Opaque magenta. Expressive, smoke- and mineral-tinged cherry and dark berry aromas pick up suggestions of olive, peony and baking spices with air. Broad and chewy on the palate, offering bitter cherry, cassis, fruitcake and floral... Read More
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon China Blue leads with a polished, blue-fruited nose flanked with subtle tinges of tobacco, woody accents and the welcome herbal lift that runs through this roster. The palate is beautiful and decadent... Read More
A formidable and quite royal wine from 55 year old south-facing vines in the cru “Cichin,” the grapes are harvested only when they are tending towards super-ripeness. This sturdy, somber wine is thick in body, deeply... Read More
Disgorged in May 2019 with 2.5 grams per liter dosage, Renoir’s NV Extra-Brut Grand Cru Le Terroir is a 50-50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the slopes of Verzy, some 20% of which was vinified and matured in barrel.... Read More
Mountain Cuvée Saffron Vineyard comes from Lisa Chu's organically farmed Mt. Veeder site, located high above the fog inversion line at an altitude of 1,500 feet. The deep-rooted Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet... Read More
Fruit for this 1er cru White Burgundy comes from the highest vineyard site in Maranges (avg. 30 years in age). This unbelievably delicious wine is loaded with nutty flavors of stone fruit, brioche, citrus, and baking spice. The... Read More
The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino opens slowly in the glass, dark and earthy at first, gaining freshness as a cascade of violets and lavender accentuate red plums and hints of spice. It opens with a balanced inner sweetness offset... Read More
A new release from Pauline, Raphaël Bérêche's wife. The wine is comprised of 100% Pinot Noir farmed organically in Ludes. Bottled with 3.5g/l dosage. This is her inaugural bottling and only 1,000 bottles... Read More
An expansive bouquet evokes fresh black and blue fruits, exotic spices and potpourri, along with smoky mineral and vanilla flourishes that build in the background. Stains the palate with appealingly sweet black raspberry, cherry... Read More
Bibi Graetz has long been tinkering with his formula for this wine, and this vintage represents a new chapter. The 2020 Testamatta is a blend of Sangiovese from old and new vines, with a priority on cooler growing conditions (and... Read More
Clos du Cromin is a walled site within the larger lieu-dit of Le Cromin, situated immediately upslope from Bitouzet's other Meursault parcel Les Corbins. Planted in 1951, Bitouzet’s third of a hectare of Chardonnay here... Read More
60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier sourced from more than 300 crus, including 85% grands and premiers crus; 15% fermented in old oak barrels. The complexity and richness of Special Cuvée is unparalleled among the... Read More
A fresh and mineral Champagne from three Grand Cru villages: Cramant, Chouilly, and Oiry. Vinified in stainless steel where it goes through malolactic fermentation. Aged on lees for 36 months. 4g/L dosage. The nose has notes of... Read More
The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. The polished structure is integrated, with alluring ganache, anise and sweet tobacco notes throughout, all in a polished and balanced frame.... Read More
We blend our Napa Cab from special spots throughout the region, including Rutherford and Oakville, which impart classic Napa bold fruit intensity, as well as the warmer Calistoga area and the cooler southern reaches of the Suscol... Read More
For the first time in 2019, Roberto bottled separately his holdings in the lower portion of Rabajà—a section of the cru richer in iron and clay and devoid of sand. Produced in identical fashion to the classic bottlings... Read More
Fresh strawberries mixed with violets, cumin and coriander spice, and a slight vegetal edge make for an interesting nose. The palate is complex, presenting more white strawberries balanced by earth and a saline finish.... Read More
Ripe, luminous wild strawberries and black cherry flavors explode from nose to finish in this hedonistic, intensely fruity blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault. It’s gorgeously primary in youth with a zesty mineral... Read More
The story of Musar’s survival during the Lebanese civil war of 1975 to 1990 is well documented. It was a formative time for our wine and for its creator, Serge Hochar, who was only just beginning to trust his grapes to ‘become... Read More
The Château Simone Rosé is a wine that belies the notion that rosés are simple wines to be drunk up young. The blend is 45% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault, 20% Syrah, Castet, Manosquin, Carignan,... Read More
Those of you who know Simone realize that the red, a tenacious but ultimately elegant wine, is an equal, rather than dominant, partner to the striking rosé and the sublime white. It is a blend primarily of Grenache, Mourvèdre... Read More
From six hectares in the villages of Sezanne, Avenay Val d'Or, and Cuis. 50% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, and 20% Meunier; 30% of the blend comes from a reserve perpetuelle started in 1986. The Chardonnay is very much front... Read More
Another absolute gem of a wine is the 2020 Roc De Cambes, which is mostly Merlot from vines just next to the Domaine de Cambes vineyards. Black cherries, plums, black raspberries, vanilla bean, camphor, and graphite are just some... Read More
One of their two parcels on this site, located southwest of Sampigny on a hillside that faces the village and the Montagnes des Trois Croix, with older vines on granitic rock. This vineyard is located on the site of an old forest... Read More