WINES USED IN THE CUVEE LOUISE FROM HER FAVORITE BARRELS IN THE CELLAR EVERY YEAR.
DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2003 251
DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2004 251
DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2006 265
DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2007 265
ELK COVE VINEYARDS
ELK COVE VINEYARDS IS ONE OF OREGON'S HISTORIC FAMILY-OWNED WINERIES AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1974 BY PAT AND JOE CAMPBELL. TUCKED INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE COASTAL RANGE MOUNTAINS, THEY NOW FARM SIX VINEYARD SITES FROM OVER 380 PLANTED ACRES THROUGHOUT THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SECOND-GENERATION WINEMAKER ADAM CAMPBELL PRODUCES EXPRESSIVE SINGLE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR WITH THE GOAL TO MAKE WINES THAT RIVAL ANY IN THE WORLD.
ELK COVE VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR FIVE MOUNTAIN, CHEHALEM MOUNTAINS 2017 99
ELK COVE VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR 'LA BOHEME,' YAMHILL-CARLTON 2016 98
ELK COVE VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR 'GOODRICH,' YAMHILL-CARLTON 2016 98
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS & SEVEN SPRINGS ESTATE
LONG REGARDED AS ONE OF THE TOP VINEYARDS IN THE US FOR PINOT NOIR, THIS VINEYARD IS NOW ENTERING ITS FOURTH DECADE. THE SUPERSTAR SOMMELIER AND WINEMAKER COMBO OF RAJAT PARR AND SASHI MOORMAN ARE A POWERHOUSE WINE TEAM WHO PRODUCE FANTASTIC WINES UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE WEST COAST. THE DRAMATIC SLOPES OF THE SEVEN SPRINGS VINEYARD WERE ORIGINALLY PLANTED BY OREGON WINE PIONEER AL MACDONALD AND HAVE LONG BEEN THE SOURCE OF MANY LOCAL PRODUCERS’ FINEST WINES. THE ‘LA SOURCE’ CUVÉE IS THE TOP PART OF THE SEVEN SPRINGS VINEYARD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF ITS MOST EXPRESSIVE FRUIT AND RICH TEXTURES.
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR ‘SEVEN SPRINGS,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2017 83
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS' LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 164
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS' LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 169
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR ‘ANDEN,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 199
EVESHAM WOOD
RUSSELL RANEY’S CAREER IN WINE BEGAN AS A WINEMAKER IN GERMANY. UPON RETURNING TO THE US, HE WENT ON A QUEST TO FIND A WINE REGION WHERE HE COULD MAKE WORLD CLASS PINOT NOIR. IN 1986, RUSSELL LANDED IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN WHAT WOULD BECOME THE EOLA-AMITY HILLS AVA. EVESHAM WOOD WORKS WITH SOME OF THE WILLAMETTE’S MOST CELEBRATED VINEYARDS IN ADDITION TO FARMING THEIR ESTATE VINEYARD LE PUITS SEC. IN 2010, RUSS AND MARY RANEY SOLD EVESHAM WOOD AND THE ESTATE VINEYARD, LE PUITS SEC, TO ERIN AND JORDAN NUCCIO OF HADEN FIG WINES. AFTER 24 YEARS, THE RANEY’S WANTED TO RETIRE AND SPEND MORE TIME AT THEIR HOME IN FRANCE. ERIN HAS WORKED AT EVESHAM WOOD SINCE 2007. ERIN CONTINUES TO CRAFT ELEGANT WINES AND FOLLOWS THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND STYLISTIC CHOICE OF ELEGANCE AND SENSE OF PLACE ENGRAINED IN EVESHAM WOOD WINES.
EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 49
EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR 'LE PUITS SEC,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 81
EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR CUVEE J, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 101
EYRIE VINEYARDS
DAVID LETT IS REGARDED AS A FOUNDING FATHER AND PIONEER OF OREGON WINE. HE PLANTED SOME OF THE ORIGINAL VINES IN THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS THE DUNDEE HILLS IN 1965. DAVID HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST TO PRODUCE A PINOT GRIS IN AMERICA AND IS THE WINERY STILL USING THE ORIGINAL BARRELS HE PURCHASED OVER 50 YEARS AGO. DAVID HAS PASSED DOWN THE TRADITION OF WINEMAKING IN THE DUNDEE HILLS TO HIS SON, JASON LETT, WHO HELPED OUT ON HIS FIRST HARVEST IN 1973. THE VINEYARDS ARE ALL CERTIFIED ORGANIC AND THE PROCESS IN THE CELLAR IS TO LET THE VINTAGE AND THE TERROIR DICTATE THE DECISION MAKING AND TO AVOID WINEMAKING BY THE NUMBERS. THE LETTS EMPLOY OLD-WORLD WINEMAKING TECHNIQUES AND THE RESULTING WINES ARE LIGHT AND ETHEREAL AND REFLECT DIVERSE AS THE GROWING CONDITIONS THEY COME FROM.
EYRIE PINOT NOIR WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 77
EYRIE PINOT NOIR 'DAPHNE,' DUNDEE HILLS 2015 153
EYRIE PINOT NOIR ORIGINAL VINES, DUNDEE HILLS 2015 153
HIYU WINE FARM & SMOCKSHOP BAND
HIYU WINE FARM IS A PLACE LIKE NO OTHER. GUIDED BY NATURE, MASTER SOMMELIER NATE READY AND HIS TEAM ARE PRACTICING WINEMAKING AND HOSPITALITY WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. THE FARM SITS IN THE COOL COLUMBIA GORGE AVA WITH A TERROIR THAT IS AS DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE AS THE WINES NATE MAKES FROM THEM. THEIR SECOND LABEL, SMOCKSHOP BAND, CAME FROM A LEWIS & CLARK MAP OF THE AREA AND LIKE THESE PREVIOUS EXPLORERS, NATE AND ARTIST/CHEF CHINA TRESEMER ARE ON A PATH OF DISCOVERY. THEY BLEND WINES FROM SITES IN WAYS THAT FEW, IF ANY, WOULD DARE TRY. THEIR APPROACH IS BIODYNAMIC IN NATURE, WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON PERMACULTURE THAT SUITES FINE WINE PRODUCTION AS WELL AS A RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND.
HIYU PINOT NOIR/PINOT GRIS 'ESTATE' AURA, COLUMBIA GORGE, OREGON 2017 153
SMOCKSHOP BAND PINOT NOIR 'OAK RIDGE' COLUMBIA GORGE 2016 139
SMOCKSHOP BAND SYRAH/GRENACHE BLEND SPRING EPHEMERAL, COLUMBIA GORGE 2016 93
SMOCKSHOP BAND GRENACHE/SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 135
J.K. CARRIERE
OWNER AND WINEMAKER JIM PROSSER IS OUT TO PRODUCE WINES THAT ARE CLASSIC, VIVID, AND AGEABLE. ALL OF THE GRAPES THEY WORK WITH ARE DRY-FARMED AND ALL THE WINES THEY MAKE ARE NOT INOCULATED WITH COMMERCIAL YEASTS. THE ESTATE VINEYARD AT ST. DELORES IS A 40 ACRE GEM THAT IS DRY-FARMED IN THE CHELAHEM MOUNTAINS AVA AND FEATURES MULTIPLE JORY SOIL VARIATIONS. JIM AND HIS TEAM ALSO SOURCE GRAPES FROM THE GREAT VINEYARDS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE OLDER BLOCKS OF TEMPERANCE HILL IN EOLA-EMITY HILLS, AND THE HIGHLY REGARDED SHEA VINEYARD IN YAMHILL-CARLTON.
J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR PROVOCATEUR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 56
J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR ‘GEMINI,’ CHEHALEM MOUNTAINS 2012 123
J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR 'SAINT DOLORES,’ CHEHALEM MOUNTAINS 2014 121
KELLEY FOX
KELLEY FOX MAKES HER WINES WITH A DRIVE AND DETERMINATION TO BE A RESPONSIBLE STEWARD TO THE LAND. SHE MAKES A PRECIOUS FEW BOTTLINGS FROM THE HISTORIC MARESH VINEYARD, THE OLDEST VINEYARD IN THE DUNDEE HILLS AVA PLANTED IN 1970, AND THE DEMETER CERTIFIED BIODYNAMIC MOMTAZI VINEYARD IN THE MCMINNVILLE AVA. THE WINES ARE MADE ACCORDING TO NATURE; THERE IS NO SET PLAN OR STYLE OTHER THAN A PURE EXPRESSION OF THE VINEYARD AND VINTAGE. KELLEY PICKS ON BIODYNAMIC FAVORABLE DATES, USES MINIMAL TO NO ADDITIVES IN THE CELLAR, INCLUDES A MINIMUM 30% WHOLE CLUSTER FERMENTATION, ZERO PERCENT NEW OAK, AND DOES ALMOST ALL OF THE VINEYARD AND CELLAR WORK HERSELF.
KELLEY FOX PINOT NOIR 'MARESH' RED BARNS BLOCK, DUNDEE HILLS 2015 149
KELLEY FOX 'MOMTAZI,' DUNDEE HILLS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 99
LINGUA FRANCA
LINGUA FRANCA IS A CULMINATION OF THE SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINE SCENE. LEGENDARY MASTER SOMMELIER LARRY STONE, NAPA INVESTOR AND WINERY OWNER DAVID HONIG, FAMED BURGUNDY VIGNERON DOMINIQUE LAFON, AND UBER TALENTED WINEMAKER THOMAS SAVRE, WHOSE RESUME INCLUDES A STINT AT DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI, HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CREATE ONE OF THE NEWEST AND MOST EXCITING WINERIES IN OREGON. LARRY WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF A 66 ACRE PRIME VINEYARD SITE NOW NAMED THE LSV VINEYARD. THE JORY SOILS, PERFECT SLOPES, AND IDEAL SUN EXPOSURES ENSURE THAT THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WILL ONLY GET BETTER AS THE VINES AGE.
LINGUA FRANCA PINOT NOIR AVNI, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 79
LINGUA FRANCA PINOT NOIR RYAN'S PLOW, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 126
LINGUA FRANCA PINOT NOIR 'ESTATE,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 103
LINGUA FRANCE PINOT NOIR 'HOPEWELL,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 124
LOVE & SQUALOR
LOVE & SQUALOR IS A LOVE STORY THAT TURNED INTO A WINERY. VINTNER AND OWNER MATT BERSON STARTED OUT IN THE RESTAURANT GRIND BUT WAS ‘RESCUED’ BY A BAND OF OREGON WINEMAKERS IN 2003. IT BEGAN A WINEMAKING JOURNEY THAT LED HIM TO CELLARS IN NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, NAPA AND ARGENTINA BEFORE RELEASING HIS OWN 65 CASES OF WINE IN 2009. HIS NOW WIFE AND THE ‘SQUALOR’ IN LOVE & SQUALOR, ANGELA REAT, IS A TALENTED GRAPHIC DESIGNER BUT FINDS HERSELF INVOLVED IN THE WINERY MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY. THE WINEMAKING STYLE IS TO MAKE THE WINE GREAT WHILE IT IS STILL IN THE VINEYARDS. MATT IS HYPER DILIGENT TO LET THE GRAPES AND VINTAGES EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAYS. WITH THAT SAID, THE ANTSY PANTS BLEND IS A BARREL SELECTION OF THE BEST LOTS OF THE VINTAGE.
LOVE AND SQUALOR PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 63
RESONANCE VINEYARD
FOUNDED IN 2013, RESONANCE CAN BE FOUND IN THE YAMHILL-CARLTON AVA, JUST WEST OF THE SMALL AGRICULTURAL TOWN OF CARLTON. WHEN THE STORIED MAISON LOUIS JADOT SET OUT TO ESTABLISH ITS FIRST WINERY OUTSIDE OF BURGUNDY, PRESIDENT OF JADOT PIERRE-HENRY GAGEY FOUND THE TERROIR SPOKE TO HIM THE MOMENT HE SLIPPED ON RAIN BOOTS AND STEPPED ONTO ITS ANCIENT MARINE SOILS. PLANTED IN 1981 ON IT'S ON ROOTSROCK, THE 20-ACRE VINEYARD IS ORGANICALLY DRY-FARMED ON A SOUTH-FACING SLOPE AT NEARLY 400 FEET OF ELEVATION. THE WINES ARE MADE BY JACQUES LARDIÈRE, WHO HAS CRAFTED PINOT NOIR IN BURGUNDY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. DUE TO A UNIQUE TERROIR, THE RESONANCE VINEYARD IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GRAPES OF SUCH IMMENSE CHARACTER AND COMPLEXITY.
RESONANCE PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 86
RESONANCE PINOT NOIR 'RESONANCE ESTATE,' YAMHILL-CARLTON 2015 158
W.T. VINTNERS
JEFF LINDSAY-THORSEN’S PASSION FOR WINE BEGAN WITHIN THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY. IN THE TRUE GARAGISTA FASHION, W.T. VINTNERS BEGAN AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES IN THE GARAGE OF OCEANOGRAPHER GEORGE WHITE. THE FOUNDATION AND VISION OF W.T. WAS REALIZED HERE - ‘WITH ELEGANCE TOWARDS EXCELLENCE.’ THE WINES ARE CRAFTED TO RESONATE WITH A SENSE OF PLACE AND ABOUND WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF BALANCE. THE SOLE PINOT NOIR ROUGE JEFF PRODUCES IS SOURCED FROM THE RENOWNED SEVEN SPRINGS VINEYARD IN THE EOLA-EMITY HILLS AVA.
W.T. VINTNERS PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 108
W.T. VINTNERS PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 109
WALTER SCOTT
WALTER SCOTT WINERY BURST ONTO THE OREGON WINE SCENE IN 2009. WINEMAKER KEN PAHLOW HAS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE OREGON WINE SCENE INCLUDING TIME AT EVENING LAND WHERE HE WORKED HARVEST AND STUDIED ALONGSIDE WINEMAKER DOMINIQUE LAFON. WHEN HE TEAMED UP WITH FOUNDING PARTNER ERICA LANDON, WHO WAS A TOP SOMMELIER IN PORTLAND AT THE TIME, THEY DECIDED TO START A SMALL WINERY DEDICATED TO PRODUCING EXCEPTIONAL WINES FROM OREGON’S GREAT VINEYARDS.
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR CUVEE RUTH, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 81
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'FREEDOM HILL,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2016 109
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'FREEDOM HILL,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2017 104
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'CLOS DES OISEAUX,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 114
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'SOJOURNER,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2015 103
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'SOJOURNER,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2016 114
WALTER SCOTT PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2017 139
WESTREY
IN 1993, AFTER EXTENSIVE WINEMAKING EXPERIENCE IN BOTH OREGON AND BURGUNDY (INCLUDING DOMAINE DUJAC), CO-WINEMAKERS AMY WESSELMAN AND DAVID AUTREY COMBINED THEIR NAMES AND WINEMAKING TALENTS TO CREATE WESTREY. THEY SOURCE SOME OF THEIR BEST FRUIT FROM THE FAMED ABBEY RIDGE VINEYARD AND THE ADJACENT ESTATE VINEYARD ORACLE IN THE RED HILLS OF DUNDEE. THEY CRAFT WINES WITH OLD WORLD SENSIBILITIES OF TERROIR, YET HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTIFUL FRUIT THAT OREGON IS RENOWNED FOR.
WESTREY PINOT NOIR CUVEE 22, DUNDEE HILLS 2014 129
ZENA CROWN
ZENA CROWN'S WINEMAKER SHANE MOORE IS A THIRD GENERATION FARMER BORN IN IDAHO. AFTER GRADUATING FROM WSU, HE HAS MADE WINE FROM ISRAEL TO AUSTRALIA. HE HAS TEAMED UP WITH CONSULTANT TONY RYNDERS, WHO WAS THE WINEMAKER AT DOMAINE SERENE IN 1998, WHERE HE WITNESSED OREGON WINE CATAPULT INTO ELITE GLOBAL RECOGNITION. SINCE 2013, THE AIM AT ZENA CROWN IS TO CAPTURE THE CHANGING EXPRESSIONS AND SEASONS OF THE VINEYARDS THROUGH TERROIR-DRIVEN PINOT NOIR. THE ZENA CROWN VINEYARD ITSELF SPREADS OVER 115 ACRES AND IS MADE UP OF 48 SEPARATE VINEYARD BLOCKS.
ZENA CROWN PINOT NOIR 'BLOCK 14,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2013 139
HALF BOTTLES
CHAMPAGNE
JOSE DHONDT BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, OGER GRAND CRU, CÔTE DE BLANCS NV 53
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE, MONTAGNE DE REIMS [166eme edition] NV 189
LANCELOT-ROYER CUVÉE CHEVALIERS BLANC DE BLANCS, CRAMANT GRAND CRU, CÔTES DE BLANCS NV 57
PIERRE GERBAIS GRAINS DE CELLES EXTRA BRUT, CELLES SUR OURCE, AUBE NV 56
HUGUES GODMÉ RÉSERVE EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS NV 62
BILLECART-SALMON BRUT ROSÉ, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE NV 106
CHARLES ELLNER ROSÉ RÉSERVE BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE NV 48
JEAN VESSELLE ROSÉ DE SAIGNEE, MONTAGNE DE REIMS NV 54
HALF BOTTLES
WHITE
HALF BOTTLES
RED
MARCEL LAPIERRE MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, BURGUNDY 2013 44
HALF BOTTLE RED continued...
CHÂTEAU CLERC-MILON, PAUILLAC 5EME CRU, BORDEAUX 2015 half 128
CHÂTEAU PAVIE-MACQUIN, ST. EMILION GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B, BORDEAUX 2016 half 133
LARGE FORMATS
WHITE
LARGE FORMAT RED
BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BLEND BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 magnum 199
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2014 magnum 258
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 magnum 251
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2014 magnum 258
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2015 magnum 249
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2014 magnum 249
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 magnum 251
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 magnum 244
BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PÈRE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2015 magnum 308
BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PÈRE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2016 magnum 309
SANT'ELENA MERLOT, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 2005 magnum 69
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“THE COLLECTION”
CHAMPAGNE
LITERALLY TRANSLATED AS ‘OPEN LANDSCAPE’, IS NOT JUST ANY SPARKLING WINE. IT IS A WINE PRODUCED FROM THREE SPECIFIC GRAPE VARIETIES: CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR, AND PINOT MEUNIER USING THE ‘CHAMPAGNE METHOD’ FROM THE PROVINCE OF THE SAME NAME. ALTHOUGH SPARKLING WINE IS PRODUCED ALL OVER THE WORLD, IT CAN ONLY BE CALLED ‘CHAMPAGNE’ IN THIS HEAVILY REGULATED WINE DISTRICT.
SPECIAL CLUB
IN 1971, A GROUP OF THE BEST SMALL GROWERS IN CHAMPAGNE BANDED TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE PRESTIGE CUVÉE, AND THEY TOOK A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH. WHILE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BIG HOUSES' BLENDING POSSIBILITIES, THEY DID HAVE SOMETHING ELSE: PERFECTLY TENDED VINES IN SOME OF CHAMPAGNE'S FINEST INDIVIDUAL TERROIRS. TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS, THEY FORMED THE CLUB DE VITICULTEURS CHAMPENOIS, AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB RESOLVED TO MAKING THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE FROM THEIR OWN VINES AND THEN RELEASING IT IN SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND LABELED BOTTLES, VINTAGE-DATED ONLY. THE STANDARDS THAT THE GROUP ADOPTED ARE SO DEMANDING THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY ABOUT 29 MEMBERS OUT OF THE APPROXIMATELY 5000 GROWERS IN THE APPELLATION. FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF VIN CLAIRS BY A PANEL OF WINEMAKERS AND WINE PROFESSIONALS, THE WINES ARE AGED FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS EN TIRAGE BEFORE DISGORGEMENT. THEN, THE WINE IS TASTED AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY IS HIGH ENOUGH TO WEAR THE SPECIAL CLUB LABEL.
PAUL BARA SPECIAL CLUB BRUT, BOUZY GRAND CRU, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2005 219
GASTON CHIQUET SPECIAL CLUB BRUT, ÄY GRAND CRU, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2009 161
PIERRE GIMONNET SPECIAL CLUB BLANC DE BLANCS, CUIS 1ER CRU, CÔTE DE BLANCS 2012 262
HENRI GOUTORBE SPECIAL CLUB, AŸ GRAND CRU, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2006 189
GROGNET SPECIAL CLUB EXTRA BRUT, ETOGES, CÔTE DES BLANCS 2008 164
GROGNET SPECIAL CLUB EXTRA BRUT, ETOGES, CÔTE DES BLANCS 2009 166
MARC HEBRART SPECIAL CLUB EXTRA BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2012 199
MARC HEBRART SPECIAL CLUB EXTRA BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2013 magnum 429
HERVIEUX DUMEZ SPECIAL CLUB BRUT, SACY, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2012 159
HERVIEUX DUMEZ SPECIAL CLUB BRUT NATURE, SACY, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2012 169
J. LASSALLE SPECIAL CLUB BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2007 209
CEDRIC MOUSSÉ SPECIAL CLUB 'LES FORTES TERRES' BLANC DE NOIRS, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2013 234
CEDRIC MOUSSÉ SPECIAL CLUB 'LES FORTES TERRES' BLANC DE NOIRS, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2014 179
NOMINÉ-RENARD SPECIAL CLUB BRUT, VILLEVENARD, CÔTE DE BLANCS 2012 199
ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE
AUBRY FILS BRUT ROSÉ, JOUY-LES-REIMS GRAND CRU, MONTAGNE DE REIMS d. 07.18 NV 117
BILLECART-SALMON BRUT ROSÉ, MAREUIL-SUR-AY, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE NV 176
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET ROSÉ BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS NV 143
JOSE DHONDT ROSÉ DE SAIGNÉE BRUT, OGER GRAND CRU, CÔTE DE BLANCS d. 02.17 NV 149
EGLY-OURIET BRUT ROSÉ, MONTAGNE DE REIMS d. 07.18 NV 279
LELARGE-PUGEOT ROSÉ, VRIGNY 1ER CRU, MONTAGNE DE REIMS NV 113
ROLAND PIOLLOT 'LES PROTELLES' ROSÉ DE SAIGNÉE EXTRA BRUT, POLISOT, AUBE d. 04.18 NV 149
SUENEN ROSÉ, CRAMANT GRAND CRU, CÔTE DE BLANCS d. 01.14.14 NV 142
TAITTINGER BRUT COMTES DE CHAMPAGNE ROSÉ, REIMS 2005 491
VEUVE-CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME ROSÉ, REIMS 2004 629
VILMART & CIE CUVÉE RUBIS ROSÉ, RILLY 1ER CRU NV 189
VOUETTE ET SORBÉE SAIGNÉE DE SORBÉE BRUT, BUXIERES-SUR-ARCE, AUBE [d. 11.12] NV 179
CÔTE DES BLANCS
ETIENE CHERE CUVÉE MARIE, COURJEONNET NV 117
DELAMOTTE BRUT, LES MESNIL SUR OGER GRAND CRU NV 89
DELAMOTTE BLANC DE BLANCS, LES MESNIL-SUR-OGER GRAND CRU NV 159
PIERRE GIMONNET BLANC DE BLANCS, CUIS 1ER CRU NV 119
PIERRE GIMONNET CUVÉE FLEURON BLANC DE BLANCS, COTE DE BLANCS 2010 139
CHARLES HEIDSIECK BLANC DE MILLENAIRES BRUT, CÔTE DES BLANCS GRAND CRU 1995 459
KRUG 'CLOS DU MESNIL' BLANC DE BLANCS, LES-MESNIL-SUR-OGER GRAND CRU 2000 1826
KRUG 'CLOS DU MESNIL' BLANC DE BLANCS, LES-MESNIL-SUR-OGER GRAND CRU 2004 1612
LALLIER MILLÉSIME BRUT, GRAND CRU 2008 123
ROBERT MONCUIT BLANC DE BLANCS EXTRA BRUT, LES-MESNIL-SUR-OGER, GRAND CRU NV 108
NOMINÉ-RENARD BRUT, VILLEVENARD, CÔTE DE BLANCS NV 89
JACQUES SELOSSE SUBSTANCE BLANC DE BLANCS, AVIZE GRAND CRU [d. 11.22.10] NV 574
JACQUES SELOSSE SUBSTANCE BLANC DE BLANCS, AVIZE GRAND CRU [d. 09.12.13] NV 651
SALON CUVÉE S BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, LES-MESNIL-SUR-OGER GRAND CRU 2007 1049
VARNIER-FANNIÈRE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, COTE DE BLANCS GRAND CRU NV 161
VARNIER-FANNIÈRE CUVÉE JEAN FANNIÈRE ORIGINE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, CRAMANT GRAND CRU NV 136
VEUVE FOURNY BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, VERTUS 1ER CRU d. 04.19 NV 103
VEUVE FOURNY GRANDE RESERVE BRUT, VERTUS 1ER CRU [d. 07.16] NV 99
VEUVE FOURNY CUVÉE R EXTRA BRUT, VERTUS 1ER CRU [d. 04.14] NV 157
VALLÉE DE LA MARNE
BILLECART-SALMON BRUT RÉSERVE, MAREUIL-SUR-AY NV 122
BILLECART-SALMON MILLÉSIME EXTRA BRUT, CHAMPAGNE 2007 196
GASTON CHIQUET BLANC DE BLANCS D'AY, DIZY d. 02.18 NV 117
JACQUES COPINET BLANC DE BLANCS, MONTGENOST NV 96
CHARLES ELLNER SEDUCTION BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 2005 104
RENÉ GEOFFROY EXPRESION BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE 1ER CRU NV 117
RENÉ GEOFFROY MILLÉSIME EXTRA BRUT, CUMIÈRES 1ER CRU 2006 261
HENRI GOUTORBE CUVÉE PRESTIGE, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE NV 111
MARC HEBRART CUVÉE DE RÉSERVE BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE [d. 01.19] NV 106
MARC HEBRART RIVE GAUCHE-RIVE DROIT EXTRA BRUT, VALLÉE DE LA MARNE GRAND CRU 2013 258
LAHERTE FRERES LES CLOS 7 CEPAGE, CHAVOT NV 148
LAHERTE FRERES LES VIGNES D'AUTRFOIS BLANC DE NOIRS [EXTRA BRUT,] CHAVOT 2007 139
LAHERTE FRERES LES EMPRIENTES, CHAVOT NV 147
LAURENT-PERRIER GRAND SIÈCLE, TOURS-SUR-MARNE [23rd edition] NV 319
LAURENT-PERRIER GRAND SIÈCLE, TOURS-SUR-MARNE [24th edition] NV 309
LOMBARD EXTRA BRUT, EPERNAY 1ER CRU [d. 08.18] NV 63
DOM PÉRIGNON, EPERNAY 2004 299
DOM PÉRIGNON, EPERNAY 2006 299
R. POUILLON BRUT, MAREUIL-SUR-AY 1ER CRU d. 04.14 NV 81
R. POUILLON RESERVE BRUT, MAREUIL-SUR-AY 1ER CRU [d. 04.14] NV 111
R. POUILLON SOLERA BRUT, MAREUIL-SUR-AY 1ER CRU [d. 06.14] NV 132
SERVEAUX FILS CARTE D'OR, PASSY-SUR-MARNE [d. 12.15] NV 91
TRIBAULT SCHLOESER BRUT, ROMERY NV 76
MONTAGNE DE REIMS
L. AUBRY FILS AUBREY DE HUMBERT BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 1ER CRU 2007 149
L. AUBRY FILS AUBREY DE HUMBERT BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 1ER CRU 2009 139
PAUL BARA COMTESSE MARIE DE FRANCE BLANC DE NOIRS, BOUZY GRAND CRU [d. 02.17] 2005 249
BERECHE 'LE CRAN' EXTRA BRUT, LUDES 1ER CRU d. 12.17 2010 209
BERECHE 'LE CRAN' EXTRA BRUT, LUDES 1ER CRU d. 12.17 2011 211
BERECHE BLANC DE NOIRS, EXTRA BRUT, RILLY-LA-MONTAGNE 1ER CRU 2014 209
BERECHE EXTRA BRUT, MAILLY GRAND CRU d. 10.18 2013 349
BERECHE REFLET D'ANTAN EXTRA BRUT, LUDES [d. 03.15] NV 256
H. BILLIOT CUVÉE JULIE, AMBONNAY GRAND CRU [d. 04.14] NV 189
H. BILLIOT CUVÉE LAETITIA, AMBONNAY GRAND CRU [d. 05.19] NV 221
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET 'LES ORIZEAUX' BLANC DE NOIRS EXTRA BRUT, MERFY 2011 189
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET CHEMIN DE REIMS BLANC DE BLANCS EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2011 153
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET CHEMIN DE REIMS BLANC DE BLANCS EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS 2012 169
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET 'LES BARRES' BLANC DE NOIRS EXTRA BRUT, MERFY 2011 189
EGLY-OURIET 'LES VIGNES DE VRIGNY,' VRIGNY 1ER CRU d. 07.19 NV 199
HUGUES GODMÉ BRUT NATURE, VERZENAY 1ER CRU d. 01.17 NV 120
HUGUES GODMÉ RÉSERVE EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS GRAND CRU [d. 07.16] NV 89
HUGUES GODMÉ FINS BOIS EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS GRAND CRU [d. 04.16] NV 116
HUGUES GODMÉ BLANC DE NOIRS BRUT, VERZENAY GRAND CRU d. 01.17 NV 107
HUGUES GODMÉ 'LES ROMAINES' EXTRA BRUT, MONTAGNE DE REIMS GRAND CRU 2007 199
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE, REIMS [163eme edition] NV 389
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE, REIMS [166eme edition] NV 379
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE, REIMS [167eme edition] NV 373
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE, REIMS [168eme edition] NV 329
KRUG VINTAGE, REIMS 2004 599
J. LASSALLE PREFERENCE BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU NV 81
J. LASSALLE CUVÉE SPÉCIAL BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU 2005 189
J. LASSALLE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU 2008 176
J. LASSALLE CUVÉE ANGELINE BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU 2008 179
J. LASSALLE CUVÉE ANGELINE BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU 2009 153
LELARGE-PUGEOT BISES, VRIGNY 1ER CRU NV 129
LELARGE-PUGEOT LES MEUNIERS DE CLEMENCE, VRIGNY 1ER CRU NV 149
LELARGE-PUGEOT QUINTESSENCE, VRIGNY 1ER CRU 2005 153
LELARGE-PUGEOT QUINTESSENCE, VRIGNY 1ER CRU 2006 153
MARGAINE LE BRUT, VILLERS-MARMERY 1ER CRU [d. 04.18] NV 104
MARGAINE EXTRA-BRUT, VILLERS-MARMERY 1ER CRU d. 06.17 NV 101
MOUZON-LEROUX L'ACENDANT SOLERA, VERZY GRAND CRU NV 199
BRUNO PAILLARD PREMIER CUVÉE, REIMS [d. 06.16] NV 102
LOUIS ROEDERER BRUT NATURE, REIMS 2009 179
LOUIS ROEDERER BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT VINTAGE, REIMS 2010 189
LOUIS ROEDERER BRUT VINTAGE, REIMS 2009 161
LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL, REIMS 2009 513
MONTAGNE DE REIMS continued...
RUINART DOM RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS, REIMS 2004 289
RUINART DOM RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS, REIMS 2006 231
SAVART L'OVERTURE, MONTAGNE DE REIMS [d. 04.17] NV 121
CAMILLE SAVES MILLESIME, BOUZY GRAND CRU 2000 233
VILMART & CIE GRAND CELLIER, RILLY 1ER CRU NV 151
TAITTINGER COMTES DE CHAMPAGNE BRUT, REIMS 2005 329
VILMART & CIE COUER DE CUVÉE, RILLY 1ER CRU 2005 299
VILMART & CIE COUER DE CUVÉE, RILLY 1ER CRU 2008 321
VILMART & CIE 'LES BLANCHES VOIES' BLANC DE BLANCS, RILLY 1ER CRU 2009 682
VILMART & CIE CUVÉE GRAND CELLIER D'OR, RILLY 1ER CRU 2012 204
VILMART & CIE CUVÉE GRAND CELLIER D'OR, RILLY 1ER CRU 2013 209
VILMART & CIE CUVÉE GRAND CELLIER D'OR, RILLY 1ER CRU 2014 209
AUBE
DRAPPIER QUATTUOR BLANC DE QUATRE BLANCS BRUT [d. 10.13] NV 159
PIERRE GERBAIS GRAINS DE CELLES EXTRA BRUT, AUBE NV magnum 199
LASSAIGNE ‘LES VIGNES DE MONTEGUEUX’ BLANC DE BLANCS, MONTEGUEUX d. 03.15 NV 95
LASSAIGNE 'LE COTET' BLANC DE BLANCS, MONTEGUEUX NV 161
LASSAIGNE 'LES PAPILLES INSOLITES' BLANC DE NOIRS, MONTEGUEUX d. 03.13 NV 159
ROLAND PIOLLOT COME DES TALLANTS NON DOSAGE, POLISOT [d. 05.15] NV 81
VOUETTE ET SORBÉE CUVÉE FIDELE BLANC DE NOIRS EXTRA BRUT, BUXIERES-SUR-ARCE [d. 12.17] NV 149
SPARKLING WINE
PETER LAUER SEKT, MOSEL, GERMANY 2012 94
PETER LAUER SEKT RESERVE, MOSEL, GERMANY 1984 146
SYNCLINE GRUNER VELTLINER 'UNDERWOOD' SCINTILLATION, COLUMBIA GORGE, WASHINGTON 2015 84
ARGYLE EXTENDED TIRAGE BRUT, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON [d. 03.17] 2007 147
CHARDONNAY
BURGUNDY
OFF THE PATH... CÔTE D'OR
VISITORS TO BURGUNDY SELDOM HAVE TIME TO GET "OFF THE BEATEN PATH" OF GRAND CRU VINEYARDS AND EXPLORE THE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. TUCKED BEHIND OR BETWEEN, ABOVE OR BELOW THE FAMOUS APPELLATIONS ARE VINEYARDS SHARING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GEOGRAPHY WITH THE GRANDEST OF GRAND CRU PRODUCERS. GRAPES FROM THESE VINES CAN RESULT IN VERY FINE WINES, THOUGH SELDOM KNOWN OUTSIDE THE AREA. GENERALLY SOFT AND EASY TO DRINK, THESE WINES OFFER VERY GOOD VALUE FOR A BURGUNDY.
MAISON AMBROISE NUITS-ST-GEORGE 'TERRES BLANCHES' 1ER CRU 2008 151
BALLOT-MILLOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2014 71
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE BLANC 2015 99
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT BEAUNE 'MONTREVENOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 119
FRANCOIS CARILLON BOURGOGNE BLANC 2009 49
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR MARSANNAY BLANC 2014 77
COCHE-DURY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2016 567
JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 2013 195
DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY-ST-DENIS BLANC 2011 151
EMMANUEL GIBOULOT CÔTE DE BEAUNE 'LES PIERRES BLANCHES' 2015 103
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES GOLLARDES' 1ER CRU 2012 86
HUBERT LAMY BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CHATAIGNERS' 2014 69
HUBERT LAMY BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CHATAIGNERS' 2016 77
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE BOURGOGNE BLANC 2015 129
DEUX MONTILLE PERNAND-VERGELESSES 2012 89
MAISON DU MONTILLE SAINT-ROMAIN 'LES JARRONS' 2014 89
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE BEAUNE ‘LES AIGROTS’ 1ER CRU 2014 143
JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DE LA MARECHALE' 1ER CRU 2010 165
DOMAINE DU PAVILLON BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 2009 159
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY BLANC 2015 91
PAUL PILLOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2014 59
JEAN-MARC ROULOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2015 133
JEAN-MARC ROULOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2016 139
DOMAINE ROUX BEAUNE 'CHAMPAGNE DE SAVIGNY' 2017 109
JEAN-MARC VINCENT SANTENAY 'BEAUREPAIRE' 1ER CRU 2015 129
OFF THE PATH SUD... CÔTE CHALONNAISE & MÂCONNAIS
A. ET P. VILLAINE RULLY 'LES SAINT JACQUES,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2015 83
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CLOUS,' CÔTE CHALONNAIS 2014 69
MAISON CHAMPY RULLY, CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2010 31
MAISON DE MONTILLE RULLY 'LES CHAPONNIÈRE DU DESSUS,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2014 78
JEAN-BAPTISTE PONSOT RULLY 'MOLESME' 1ER CRU, CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2015 66
BRET BROTHERS POUILLY LOCHÉ 'LA COLOGNE' MÂCONNAIS 2015 84
BRET BROTHERS POUILLY FUISSÉ 'CLIMAT LES CRAYS' MÂCONNAIS 2017 111
BRET BROTHERS POUILLY FUISSÉ 'LES CLOS REYSSIÉ' MÂCONNAIS 2017 111
MEURGEY-CROSES MÂCON-UCHIZY 2013 52
MAISON DE MONTILLE POUILLY-FUISSÉ ‘EN VERGISSON,’ MÂCONNAISE 2014 82
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ VIGNES BLANCHE,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 81
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'CLOS SUR LA ROCHE,' MÂCONNAIS 2014 87
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'CLOS SUR LA ROCHE,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 87
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'EN COURTELONGS,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 94
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'LA MARÉCHAUDE,' MÂCONNAIS 2014 95
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'LA MARÉCHAUDE,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 91
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'RONCHEVATES,' MÂCONNAIS 2014 83
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'RONCHEVATES,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 84
SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN POUILLY-FUISSÉ 'LES HAUTS DE CRAYS,' MÂCONNAIS 2015 96
PIERRE VESSIGAUD VIEILLES VIGNES, POUILLY-FUISSÉ, MÂCONNAIS 2014 73
CHABLIS
EVEN THOUGH THE WINES TAKE A LONG TIME TO AGE, THERE IS A UNIQUE FLAVOR IN THE YOUNGER WINES. THE OAK-AGED WINES SEEM TO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT TEXTURE AND AGING CURVE (NOT MEANT FOR OYSTERS). THEY ARE LEMON CUSTARD-LIKE IN THEIR YOUTH, BUT WITH AGE THEY BECOME EXTREMELY BUTTERY AND HONEY LIKE. ‘CLOS’ (WHICH IS THE BEST WINE) IS BIG, RICH AND LUSCIOUS WITH GREAT FINESSE AND BALANCE. ‘BLANCHOT’ IS THE MOST DELICATE AND AROMATIC GRAND CRU. ‘VALMUR’ IS VERY SIMILAR TO ‘CLOS’ IN POWER, BUT HAS THE PERFUME LIKE ‘BLANCHOT’. ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ IS CONSIDERED THE BEST PREMIER CRU. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE RAVENEAU, LOUIS MICHEL AND DAUVISSAT.
BILLAUD-SIMON CHABLIS 2013 63
BILLAUD-SIMON CHABLIS 2014 67
DANIEL-ETIENNE DEFAIX CHABLIS VIEILLES VIGNES 2011 71
DANIEL-ETIENNE DEFAIX CHABLIS VIEILLES VIGNES 2012 69
DOMAINE DES MALANDES CHABLIS 2017 49
MOREAU-NAUDET CHABLIS 2017 74
PICO-RACE CHABLIS 2011 99
PINSON CHABLIS 2016 53
VOCORET CHABLIS 'LES BAS DE CHAPELOT 2016 84
VOCORET CHABLIS 'LES PARGUES' 2017 89
VOCORET CHABLIS 'EN BOUCHERAN' 2017 89
CHABLIS PREMIER CRU
JEAN-CLAUDE BESSIN CHABLIS 'MONTMAINS' 1ER CRU 2015 108
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'LES FORETS' 1ER CRU 2014 74
RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LA FOREST' 1ER CRU 2016 181
RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LA FOREST' 1ER CRU 2017 239
RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2015 176
RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2017 239
DOMAINE DES MALANDES CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2015 66
MARCEL ET BLANCHE FÈVRE CHABLIS 'VAULORENT' 1ER CRU 2017 92
WILLIAM FÈVRE CHABLIS 'BEAUROY' 1ER CRU 2011 86
WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2016 119
WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2017 122
WILLIAM FÈVRE CHABLIS 'MONTMAINS' 1ER CRU 2011 86
WILLIAM FÈVRE CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2011 93
LAVANTUREUX CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2015 79
LOUIS JADOT CHABLIS 'MONTÉE DE TONNERRE' 1ER CRU 2015 81
LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2015 99
MOREAU-NAUDET CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2016 117
DOMAINE PINSON 'FORETS' CHABLIS 1ER CRU 2015 81
RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'CHAPELOT' 1ER CRU 2011 438
GERARD TREMBLAY CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2016 69
GERARD TREMBLAY CHABLIS 'MONTMAINS' 1ER CRU 2016 63
CHABLIS GRAND CRU
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2012 161
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2015 179
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2016 178
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2015 186
DOMAINE COLLET CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2016 186
BERNARD DEFAIX CHABLIS 'VAUDÉSIR' GRAND CRU 2017 156
BERNARD DEFAIX CHABLIS 'BOUGROS' GRAND CRU 2015 159
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES PREUSES' GRAND CRU 2015 299
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES PREUSES' GRAND CRU 2017 399
MARCEL ET BLANCHE FÈVRE-FÈVRE CHABLIS 'LES PREUSES' GRAND CRU 2015 149
MARCEL ET BLANCHE FÈVRE-FÈVRE CHABLIS 'LES PREUSES' GRAND CRU 2017 179
CAMILLE GIROUD CHABLIS 'BOUGROS' GRAND CRU 2012 168
LAVANTUREUX CHABLIS 'VAUDÉSIR' GRAND CRU 2011 156
LAVANTUREUX CHABLIS 'VAUDÉSIR' GRAND CRU 2016 176
LAVANTUREUX CHABLIS 'BOUGROS' GRAND CRU 2017 193
DOMAINE LONG DEPAQUIT CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2010 137
LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS 'GRENOUILLES' GRAND CRU 2017 209
LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS ‘VAUDÉSIR’ GRAND CRU 2017 169
LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS ‘LES CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2017 211
RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2002 1111
RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2012 518
RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2013 469
GUY ROBIN CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2006 156
GERARD TREMBLAY CHABLIS 'VAUDÉSIR' GRAND CRU 2015 99
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY
PIERRE-YVES COLIN IS THE ELDEST SON OF MARC COLIN. AFTER ATTENDING SCHOOL IN SAINT-AUBIN AND CHAGNY, HE STUDIED OENOLOGY IN BEAUNE AND THE JURA. THEN FOLLOWED WINEMAKING STINTS IN SANCERRE, HERMITAGE, SAINT-CHINIAN, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA, BEFORE HE RETURNED TO DOMAINE MARC COLIN IN SAINT-AUBIN, WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINEMAKING FROM 1995 UNTIL 2005. IN 2001, HE STARTED HIS NÉGOCIANT OPERATION WITH HIS WIFE, CAROLINE MOREY, THE DAUGHTER OF ANOTHER PROMINENT BURGUNDIAN, JEAN-MARC MOREY. HE INITIALLY BEGAN AS A MICRO-NÉGOCIANT (MAKING JUST 6 BARRELS IN 2001) FOCUSING ON TINY QUANTITIES OF THE FINEST WINES THAT HE COULD BUY. WITH THE HELP OF CAROLINE’S FAMILY HOLDINGS, HE HAS CURRENTLY GROWN TO 70% PLOTS THAT HE OWNS AND 30% GRAPES HE PURCHASES. HIS HOLDINGS ARE LARGELY IN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET (WHERE THE DOMAINE IS LOCATED) BUT HE ALSO PRODUCES MULTIPLE BOTTLINGS OF MEURSAULT, ST. AUBIN, AND PULIGNY-MONTRACHET. PIERRE-YVES HAS RAPIDLY BECOME A STAR IN COTE DE BEAUNE AND IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PRE-EMINENT YOUNG PRODUCERS OF WHITE BURGUNDY. HIS CHOICE TO USE LARGER DEMI-MUID BARRELS AND ESCHEW THE USE OF BATTONNAGE, MAKES EACH ONE OF HIS BOTTLINGS A CLEAR EXPRESSION OF ITS TERROIR AND A STUDY IN MINERAL-DRIVEN CHARDONNAY.
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CORTON CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU
DUE TO THE VARIATION IN SOIL COMPOSITION, THE WINES OF CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE ARE QUITE DIFFERENT- VARYING FROM LIGHT AND LEAN TO RICH AND VISCOUS, WITH BUTTERSCOTCH AND PINEAPPLE-LIKE FLAVORS. PARTS OF THE VINEYARDS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN-SLOPE, THE SOIL IS DARKER, PRODUCING A RICH AND DENSE WINE. THE WINES FROM THE TOP PART OF THE HILL ARE MORE AUSTERE AND STEELY, REQUIRING FIVE TO TEN YEARS TO UNFOLD INTO HONEY AND PRALINE-LIKE FLAVORS. AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE COCHE-DURY, LOUIS LATOUR, LOUIS JADOT, BONNEAU DU MARTRAY AND TOLLOT-BEAUT.
BONNEAU DU MARTRAY 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2005 589
BONNEAU DU MARTRAY 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2013 364
MAISON CHAMPY 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2009 204
BRUNO CLAIR 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2012 386
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2011 271
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2012 278
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2014 282
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2015 273
JEAN-MARC PILLOT 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2015 386
CHARLES VAN CANNEYT 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2014 361
MEURSAULT
MEURSAULT IS MOST KNOWN FOR ITS WHITE WINE MADE FROM CALCAREOUS SOIL RICH IN IRON AND MAGNESIUM. THE BEST VINEYARD IS ‘PERRIÈRES’ FOLLOWED BY ‘GENEVRIÈRE’ AND ‘CHARMES’. THE SOIL IN ‘PERRIÈRES’ IS THE LIGHTEST AND STONIEST, THEREFORE THE WINES ARE VERY MINERALLY AND LONG LIVED. THE WINES FROM ‘CHARMES’ ARE CONSIDERED THE FATTEST AND RICHEST. THESE WINES ARE VERY FRAGRANT AND DRINK WELL IN THEIR YOUTH. ‘GENEVRIÈRE’ HAS THE OPULENCE OF ‘CHARMES’ AND SOME OF THE STEELINESS OF ‘PERRIÈRES’. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE COMTES LAFON, COCHE-DURY, MATROT, AND JEAN MARC ROULOT.
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT 2015 123
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CRIOTS’ 2015 129
MICHEL BOUZEREAU MEURSAULT 'LES GRANDS CHARRONS' 2015 146
COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 2016 1199
VINCENT DANCER MEURSAULT ‘LES CORBINS’ 2015 142
HENRI GERMAIN ET FILS MEURSAULT 2015 136
ANTOINE JOBARD MEURSAULT 'EN LA BARRE' 2014 176
ANTOINE JOBARD MEURSAULT 'EN LA BARRE' 2015 196
ANTOINE JOBARD MEURSAULT 'EN LA BARRE' 2016 196
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT 2011 289
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2012 399
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC ROULOT MEURSAULT 2014 376
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC ROULOT MEURSAULT 2016 399
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2016 334
MEURSAULT PREMIER CRU
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE MEURSAULT ‘SANTENOTS' 1ER CRU 2010 258
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE MEURSAULT ‘SANTENOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 331
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2012 189
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2015 202
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2011 186
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2012 207
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2014 221
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2015 211
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2007 167
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2011 192
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2012 196
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2015 216
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2010 239
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2011 242
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2015 234
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PORUSOT’ 1ER CRU 2011 175
BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PORUSOT’ 1ER CRU 2012 190
COMTESSE DE CHÉRISEY MARTELET MEURSAULT-BLAGNY 'LA GENELOTTE' 1ER CRU [monopole] 2014 176
COMTESSE DE CHÉRISEY MARTELET MEURSAULT-BLAGNY 'LA GENELOTTE' 1ER CRU [monopole] 2015 176
GENOT-BOULANGER MEURSAULT 'LES BOUCHÈRES' 1ER CRU 2016 289
PIERRE MATROT MEURSAULT 'LES CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2015 154
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE MEURSAULT ‘SOUS LE DOS D'ÂNE’ 1ER CRU 2014 367
THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT-BLAGNY 1ER CRU 2015 166
THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2016 239
THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2017 239
PAUL PERNOT MEURSAULT 'LA PIECE SOUS LE BOIS' 1ER CRU 2013 176
PAUL PERNOT MEURSAULT 'LA PIECE SOUS LE BOIS' 1ER CRU 2015 174
CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 202
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2012 190
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2014 196
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2015 776
DOMAINE ROUX MEURSAULT 'PORUSOT' 1ER CRU 2017 319
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET IS THE GREATEST WHITE WINE-PRODUCING COMMUNE IN THE WORLD. THE GREATEST VINEYARD LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN, OVERLAPPING CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET. EVEN THOUGH THE VINEYARDS ARE SMALLER COMPARED TO CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET AND MEURSAULT, IT IS A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE FOR MANY WINE LOVERS AND CHARDONNAY PRODUCERS WHO TRY TO IMITATE PULIGNY'S TERROIR. THE BEST PREMIER CRUS ARE ‘PUCELLES’, ‘REFERTS’, AND ‘FOLATIÈRES’. THE FLAVOR PROFILES ARE RIPE PEAR, TROPICAL FRUITS, AND COCONUT. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, PAUL PERNOT, AND CARILLON.
JACQUES CARILLON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2015 186
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2015 254
THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET LA QUINTESSENCE 2015 176
PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2014 147
PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2015 147
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2010 159
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2012 156
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2014 156
ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2015 166
ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2017 199
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PREMIER CRU
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 2016 167
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP CANET' 1ER CRU 2015 214
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LA GARENNE' 1ER CRU 2016 212
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES REFERTS' 1ER CRU 2015 199
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'SOUS LE PUITS' 1ER CRU 2016 166
LUCIEN BOILLOT PULIGNY MONTRACHET 'LES PERRIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2012 136
MICHEL BOUZEREAU PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAMP GAIN' 1ER CRU 2015 234
JEAN CHARTRON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES PUCELLES, CLOS DE LA PUCELLES' 1ER CRU monopole 2015 234
MARC COLIN PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LA GARENNE' 1ER CRU 2012 225
MARC COLIN PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LE TREZIN' 1ER CRU 2015 132
PHILIPPE COLIN PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES DESMOISELLES' 1ER CRU 2015 317
COLIN-DELÉGER PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES DEMOISELLES' 1ER CRU 2015 381
JOSEPH DROUHIN PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LA GARENNE' 1ER CRU 2014 192
ANTOINE JOBARD PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAMPS-GAINS' 1ER CRU 2011 253
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CLAVOILLON' 1ER CRU 2015 379
DOMAINE MARTELET DE CHERISEY PULIGNY-MONTRCHET 'HAMEAU DE BLAGNY' 1ER CRU 2014 176
DOMAINE MARTELET DE CHERISEY PULIGNY-MONTRCHET 'HAMEAU DE BLAGNY' 1ER CRU 2015 176
PIERRE MATROT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES CHALUMAUX' 1ER CRU 2015 166
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE CAILLERET’ 1ER CRU 2011 249
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE CAILLERET’ 1ER CRU 2013 247
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE CAILLERET’ 1ER CRU 2014 259
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE CAILLERET’ 1ER CRU 2015 257
MARC MOREY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES PUCELLES' 1ER CRU 2015 284
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LA TRUFFIÈRE’ 1ER CRU 2015 212
PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS DE LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2011 166
PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS DE LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2015 198
PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘FOLATIERES’ 1ER CRU 2015 198
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES CHALUMAUX' 1ER CRU 2012 210
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES CHALUMAUX' 1ER CRU 2014 225
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES FOLATIERES' 1ER CRU 2014 274
DOMAINE ROUX PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES ENSEIGNERES' 2017 199
ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP GAIN' 1ER CRU 2010 196
ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'COMBETTES' 1ER CRU 2017 461
CHARLES VAN CANNEYT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LE CAILLERET' 1ER CRU 2014 236
CHARLES VAN CANNEYT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LE CAILLERET' 1ER CRU 2015 263
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET GRAND CRU
MONTRACHET
FOR CENTURIES THE SINGLE GREATEST WHITE WINE IN THE WORLD, LE MONTRACHET, HAS COME FROM A SMALL HILLSIDE IN BURGUNDY (JUST UNDER 20 ACRES) WITH DAWN TO DUSK SUNSHINE, GREAT NATURAL IRRIGATION AND A MYSTERIOUS MIX OF CHEMICALS IN THE SOIL. THE MYSTIQUE OF THESE CHARDONNAYS COMES FROM THE MAGICAL NATURAL SETTING PLUS THE SUPERB CARE INVOLVED IN EVERY STAGE OF THEIR MAKING. THEIR HALLMARK IS AN EXTRAORDINARY FINESSE AND COMPLEXITY ALLIED WITH A GREAT CONCENTRATION WITH VIRTUALLY IMPECCABLE TYPICITY, BALANCE AND FABULOUSLY SEDUCTIVE RICHNESS. WHEN FULLY MATURE (PERHAPS TEN YEARS) THE PROFUNDITY AND COMPLETENESS OF FLAVOR IS STUPENDOUS--MIGHTY POWER COMBINED WITH CENTURIES OF THOROUGHBRED CLASS. LE MONTRACHET IS ALWAYS UNMISTAKABLY THE GRANDEST OF ALL GRAND CRU.
CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET
THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST GRAND CRUS. DUE TO ITS HIGH ELEVATION (UP-SLOPE FROM ‘MONTRACHET’) AND CHALKY SOIL, ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET’ IS FIRM AND MASCULINE, WITH FRAGRANT FLAVORS OF MINERALS AND HONEYSUCKLE. THESE WINES ARE COMPACT AND TENSE IN THEIR YOUTH, BUT AFTER TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS THE TRUE ETHEREAL FLAVORS (OF CHARDONNAY AND LIMESTONE) EMERGE IN THEIR PURE FORM- “PERFUME AND POWER ALL IN ONE”. THE BEST EXAMPLES CAN AGE AS LONG AS ‘MONTRACHET’. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, MICHEL NEILLON, LOUIS JADOT AND RAMONET.
BIENVENUE-BATARD-MONTRACHET
LITERALLY MEANS WELCOME TO ‘BÂTARD-MONTRACHET’. THE VINEYARD HAS A TENDENCY TO PRODUCE VERY RIPE GRAPES AND THE WINES ARE FAT AND OILY WITH LAYERS OF TROPICAL FRUITS AND SPICE. THE VERY BEST PRODUCERS MAKE WINES OF SEDUCTIVE COMPLEXITY, WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE IN THEIR YOUTH (THOUGH THEY CAN AGE GRACEFULLY). THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, PERNOT, RAMONET AND CARILLON.
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET IS THE LAST GREAT COMMUNE IN THE CÔTE D'OR. WHITE WINES FROM THIS COMMUNE DEMAND HIGHER PRICES THAN ANY OTHER. THE WINES FROM CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ARE THE MOST DISTINCTIVE. THEY ARE BOLD AND POWERFUL LIKE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, BUT HAVE A SOFTER AND ROUNDER TEXTURE. THE BEST VINEYARDS (‘LES CHENEVOTTES’, ‘CAILLERETS’, ‘VERGERS’, ‘MORGEOT’ AND ‘RUCHOTTES’) ARE ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET. ‘MORGEOT’ IS CONSIDERED MASCULINE AND ASSERTIVE, WHEREAS ‘CAILLERETS’, ‘VERGERS’ AND ‘RUCHOTTES’ ARE SOFTER AND FEMININE. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE RAMONET, NIELLON, BERNARD MOREY AND JEAN NOËL GAGNARD.
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP DERRIÈRE' 2014 119
HUBERT LAMY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LE CONCIS DU CHAMPS' 2014 155
BERNARD MOREAU CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2015 112
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LE CHENE' 2015 143
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LE CHENE' 2016 148
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 148
DOMAINE MOREY-COFFINET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES HOUILLIERES' 2013 132
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES MAZURES' 2014 129
CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2014 147
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2015 116
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET PREMIER CRU
BALLOT-MILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MORGEOT TETE DE CLOS’ 1ER CRU 2014 176
BALLOT-MILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MORGEOT TETE DE CLOS’ 1ER CRU 2015 176
ALAIN CHAVY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA MATROIE' 1ER CRU 2011 179
BRUNO COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2011 171
MARC COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMPS GAINS' 1ER CRU 2012 191
PHILIPPE COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2010 161
PHILLIPE COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2011 187
PHILIPPE COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2015 156
PHILIPPE COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHENEVOTTES' 1ER CRU 2015 156
PHILIPPE COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2015 156
MARC COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHENEVOTTES' 1ER CRU 2012 191
DOMAINE COLIN-DELÉGER CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2015 199
HENRI DARNAT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP GAINS' 1ER CRU 2009 154
JOSEPH DROUHIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MARQUIS DE LAGUICHE - MORGEOT,' 1ER CRU 2014 239
FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2015 199
FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS DES MUREES' 1ER CRU 2015 156
FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LA GRANDE MONTAGNE’ 1ER CRU 2015 156
FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LA ROMANÉE’ 1ER CRU 2015 217
FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LES VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2015 156
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'BOUDRIOTTE' 1ER CRU 2011 126
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'BLANCHOT DESSUS' 1ER CRU 2012 236
GAGNARD-DELAGRANGE CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA BOUDRIOTTE' 1ER CRU 2015 142
HENRI GERMAIN ET FILS CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU 2015 199
BERNARD MOREAU CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU 2015 189
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2015 246
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2016 269
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMPS GAINS' 1ER CRU 2014 146
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMPS GAINS' 1ER CRU 2015 174
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMPS GAINS' 1ER CRU 2016 190
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2014 181
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2015 207
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2016 224
MARC MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'EN VIRONDOT' 1ER CRU 2015 166
THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2015 146
THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LES MACHERELLES’ 1ER CRU 2015 146
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘BAUDINES’ 1ER CRU 2015 166
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2015 176
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2015 199
DOMAINE MOREY-COFFINET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'BLANCHOT DESSUS' 1ER CRU 2013 239
DOMAINE MOREY-COFFINET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA ROMANEE' 1ER CRU 2013 201
JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CHAMPS-GAIN' 1ER CRU 2015 146
JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES MACHERELLES' 1ER CRU 2014 167
JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2015 166
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET PREMIER CRU continued...
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2013 163
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2014 196
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS STE. JEAN' 1ER CRU 2013 122
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS STE. JEAN' 1ER CRU 2014 154
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA ROMANÉE' 1ER CRU 2013 215
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA GRANDE MONTAGNE' 1ER CRU 2013 163
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA GRANDE MONTAGNE' 1ER CRU 2014 196
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES GRANDES RUCHOTTES' 1ER CRU 2013 163
PAUL PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES GRANDES RUCHOTTES' 1ER CRU 2014 196
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LA BOUDRIOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2014 335
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU 2015 156
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES RUCHOTTES' 1ER CRU 2015 199
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2014 321
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET GRAND CRU
CRIOTS-BATARD-MONTRACHET
BATARD MONTRACHET
DOWN-SLOPE FROM ‘MONTRACHET’, THIS GREAT GRAND CRU CAN OFTEN PRODUCE WINES OF GREAT DENSITY AND POWER. LIKE THE SOIL, THESE WINES ARE FAT AND RICH WITH EXOTIC FLAVORS OF HONEY, BUTTER AND POPCORN. THE WINES AGE MORE QUICKLY (THAN ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET AND ‘MONTRACHET’) AND ARE OFTEN BEST CONSUMED WITHIN FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS. DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, RAMONET, PERNOT, AND JEAN-NOËL GAGNARD ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS.
SAINT-AUBIN
AS BURGUNDY HAS VENTURED DEEPER INTO THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTERNATIONAL WINE CONNOISSEURS, THE WINES OF MORE FAMED VILLAGES HAVE BECOME UNATTAINABLE FOR MOST. SAINT-AUBIN, TUCKED AWAY IN A VALLEY WEST OF THE PRESTIGIOUS “MONTRACHET” VILLAGES, OFFERS WINES OF TENSION AND FINESSE RATHER THAN THE POWER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. AS THE CLIMATE SHIFTS TO GREATER EXTREMES AND WORK IN THE VINEYARD IMPROVES, THE WINES OF SAINT-AUBIN HAVE BENEFITED THROUGH FURTHER COMPLEXITY AND DEPTH. THE BEST WINES ARE PRODUCED BY PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY AND HUBERT LAMY. HAVING NO GRAND CRUS; EN REMILLY, CHATENIÈRE, AND LES MURGERS DES DENTS DE CHIEN ARE THE PREMIER CRUS OF NOTE.
MARC COLIN SAINT-AUBIN 'CLOS DU MEIX' 1ER CRU 2015 106
MARC COLIN SAINT-AUBIN 'EN MONCEAU' 1ER CRU 2015 106
MARC COLIN SAINT-AUBIN 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2015 106
PHILIPPE COLIN SAINT-AUBIN 'LES COMBES' 1ER CRU 2015 96
HUBERT LAMY SAINT-AUBIN 'CLOS DU MEIX' 2016 124
HUBERT LAMY SAINT-AUBIN 'LA PRINCÉE' 2016 101
HUBERT LAMY SAINT-AUBIN 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2015 161
HUBERT LAMY SAINT-AUBIN 'LES FRIONNES' 1ER CRU 2016 126
THOMAS MOREY SAINT-AUBIN ‘CASTETS’ 1ER CRU 2015 111
DOMAINE ROUX ST. AUBIN 'SURE LE SENTIER DU CLOU' 1ER CRU 2017 141
DOMAINE ROUX ST. AUBIN 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2017 159
CALIFORNIA
SANDHI
SANDHI IS A SMALL PRODUCTION CALIFORNIA WINERY FOCUSING ON SELECT VINEYARDS FROM THE STA. RITA HILLS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. SANDHI WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 BY RAJAT PARR (FORMER WINE DIRECTOR FOR MICHAEL MINA RESTAURANTS) AND WINEMAKER SASHI MOORMAN. SANDHI REPRESENTS A UNION ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTION OF WINE: THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MAN, EARTH, AND VINE. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE JOINT EFFORTS INFORMS SANDHI’S EXPLORATION OF PINOT NOIR AND CHARDONNAY VINES THROUGHOUT THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TERROIR. EMPLOYING THE WISDOM AND TALENTS OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE VINEYARDS, SANDHI IS DEDICATED TO MAKING WINES OF FINESSE, MINERALITY, ACIDITY, STRUCTURE AND BALANCE. WINE ACHIEVES POWER AND BEAUTY THROUGH THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF THESE QUALITIES, AND THIS IS THE INSPIRATION FOR SANDHI.
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2011 71
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2012 74
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2013 68
SANDHI 'BIEN NACIDO,' SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2010 98
SANDHI 'BENT ROCK,' STA. RITA HILLS 2010 182
SANDHI 'BENT ROCK,' STA. RITA HILLS 2011 171
SANDHI 'BENT ROCK,' STA. RITA HILLS 2012 134
SANDHI 'BENT ROCK,' STA. RITA HILLS 2013 181
SANDHI 'RITA'S CROWN,' STA. RITA HILLS 2010 118
SANDHI 'RITA'S CROWN,' STA. RITA HILLS 2012 89
SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS 2009 119
SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS 2012 116
SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS 2013 119
SANDHI 'MT. CARMEL,' STA. RITA HILLS 2013 106
OREGON
CAMERON 'CLOS ELECTRIQUE,' DUNDEE HILLS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2012 146
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY 'SEVEN SPRINGS,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 99
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY 'SEVEN SPRINGS' LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2013 156
EVENING LAND VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY 'SEVEN SPRINGS' LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2014 171
ALIGOTÉ DORÉ
ALIGOTÉ IS REGULARLY DISMISSED IN BURGUNDY AS THE INFERIOR COUSIN TO CHARDONNAY. ALL TOO OFTEN, IT LIVES UP TO IT'S REPUTATION BY PRODUCING THIN AND ACIDIC WINES LACKING ANY DEPTH OR COMPLEXITY. THESE WINES COME FROM POOR GENETIC VINE SELECTION AND AS A RESULT OF THIS LACK OF CARE, HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO THE FLAT DEEP SOILS OF BURGUNDY’S HINTERLANDS TO DIE IN OBSCURITY OR IN THE CLASSIC KIR APERITIF. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE CLONE ALIGOTÉ VERT HAS BEEN THE VERSION PROPAGATED IN NEWER PLANTINGS DUE TO ITS ABILITY TO ENDURE A MARGINAL CLIMATE AND PRODUCE PROLIFIC AMOUNTS OF HEALTHY FRUIT. FORTUNATELY, IN THE TOWN OF BOUZERON WITHIN THE COTE CHALONNAISE, ALIGOTÉ'S ROOTS IN QUALITY HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN. AN ANCIENT CLONE KNOWN AS ALIGOTÉ DORÉ HAS EMERGED AND IS REMINDING THE WORLD WHY THIS GRAPE HAS A PLACE AMONGST BURGUNDIES MOST NOBLE GRAPES; PINOT NOIR AND CHARDONNAY. FURTHER NORTH IN THE COTE D’OR, INSPIRED VIGNERONS ARE REVIVING TIRED OLD VINES BY REPLANTING AND ISOLATING THESE ANCIENT VINES TO PRODUCE ALIGOTÉ WITH TRUE DEPTH, TEXTURE, AND TERROIR. IN COOLER SITES, IT EXPRESSES ITSELF LIKE LIQUID STONE. WHEN PLANTED IN WARMER VINEYARDS AND GIVEN THE SAME ATTENTION AS THE CHARDONNAY IT WAS ONCE INTERPLANTED WITH, TRULY ASTOUNDING WHITE BURGUNDY IS MADE WITH RICHNESS COUNTER-BALANCED BY FRESH ACIDITY.
MICHEL LAFARGE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ RAISINS DORÉS 2013 47
MAISON EN BELLE LIES BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 2014 54
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 'AUVONNES AU PÉPÉ' 2014 99
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 'CLOS DU ROY' 2014 129
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 'LA CHARME AUX PRETRES' 2014 129
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 'LA CHARME AUX PRETRES' 2015 124
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ 'LES CHAMP FOREY' 2014 98
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE, BOUZERON, CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2016 71
JURA
JUST SOUTH OF ALSACE, THE JURA DÉPARTEMENT SHARES A SMALL PORTION OF ITS EASTERN BORDER WITH SWITZERLAND. THE FORESTED JURA MOUNTAINS DOMINATE THE PROVINCE AND PROVIDE A GEOGRAPHICAL MEASURE OF DETACHMENT THAT ALLOWS CERTAIN TRADITIONAL WINE STYLES AND GRAPES TO PERSIST IN THE REGION. THE REGION LENDS ITS NAME TO THE JURASSIC ERA, WHERE THE GEOLOGIC LIMESTONE FORMATIONS OF THE AGE WERE FIRST STUDIED. THE JURA REQUIRES INTIMATE FAMILIARITY AS PRODUCER STYLES VARY AND NO LABEL LANGUAGE CURRENTLY EXISTS TO HELP CLARIFY WHAT MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS FRANCE'S MOST IDIOSYNCRATIC WINES. THE AREA’S TOP PRODUCERS INCLUDE JEAN-FRANCOIS GANEVAT, STEPHANE TISSOT, AND PUFFENEY.
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT CHARDONNAY/SAVAGNIN CUVÉE DE GARDE SOUS-VOILE, CÔTES DU JURA 2009 101
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT CHARDONNAY CUVÉE FLORINE, CÔTES DU JURA 2013 109
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT VIN JAUNE, CÔTES DU JURA 2006 half 169
LES MATHENY SAVAGNIN 5 ANS D'AGE, CÔTES DU JURA 2011 109
LES MATHENY CHARDONNAY, ARBOIS 2013 69
LES MATHENY CHARDONNAY SIX ANS SOUS VOILE. ARBOIS 2011 79
DOMAINE DU PÉLICAN SAVAGNIN OUILLÉ, ARBOIS 2015 107
DOMAINE DU PÉLICAN CHARDONNAY, ARBOIS 2015 107
LOIRE VALLEY
SAUVIGNON BLANC
BAILLY-REVERDY SANCERRE 'LES MONTS DAMNÉS' 2016 89
DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY-FUMÉ BLANC DE POUILLY 2009 177
DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY-FUMÉ PUR SANG 2010 222
DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY-FUMÉ PUR SANG 2011 213
FRANCOIS COTAT SANCERRE 'LA GRANDE COTE' 2015 134
VACHERON SANCERRE 'LES ROMAINS' 2016 129
VACHERON SANCERRE 'CHAMBRATES' 2016 129
EDMOND VATAN SANCERRE 'CLOS LA NÉORE' 2017 229
CHENIN BLANC
MICHEL AUTRAN VOUVRAY SEC LES ENFERS TRANQUILLES 2017 56
MICHEL AUTRAN VOUVRAY SEC CIEL ROUGE 2017 66
HUET VOUVRAY DEMI-SEC 'LE MONT' 2018 94
HUET VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 'LE MONT' 2018 104
HUET VOUVRAY PREMIERE TRIE MOELLEUX 'LE MONT' 2018 146
HUET VOUVRAY SEC 'LE HAUT LIEU' 2015 71
HUET VOUVRAY DEMI-SEC 'LE HAUT LIEU' 2015 84
HUET VOUVRAY DEMI-SEC 'LE HAUT LIEU' 2018 83
HUET VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 'LE HAUT LIEU' 2018 93
HUET VOUVRAY PREMIERE TRIE MOELLEUX 'LE HAUT LIEU' 2018 136
HUET VOUVRAY DEMI-SEC 'CLOS DU BOURG' 2015 94
HUET VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 'CLOS DU BOURG' 2018 104
DOMAINE DU COLLIER SAUMUR BLANC 2012 88
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAUMUR 2017 62
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAUMUR 'LES MOULINS' 2015 54
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAUMUR 'LES MOULINS' 2017 77
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAUMUR 'BREZÈ' 2015 149
RHONE VALLEY
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE BLANC 2014 623
AUGUSTE CLAPE MARSANNE, SAINT-PÉRAY 2016 108
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD CROZES-HERMITAGE BLANC 'LE TOUT' 2015 114
RIESLING
FRANCE
ALBERT BOXLER RIESLING, ALSACE 2014 77
CHÂTEAU D'ORSCHWIHR 'KITTERLÉ' GRAND CRU, ALSACE 2007 56
DOMAINE OSTERTAG 'MUENCHBERG' GRAND CRU, ALSACE 2011 117
DOMAINE SCHOENHEITZ 'LINSENBERG,' ALSACE 2011 46
F.E. TRIMBACH CUVÉE FREDERIC EMILE, ALSACE 2011 151
GERMANY
MOSEL
A.J. ADAM 'DHRONER HOFBERG' SPÄTLESE, MOSEL 2010 108
PETER LAUER 'LAMBERTSKIRCH,' KABINETT, MOSEL 2015 89
MÖNCHHOF 'URZIGER WÜRZGARTEN,' KABINETT, MOSEL 2016 44
WILLI SCHAEFER 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2010 83
WEISER-KÜNSTLER WOLFER-SONNENLAY KABINETT, MOSEL 2015 53
SAAR
REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT 'SCHARZHOFBERGER' KABINETT, SAAR 2010 53
RUWER
RHEINGAU
LEITZ 'RUDESHEIMER BERG ROSENECK' SPÄTLESE, RHEINGAU 2011 81
LEITZ 'RUDESHEIMER ROSENECK BERG ROTTLAND HINTERHAUS,' RHEINGAU GROSSES GEWÄCHS 2016 111
LEITZ 'RUDESHEIMER ROSENECK BERG KATERLOCH,' RHEINGAU GROSSES GEWÄCHS 2016 109
ROBERT WEIL TRADITION, RHEINGAU 2008 53
SCHLOSS SCHONBORN 'HOCHHEIMER DOMDECHANEY' KABINETT FEINHERB, RHEINGAU 2013 59
RHEINHESSEN
WITTMAN WESTHOFENER, RHEINHESSEN 2008 74
WEINGUT KELLER TROCKEN, RHEINHESSEN 2015 48
WEINGUT KELLER TROCKEN, RHEINHESSEN 2017 59
WEINGUT KELLER VON DER FELS TROCKEN, RHEINHESSEN 2016 76
WEINGUT KELLER 'NIERSTEINER PETTENTAL' KABINETT, RHEINHESSEN 2016 129
WEINGUT KELLER ABTS E SPÄTLESE, RHEINHESSEN 2016 156
WEINGUT KELLER 'WESTHOFENER KIRCHSPIEL' GROSSES GEWÄCHS, RHEINHESSEN 2015 181
WEINGUT KELLER 'WESTHOFENER KIRCHSPIEL' GROSSES GEWÄCHS, RHEINHESSEN 2016 169
NAHE
DONNHOFF ‘OBERHAUSER LEISTENBERG’ KABINETT, NAHE 2015 59
DONNHOFF 'OBERHAUSER BRUCKE' SPÄTLESE, NAHE 2014 94
HEXAMER 'MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG' QUARTZIT, NAHE 2009 43
HEXAMER 'MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG' KABINETT, NAHE 2010 56
HEXAMER ‘MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG’ SPÄTLESE, NAHE 2009 69
HEXAMER 'SCHLOSSBOCKELHEIMER IN DEN FELSEN' SPÄTLESE, NAHE 2010 62
SCHAFER-FROLICH TROCKEN, NAHE 2013 69
RIESLING - AUSTRIA
BRUNDLMAYER TERRASSEN CLASSIC, KAMPTAL 2012 49
HIEDLER 'GAISBERG,' KAMPTAL 2009 67
HIEDLER 'STEINHAUS,' KAMPTAL 2009 48
HIRSCH 'HEILIGENSTEIN,' KAMPTAL 2009 99
PICHLER-KRUTZLER 'LOIBENBERG,' WACHAU 2009 99
F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER HOLLERIN' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 108
F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER KELLERBERG' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 176
F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER BURGSTALL' FEDERSPEIL, WACHAU 2009 81
F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER STEINERTAL' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2009 127
GRUNER VELTLINER - AUSTRIA
BRUNDLMAYER 'BERG VOGELSANG' CLASSIC, KAMPTAL 2010 67
HIEDLER 'THAL' CLASSIC, KAMPTAL 2013 71
NIGL 'FREIHEIT,' KREMSTAL 2015 46
NIGL 'REHBEREGER ZWETL' CLASSIC, KREMSTAL 2012 66
NIKOLAIHOF VINOTHEK, WACHAU 1993 339
F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER KELLERBERG' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 176
F.X. PICHLER M SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 176
PINOT NOIR
BURGUNDY
OFF THE PATH...
VISITORS TO BURGUNDY SELDOM HAVE TIME TO GET "OFF THE BEATEN PATH" OF GRAND CRU VINEYARDS AND EXPLORE THE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. TUCKED BEHIND OR BETWEEN, ABOVE OR BELOW THE FAMOUS APPELLATIONS ARE VINEYARDS SHARING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GEOGRAPHY WITH THE GRANDEST OF GRAND CRU PRODUCERS. GRAPES FROM THESE VINES CAN RESULT IN VERY FINE WINES, THOUGH SELDOM KNOWN OUTSIDE THE AREA. GENERALLY SOFT AND EASY TO DRINK, THESE WINES OFFER VERY GOOD VALUE FOR A BURGUNDY.
DENIS BACHELET CÔTE DE NUITS-VILLAGES 2013 151
DENIS BERTHAUT FIXIN 'EN COMBE ROY' 2015 106
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'AUX GRANDS LIARDS' 2014 114
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'AUX GUETTES' 1ER CRU 2014 147
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES MARCONNETS' 1ER CRU 2012 153
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES MARCONNETS' 1ER CRU 2014 153
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'AUX SERPENTIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2014 151
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES TALMETTES' 1ER CRU 2013 156
SIMON BIZE SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES VERGELESSES' 1ER CRU 2014 147
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY SANTENAY 'CEPS CENTENAIRES' 1ER CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 129
BERNARD DUGAT-PY BOURGOGNE ROUGE CUVÉE HALINARD 2012 126
EMMANUEL GIBOULOT HAUT CÔTE DE NUITS 'EN GREGOIRE' 2015 73
HENRI GOUGES BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2013 49
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES GRANDS PICOTINS' 2013 67
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES GRANDS PICOTINS' 2014 74
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES GRANDS PICOTINS' 2015 89
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES NARBONTONS' 1ER CRU 2015 108
PIERRE GUILLEMOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LES NARBONTONS' 1ER CRU 2016 121
OFF THE PATH CONTINUED...
HUDELOT-NOELLAT BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2014 73
COMTES LAFON MONTHELIE ‘LES DURESSES' 1ER CRU 2010 150
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY SANTENAY ‘LES HATES’ 2013 41
MONGEARD-MUGNERET HAUTES COTES-DE-NUITS LES DAMES HUGUETTES 2013 44
MOREY-BLANC MONTHELIE 2013 98
SYLVAIN PATAILLE BOURGOGNE ROUGE 'CHAPITRE' 2014 94
JOSEPH ROTY BOURGOGNE ROUGE CUVÉE PRESSONIER, 2014 76
DOMAINE ROULOT AUXEY-DURESSES 1ER CRU 2012 169
DOMAINE ROULOT AUXEY-DURESSES 1ER CRU 2014 189
DOMAINE ROULOT AUXEY-DURESSES 1ER CRU 2015 207
DOMAINE ROULOT MONTHÉLIE 2014 168
JEAN-MARC VINCENT SANTENAY 'BEAUREPAIRE' 1ER CRU 2013 118
JEAN-MARC VINCENT SANTENAY 'BEAUREPAIRE' 1ER CRU 2014 122
JEAN-MARC VINCENT SANTENAY 'GRAVIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2014 121
CÔTE CHALONNAISE
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE BOURGOGNE ROUGE 'LA FORTUNE,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2014 68
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE BOURGOGNE ROUGE 'LA FORTUNE,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2015 79
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE BOURGOGNE ROUGE 'LA FORTUNE,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2016 84
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE, MERCUREY 'LES MONTOTS,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2015 99
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE, MERCUREY 'LES MONTOTS,' CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2016 111
JEAN-BAPTISTE PONSOT RULLY ROUGE 'MOLESME' 1ER CRU, CÔTE CHALONNAISE 2016 68
MARSANNAY
WHILE PINOT NOIR HAS BEEN GROWN IN MARSANNAY FOR CENTURIES, THE APPELLATION DIDN’T EXIST UNTIL 1987. WHILE IT LACKS ANY DESIGNATED GRAND OR PREMIER CRU SITES IT HAS IDENTIFIED ITS BEST LIEUX-DITS, OR SINGLE VINEYARDS, OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THE INABILITY TO DEFINE ITS STYLE AND A KEY TO ITS SUCCESS HAS BEEN ITS UNBELIEVABLE DIVERSITY. THE MARSANNAY REDS HAVE INTENSE COLOR AND A BOUQUET THAT SMOOTHLY BLENDS RED AND BLACK FRUITS WITH THE MEATY FINISH OF ITS NEIGHBORS FIXIN AND GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN. THROUGH A CHALLENGING TIME IN THE 1960’S A SINGULAR WINE EMERGED AS A SPECIALTY OF THE REGION, ROSÉ. IN FACT, IT IS THE ONLY VILLAGE-LEVEL APPELLATION ALLOWED TO PRODUCE ROSÉ WINE IN BURGUNDY. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINES BART, COLLOTTE, SYLVAIN PATAILLE, AND BRUNO CLAIR.
DOMAINE BART MARSANNAY 'LES CHAMPS SALOMON' 2015 91
BRUNO CLAIR MARSANNAY LES GRASSES TÊTES 2013 118
DOMAINE COLLOTTE MARSANNAY 'LES CHAMP SALOMON' 2014 58
DOMAINE COLLOTTE MARSANNAY 'EN COMBEREAU' 2014 58
LOUIS JADOT MARSANNAY 'LES LONGEROIS' 2015 73
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY 2013 77
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY 2014 74
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY 2016 89
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY 'CLOS DU ROY' 2016 134
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY 'LES LONGEROIES' 2015 126
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY L' ANCESTRALE 2013 221
SYLVAIN PATAILLE MARSANNAY L' ANCESTRALE 2015 266
JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ‘OUZELOY’ 2013 115
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
THE HISTORIC TOWN OF GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE MOST POWERFUL WINES IN BURGUNDY. POWER, MUSCLE, AND RICH, JAMMY FRUIT – TENDING TO START COMPACT AND NEEDING TIME TO UNFOLD BROADLY – CHARACTERIZE THESE WINES. IN RECENT YEARS THIS COMMUNE HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT “NEW” DOMAINES. SOME OF THESE NEW PRODUCERS INCLUDE DENIS MORTET, AND CLAUDE DUGAT. WHILE THESE YOUNG PRODUCERS HAVE TAKEN A MODERN STEP IN WINEMAKING, THE OLD-TIMERS HAVE ALSO LEARNED TO KEEP PACE. PRODUCERS LIKE DOMAINE ARMAND ROUSSEAU AND JOSEPH ROTY (MAKING WINE SINCE 1710) RECENTLY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND LONG-LIVED WINES FROM THEIR PRIME VINEYARDS.
DENIS BACHELET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2012 234
DENIS BACHELET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2013 224
DENIS BACHELET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 231
DENIS BERTHAUT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS DES CHEZEAUX' 2014 108
DENIS BERTHAUT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS DES CHEZEAUX' 2015 146
BRUNO CLAIR GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2014 189
BENJAMIN LEROUX GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'AUX ETELOIS' 2014 144
HUBERT LIGNIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2014 172
HUBERT LIGNIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2015 183
HUBERT LIGNIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'LES SEUVRÉES' 2012 181
HUBERT LIGNIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'LES SEUVRÉES' 2014 183
LIGNIER-MICHELOT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CUVÉE BERTIN 2013 126
LIGNIER-MICHELOT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CUVÉE BERTIN 2014 129
REMOISSENET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2014 139
GERARD RAPHET GEVREY-CHABERTIN ‘CHAMPS CHENY' VIEILLES VIGNES 2017 149
GERARD RAPHET GEVREY-CHABERTIN ‘CHAMPS CHENY' VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 151
JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CHAMPS-CHENYS’ 2013 179
JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CHAMPS-CHENYS’ 2014 176
JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CHAMPS-CHENYS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2015 211
DOMAINE FOURRIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 233
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN PREMIER CRU
DENIS BERTHAUT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'LAVAUX SAINT-JACQUES' 1ER CRU 2014 174
BRUNO CLAIR GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS DU FONTENY' 1ER CRU monopole 2015 367
DROUHIN-LAROZE GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘AU CLOUSEAU’ 1ER CRU 2012 189
DROUHIN-LAROZE GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CLOS PRIEUR’ 1ER CRU 2012 159
DROUHIN-LAROZE GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘LAVAUX SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2012 201
F. ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CLOS PRIEUR’ 1ER CRU 2015 88
F. ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘LAVAUX SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2012 131
F. ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘ESTOURNELLES SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2012 131
DOMAINE FOURRIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CHERBAUDES' 1ER CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 409
DOMAINE FOURRIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS SAINT-JACQUES' 1ER CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 2016 1059
JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CLOS PRIEUR-BAS’ 1ER CRU 2014 196
ARMAND ROUSSEAU GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS-SAINT-JACQUES' 1ER CRU 2013 966
ARMAND ROUSSEAU GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'LAVEAUX SAINT-JACQUES' 1ER CRU 2014 397
CHARLES VAN CANNEYT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'LES FONTENY' 1ER CRU 2015 263
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU
RUCHOTTES-CHAMBERTIN
CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZE
CHAMBERTIN
TRAPET CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU 2014 636
MAZI-CHAMBERTIN
MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2010 268
JOSEPH ROTY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2012 567
CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN
TRAPET CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN 2014 526
GRIOTTE-CHAMBERTIN
JOSEPH ROTY ‘GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2012 709
CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN
DENIS BACHELET 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2012 684
GEANTET-PANSIOT 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2012 354
HUBERT LIGNIER 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2015 563
JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 2012 789
ARMAND ROUSSEAU ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2015 656
LATRICIÈRES-CHAMBERTIN
TRAPET LATRICIÈRES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU 2012 463
TRAPET LATRICIÈRES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU 2014 423
DOMAINE DUJAC
NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASING VINEYARDS IN THE LATE 1960S AND RELEASING HIS FIRST WINES IN THE EARLY 1970'S, JACQUES SEYSSES BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL ICON. HIS ABILITY TO COAX THE UTMOST FLAVOR AND TEXTURE FROM HIS GRAPES SET HIM APART FROM HIS BURGUNDIAN BRETHREN. JACQUES RESPECT FOR THE TERROIR OF THE CÔTE D’OR IS STILL ON DISPLAY IN HIS VITICULTURAL PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE WINEMAKING METHODS. DUJAC WINES ARE MORE THAN JUST VARIETALLY CORRECT – THEY ARE INTIMATE TRAVELOGUES OF SOME OF THE MOST CELEBRATED SITES ON EARTH. LOUIS SEYSSES, BISCUIT MANUFACTURER AND GASTRONOME, HAD A TASTE FOR GOOD FOOD AND FINE WINES. SO DID HIS SON JACQUES WHO DECIDED IN HIS MID-TWENTIES TO LEAVE HIS DREARY JOB IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY TO PURSUE THE EXCITING LIFE OF A WINEMAKER.
JACQUES BEGAN HIS NEW CAREER AUSPICIOUSLY ENOUGH AS AN APPRENTICE TO GÉRARD POTEL AT DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D’OR. TWO HARVESTS THERE TAUGHT HIM THE ESSENTIALS OF HIS CRAFT AND INTRODUCED HIM TO SOME OF BURGUNDY’S MOST REVERED WINEMAKERS. IN 1967, HE PURCHASED DOMAINE GRAILLET AND RENAMED IT DOMAINE DUJAC. TRYING TO BLEND WHAT HE ADMIRED IN TRADITIONAL WINEMAKING WITH MODERN TECHNIQUES, JACQUES DEVELOPED HIS OWN PROPRIETARY PROTOCOL THAT WAS CONSIDERED REVOLUTIONARY AT THE TIME. IN THE VINEYARD JACQUES’ GOAL WAS TO MAXIMIZE THE UNIQUE TERROIR OF EACH SITE. IN THE WINERY JACQUES EXPLORED INNOVATIVE METHODS TO PRESERVE THE EXCEPTIONAL FRUIT HIS VINEYARDS HAD BEGUN TO PRODUCE. DUJAC’S WINES DID NOT GO UNNOTICED FOR LONG. IN 1974, THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY GAULT & MILLAU AND SOON BEGAN GRACING WINE LISTS IN THE TONIEST STARRED RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT FRANCE. AS DUJAC’S HOLDINGS EXPANDED (FROM 5 HECTARES IN 1968 TO NEARLY 12 HECTARES TODAY), JACQUES, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE ROSALIND, LOOKED BEYOND LOCAL MARKETS AND BEGAN EXPORTING NEARLY 80% OF THEIR PRODUCTION TO 18 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
SINCE 1986, IN KEEPING WITH JACQUES DESIRE TO PROTECT TERROIR AND IMPROVE QUALITY, DOMAINE DUJAC HAS BEEN IN LUTTE INTEGER, A VITICULTURAL REGIME THAT COMBINES PRACTICES FROM ORGANIC FARMING AND BIODYNAMICS. THIS PHILOSOPHY OF PLANNED MINIMAL INTERVENTION ALLOWS EACH VINEYARD TO PRODUCE THE FINEST FRUIT POSSIBLE (VARIETALLY ACCURATE AND SITE SPECIFIC) WHILE PRESERVING ORGANIC BALANCE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAND. TODAY, THE ESTATE HAS TRANSITIONED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. SON JEREMY HAS TAKEN OVER DIRECTING WINEMAKING AND MARKETING; DIANA SNOWDEN, JEREMY’S WIFE AND A U. C. DAVIS GRADUATE IN ENOLOGY, HAS TAKEN OVER CELLAR MANAGEMENT; AND SON ALEC, IS ASSUMING MANY OF HIS FATHER’S ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. THE INFUSION OF NEW BLOOD HAS PROVED A BOON, ALLOWING THIS REMARKABLE ESTATE TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS ONE OF BURGUNDY’S MOST ELITE PRODUCERS.
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN AND MOREY-SAINT-DENIS
DOMAINE DUJAC - CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY AND VOSNE-ROMANÉE
MOREY-SAINT-DENIS
THE WINES FROM THE VILLAGE OF MOREY-ST.-DENIS ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS BEING LIGHTER THAN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN AND FIRMER THAN CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE VILLAGE THE VINEYARD IS LOCATED. GEOLOGICALLY THESE VINEYARDS ARE VERY RICH IN MINERALS. THE GRAND CRU VINEYARDS, MOVING SOUTHWARDS FROM THE BORDER WITH GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, INCLUDE CLOS DE LA ROCHE, CLOS ST.-DENIS, CLOS DES LAMBRAYS AND CLOS DE TART. FINE WINES FROM DOMAINE DUJAC, HUBERT LIGNIER, AND CHRISTOPHE ROUMIER ARE GIVING MOREY THE RECOGNITION IT HAS LONG MERITED.
HUBERT LIGNIER MOREY-ST-DENIS TRES GIRARD 2014 176
HUBERT LIGNIER MOREY-ST-DENIS TRILOGIE 2014 186
HUBERT LIGNIER MOREY-ST-DENIS TRILOGIE 2015 199
LIGNIER-MICHELOT MOREY-ST-DENIS VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 128
MOREY-SAINT-DENIS PREMIER CRU
DOMAINE ARLAUD MOREY-ST-DENIS 'AUX CHEZEAUX' 1ER CRU 2014 179
REGIS FOREY MOREY-ST-DENIS 1ER CRU 2014 174
HUBERT LIGNIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES CHAFFOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 339
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2010 419
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2013 389
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2014 419
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2015 499
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2016 499
GEORGES ROUMIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE' 1ER CRU monopole 2017 479
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES MILLANDES' 1ER CRU 2012 146
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES MILLANDES' 1ER CRU 2014 151
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES MILLANDES' 1ER CRU 2015 157
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES CHARRIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2014 137
MOREY-SAINT-DENIS GRAND CRU
CLOS DE LA ROCHE
DOMAINE ROUX 'CLOS DE LA ROCHE' GRAND CRU 2017 734
CLOS-SAINT-DENIS
GUY CASTAGNIER ‘CLOS-SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 1985 309
GEORGES LIGNIER 'CLOS-SAINT-DENIS' GRAND CRU 2012 349
CLOS-DE-TART
CLOS DES LAMBRAYS
DOMAINE DES LAMBRAYS 'CLOS DES LAMBRAYS' GRAND CRU 2013 502
DOMAINE DES LAMBRAYS 'CLOS DES LAMBRAYS' GRAND CRU 2014 448
DOMAINE DES LAMBRAYS 'CLOS DES LAMBRAYS' GRAND CRU 2015 635
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY
CHAMBOLLE HAS A RICH, VELVETY ELEGANCE THAT RIVALS THE FINESSE OF VOSNE ROMANÉE OR THE POWER OF GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN. THERE ARE ONLY TWO GRAND CRUS (BONNES-MARES AND MUSIGNY) IN THIS VILLAGE, AND SOME EXCEPTIONAL PREMIER CRUS (LES AMOUREUSES AND LES FUÉES) WORTHY OF PROMOTION. THESE CHALKY VINEYARDS GIVE THE WINES HIGHER ACIDITY AND ELEGANCE, WHICH EXPRESSES ITSELF IN AROMATIC PURITY AND FINESSE WITHOUT THE POWER. A FINE RED MUSIGNY “IS A COMBINATION OF SEDUCTIVE POWER AND UNREPENTANT ARISTOCRACY WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECTRUM OF AROMAS…CRUSHED STRAWBERRIES AND LIQUORICE.” FULLY MATURE AFTER 10-15 YEARS, IT IS OFTEN THE QUINTESSENCE OF FINESSE, AND--FROM A GREAT VINTAGE--AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. BONNES-MARES IS CONSIDERED THE STEPBROTHER OF MUSIGNY; IT IS OFTEN STURDIER AND LESS GRACEFUL THAN MUSIGNY. THE TOP PRODUCERS ARE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ, DOMAINE DUJAC, CHRISTOPHE ROUMIER, LEROY, JACQUES-FRÉDÉRIC MUGNIER, AND GHISLAINE BARTHOD.
DIGIOIA-ROYER CHAMBOLLE-MUSGNY 2014 166
DIGIOIA-ROYER CHAMBOLLE-MUSGNY 'LES FREMIERS' VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 191
GENOT-BOULANGER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2014 176
GENOT-BOULANGER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2015 201
LIGNIER-MICHELOT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY VIEILLES VIGNES 2013 126
GEORGES ROUMIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2017 359
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2014 120
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'DERRIÈRE LE FOUR' VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 123
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'DERRIÈRE LE FOUR' VIEILLES VIGNES 2015 134
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES BUSSIERES' VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 129
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES BUSSIERES' VIEILLES VIGNES 2015 143
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY PREMIER CRU
DOMAINE BERTHEAU CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1ER CRU 2015 234
DOMAINE BERTHEAU CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2015 278
DOMAINE DROUHIN CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES AMOUREUSES' 1ER CRU 2014 864
LOUIS JADOT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES BAUDES' 1ER CRU DOMAINE GAGEY 2003 168
LUCIE ET AUGUSTE LIGNIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES BAUDES' 1ER CRU 2004 141
HUBERT LIGNIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES BUSSIERES' 1ER CRU 2015 251
HUBERT LIGNIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHABIOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 386
GERARD MUGNERET CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2013 315
GERARD MUGNERET CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2015 323
DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘LES FEUSSELOTTES' 1ER CRU 2010 275
DOMAINE GEORGES ROUMIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CRAS' 1ER CRU 2013 427
DOMAINE GEORGES ROUMIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CRAS' 1ER CRU 2015 559
DOMAINE GEORGES ROUMIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CRAS' 1ER CRU 2017 609
DOMAINE ROUX CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES NOIROTS' 1ER CRU 2017 317
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHATELOTS' 1ER CRU 2014 160
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHATELOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 171
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES FUÉES' 1ER CRU 2014 160
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES NOIROTS' 1ER CRU 2012 160
ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES NOIROTS' 1ER CRU 2014 165
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY GRAND CRU
BONNES-MARES
BRUNO CLAIR 'BONNES-MARES' GRAND CRU 2014 548
MUSIGNY
VOUGEOT
CISTERCIAN MONKS ESTABLISHED THE GRAND CRU VINEYARD CLOS DE VOUGEOT IN 1100. THE CLOS’ FIFTY HECTARES ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF 82 DIFFERENT OWNERS. CLOS DE VOUGEOT IS ONE OF THE FEW GRAND CRUS WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE VINES WITHIN THE VINEYARD REALLY MATTERS. AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE LEROY, JEAN GRIVOT, ANNE GROS, LOUIS JADOT, AND DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE.
DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUX 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 2010 354
DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUX 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 2012 378
HUDELOT-NOELLAT 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 2014 449
HUDELOT-NOELLAT VOUGEOT 'LE PETITS VOUGEOTS' 1ER CRU 2014 207
MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘CLOS DE VOUGEOT’ GRAND CRU 2012 354
GERARD RAPHET ‘CLOS DE VOUGEOT' VIEILLES VIGNES GRAND CRU 2015 366
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI
WITHIN THE WORLD OF WINE, DOMAINE ROMANÉE-CONTI, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DRC OR SIMPLY "THE DOMAINE," IS CONSIDERED TO NOT ONLY BE ONE OF THE BEST DOMAINES IN BURGUNDY, BUT ONE OF THE BEST WINE PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD. WITH PRICE POINTS UPON RELEASE THAT EQUATES TO THE COST OF A NEW CAR, MANY FIND DRC TO BE THE WINE THAT REPRESENTS THE PINNACLE OF TERROIR AND WINEMAKING, MAKING IT A WINE CONNOTATIVE WITH SUCCESS AND CELEBRATION.
DRC HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY WITHIN BURGUNDY AND OVER TIME HAS AMASSED SOME OF THE MOST PRIZED GRAND CRU VINEYARDS IN VOSNE-ROMANÉE - THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE CÔTE. LIKE MANY BURGUNDIAN DOMAINES, ROMANÉE-CONTI’S HISTORY BEGAN WITH CHURCH OWNERSHIP, THEN WAS PASSED THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF PRIVATE FAMILY AND STATE ACQUISITIONS OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS. THE DOMAINE BEGAN TO FORM INTO ITS GLORY ONCE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE DUVAULT-BLOCHET FAMILY – COUSINS JACQUES CHAMBON AND MARIE-DOMINIQUE GAUDIN DE VILLAINE ASSUMED CONTROL IN 1912. HOWEVER, CHAMBON SOLD TO HENRI LEROY IN 1942. AT THIS TIME HENRI LEROY AND EDMOND GAUDIN DE VILLAINE FOUNDED THE SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE DU DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI TO ENSURE THE DOMAINE WOULD NEVER SPLIT UP AGAIN. FAST FORWARD TO 1974 WHEN AUBERT DE VILLAINE AND LALOU BIZE-LEROY TAKE CONTROL OF THE DOMAINE, THE DRC AS WE KNOW TODAY IS BORN; BIODYNAMIC FARMING, MODERNIZATION IN THE WINERY, AS WELL AS SUPREME LEADERSHIP AND WINEMAKING. IN 1992, LALOU’S NEPHEW HENRY-FRÉDÉIC ROCH REPLACED HER DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DRC TOOK ITS FINAL STEP TOWARDS ITS CONTEMPORARY DOMAINE REGIME.
THE DOMAINE IS RENOWNED FOR THEIR MONOPOLE GRAND CRU VINEYARDS; ROMANÉE-CONTI AND LA TÂCHE. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO WORK WITH THE GRAND CRUS: ROMANÉE-ST-VIVANT, ECHEZEAUX, GRANDS ECHEZEAUX, CORTON, AND THE END ALL BE ALL FOR WHITE BURGUNDY – MONTRACHET. THEY ALSO, ON OCCASION, MAKE A PREMIER CRU NAMED CUVÉE DUVAULT-BLOCHET IN HONOR OF THEIR FAMILY LINEAGE. DRC IS THE ACRONYM THAT RESONATES LOUDER THAN ANY 3 LETTERS IN THE WINE WORLD. TO EXPERIENCE THIS LEGENDARY WINE IS A RARE LUXURY. THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN IMPORTER, WILSON-DANIELS, AND BURGUNDY COLLECTOR WILFRED JAEGER WE HAVE CURATED AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF DRC FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT.
ECHEZEAUX
GRANDS-ECHÉZEAUX
RICHEBOURG
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI continued...
ROMANÉE-SAINT-VIVANT
LA TÂCHE
ROMANÉE-CONTI
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
PERHAPS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF PINOT NOIR IN THE WORLD COME FROM THIS COMMUNE. STYLISTICALLY THE WINES LIE BETWEEN THE STURDY GEVREY AND THE DELICATE CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY. THESE WINES ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS OPULENT, SILKY, AND SATINY. VOSNE’S GRAND CRUS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUINTESSENTIAL BURGUNDIES WITH AMAZING DEPTH AND REFINEMENT. THE GRAND CRUS RANGE FROM ROMANÉE ST.-VIVANT, THE LIGHTEST IN BODY BUT VERY AROMATIC, TO RICHEBOURG, THE MOST MASSIVE AND RICH. DOMAIN DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI OWNS THE VINEYARDS OF LA TACHE, ROMANEE-CONTI, AND PARTS OF ÉCHEZEAUX, GRAND ÉCHEZEAUX, ROMANEE ST.-VIVANT, AND RICHEBOURG. THESE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SOME OF THE MOST LONG-LIVED WINES IN BURGUNDY. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THESE GRAND CRU VINEYARDS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, THE FLAVOR PROFILES VARY WIDELY. AMONGST THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAIN DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI, HENRI JAYER, DOMAINE LEROY, SYLVAIN CATHIARD, ANNE GROS, EMMANUEL ROUGET, AND JEAN GRIVOT.
JOSEPH DROUHIN VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2014 167
DOMAINE D'EUGÉNIE VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2012 157
JEAN GRIVOT VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2011 191
FRANCOIS LAMARCHE VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2014 167
VOSNE-ROMANÉE PREMIER CRU
BRUNO CLAVELIER VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'LES HAUTS DE BEAUX MONTS' VIEILLES VIGNES 1ER CRU 2013 297
BRUNO CLAVELIER VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'LES BEAUX MONTS' VIEILLES VIGNES 1ER CRU 2013 383
GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LES CHAUMES' 1ER CRU 2015 336
GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 1ER CRU 2015 237
HUDELOT-NOËLLAT VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'LES BEAUX MONTS' 1ER CRU 2014 272
MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'EN ORVEAUX' 1ER CRU 2012 247
MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'EN ORVEAUX' 1ER CRU 2015 244
MICHEL NOËLLAT VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'LES SUCHOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 278
VOSNE-ROMANÉE GRAND CRU
ECHÉZEAUX
DESAUNAY-BISSEY 'ECHÉZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2014 289
DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2012 347
DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2015 359
GRANDS-ECHÉZEAUX
MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘GRANDS-ECHÉZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2012 561
BARON THENARD 'GRANDS-ECHÉZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2012 349
RICHEBOURG
ROMANÉE-SAINT-VIVANT
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
NUITS-ST.-GEORGES IS THE LONGEST COMMUNE IN THE CÔTE D’OR, EXTENDING FOR SOME FIVE KILOMETERS. MANY TASTERS CHARACTERIZE NUITS AS “EARTHY” AND “RUSTIC.” THERE IS OFTEN A GRANULAR FEEL ABOUT FINE, YOUNG NUITS. THEY MIGHT HAVE A TOUCH OF THE MAVERICK, BUT THE ROBUST CHARM OF LEATHER AND GAMY FLAVORS ARE NO LESS ALLURING. THE GREAT PRODUCERS ARE HENRI GOUGES, CHEVILLON, DOMAIN DE L’ARLOT, AND LEROY.
SYLVAIN CATHIARD NUIT-SAINT-GEORGES 2014 238
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2016 182
J.J. CONFURON NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'LES FLEURIERES' 2012 126
REGIS FOREY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2014 137
JEAN GRIVOT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'LES CHARMOIS' 2011 198
MONGEARD-MUGNERET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘LES PLATEAUX' 2014 146
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES PREMIER CRU
MAISON AMBROISE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'EN RUE DE CHAUX' 1ER CRU 2007 108
DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUX NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DES CORVÉES DES PAGETS' 1ER CRU 2014 277
DOMAINE DE L'ARLOT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘CLOS DES FORETS’ 1ER CRU 2012 234
DOMAINE DE L'ARLOT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘CLOS DES FORETS’ 1ER CRU 2014 235
DOMAINE DE L'ARLOT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘LES PETITS PLETS' 1ER CRU 2014 168
JEROME CHEZEAUX NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX BOUDOTS' 1ER CRU 2014 166
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX BOUDOTS' 1ER CRU 2016 286
REGIS FOREY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'LES PERRIERES' 1ER CRU 2014 196
HUDELOT-NOELLAT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX MURGERS' 1ER CRU 2014 224
HENRI GOUGES NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘LES PRULIERS’ 1ER CRU 2012 236
JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DE LA MARECHALE' 1ER CRU monopole 2015 249
CHARLES VAN CANNEYT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'RICHEMONE' 1ER CRU 2015 199
CORTON
THE WINES OF CORTON ARE THE BIGGEST WINES IN THE CÔTE-DE-BEAUNE. THESE WINES ARE FAT AND RICH, BUT OFTEN HAVE AN AUSTERE EDGE IN THEIR YOUTH (THOUGH IN RIPE VINTAGES THE FRUIT SHOWS VERY WELL). THE BEST EXAMPLES ARE LONG-LIVED. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE TOLLOT-BEAUT, LOUIS JADOT AND BOUCHARD.
MAISON EN BELLE LIES ALOXE-CORTON 2014 119
FOLLIN-ARBELET ALOXE-CORTON 'VERCOTS' 1ER CRU 2012 94
CORTON GRAND CRU
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2012 274
COCHE-DURY 'CORTON' GRAND CRU 2013 1734
RAPET 'CORTON-POUGETS' GRAND CRU 2012 206
BARON THENARD 'CORTON-CLOS DU ROI' GRAND CRU 2012 199
TOLLOT-BEAUT ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2011 289
BEAUNE
BEAUNE IS THE WINE NERVE CENTER OF BURGUNDY. THE WINES RANGE FROM LIGHT AND FRUITY TO DENSE AND JAMMY. ‘GRÈVES’, ‘MARCONNETS’, AND ‘TEURONS’ ARE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE BEST SITES. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE BERNARD MOREY, LOUIS JADOT, ALBERT MOROT, JOSEPH DROUHIN AND BOUCHARD.
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT BEAUNE 'LES EPENOTTES' 1ER CRU 2015 142
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT BEAUNE 'MONTREVENOTS' 1ER CRU 2015 142
DOMAINE DES CROIX BEAUNE 'LES GRÈVES' 1ER CRU 2012 176
DOMAINE DES CROIX BEAUNE 'LES CENTS VIGNES' 1ER CRU 2013 121
VINCENT DANCER BEAUNE 'MONTREVENOTS' 1ER 2015 98
HENRI GERMAIN ET FILS BEAUNE 'LES BRESSANDES' 1ER CRU 2014 146
CAMILLE GIROUD BEAUNE 'LES AVAUX' 1ER CRU 2015 157
MICHEL LAFARGE BEAUNE 'LES GRÈVES' 1ER CRU 2011 209
MONGEARD-MUGNERET BEAUNE ‘LES AVAUX’ 1ER CRU 2014 116
POMMARD
DUE TO THE SOIL COMPOSITION, THE WINES OF POMMARD ARE EARTHY AND MINERALLY. WINES FROM THE BEST VINEYARDS (‘RUGIENS’ AND ‘ÉPENOTS’) AND IN GREAT VINTAGES ARE AROMATIC, SPICY AND VERY LONG-LIVED. DE MONTILLE, POUSSE D’OR AND GANOUX ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS.
MICHEL LAFARGE POMMARD 'PEZEROLLES' 1ER CRU 2011 299
BERNARD MOREAU POMMARD 'LES FREMIERS' 1ER CRU 2015 166
FRANCOIS PARENT POMMARD 'LES ARGILLIERES' 1ER CRU 2012 231
FRANCOIS PARENT POMMARD 'LES CHAPONIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2012 249
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE
THE FAMILY'S ORIGINS CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY AT CRÉANCEY IN THE AUXOIS REGION, WITH THE LORDS OF COMMEAU. THEN COMES THE 18TH CENTURY. 'THE DOMAINE PRE-DATES THE REVOLUTION; IT WAS CREATED IN THE 1750'S, STATES HUBERT DE MONTILLE. IT WAS RE-NAMED DE MONTILLE AFTER THE UNION OF MARIE ELÉONORE CHAUVELOT DE CHEVANNES AND ÉTIENNE JOSEPH MARIE LÉONCE BIZOUARD DE MONTILLE, THE GRANDFATHER OF HUBERT, ON APRIL 9, 1863. 'MONTILLE' AS HE WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME, DIVIDED HIS TIME BETWEEN THE DOMAINES IN VOLNAY AND CRÉANCEY AND THE SOCIÉTÉ DES AGRICULTEURS DE FRANCE, OF WHICH HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS. THE DOMAINE SAT ON A VERITABLE TREASURE, WHICH AT THE TIME, WAS NOT RECOGNISED FOR ITS INHERENT VALUE. MUSIGNY, BONNES MARES, CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1ER CRU 'LES AMOUREUSES'...IN TOTAL, 12 HECTARES OF MAGNIFICENT TERROIR, PLANTED WITH PINOT NOIR IN THE CÔTE DE NUITS AND CÔTE DE BEAUNE. THOUGH TODAY THESE PARCELS MAKE WINE LOVERS (AND WINEMAKERS) SWOON, THEY WERE SOLD OFF AS AND WHEN THE FAMILY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION DICTATED. 'AT THE TIME,' NOTES ÉTIENNE DE MONTILLE, 'IT WAS MORE COMMON TO SELL VINES THAN FIELDS, AS FIELDS WERE MORE PROFITABLE.' LITTLE BY LITTLE, THE ANCESTORS CHIPPED AWAY AT THE DOMAINE. IN BURGUNDY, THERE IS A SAYING: IT ONLY TAKES ONE GENERATION TO UNDO THE WORK OF MANY.... WHEN HUBERT DECIDED TO STOP THIS EROSION, THE FAMILY DOMAINE HAD BEEN REDUCED TO ITS SMALLEST SIZE OF BARELY 3 HECTARES, COMPOSED OF VARIOUS PARCELS OF VOLNAY 1ER CRU.
THE FAMILY TRADITION DEMANDED THAT THE MEN SHOULD EMBRACE A CAREER IN LAW, THEN THE ARRIVAL OF HUBERT DE MONTILLE MARKED A TURNING OF THE PAGE. GRANTED, HE BECAME A LAWYER LIKE HIS FATHER, BUT HE LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE BETWEEN VOLNAY AND DIJON, BETWEEN THE VINES AND THE COURT. TODAY THERE IS STILL FIRE IN HIS EYES WHEN HE SPEAKS OF HIS CAREER AS A WINEGROWER. THIS PIONEERING AND PASSIONATE MAN HAS ENGRAVED EACH VINTAGE IN HIS MEMORY. BEGINNING WITH HIS FIRST HARVEST IN 1947, HE BROKE WITH THE CUSTOM OF SELLING WINE TO NEGOCIANTS. HUBERT DE MONTILLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF THE BOTTLE. THIS NEW IN-HOUSE STRATEGY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF THE DOMAINE. 'WHEN YOU SELL YOUR WINE IN BOTTLES, AND NOT IN BULK, THE APPROACH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT,' EXPLAINS ÉTIENNE. THE 1950'S SAW THE BIRTH OF A NEW TYPE OF VITICULTURE. THE DOMAINE HUBERT DE MONTILLE MADE ITS MARK THROUGHOUT BURGUNDY. 'MY FATHER IS A MAN OF CHARACTER AND TASTE. HE VERY QUICKLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE WINES THAT HE LOVED, NOT NECESSARILY WINES THAT WOULD SELL EASILY,' REMARKS ÉTIENNE. 'HIS WINES ARE NOT TECHNICAL OR ROUND. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY ARE AUTHENTIC AND IMPROVE WITH TIME, EVEN IF, ON OCCASION, THEY CAN SEEM PRETENTIOUS IN THEIR FIRST FLUSH OF YOUTH.' THE WINES OF HUBERT DE MONTILLE HAVE PERSONALITY.
IT IS THIS RADICALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT PROPELLED THE DOMAINE TO NESTLE AMONGST THE GREAT DOMAINES OF BURGUNDY. AT A POINT WHEN 90% OF THE REGION'S WINES WERE SOLD TO NEGOCIANTS, WHO MADES WINES THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS STYLISTICALLY STANDARDIZED, THE 'LITTLE' DOMAINS BEGAN TO MAKE WINE THAT WAS RADICALLY DIFFERENT. THEIR IDEA WAS TO REVITALIZE THIS VERY PARTICULAR BURGUNDIAN NOTION CALLED 'TERROIR.' EACH APPELLATION, EACH 'CLIMAT' (A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND, SOMETIMES EVEN SMALLER THAN AN APPELLATION), THAT THE MONKS CLASSIFIED AND CULTIVATED FOR OVER A MILLENNIA, GIVES A WINE ITS DISTINCT PERSONALITY. ÉTIENNE EXPLAINS, 'ABOVE ALL MY FATHER LOOKED TO RESPECT THE AUTHENTICITY OF EACH OF HIS TERROIRS BY MAKING WINES OF MODERATE ALCOHOL, ELEGANCE, AND REFINED AROMATIC PURITY.' ÉTIENNE AND ALIX DE MONTILLE LEARNED ABOUT VITICULTURE FROM AN EARLY AGE. BUT HUBERT NEVER WOULD HAVE PASSED HIS CHILDREN THE BATON WITHOUT THEM FIRST LEARNING 'A REAL PROFESSION'. AND, WHILE THE CHILDREN FOLLOWED IN THE FAMILY FOOTSTEPS BY ORIENTING THEMSELVES TOWARDS LEGAL CAREERS, THE INEVITABLE RETURN TO THE VINE CAME QUICKLY. IN 1983, AFTER A YEAR IN THE USA, ÉTIENNE STARTED WORKING AT THE DOMAINE. HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER AND THROUGH HIS OENOLOGY STUDIES UNTIL 1990, WHEN HE TOOK OVER THE VINIFICATIONS. IN 1995, HE BECAME CO-MANAGER AND BEGAN TO MOVE THE DOMAINE TOWARDS ORGANIC FARMING. HE ALSO STARTED TO ADAPT THE VINIFICATIONS TO HIS OWN WAY OF THINKING.
IN 2001, HE RETURNED FULL-TIME TO BURGUNDIAN SOIL TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THE DOMAINE AND THE CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET. HE TOOK FULL CONTROL AND ASSERTED HIS STYLE AND PHILOSOPHY: BIODYNAMIC FARMING, WHOLE CLUSTER FERMENTATION TO ADD AROMATICS AND SILKIER WINES WITH LESS AUSTERITY. ALL THE WHILE, HE REMAINED TRUE TO THE VISION HE LEARNED BY HIS FATHER'S SIDE: AUTHENTICITY, PURITY, ELEGANCE AND BALANCE. IN 2003, ALIX ALSO RETURNED TO HER CHILDHOOD LOVE, VOLNAY. SHE AND ÉTIENNE CREATED 'DEUX MONTILLE SŒUR-FRÈRE', A NEGOCIANT HOUSE DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO WHITE WINES. 'ALL OUR SŒUR-FRÈRE GRAPES ARE RIGOROUSLY SELECTED, HARVESTED AND VINIFIED WITH THE SAME KNOW-HOW AND PHILOSOPHY AS OUR DOMAINE GRAPES,' EXPLAINS ALIX. SINCE 2006 SHE HAS TAKEN OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DOMAINE'S WHITES, NOTABLY THE PRECIOUS PULIGNY-MONTRACHET CAILLERET PREMIER CRU AND CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU. WITH ÉTIENNE WATCHING OVER THE REDS AND ALIX THE WHITES, THE FAMILY HISTORY WILL CONTINUE. IN 2003, ÉTIENNE BEGAN TO ENLARGE THE DOMAINE WITH EXCEPTIONAL VINEYARDS AND THEN IN 2005 BROUGHT BACK INTO THE FOLD SOME CLOS VOUGEOT FROM THE CÔTE DE NUITS AND A PARCEL JUST NEXT TO LA TÂCHE IN VOSNE-ROMANÉE 'LES MALCONSORTS.' IN 2011, THE DOMAINE COUNTED 20 HECTARES OF VINES, OF WHICH 75% WERE PREMIERS OR GRANDS CRUS FROM BOTH CÔTES.
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE IS KNOWN TO CRAFT WINES WITH GREAT AROMATIC PURITY, ALWAYS FAVORING BALANCE AND ELEGANCE OVER POWER AND EXTRACTION. THE WINES ARE CLASSIC EXPRESSIONS OF BURGUNDY, PRODUCED IN THE MOST NATURAL WAY POSSIBLE AND POSSESSING AN IMPRESSIVE ABILITY TO AGE, AS THE FAMILY BELIEVES ONLY TIME CAN REVEAL THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF THE GREATEST WINES. THE DOMAINE'S CURRENT STYLE REMAINS FAITHFUL TO HUBERT'S NATURAL AND IDEALISTIC APPROACH, WHICH DEMANDED CONSIDERABLE PATIENCE WHILE WAITING FOR APPROPRIATE DRINKING WINDOWS FOR CERTAIN VINTAGES. ETIENNE, HOWEVER, HAS TAKEN UP THE TASK TO BRING GREATER AROMATIC EXPRESSION AND SILKIER AND MORE UNCTUOUS TEXTURES TO THE REDS, ALLOWING THEM TO DRINK EARLIER, WITHOUT COMPROMISING THEIR ABILITY TO AGE.
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE - VOUGEOT, VOSNE, CORTON & BEAUNE
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE - POMMARD
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE - VOLNAY
VOLNAY
VOLNAY IS THE MOST CHARMING AND DELIGHTFUL COMMUNE IN THE COTE D’OR. THE WINES ARE PERFUMEY, SOFT AND HAVE A SEDUCTIVE TEXTURE. THERE ARE MANY GREAT VINEYARDS AND (‘CLOS-DES-CHÊNES’, ‘SANTENOTS’, ‘CHAMPANS’ AND ‘CAILLERETS’) PRODUCERS THAT GIVE VOLNAY A GREAT REPUTATION. DE MONTILLE, POUSSE D’OR AND LAFARGE ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS.
DUBREUIL-FONTAINE VOLNAY 2013 101
DUBREUIL-FONTAINE VOLNAY 2014 103
DUBREUIL-FONTAINE VOLNAY 2015 108
CAMILLE GIROUD VOLNAY 2014 98
MICHEL LAFARGE VOLNAY 2012 199
COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 2011 221
VOLNAY PREMIER CRU
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 1ER CRU 2015 227
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 'LES CHAMPANS' 1ER CRU 2012 359
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘LES CHAMPANS' 1ER CRU 2014 367
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘LES CHAMPANS' 1ER CRU 2015 353
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 'CLOS DES ANGLES' 1ER CRU 2014 286
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘CLOS DES DUCS’ 1ER CRU monopole 1999 1056
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘CLOS DES DUCS’ 1ER CRU monopole 2014 471
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘CLOS DES DUCS’ 1ER CRU monopole 2015 417
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 'FREMIET' 1ER CRU 2011 209
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 'FREMIET' 1ER CRU 2012 343
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY 'FREMIET' 1ER CRU 2014 291
MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS' 1ER CRU 2014 373
MICHEL LAFARGE VOLNAY 'CLOS DES CHENES' 1ER CRU 2012 353
MICHEL LAFARGE VOLNAY 'LES CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2012 355
VOLNAY PREMIER CRU CONTINUED
COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 'SANTENOTS-DU-MILIEU' 1ER CRU 2011 369
COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 'SANTENOTS-DU-MILIEU' 1ER CRU 2012 416
LATOUR-GIRAUD VOLNAY 'CLOS DES CHENES' 1ER CRU 2012 191
BENJAMIN LEROUX VOLNAY 'PITURES-DESSUS' 1ER CRU 2014 165
DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR VOLNAY ‘CLOS DE LA BOUSSE D'OR' 1ER CRU monopole 2012 294
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE
IN 1879 CHASSAGNE, TOGETHER WITH PULIGNY, EXTENDED ITS NAME TO BECOME CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, PERHAPS THAT’S ONE REASON WHY WE THINK WHITE WINE FOR CHASSAGNE. NOT MUCH MORE THAN A GENERATION AGO THE VILLAGE PRODUCED 75% RED WINE, AND BEFORE THAT EVEN MORE; IT IS EVEN SUGGESTED THAT CHASSAGNE, APART FROM MONTRACHET, WAS ONCE EXCLUSIVELY RED-WINE TERRITORY. GIVEN THAT TODAY, A BOTTLE OF WHITE CHASSAGNE SELLS (ON AVERAGE) AT TWICE THE PRICE OF A BOTTLE OF RED IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT REPLANTINGS HAVE BEEN MAINLY TO WHITE. CLIVE COATES UNEARTHED THE FACT THAT IN THE MARQUIS DE LAGUICHE’S ARCHIVE, RECORDS SHOW THAT AT ONE TIME THEIR RED WAS WORTH TWICE AS MUCH AS THEIR WHITE, EVEN FROM MONTRACHET…
GAGNARD-DELAGRANGE CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE 1ER CRU 2015 106
BERNARD MOREAU CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE VIEILLES VIGNES 2015 88
CAROLINE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE 2016 109
JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET MES VIEILLES VIGNES 2012 88
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE PREMIER CRU
BEAUJOLAIS
DOMAINE DIOCHON MOULIN-A-VENT 2014 36
JEAN-LOUIS DUTRAIVE FLEURIE 2018 74
DOMAINE FOILLARD MORGON 'LES CHARMES' EPONYM 2015 89
DOMAINE FOILLARD LES CHARMES, MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 91
DOMAINE FOILLARD MORGON CÔTE DU PY, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 89
DOMAINE FOILLARD MORGON CÔTE DU PY, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2017 89
DOMAINE FOILLARD MORGON CUVÉE CORCELETTE, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2017 89
MARCEL LAPIERRE MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 71
MARCEL LAPIERRE RAISINS GAULOIS, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2016 33
MARCEL LAPIERRE, MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2017 71
MARCEL LAPIERRE, MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2018 71
DOMAINE RUET RÉGNIÉ 'LES BOIS' 2018 53
JURA
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT GAMAY BLEND MADELON, VIN DE FRANCE 2015 99
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT GAMAY BLEND LE JAJA DU BEN, VIN DE FRANCE 2015 71
DOMAINE ROLET TRADITION, JURA 2012 49
PINOT NOIR - CALIFORNIA
THIS GROWING GROUP OF PINOT PRODUCERS IS SEEKING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THEIR WINES, BOTH IN THE VINEYARD AND IN THE CELLAR. THIS DIRECTION FOCUSES ON BALANCE, NON-MANIPULATION IN THE CELLAR, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL VARIETAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAKE PINOT NOIR GREAT. SUBTLETY, POISE AND THE ABILITY OF THIS GRAPE TO SERVE AS A PROFOUND VEHICLE FOR THE EXPRESSION OF TERROIR.
AU BON CLIMAT KNOX ALEXANDER, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2011 96
COPAIN LES VOISINS, ANDERSON VALLEY 2015 63
COUNTY LINE, SONOMA COAST 2016 67
DOMAINE DE LA CÔTE 'BLOOMSFIELD,' STA. RITA HILLS 2014 162
DOMAINE DE LA CÔTE 'LA CÔTE,' STA. RITA HILLS 2015 189
KOSTA BROWNE 'CERISE,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2017 299
LITTORAI, SONOMA COAST 2015 119
LITTORAI, SONOMA COAST 2016 118
PEAY, SONOMA COAST 2014 68
SANDHI
SANDHI IS A SMALL PRODUCTION CALIFORNIA WINERY FOCUSING ON SELECT VINEYARDS FROM THE STA. RITA HILLS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. SANDHI WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 BY RAJAT PARR (FORMER WINE DIRECTOR FOR MICHAEL MINA RESTAURANTS) AND WINEMAKER SASHI MOORMAN. SANDHI REPRESENTS A UNION ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTION OF WINE: THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MAN, EARTH, AND VINE. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE JOINT EFFORTS INFORMS SANDHI’S EXPLORATION OF PINOT NOIR AND CHARDONNAY VINES THROUGHOUT THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TERROIR. EMPLOYING THE WISDOM AND TALENTS OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE VINEYARDS, SANDHI IS DEDICATED TO MAKING WINES OF FINESSE, MINERALITY, ACIDITY, STRUCTURE AND BALANCE. WINE ACHIEVES POWER AND BEAUTY THROUGH THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF THESE QUALITIES, AND THIS IS THE INSPIRATION FOR SANDHI.
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2010 71
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2012 77
SANDHI 'BIEN NACIDO,' SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2010 107
SANDHI 'TEMPEST,' STA. RITA HILLS 2009 182
SANDHI 'TEMPEST,' STA. RITA HILLS 2010 182
SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS 2010 109
SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS 2011 104
SANDHI 'LA ENCANTADA,' STA. RITA HILLS 2011 82
SANDHI 'MT. CARMEL,' STA. RITA HILLS 2013 116
CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT & CABERNET FRANC
BORDEAUX
OFF THE PATH...
VISITS TO BORDEAUX ARE OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE MOST FAMOUS CHATEAUX AND WELL KNOWN APPELLATIONS. VENTURING 'OFF THE BEATEN PATH' WE EXPLORE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS AND PROPERTIES OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. THESE PROPERTIES ARE OFTEN SMALLER THAN THEIR MORE FAMOUS NEIGHBORS, BUT SHARE WEATHER CONDITIONS, GEOGRAPHY AND WINEMAKING TRADITIONS WITH THE GRANDEST OF FIRST GROWTH PRODUCERS. THESE WINES OFFER VALUE AND QUALITY AS WELL AS UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS OF THE INFLUENTIAL AND EVOCATIVE BORDELAISE WINE CULTURE.
CHÂTEAU CHASSE-SPLEEN, MOULIS-EN-MÉDOC 2016 104
CLOS MANOU CUVÉE 1850, MÉDOC 2011 141
CHÂTEAU CARIGNAN, PREMIER CÔTES DE BORDEAUX-CASTILLON, FRANCE 2015 43
CHÂTEAU CARIGNAN PRIMA, PREMIER CÔTES DE BORDEAUX-CASTILLON, FRANCE 2010 61
SAINT-ESTÈPHE
SAINT ESTÈPHE WINES ARE POWERFUL, RICH, FULL BODIED, TANNIC, STRUCTURED BORDEAUX WINES THAT GREATLY REWARD AGE. AT THEIR BEST OF THESE WINES FROM THE NORTHERNMOST APPELLATION OF THE MEDOC OFFER A PURITY AND INTENSITY THAT IS SELDOM FOUND IN OTHER BORDEAUX WINES. SAINT ESTÈPHE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER BORDEAUX APPELLATIONS LOCATED IN THE MEDOC. MOST OF THE MEDOC IS FILLED WITH GRAVEL, ROCKS, LIMESTONE, AND SAND WITH A MINOR AMOUNT OF CLAY. IN SAINT ESTÈPHE, THERE ARE LARGE DEPOSITS OF CLAY IN THE SOIL. DUE TO THESE LARGE DEPOSITS OF CLAY, THE WINES OF SAINT ESTÈPHE OFTEN PRODUCE GREAT WINE IN HOT, DRY YEARS.
PAUILLAC
PAUILLAC PRODUCES THE CLASSIC, TEXTBOOK STYLE OF WINE MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH BORDEAUX, DUE TO ITS UNIQUE STYLE PAIRING POWER, TANNIN, ELEGANCE, AND LONGEVITY. PAUILLAC IS THE HOME TO 3 OF THE 5 FIRST GROWTHS; CHÂTEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD, CHÂTEAU LATOUR, AND CHÂTEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD. CHÂTEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD IS THE ONLY WINE TO HAVE BEEN PROMOTED SINCE THE ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION TOOK PLACE IN 1855. THE ROCKY, GRAVEL SOILS FOUND IN PAUILLAC ARE PERFECT FOR GRAPE GROWING BECAUSE THEY NATURALLY FORCE THE VINES TO DELVE DEEP INTO THE SOIL, ALTERNATIVELY SUFFERING, SEEKING AND FINDING NOURISHMENT. THE CHATEAUX LOCATED CLOSEST TO THE RIVER ENJOY A SLIGHTLY WARMER MICROCLIMATE, WHICH AIDS IN THE MATURITY OF THE GRAPES. THE CHATEAUX WITH THE FINEST TERROIR ARE LOCATED ON PROPERTIES WITH SLOPES, HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND DEEP GRAVEL THAT ARE NOT FAR FROM THE WATER.
CHÂTEAU DUHART-MILON, PAUILLAC 4EME CRU 2012 252
CHÂTEAU DUHART-MILON, PAUILLAC 4EME CRU 2015 176
CHÂTEAU D'ARMAILHAC, PAUILLAC 5EME CRU 2014 142
CHÂTEAU PIBRAN, PAUILLAC 2015 116
SAINT-JULIEN
SAINT JULIEN IS THE SMALLEST OF THE MAJOR BORDEAUX APPELLATIONS IN THE MEDOC WITH 910 HECTARES UNDER VINE. SANDWICHED BETWEEN MARGAUX AND PAUILLAC, SAINT JULIEN OFFERS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, COMBINING THE ELEGANCE OF MARGAUX WITH THE POWER OF PAUILLAC. THE SOILS ARE A MIX OF GRAVEL, SAND, LIMESTONE, AND CLAY, AS WELL AS A WIDE VARIETY OF ROCKS AND STONES IN A DIVERSE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. WHILE THERE ARE NO FIRST GROWTHS TO BE FOUND HERE, SAINT JULIEN IS RICH IN THE CATEGORY OF SUPER SECONDS AND THE DISTINCTION TO HAVE CLOSE TO 85% OF ITS LAND CLASSIFIED IN THE 1855 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MEDOC.
CHÂTEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU LE CROIX DE BEAUCAILLOU, ST. JULIEN 2015 141
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE POYFERRE, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2014 212
CHÂTEAU BRANAIRE-DUCRU, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 2014 133
CHÂTEAU TALBOT, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 2012 139
MARGAUX
THE MARGAUX APPELLATION WAS THE FIRST BORDEAUX AREA CULTIVATED FOR VINEYARDS. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE ROMANS PLANTED GRAPES IN THE AREA ALMOST 2,000 YEARS AGO. IN THE MARGAUX APPELLATION, THE TERROIR FEATURES VARIED SOILS WITH LARGE DEPOSITS OF GRAVEL, LIMESTONE WITH PEBBLES, STONES, ROCKS, WHITE GRAVEL AND ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF CLAY IN THE VINEYARDS. THE COMMUNES SOLE FIRST GROWTH, CHATEAU MARGAUX, HAS THE BEST PART OF ITS VINES PLANTED IN DEEP GRAVEL SOILS. WHILE MARGAUX WINES VERY DRAMATICALLY IN STYLE THROUGHOUT ITS DIVERSE TERROIRS, AT THEIR BEST THEY ARE THE MOST ELEGANT, SENSUOUS, REFINED AND PERFUMED WINES ON THE LEFT BANK.
CHÂTEAU D'ISSAN, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 2010 234
CHÂTEAU GISCOURS, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 2015 215
GRAVES - PESSAC-LEOGNAN
THE GRAVES TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE UNIQUE SOILS THAT CONSIST OF DEEP LAYERS OF GRAVEL AND STONE. BELOW THE GRAVEL AND PEBBLE-LADEN SURFACE, LAYERS OF SAND, HARDPAN AND CLAY CAN BE FOUND. GRAVES IS HOME TO THE ONLY 1855 CLASSIFICATION OUTSIDE OF THE MEDOC, FIRST GROWTH CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION. NOT TO BE OUTDONE GRAVES CREATED ITS OWN CLASSIFICATION IN 1959. TO ADD TO THE LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY PESSAC-LEOGNAN WAS GIVEN ITS OWN APPELLATION IN 1987. THE BEST GRAVES AND PESSAC WINES ARE FULL-BODIED, RICH, ELEGANT WINES REDOLENT OF SMOKE, TOBACCO, CASSIS, DARK CHERRY, LEATHER, TAR AND TRUFFLE FLAVORS WITH THE TEXTURE VELVET.
CHÂTEAU PAPE CLÉMENT LE CLÉMENTIN DU PAPE CLÉMENT, GRAVES 2015 96
CHÂTEAU DE FIEUZAL, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, GRAVES CRU CLASSÉ 2010 121
CHÂTEAU PICQUE-CAILLOU, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN 2013 75
CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC continued...
SAINT-ÉMILION
MERLOT IS KING IN SAINT EMILION, BRINGING A UNIQUE POWER, PLUSHNESS, AND DEPTH TO ITS WINES. CABERNET FRANC PLAYS A CRUCIAL SUPPORTING ROLE BY ADDING STRUCTURE AND FLORAL AROMAS. ONE CAN DIVIDE THE APPELLATION OF SAINT EMILION INTO 3 DISTINCT TERROIRS, THE LIMESTONE PLATEAU (COTES), THE SLOPES CLOSEST TO THE PLATEAU AND THE FLATS. MOST OF THE TOP SAINT EMILION WINE COMES FROM THE CHATEAUX LOCATED ON THE COTES. THE COTES ARE THE LIMESTONE RICH HILLSIDES THAT SURROUND THE PICTURESQUE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF SAINT EMILION. IN THE GRAVES SECTION OF SAINT EMILION, ONE FINDS THE EXTRAORDINARY CHATEAU FIGEAC AND CHEVAL BLANC BOTH WITH HIGH PROPORTIONS OF CABERNET FRANC AND SAUVIGNON CONTRARY TO THE REST OF THE REGION. CHATEAUX FOUND ON THE SANDY FLATS PRODUCE LIGHTER MORE ELEGANTLY STYLED WINES. DUE TO ITS VAST SIZE, MULTITUDE OF SMALL PRODUCERS (OVER 800), AND DIVERSITY OF TERROIRS SAINT EMILION OFFERS A WIDE ARRAY OF STYLES BUT BRINGS SOME OF THE MOST PLEASURABLE WINES IN BORDEAUX.
SAINT-ÉMILION CONTINUED...
CHÂTEAU BELLISLE MONDOTTE SAINT-ÉMILION GRAND CRU 2010 131
POMEROL
UNLIKE THE REST OF BORDEAUX, POMEROL HAS NO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. IN ITS PLACE, CONSUMER DEMAND AND THE WINE CRITICS’ PRAISE HAS DRIVEN PRICES UPWARD AND HAS BEEN THE FINAL JUDGE ON QUALITY. POMEROL CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE TERROIRS; THE PLATEAU, THE SLOPES OF THE PLATEAU AND AND THE FLATS BLEOW. IT IS THE TERROIR OF THE POMEROL PLATEAU IS FILLED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAY, GRAVEL AND IRON DEPOSITS IN THE SOIL THAT IS THE REGIONS APOGEE. THESE CLAY-LADEN SOILS PRODUCE THE RICHEST, DENSEST, MOST OPULENT POMEROL WINES. THE HIGHEST POINT IN POMEROL IS AT PETRUS, ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE HILL OF PETRUS. THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF CLAY IN THE SOILS OF POMEROL. BUT THE FAMOUS BLUE CLAY OF PETRUS IS CONSIDERED THE BEST TERROIR IN THE APPELLATION. THE BUTTON OR CIRCLE OF BLUE CLAY RESIDES IN AN INEXACT CIRCLE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE POMEROL PLATEAU. THE GRAVEL AND SAND FOUND IN POMEROL, UNLIKE THE STONES FOUND IN THE MEDOC DOES NOT RUN DEEP BEFORE HITTING CLAY. POMEROL WINE IS MERLOT AT ITS PINNACLE. AT THEIR BEST, THE WINES OF POMEROL ARE CONCENTRATED, LUSH, OPULENT, EXOTIC AND EVEN DECADENT, WITH TEXTURES AND AROMATICS THAT NOT FOUND IN ANY OTHER WINE REGION IN THE WORLD.
CLOS SAINT-ANDRÉ, POMEROL 2015 199
VIEUX CHÂTEAU CERTAN LA GRAVETTE DE CERTAN, POMEROL 2015 168
LOIRE VALLEY
JEAN-MAURICE RAFFAULT CHINON 2015 31
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU, SAUMUR 2017 66
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAUMUR 'ARBOISES' 2015 149
ARNAUD LAMBERT SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY LES TERRES ROUGE 2016 49
PIERRE-JACQUES DRUET BOURGUEIL 'GRAND MONT' 1995 46
PIERRE-JACQUES DRUET BOURGUEIL 'GRAND MONT' 2002 48
PIERRE-JACQUES DRUET BOURGUEIL 'VAUMOREAU' 2004 56
CATHERINE & PIERRE BRETON BOURGUEIL 'LES PERRIERE' 2013 99
LEBANON & CHATEAU MUSAR
ALTHOUGH THE HOCHAR FAMILY CAME TO LEBANON FROM FRANCE THE 1200’S, IT WASN’T UNTIL 1930, WHEN, AT JUST 20 YEARS OLD, GASTON HOCHAR FOUNDED CHATEAU MUSAR, INSPIRED BY LEBANON’S 6,000-YEAR WINEMAKING TRADITION AND HIS TRAVELS IN BORDEAUX. HIS WINES GREATLY IMPRESSED SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE ARMY FROM THE FRENCH MANDATE OF THE 1920S. A MAJOR RONALD BARTON, OF CHÂTEAU LANGOA-BARTON, WAS STATIONED IN LEBANON DURING WORLD WAR II BECAME A GREAT FRIEND, STRENGTHENING THE LINKS BETWEEN CHATEAU MUSAR AND THE WINE STYLINGS OF BORDEAUX THAT REMAIN TO THIS DAY. SERGE HOCHAR, GASTON’S ELDEST SON STUDIED ENOLOGY AND BECAME A STUDENT OF THE FAMED EMILE PEYNAUD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OENOLOGY IN BORDEAUX. HE EVENTUALLY CAME HOME TO CHATEAU MUSAR AS IT’S WINEMAKER IN 1959. SERGE’S LEGEND REACHED NEW HEIGHTS WHEN HE WAS CHOSEN AS DECANTER MAGAZINE’S FIRST ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’ IN 1984 FOR HIS DEDICATION TO PRODUCING SUPERB QUALITY WINES DURING LEBANON’S CIVIL WAR. THE VINEYARDS ARE SITUATED TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BEKAA VALLEY ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF BEIRUT. THEY WERE THE FIRST TO BE CERTIFIED ORGANIC IN LEBANON, AND PRODUCE WINES MODELED AFTER THE GREAT WINES OF BORDEAUX, BUT WITH THE INCLUSION OF SOUTHERN RHONE VARIETALS LIKE CARIGNAN AND CINSAULT. ALTHOUGH SERGE PASSED AWAY IN 2014, HIS SONS KEEP THE OPERATION RUNNING AT THE SAME HIGH-LEVEL TODAY. THROUGH HONORING THE PAST AND A DEDICATION TO THE FUTURE, CHATEAU MUSAR HAS BEEN THE CATALYST FOR A RENAISSANCE OF WINEMAKING IN LEBANON'S ANCIENT
CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 1994 369
CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2004 127
CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2008 129
CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2009 126
CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2010 127
MASSAYA GRENACHE BLEND GOLD RESERVE, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2011 114
CALIFORNIA
PETER MICHAEL L'ESPRIT DES PAVOTS, KNIGHTS VALLEY 2013 199
PETER MICHAEL 'LES PAVOTS' KNIGHTS VALLEY 2014 416
OPUS ONE, OAKVILLE 2014 619
JOSEPH PHELPS, NAPA VALLEY 2016 169
NORTHERN RHONE - SYRAH
CÔTE-RÔTIE
CÔTE RÔTIE, OR “ROASTED SLOPES", PRODUCES SOME OF THE GREATEST RED WINES IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE DEFINED AS WINES WITH BOTH POWER AND FINESSE. AS THESE SYRAH-BASED WINES AGE, THEY BECOME MORE BURGUNDIAN. IN THEIR YOUTH THEY ARE RUSTIC, SPICY, AND TANNIC, BUT WITH AGE THEY UNFOLD INTO SUPPLE, SPICY WINES WITH LAYERS OF BLACKCURRANTS, BACON, ROASTED MEATS, AND COFFEE. AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE GUIGAL, JASMIN, AND JAMET.
GILLES BARGES CÔTE-RÔTIE {CUVEE DU PLESSY] 2013 151
CLUSEL-ROCH CÔTE-RÔTIE CLASSIQUE 2015 164
CLUSEL-ROCH CÔTE-RÔTIE 'VIALLIERE' 2015 241
CLUSEL-ROCH CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LES GRANDES PLACES' 2015 311
DELAS CÔTE-RÔTIE 'SEIGNEUR DE MAUGIRON' 2013 176
DOMAINE FAURY CÔTE-RÔTIE 2013 118
DOMAINE FAURY CÔTE-RÔTIE 2016 141
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE BRUNE ET BLONDE 2014 161
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2001 743
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2004 732
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2006 681
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2012 753
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA MOULINE' 2001 707
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA MOULINE' 2006 682
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA MOULINE' 2011 708
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA MOULINE' 2012 729
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA TURQUE' 2003 1847
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA TURQUE' 2004 696
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA TURQUE' 2011 707
E. GUIGAL CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA TURQUE' 2012 729
JAMET CÔTE-RÔTIE 2013 264
JAMET CÔTE-RÔTIE 2016 299
PATRICK JASMIN CÔTE-RÔTIE 2012 137
BERNARD LEVET CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LES JOURNARIES' 2014 133
BERNARD LEVET CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA CHAVAROCHE' 2014 138
M. CHAPOUTIER CÔTE RÔTIE LA MORDORÉE 2007 348
M & S OGIER CÔTE-RÔTIE LA BELLE HELENE 2011 563
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE AMPODIUM 2011 173
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE AMPODIUM 2013 171
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE AMPODIUM 2017 179
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'CÔTE BLONDE' 2011 349
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'CÔTE BLONDE' 2012 349
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'CÔTE BLONDE' 2017 363
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2003 354
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2011 311
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2012 349
RENÉ ROSTAING CÔTE-RÔTIE 'LA LANDONNE' 2012 321
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD CÔTE-RÔTIE 'TARTARAS' 2016 203
SAINT-JOSEPH
J.L. CHAVE SELECTIONS SAINT-JOSEPH OFFERUS 2016 81
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE SAINT-JOSEPH 2015 199
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE SAINT-JOSEPH 2016 186
ALAIN GRAILLOT SAINT-JOSEPH 2014 91
PIERRE GONON SAINT-JOSEPH 2017 169
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD SAINT-JOSEPH 'BERGERON' 2016 111
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD SAINT-JOSEPH 'JANOUNE' 2016 119
HERMITAGE
THIS FAMOUS NORTHERN RHÔNE WINE COMES FROM 311 ACRES OF SOUTH-FACING VINEYARDS. THESE VINEYARDS WERE PLANTED BY THE PHOENICIANS IN 400 BC AND THE WINES WERE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS "PEPPERY." RED HERMITAGE IS OPAQUE, BLACK-COLORED WINE WITH INTENSE FLAVORS OF CASSIS, SPICE, BLACK PEPPER, AND TAR. THESE WINES CAN EVOLVE FOR TWO OR THREE DECADES AFTER WHICH THEY CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR GREAT BORDEAUX. STEEPED IN HISTORY, SEVERALOF THE TOP TIMELESS PRODUCERS ARE JEAN LOUIS CHAVE (PRODUCING WINES SINCE 1481) AND PAUL JABOULET.
LOUIS BARROUL HERMITAGE 'LA PIERRELLE' 2012 104
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2014 671
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2015 699
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2016 679
FERRATON HERMITAGE 'LE MÉAL' 2012 263
CROZES-HERMITAGE
CROZES-HERMITAGE COVERS OVER 1000 HECTARES, MAKING IT THE SECOND-LARGEST APPELLATION IN THE NORTHERN RHONE. WITH SO MUCH VARIATION IN THIS LARGE TERROIR, THE ADAGE THAT SYRAH ENJOYS A VIEW HOLDS TRUE AS THE BEST WINES COME FROM HILLSIDES REMINISCENT OF THE VINEYARDS IN COTE-ROTIE. COMPARED WITH SOME NEIGHBORING APPELLATIONS SUCH AS CORNAS AND HERMITAGE, CROZES-HERMITAGE HAS A SOFTER EDGE AND DEVELOPS PERFUMED FLORAL AROMAS, ALTHOUGH SOME WINE GROWERS FOCUS MORE ON THEIR CHARMING ROBUSTNESS. THE TOP PRODUCERS ARE M. CHAPOUTIER, DOMAINE ALAIN GRAILLOT, AND JABOULET.
J.L. CHAVE SELECTION CROZES-HERMITAGE SILENE 2017 73
ALAIN GRAILLOT CROZES-HERMITAGE 2015 73
ALAIN GRAILLOT CROZES-HERMITAGE 'LA GUIRAUDE' 2015 128
GILLES ROBIN CROZES-HERMITAGE CUVEE ALBERIC BOUVET 2016 72
GILLES ROBIN CROZES-HERMITAGE PAPILLON 2017 59
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD CROZES-HERMITAGE 'LES BATIES' 2016 116
CORNAS
CORNAS PRODUCES SOME OF THE DENSEST AND MOST LONG-LIVED WINES IN THE RHÔNE. THESE WINES ARE VERY RUSTIC AND FIRM IN THEIR YOUTH; WITH AGE THEY BECOME WILD AND GAMEY. WINES FROM PRODUCERS LIKE AUGUSTE CLAPE AND NOËL VERSET (RETIRED IN 2000) HAVE DEVELOPED A CULT FOLLOWING.
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOT 2011 289
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOT 2015 363
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOT 2016 432
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2011 333
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2013 365
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2015 397
THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2016 473
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2012 248
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2013 241
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2014 242
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2015 261
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2016 299
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE 2013 162
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE 2014 168
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE 2015 176
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE 2016 221
DOMAINE DU COULET CORNAS LES TERRASSES DU SERRE 2009 141
DOMAINE DU COULET CORNAS BRISE CAILLOUX 2012 105
GUILLAUME GILLES CORNAS 2011 147
GUILLAUME GILLES CORNAS 2014 149
GUILLAUME GILLES CORNAS 2015 171
GUILLAUME GILLES CORNAS 'LA COMBE DE CHAILLOT' 2014 129
PAUL JABOULET CORNAS DOMAINE SAINT PIERRE 2006 214
DOMAINE LIONNET CORNAS TERRE BRULÉE 2008 144
DOMAINE LIONNET CORNAS TERRE BRULÉE 2009 148
DOMAINE LIONNET CORNAS TERRE BRULÉE 2011 121
DOMAINE LIONNET CORNAS TERRE BRULÉE 2012 123
DOMAINE LIONNET CORNAS TERRE BRULÉE 2014 119
JOHANN MICHEL CORNAS 2015 112
VINCENT PARIS CORNAS GRANIT 30 2015 107
ALAIN VOGE CORNAS 'LES CHAILLES' 2010 369
ALAIN VOGE CORNAS 'LES CHAILLES' 2015 137
CÔTES-DU-RHONE NORD
AUGUSTE CLAPE CÔTES DU RHONE VIN DES AMIS 2016 71
GUILLAUME GILLES COTES-DU-RHONE LES PEYROUSES 2015 119
DOMAINE LOMBARD BRÉZÈME CÔTES-DU-RHONE 'LE GRAND CHENE' 2015 58
JAMET, VDP COLLINES RHODANIENNES 2017 61
JEAN-BAPTISTE SOUILLARD SYRAH, VIN DE FRANCE, NORTHERN RHONE, FRANCE 2016 61
CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
DOMAINE BRUNIER CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE PIEDLONG 2015 119
CLOS DE CAILLOU CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE RESERVE 2011 241
CHÂTEAU FORTIA CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CUVÉE DU BARON 2016 94
CHÂTEAU FORTIA CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CUVÉE DU BARON 2017 99
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CHAUPIN 2012 178
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE VIEILLES VIGNES 2012 189
DOMAINE DU PEGAU CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE CUVÉE RÉSERVÉE 2016 219
SANTA DUC CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE HABEMUS PAPEM 2014 114
CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CONTINUED...
DOMAINE DU VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPH CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE CRAU 2013 173
DOMAINE DU VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPH CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE CRAU 2014 176
DOMAINE DU VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPH CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE CRAU 2016 171
PIERRE USSEGLIO CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CUVÉE DE MON AIEUL 2012 185
BANDOL & PROVENCE
DOMAINE TEMPIER BANDOL ‘LA MIGOUA,’ PROVENCE 2016 149
CHÂTEAU DE PIBARNON, BANDOL, PROVENCE 2015 114
CHÂTEAU DE PIBARNON 'LES RESTANQUE DE PIBARNON,' BANDOL, PROVENCE 2014 78
CÔTES DU RHÔNE SUD, GIGONDAS, & VACQUEYRAS
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
GRANGE DE PÈRES, VIN DE PAYS DE L'HÉRAULT, LANGUEDOC 2014 249
GRANGE DE PÈRES, VIN DE PAYS DE L'HÉRAULT, LANGUEDOC 2012 249
DOMAINE LES PALLIÈRES GIGONDAS 'LES RACINES' 2016 91
SYRAH - CALIFORNIA
LILLIAN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2013 165
LILLIAN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2014 161
LILLIAN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2015 156
LILLIAN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2016 156
ITALY
PIEDMONT - BARBARESCO
CANTINA DEL PINO BARBARESCO 'OVELLO,' PIEDMONT 2012 106
CANTINA DEL PINO BARBARESCO 'OVELLO,' PIEDMONT 2015 114
CANTINA DEL PINO BARBARESCO 'GALLINA,' PIEDMONT 2013 106
CANTINA DEL PINO BARBARESCO 'GALLINA,' PIEDMONT 2014 110
PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO, BARBARESCO, PIEDMONT 2012 111
PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO, BARBARESCO, PIEDMONT 2015 104
SORI PAITIN BARBARESCO RISERVA VECCHIE, PIEDMONT 2010 109
ROAGNA BARBARESCO 'PAJE,' PIEDMONT 2010 183
PIEDMONT - BAROLO
MARZIANO ABBONA BAROLO 'PRESSENDA,' PIEDMONT 2010 109
CAVALLOTTO BAROLO 'BRICCO BOSCHIS,' PIEDMONT 2012 167
CAVALLOTTO BAROLO 'BRICCO BOSCHIS,' PIEDMONT 2013 178
CAVALLOTTO BAROLO 'BRICCO BOSCHIS, VIGNA SAN GIUSEPPE,' PIEDMONT 2011 241
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO 'CIABOT MENTIN,' PIEDMONT 2010 199
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO 'CIABOT MENTIN,' PIEDMONT 2011 199
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO 'PAJANA,' PIEDMONT 2007 199
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO 'PAJANA,' PIEDMONT 2011 199
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO AEROPLANSERVAJ, PIEDMONT 2011 247
GIACOMO FENOCCHIO BAROLO 'BUSSIA,' RESERVA, PIEDMONT 2012 209
GIACOMO FENOCCHIO BAROLO 'CASTELLERO,' PIEDMONT 2014 119
GIANNI GAGLIARDO BAROLO 'CASTELLETTO,' PIEDMONT 2013 146
MARCARINI BAROLO 'LA SERRA,' PIEDMONT 2011 149
MARCARINI BAROLO 'LA SERRA,' PIEDMONT 2014 121
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'MONPRIVATO,' PIEDMONT 2012 319
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'SANTO STEFANO DI PERNO,' PIEDMONT 2012 197
VIETTI BAROLO 'CASTIGLIONE,' PIEDMONT 2013 159
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'MONPRIVATO,' PIEDMONT 2014 381
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'SANTO STEFANO DI PERNO,' PIEDMONT 2014 259
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'VILLERO DI CASTIGLIONE FALLETTO,' PIEDMONT 2014 254
PALLADINO BAROLO SERRALUNGA, PIEDMONT 2013 104
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'MONPRIVATO,' PIEDMONT 2015 379
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'SANTO STEFANO DI PERNO,' PIEDMONT 2015 269
GIUSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO 'VILLERO DI CASTIGLIONE FALLETTO,' PIEDMONT 2015 266
LOMBARDY - VALTELLINA & BOCA
AR.PE.PE. GRUMELLO 'SANT' ANTONIO,' VALTELLINA SUPERIORE RISERVA, LOMBARDY 2009 209
AR.PE.PE. GRUMELLO 'ROCCA DE PIRO,' VALTELLINA SUPERIORE, LOMBARDY 2011 112
AR.PE.PE. SASSELLA 'ROCCE ROSSE,' VALTELLINA SUPERIO RERISERVA, LOMBARDY 2002 189
MERIDIANA BOCA 'CAMPO DELLE PIANE,' PIEDMONT 1984 179
MERIDIANA BOCA 'CAMPO DELLE PIANE,' PIEDMONT 1990 177
TUSCANY
BIONDI-SANTI TENUTA GREPPO, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2011 989
BIONDI-SANTI TENUTA GREPPO, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 419
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 1999 179
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 1999 209
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2001 191
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2002 93
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2008 91
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2009 103
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010 118
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, 'VIGNA MONTOSOLI' BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2010 191
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011 103
CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 109
CIACCI PICCOLOMINI D'ARAGONA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 'PIANROSSO' 2013 159
CIACCI PICCOLOMINI D'ARAGONA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2014 121
CONTI CONSTANTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013 209
LA GERLA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013 92
EREDI FULIGNI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2009 163
EREDI FULIGNI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011 173
GAJA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011 179
GAJA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 178
IL POGGIONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 149
IL POGGIONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013 153
FELSINA CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA RANCIA 2016 121
MONTEVERTINI TOSCANA ROSSO 2014 119
SICILY
TENUTA TERRE NERE ETNA ROSSO, SICILY, ITALY 2017 49
TENUTA TERRE NERE 'SANTO SPIRITO,' ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2013 89
TENUTA TERRE NERE 'FEUDO DI MEZZO' IL QUADRO DELLE ROSE, ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2017 102
TENUTA TERRE NERE 'CALDERA SOTTANA,' ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2014 91
VINO DI ANNA QVEVRI, ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2013 91
CIRO BIONDI 'CISTERNA FUORI,' ETNA ROSSO, SICILY 2014 67
SWEET WINES
OFF THE PATH
MCKINLEY SPRINGS CHENIN BLANC HEAVENS REWARD, WASHINGTON 2007 half 33
CHAMBERS MUSCADELLE, RUTHERGLEN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA NV half 31
ALVEAR P.X. VINO DULCE DE ANADA, MONTILLA MORILES, SPAIN 2011 half 57
JORGE ORDONEZ & CO VICTORIA #4. ANDALUCIA, SPAIN 2011 half 46
CASCINA SANTUARIO MOSCATO D'ASTI, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2015 31
ROYAL TOKAJI TOKAJI ASZU, 5 PUTTUNYOS, TOKAJ-HEGYALJA, HUNGARY 2013 500 ml 134
FRANCE
DIDIER DAGUENEAU LES JARDINS DE BABYLONE, JURANCON, FRANCE 2008 500 ml 294
DIDIER DAGUENEAU LES JARDINS DE BABYLONE, JURANCON, FRANCE 2010 500 ml 299
HUET CUVEE CONSTANCE, VOUVRAY, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2003 500 ml 167
HUET 'LE MONT' MOELLEUX, VOUVRAY, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2015 99
HUET 'CLOS DE BOURG' 1ER TRIE MOELLEUX, VOUVRAY, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2002 half 129
JEAN FRANCOIS GANEVAT MACVIN DU JURA, FRANCE 2005 119
PATRICK BOTTEX ROSÉ LA CUEILLE BUGEY-CERDON, SAVOIE, FRANCE NV 49
SAUTERNES
CHÂTEAU RIEUSSEC CARMES DE RIEUSSEC SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2007 99
CHÂTEAU SUDUIRAUT CASTELNAU DE SUDUIRAUT SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2011 half 44
GERMANY & AUSTRIA
ALOIS KRACHER CUVÉE AUSLESE, BURGENLAND, AUSTRIA 2017 half 59
PORT & MADEIRA
| Lead Sommelier - Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen |
| Sommeliers - Paul Swanson | Jim Provance III |