WINE LISTFALL & WINTER 2020-2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAMPAGNE 4

BLANC DE BLANCS 4BLANC DE NOIRS, ROSÉ , RED STILL 5TÊTE DE CUVÉE, VINTAGE 6TÊTE DE CUVÉE, MULTI-VINTAGE 7MULTI-VINTAGE, SPARKLING 8

WHITE BURGUNDY 9CHABLIS 9CÔTE DE NUITS, BOURGOGNE, ALOXE-CORTON 10SAINT-ROMAIN, AUXEY-DURESSES, MEURSAULT, SAINT-AUBIN 11PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 12CHASSANGE-MONTRACHET, CÔTE CHALONNAISE & MÂCONNAIS 13

NEW WORLD WHITES, AMERICAN CHARDONNAY, LITTORAI 14PETER MICHAEL, AUBERT 15DEHLINGER, ET AL 16

NORTHERN RHÔNE WHITES, VIOGNIER BASED, MARSANNE BASED 17

SOUTHERN WHITES, SOUTHERN RHÔNE, PROVENCE 18

SAUVIGNON BLANC, BORDEAUX, LOIRE VALLEY 19AMERICAN, ET AL 20

CHENIN BLANC, VOUVRAY 20

RIESLING, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, ALSACE 21

GRÜNER VELTLINER 22

AROMATIC CENTRAL EUROPEAN, GEWÜRZTRAMINER, MUSCAT & PINOT GRIS, ET AL 23

SPAIN & ITALY WHITES 24

ROSÉ 25

THE WINE PROGRAM AT CHARLESTON is all about the relationship between wine and food.

After a quarter century of watching and tasting CHEF'S VERY PERSONAL CUISINE in development I constantly work

to understand the balance & content of her dishes and how they relate to the wines in the cellar.

Among many, some considerations for cellar selection include :- what the growing season is like for farmers in this part of the country- the mood and the taste of our clientele- the individual people who make the wine and their culinary traditions

All of this information becomes this giant and RIDICULOUS MATRIX OF INFORMATION that gives us just enough detail and data to actually do something akin to art.

Making the right connections is not formulaic, but it is based on a lot of information. THESE CONNECTIONS ARE AT THE HEART

OF WHAT WE STRIVE TO CREATE.

– Tony Foreman, Wine Director & Owner Lindsay Willey, Chief Sommelier

P.S. Please keep in mind the fleeting availability of mature and rare wines from our cellar. We apologize if your first choice is not available.

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TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTSRED BURGUNDY 26

CÔTE DE NUITS 27GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 28MOREY-SAINT-DENIS 29CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 31VOUGEOT 32ECHÉZEAUX 33VOSNE-ROMANÉE 34NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 35

RED BURGUNDY, CÔTE DE BEAUNE 37ALOXE-CORTON 37PERNAND VERGELESSES, SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 38BEAUNE, POMMARD 39VOLNAY, GIVRY, MONTHÉLIE, BLAGNY, SANTENAY 40

BEAUJOLAIS & RED LOIRE 41

RED BORDEAUX 42SATELLITE APPELLATIONS 42ST. ESTÈPHE 43PAUILLAC 44ST. JULIEN 45MARGAUX 46PESSAC-LÉOGNAN & GRAVES 47POMEROL 48ST. ÉMILION 49

NORTHERN RHÔNE VALLEY 50HERMITAGE 50CÔTE RÔTIE 51

CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 52

CÔTES DU RHÔNE 55

PROVENCE, THE SOUTH 56

SPAIN 57RIOJA 57DUERO RIVER VALLEY, NORTH WEST, EAST 58

ITALY 59PIEDMONT 59TUSCANY 60VENETO, SOUTHERN ITALY 61

BORDEAUX IN THE NEW WORLD 62BOND 62NAPA VALLEY 63KNIGHTS VALLEY, WASHINGTON, ET AL 64

NEW WORLD PINOT NOIR 65OREGON & WASHINGTON, ANDERSON VALLEY 65RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 66SONOMA, ET AL 67

RHÔNE RANGERS 68DEHLINGER SYRAH 68SINE QUA NON GRENACHE, SINE QUA NON SYRAH 69

OTHER NEW WORLD REDS 70

375 ML, CHAMPAGNE, WHITE, RED 71

SWEET WHITES 72

SWEET REDS 73PORT 73

LARGE FORMAT 74CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING, WHITE 74REDS 75

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CHAMPAGNEBLANC DE NOIRS 808 Gonet-Medeville Ier Cru “Blanc de Noirs” Brut NV $111 818 Eric Rodez “Blanc de Noirs” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $138 870 Eric Rodez “Blanc de Noirs” Brut (Ambonnay) NV MAGNUM $330

ROSÉ 811 Gonet-Medeville Ier Cru Extra Brut Rosé NV $108660 Alain Vincey Brut Rosé (Champillon) NV $112813 Eric Rodez Brut Rosé (Ambonnay) NV $140 812 Paul Bara Grand Cru Brut Rosé (Bouzy) NV $144 853 Geoffroy Ier Cru “Rosé de Saignee” Brut Rosé NV $170 802 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV $198824 Ruinart Brut Rosé NV $245 849 Billecart-Salmon “Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon” Brut Rosé 2006 $590 852 Dom Perignon Brut Rosé 2000 $600 851 Dom Ruinart Brut Rosé 1996 $600 858 Krug Brut Rosé NV $900 837 Dom Perignon Brut Rosé 2004 $1176

RED STILL111x Cumierès, Geoffroy “Millesime” 2006 $144403 Coteaux Champenois, Bollinger “La Cotê Aux Enfant” 1997 $265

All CHAMPAGNE TASTES SOMEHOW OF APPLES. The wines are superbly diverse and complex yet always accessible. Maybe this is THE wine of celebration as it has the most particular magic.

Aroma of fresh peel from a granny smith is so different from the sweet flesh of a honeycrisp, but somehow they bring the same universal happy memory.

In the wine, this accessible note from childhood is mixed with all the geological history and individual seasonal life story of the vines and their fruit that is written in an ENTIRELY UNIQUE PLACE for growing and making wine.

Champagne is sorted on the following pages into different groups: BLANC DE BLANCS one would expect to be lacy, clean and full of verve.BLANC DE NOIRS is filled with raspberry baritone fruit.ROSÉS are diverse. From charming, light & easy to rich, toasty & boisterously chasing a lamb dish.TÊTE DE CUVÉE are the best grown versions from both tiny familial producers and the most famous names in Champagne alike.NON & MULTI VINTAGE (NV) run from young and fruity to powerful and austere.

BLANC DE BLANCS 807 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Nature – Blanc de Blancs” Brut (Vertus) NV $120 819 Guy Larmandier Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs – Cramant” Brut (Vertus) NV $122 810 Legras & Haas Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs” Brut (Chouilly) 2011 $146820 Lilbert – Fils Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs” (Cramant) Brut NV $150 838 Delamotte “Blanc de Blancs” 2007 $153823 Eric Rodez Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $165 871 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Blanc de Blancs” Brut NV (Vertus) MAGNUM $240868 Guy Larmandier Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs – Cramant” Brut NV MAGNUM $282803 Jacques Selosse Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs – Initial” (Avize) NV $450 857 Jacques Selosse Grand Cru “Blanc de Blancs – Substance” Brut (Avize) NV $1008

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CHAMPAGNETÊTE DE CUVÉE, MULTI-V INTAGE Several of my very favorite wines to drink are Tete de Cuvée NV wines.

805 Eric Rodez Grand Cru “Cuvée des Crayères” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $128 804 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Cuvée R” Extra Brut (Vertus) NV $150

Egly-Ouriet is a small producer of very high quality wines of power and individual personalities.845 Egly-Ouriet 1er Cru “Les Vignes de Vrigny” Brut (Vrigny) NV $170 847 Eric Rodez Grand Cru “Cuvée des Grands Vintages” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $193831 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “V.P.” Extra Brut NV $275

Laurent-Perrier’s “Grande Siecle” is a rich and complex favorite with pure mineral & floral aromatics.842 Laurent-Perrier “Grand Siècle” Brut NV $330 835 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Blanc de Noirs – Les Crayères” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $410

Krug has made first-in-class oak-fermented wines for more than a century. These wines are among the most robust and finest wines of Champagne. If I were going to drink CHAMPAGNE WITH A STEAK I would turn to Krug first.

800 Krug “Grande Cuvée” Brut NV $475

TÊTE DE CUVÉE, V INTAGE 834 J. Lassalle Ier Cru “Special Club” Brut (Chigny-les-Roses) 2007 $195

2006’s are well-structured & plushly textured. Most of our 2006’s will carry you through your meal.817 Billecart-Salmon “Cuvée Nicolas François” Brut 2006 $297 832 Bollinger “La Grande Année” Brut 2008 $298 867 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Monts de Vertus” Extra Brut 2011 MAGNUM $327816 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Millesime” Brut (Ambonnay) 2009 $370 822 Taittinger Grands Crus “Blanc de Blancs - Comtes de Champagne” 2008 $462821 Dom Pérignon Brut 2008 $473 833 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Millesime” Brut (Ambonnay) 2008 $568 856 Veuve Clicquot “La Grande Dame” Brut 2006 $600 828 Louis Roederer “Cristal” Brut 2008 $651

2002 is a great vintage. The wines have really matured attractively and in general are lush.846 Krug Brut 2002 $846 854 Krug Brut 1998 $846 855 Salon “Blanc de Blancs – Le Mesnil” Brut 1999 $943 814 Jacques Selosse Ier Cru “Millesime” Extra Brut (Avize) 2009 $960869 Egly-Ouriet “Grand Cru – Millesime” Brut (Ambonnay) 2005 MAGNUM $990843 Louis Roederer “Cristal” Brut 2002 $1043 874 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Millesime” Brut (Ambonnay) 2009 MAGNUM $1170872 Dom Perignon Brut 2002 MAGNUM $1200860 Salon “Blanc de Blancs – Le Mesnil” Brut 1996 $1274 841 Salon “Blanc de Blancs – Le Mesnil” Brut 2002 $1287 873 Salon “Blanc de Blancs – Le Mesnil” Brut 1999 MAGNUM $1590861 Krug “Blanc de Blancs – Clos du Mesnil” Brut 2000 $2160

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WHITE BURGUNDYCHAMPAGNECHABLISWHEN I WAS A KID this was the misnomer

of all the terrible white wines everyone’s parents were drinking when they weren’t drinking Canadian Club. THESE ARE NOT THOSE WINES.

These wines are extremely precise, structured and incredibly long and complex in the mouth.

The Grand Crus are very age worthy and can carry one through a meal.Chef always has seafood courses that beg for the intensity and relative lightness available here.

HER COOKING IS NOT SHY. Neither are these wines.

2234x Chablis, Jean-Marc Brocard “Sainte Claire” 2019 $542134x Chablis, Domaine Testut “Côte de Bréchain” 2018 $60561 Chablis, Louis Moreau 2018 $682033x Chablis, Jean-Paul & Benôit Droin 2018 $702326 Chablis Ier Cru “Fourchaume” Louis Jadot 2017 $1022333 Chablis Ier Cru “Fourchaume” Le Domaine d’Henri 2017 $1052441x Chablis Ier Cru “Fourchaume” Jean-Marc Brocard 2018 $1142164 Chablis Ier Cru “Vaillons” Jean-Paul & Benôit Droin 2018 $1142137 Chablis Ier Cru “Vaulorent” Jean-Marc Brocard 2016 $1382413x Chablis Grand Cru “Les Clos” William Fevre 2012 $2322106 Chablis Grand Cru “Les Clos” Vincent Dauvissat 2012 $267

The wines of François Raveneau are at the pinnacle of white wine quality in the world. These are big personal favorites of mine. Incredibly precise wines of very distinct character.

441x Chablis Grand Cru “Valmur” François Raveneau 2011 $451424x Chablis Grand Cru “Valmur” François Raveneau 2012 $504

MULTI-V INTAGE The idea of VINTAGE wines from Champagne and NON-VINTAGE aka MULTI-VINTAGE

are very unlike almost all other wine regions. Champagne is VERY FAR NORTH in comparison to other places you may try to grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier

and as such, ripening is extremely variable (though a bit more reliable with climate change). Because of this inconsistency, the wines historically have been a BLEND OF DIFFERENT VINTAGES attempting to maintain something of a HOUSE STYLE.

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As a NV (non-vintage) example, you would expect Pol Roger to produce a light and lacy, bright style. 806 Pol Roger “Réserve” Brut NV $120 809 Billecart-Salmon “Réserve” Brut NV $126

Bollinger always produces a more toasty red fruit-driven, rich Cello solo sort of a Champagne.650 Bollinger “Special Cuvée” Brut NV $180 829 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Tradition” Brut NV $180868 Gosset "Excellence" Brut NV MAGNUM $247

SPARKLING815 Conca del Riu Anoia, Raventós i Blanc “De Nit” Rosé (Spain) 2017 $53 825 Roederer Estate Brut (Anderson Valley) NV $63 638 Crémant d’Alsace, Sipp Mack Brut (France) NV $68 827 Analemma “Blanc de Noir” (Columbia Gorge) 2015 $123

Outside of Champagne, the most interesting and delicious wine - that is made in the Champagne method - I have had in a long time is the Brut “Classic Cuvée” from Nyetimber in Surrey. I would encourage you to enjoy it as an excellent aperitif.

826 Nyetimber “Classic Cuvee” Brut (England) NV $134

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WHITE BURGUNDYSAINT-ROMAIN2429 Saint-Romain, Alain Gras 2016 $77

AUXEY-DURESSES2166 Auxey-Duresses, Jean-Marc Vincent “Les Hautés” 2016 $105

MEURSAULTI just love the wines of this village. There is generosity, balance,

FLIRTATION & RESTRAINT all at once in the Chardonnay expression here. Some of the wines are ENORMOUS but their FRESHNESS belies it.

2519 Meursault, Thierry et Pascale Matrot 2016 $1352021 Meursault, Thierry et Pascale Matrot “Les Chevalières” 2017 $1422104x Meursault-Poruzots Ier Cru, Louis Latour 2015 $1472411 Meursault Ier Cru “Les Perrières” Thierry et Pascale Matrot 2016 $286449x Meursault, Leroy 1986 $490

Arnaud Ente is on my very short list of very favorite wine producers on the earth. Please do not buy any of his wines – I would like to be stuck with them.

225x Meursault, Arnaud Ente 2018 $630223x Meursault, Arnaud Ente “Clos des Ambres” 2018 $825206x Meursault, Arnaud Ente “Clos des Ambres” 2017 $850715 Meursault, Coche-Dury 2016 $1200436 Meursault, Coche-Dury 2017 $1464

SAINT-AUBIN 2159 Saint-Aubin, Marc Colin et ses Fils “Luce” 2016 $89

CÔTE DE NUITSThese are dark and powerful Chardonnays.

AUSTERE & RICH and more appropriate with white meat and cheese than fish dishes or as an aperitif.

85 Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Domaine Bertagna 2016 $652224 Côte de Nuits Villages, Domaine Gille 2017 $912546 Vougeot Ier Cru “Les Cras” Domaine Bertagna 2015 $260151 Vougeot Ier Cru “Les Cras” Domaine Bertagna 2016 $266156x Vougeot Ier Cru “Les Clos Blanc de Vougeot” Dom. Vougeraie 2005 $325

BOURGOGNEMany of these are the most modest wines made by VERY TALENTED PRODUCERS. This is a fantastic place to shop for relative value in first class Chardonnay

that can balance serious cooking.

2117x Bourgogne, Thibault Liger-Belair “Les Charmes” 2016 $542161 Bourgogne, Etienne Sauzet 2016 $612441 Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre, Patrick Piuze 2017 $662168x Bourgogne, Domaine du Courcel 2015 $72118 Bourgogne, Arnaud Ente 2016 $270128 Bourgogne Aligoté, Arnaud Ente 2017 $273303x Bourgogne, Arnaud Ente 2017 $315731x Bourgogne Aligoté, Arnaud Ente (Burgundy) 2018 MAGNUM $900

ALOXE-CORTON312 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Louis Latour 2013 $315138x Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Louis Latour 2015 $320165x Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Domaine Antonin Guyon 2009 $368 372x Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Louis Latour 2004 $370

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WHITE BURGUNDYCHASSANGE-MONTRACHETThere is an opulence here that seems to flow into the Grand Cru wines

situated between Puligny and Chassagne. Like the BONES are from one and the FLESH from another. These wines can be CREAMY & DENSE and require rich preparations of seafood and white meat.

2133x Chassagne-Montrachet, Louis Jadot 2016 $1502259 Chassagne-Montrachet, Marc Colin “Les Encégnierès” 2015 $1722237x Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Morgeot” Louis Latour 2013 $1732142 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Champ-Gains” Guy Amiot 2014 $190392x Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Macherelles” Guy Amiot 2016 $1912135 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Clos Saint Jean” Guy Amiot 2016 $2152121 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Vergers” Guy Amiot 2016 $2152449 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Morgeot” Louis Jadot 2017 $2162147 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Caillerets” Guy Amiot 2017 $226719 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Etienne Sauzet 2016 $1407

CÔTE CHALONNAISE & MÂCONNAISThe wines from Côte Chalonnaise are from just south of the Côte d’Or and reflect

a similar build to their nearby brethren. The flavors just turn a bit darker, they absorb oak differently and reveal STURDY FRUIT & STRUCTURE. Mâconnais wines are FATTER & SUNNIER and built more like California Chardonnay

with a completely different minerality.

546 Bourgogne Blanc, Domaine Cordier “Jean de la Vigne” 2017 $722404x Saint Véran, Domaine Cordier “En Faux” 2018 $812209 Givry Ier Cru “Crausot” François Lumpp 2016 $96137 Pouilly-Fuissé, Dominique Lafon – Château des Quarts “Clos des Quarts” 2014 $126

PULIGNY-MONTRACHETTENSION. These wines have tension and more tension. Volume and intensity

are focused through acidity to create a unique condition. While these wines are famous the world over for how “classy” they are it is THEIR EDGE that sets them apart. Vintages, as in all Burgundy especially, are super variable

and define the characteristics of the wines to an unusually large extent. 2013 sharp, 2014 happy, 2015 sunny and broad, 2016 dense and mineral.

325 Puligny-Montrachet, François Carillon 2015 $1262146 Puligny-Montrachet, François Carillon 2016 $1292106x Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Champs-Gain” François Carillon 2016 $1722244 Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Champ Gains” Dom. Alain Chavy 2016 $1752039 Puligny-Montrachet, Etienne Sauzet 2016 $1882326x Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Perrières” François Carillon 2016 $1972423x Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Referts” Etienne Sauzet 2016 $3332331 Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Champ-Canet” Etienne Sauzet 2016 $3682247 Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Combettes” Etienne Sauzet 2016 $465744 Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Folatierès” Lalou Bize-Leroy 1997 $480446x Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Les Combettes” Etienne Sauzet 2010 $500393x Puligny-Montrachet Ier Cru “Champ Gains” Arnaud Ente 2014 $6302317 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru“Les Demoiselles” Louis Jadot 2013 $705149 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru“Les Demoiselles” Louis Jadot 2010 $810111 Montrachet Grand Cru, Lucien Le Moine 2004 $980

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AMERICAN CHARDONNAYNEW WORLD WHITESPETER MICHAELThese are wines from very specific sites and very particular soils and they reflect these individual characteristics

very clearly — bearing in mind that the wines are made in the MOST LAVISH FASHION.

2351x Peter Michael “Belle Côte” (Knights Valley) 2017 $222 2229x Peter Michael “Belle Côte” (Knights Valley) 2016 $240 2163 Peter Michael “La Carrière” (Knights Valley) 2016 $240 2011 Peter Michael “La Carrière” (Knights Valley) 2014 $250 2026x Peter Michael “La Carrière” (Knights Valley) 2015 $252 2344 Peter Michael “Ma Belle-Fille” (Knights Valley) 2018 $2802313x Peter Michael “Ma Belle-Fille” (Knights Valley) 2016 $298

AUBERTMarc Aubert was the former assistant winemaker at Peter Michael

UNDER HELEN TURLEY (maybe the most well-considered winemaker of the last 25 years in California). This small winery produces beautiful Chardonnay with exceptional length, rich texture and SUPERB BALANCE.

These wines have proven to age well in the cellar.

2033 Aubert “Larry Hyde & Sons” (Carneros) 2014 $224 2539x Aubert “Larry Hyde & Sons” (Carneros) 2015 $224 2432x Aubert “Larry Hyde & Sons” (Carneros) 2016 $224 2557 Aubert “Lauren Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $263 2333x Aubert “Lauren Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2016 $290

Menu diversity requires a DIVERSE ARRAY OF WINES. These whites have very specific character & functionality.

2001 Semillon, Mendel (Mendoza) 2018 $452034 Viognier/Marsanne/Roussanne, Cowhorn “Spiral 36” (Oregon) 2018 $482445 Gewürztraminer, Analemma (Columbia Gorge) 2015 $6083 Sine Qua Non “The Moment” (Ventura) 2011 $3022402 Sine Qua Non “Entre Chien et Loup” (Ventura) 2015 $4002114x Sine Qua Non “Lightmotif” (Ventura) 2014 $4002210x Sine Qua Non “Deux Grenouilles” (Ventura) 2016 $449

AMERICAN CHARDONNAYThe first American Chardonnays I had were SHOCKING IN THEIR RICHNESS

and the vividness of color in comparison to their old world counterparts. Their depth of expressive fruit and ebullient personalities are always at the core, in my mind, of what these wines should be. There are certain dishes that I absolutely prefer with American Chardonnay — LOBSTER & FRESH CORN

being two of the ingredients that trigger that preference.

We have a bit of a collection of several producers’ wines... Littorai, Peter Michael, Aubert and Dehlinger.

LITTORAITed Lemon, who is the owner and winemaker, works with a PRECISE SENSIBILITY

reflective of his training at Domaine Roulot in the Côte de Beaune.

208x Littorai “Charles Heintz Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2015 $196 228 Littorai “Mays Canyon” (Sonoma Coast) 2014 $196 2404 Littorai “Charles Heintz Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $2102004x Littorai “Mays Canyon” (Sonoma Coast) 2016 $210 2308 Littorai “Mays Canyon” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $210

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NORTHERN RHÔNE WHITESAMERICAN CHARDONNAYVIOGNIER BASEDCondrieu is a tiny, very particular & high quality appellation in the Northern Rhône Valley

producing UNCTUOUS & EXOTIC creamy whites from Viognier.

2012x Condrieu, E. Guigal 2016 $132

Cuilleron offers detailed orange marmalade & white flowers. It is spectacular with white fish like turbot or rockfish and also with calamari and cuttlefish dishes and can be used as a decadent finish with goat’s milk cheeses especially.

2250 Condrieu, Yves Cuilleron “Les Chaillets” 2015 $146 444 Condrieu, Georges Vernay “Les Terrasses de l’Empire” 2015 $170 2417 Condrieu, Georges Vernay “Coteau de Vernon” 2014 $310 713 Château Grillet 2016 $990

MARSANNE BASEDMarsanne based wines are largely built for power and age

and while built on fruit are driven by more savory flavors and minerals that will develop with age. If you are looking for a WHITE FOR ORGAN MEATS and other really intense dishes,

white Hermitage is often the best choice.

2027x Collines Rhodaniennes Marsanne, Jeanne Gaillard 2018 $39 2320 Saint Joseph, Domaine Faury 2017 $68 311 Hermitage, Domaine des Remizières “Cuvée Emilie” 2009 $233 704 Hermitage, E. Guigal “Ex Voto” 2001 $325 215 Hermitage, J.L. Chave 2001 $400 451 Hermitage, J.L. Chave 2007 $435 410 Hermitage, E. Guigal “Ex Voto” 2007 $465

DEHLINGERTom Dehlinger established his family winery about 40 years ago in a very cool part of the Sonoma Coast

in the heart of the Russian River Valley. These are ARCHETYPAL California Coastal Chardonnays. RICH & FRESH, PLUMP & BUTTERY — but there is nothing sloppy.

2127x Dehlinger - Garbro Ranch (Russian River Valley) 2018 $572206 Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2018 $852438 Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2017 $89 2449x Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2016 $100 2443 Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2015 $107 2553x Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2014 $107 2426x Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2013 $130

ET AL2446 Stoller (Dundee Hills) 2018 $45 2525 Matanzas Creek (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $49 2012 Brewer Clifton (Santa Rita Hills) 2017 $612018 Domaine Eden (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2015 $67 2118 Brittan Vineyards (McMinnville) 2016 $812104 Brittan Vineyards (McMinnville) 2017 $872413 Rochioli (Russian River Valley) 2016 $922337 Pride (Napa Valley) 2016 $96 538 Winderlea (Willamette Valley) 2017 $96 2109 The Withers “Peters Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2018 $992457x Chateau Montelena (Napa Valley) 2017 $1082227 Ridge Estate (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2016 $120 2407 Ramey “Ritchie” (Russian River Valley) 2014 $122441x Dumol “Wester Reach” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $135 2433x Ramey “Ritchie” (Russian River Valley) 2016 $135 2350x Model Farm (Sonoma Valley) 2018 $1402403 Mount Eden Vineyards (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2007 $1602554x Rhys “Horseshoe Vineyard” (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2013 $225

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SAUVIGNON BLANCSOUTHERN WHITESBORDEAUXBordeaux whites are often complex blends of Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon and Muscadelle.

Both of the Sauvignon grapes lend a certain verticality to the structure and length to the finish of the wines. Semillon can add a nutty richness and density depending upon the individual growing site and the choices of the wine grower.

These whites AGE VERY SUCCESSFULLY becoming more savory and complex as time goes by. The older ones can be a remarkable PAIRING WITH THE CHEESE CART.

2019 Domaine de Chevalier “L’Esprit de Chevalier” (Pessac-Leognan) 2016 $882339 Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Leognan) 2015 $90498x Château Bouscaut (Pessac-Leognan) 2005 $1042218 Château Malartic Lagravière (Graves) 2015 $180447 Château Malartic Lagravière (Graves) 2010 $229157x Domaine de Chevalier (Pessac-Léognan) 2009 $286

LOIRE VALLEYSauvignon Blanc from the Loire is among the most MARVELOUSLY CRISP & CLEAN white wines available.

There are stylistic variations between producers but the overall stamp of the chalky soils and the cool growing season form 90% of the wine’s personalities.

2418x Sancerre, Karine & Christian Lauverjat “Moulines des Vrilleres” 2019 $492142x Pouilly Fumé, Régis Minet “Vieilles Vignes” 2017 $502032 Pouilly Fumé, Joseph Mellot “Domaine des Mariniers” 2018 $542146x Sancerre, Alphonse Mellot “La Moussière” 2019 $752444 Sancerre, Edmond et Anne Vatan à Chavignol “Clos la Néore” 2017 $2272343x Vin de France, Didier Dagueneau “Pur Sang” 2017 $261

SOUTHERN RHÔNE White Châteauneuf-du-Pape are often really successful with a lot of summer food.

This is the time when the FARM SEASON HITS and Cindy makes great rich seafood and VEGETABLE DOMINATED DISHES — tomatoes and cream sauces — all at once.

2418 Côtes du Rhône, Domaine les Aphillanthes “Clementia” 2019 $35 2428x Vacqueyras, Domaine les Ondines 2017 $67 2325 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Berthet-Rayne 2017 $81 2256 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château Fortia 2018 $101 2237 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bosquet des Papes “Cuvée Tradition” 2017 $1142151x Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine du Pegau 2018 $126 2117 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Charvin 2016 $131 2337x Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine du Pegau 2016 $165

PROVENCE 2451 Palette, Château Simone (Provence) 2014 $121

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RIESLINGSAUVIGNON & CHENIN BLANCThe grape can be either DRY or bone dry OR A LITTLE BIT OFF DRY like some Alsace and some German versions

and also a little bit sweet in the case of certain vintages.

AUSTRIAThe wines, especially from the most famous sites in the Wachau are Riesling at its MOST PRECISE,

incredibly linear and age worthy. They gain power and more complex flavors with time in the cellar.

2305 Riesling Federspiel, Franz Hirtzberger “Steinterrassen” (Wachau) 2016 $752425x Riesling Federspiel, Weingut Knoll “Loibner” (Wachau) 2016 $802330 Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Hochrain” (Wachau) 2014 $104194 Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Hochrain” (Wachau) 2011 $135437 Riesling Smaragd, F.X. Pichler “Loibner Loibenberg” (Wachau) 2012 $1362010x Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Ried Setzberg” (Wachau) 2017 $1362130 Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Singerriedel” (Wachau) 2011 $1782175x Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Singerriedel” (Wachau) 2009 $2052215x Riesling Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Hochrain” (Wachau) 2009 $210

GERMANYGermany produces a typically lighter version that is often a bit lower in alcohol,

sweeter but a very vivid expression of the grape — Riesling at its most charming.

2010 Riesling, Schloss Saarstein (Mosel) 2015 $352405 Riesling Kabinett, Carl Graff (Mosel) 2018 $36331x Riesling, Hexamer “Quarzit” (Nahe) 2017 $482305x Riesling Grosses Gewächs, A. Christmann “Idig - Königsbacher” (Pfalz) 2017 $125237 Riesling Kabinett, Egon Müller “Scharzhofberger” (Mosel) 2014 $183

ALSACEAlsace Riesling has breadth, power and a slightly fruity charm unique to that region.

2355 Riesling, Domaine Weinbach (Alsace) 2018 $65308x Riesling, Domaine Weinbach “Clos de Capucins – Cuvée Théo” (Alsace) 2016 $78106 Riesling Grand Cru “Schlossberg” Domaine Weinbach “Clos de Capucins” 2015 $91

AMERICAN The American Sauvignon on the list are of a particular rich style, much like white Bordeaux

but even sunnier still. Many of these are FAVORITE FIRST COURSE WINES, especially for summer menus.

2558x Sauvignon Blanc, Andrew Will “Cuvée Lucia” (Yakima Valley) 2018 $752242x Sauvignon Blanc, Rochioli (Russian River Valley) 2017 $922204 Sauvignon Blanc, Spottswoode (Sonoma County) 2018 $952148 Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, Palazzo “Cuvée Blanc” (Napa Valley) 2013 $126422 Sauvignon Blanc, Peter Michael “L’Après-Midi” (Sonoma County) 2014 $1302321 Sauvignon Blanc, Peter Michael “L’Après-Midi” (Sonoma County) 2016 $146444x Sauvignon Blanc, Peter Michael “L’Après-Midi” (Sonoma County) 2015 $150210 Sauvignon Blanc, Peter Michael “L’Après-Midi” (Sonoma County) 2017 $1552454 Sauvignon Blanc, Peter Michael “L’Après-Midi” (Sonoma County) 2018 $1552121x Sauvignon Blanc, Eisele Vineyard (Napa Valley) 2015 $222

ET AL2306 Sauvignon Blanc, Three Brooms (Marlborough) 2019 $35544 Sauvignon Blanc, Weingut Tement (Steirische, Austria) 2018 $64

VOUVRAY2113 Vouvray, Pichot “Domaine le Peu de la Moriette” 2018 $402133 Vouvray Sec, Foreau “Domaine du Clos Naudin” 2015 $1102401x Vouvray Moelleux, Foreau “Domaine du Clos Naudin – Reserve” 2015 $2442524 Vouvray Moelleux, Foreau “Domaine du Clos Naudin – Goutte d’Or” 2015 $634

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AROMATIC CENTRAL EUROPEANGRÜNER VELTLINERGEWÜRZTRAMINER, MUSCAT & P INOT GRISGewürztraminer and Muscat are the spice boys with the

MOST EXOTIC & SPICY AROMAS out there. Muscat does not have the same muscle as Gewürztraminer nor is it typically quite as sweet or big bodied. Pinot Gris from Alsace is actually the same grape as Pinot Grigio in Italy, but the style of the wine is enormously different.

These are more similar to Chardonnay in size and density — just don’t expect the toasty, oaky buttery flavors. The wines often have a SLIGHTLY SMOKEY APPLE PIE characteristic.

2030 Gewürztraminer, Sipp Mack “Tradition” 2016 $51138 Gewürztraminer, J. Hofstätter “Joseph” 2016 $532435 Gewürztraminer, Sipp Mack “Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $64426 Gewürztraminer, Domaine Weinbach “Clos de Capucins – Cuvée Théo” 2015 $822220 Pinot Gris Grand Cru “Rosacker” Sipp Mack 2015 $852345x Pinot Gris Grand Cru “Goldert – Clos Saint-Imer – La Chapelle” Domaine Ernest Burn 2010 $872175 Gewürztraminer, Domaine Weinbach “Clos de Capucins – Cuvée Laurence” 2016 $98108x Muscat Grand Cru “Goldert” Zind-Humbrecht 2016 $120

ET ALThese wines are a collection from historically German speaking areas. We are ignoring the political boundaries

in this section because the stylistic similarities are strong and the cooking styles from these areas are similar.

330 Valle Isarco Kerner, Abbazia di Novacella 2018 $42559 Pinot Blanc/Auxerrois, Henry Fuchs (Alsace) 2018 $48395 Pinot Blanc, Domaine Weinbach “Clos de Capucins – Réserve” 2016 $572545 Pinot Blanc, Domaine Weinbach 2018 $60204 Pinot Bianco Riserva, Cantina Terlan “Vorberg” 2017 $91

Besides being the single most entertaining grape varietal to pronounce, these are wines of very special and particular qualities. They are marvelous with RAW, CURED & SMOKED SEAFOOD, salty dishes and dishes that are built with a broad range of flavors from earthy like a Chioggia beet to edible flower petals.

Typically you expect aromas and FLAVORS OF GREEN TEA, white pepper and minerals.

164 Grüner Veltliner, Soellner “Toni” (Wagram) 2016 $40443 Grüner Veltliner, Nigl “Freiheit” (Kremstal) 2017 $42

Franz Hirtzberger Grüners age very very well and their style is broader and more powerful than others.2165 Grüner Veltliner Federspiel, Franz Hirtzberger “Rotes Tor” (Wachau) 2017 $81108 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Kirchweg” (Wachau) 2016 $982435x Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Ried Kirchweg” (Wachau) 2017 $1022345 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Rotes Tor” (Wachau) 2016 $1262415 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Rotes Tor” (Wachau) 2017 $1262505 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Ried Axpoint” (Wachau) 2017 $1362535x Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Honivogl” (Wachau) 2014 $2102405x Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Honivogl” (Wachau) 2017 $222738 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Honivogl” (Wachau) 2017 6 LITER $1950

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ROSÉSPAIN & ITALYPalette, Château Simone (Provence) 2018 — will continue to age with time. It is the only Grand Cru rosé we offer.2245 Pinot Noir Rosé, Analemma “Alpine” 2018 $602506 Pinot Noir Rosé, Winderlea (Dundee Hills) 2019 $782128x Bandol, Domaine Tempier (France) 2018 $1012100 Bandol, Domaine Tempier (France) 2019 $1152011 Palette, Château Simone (Provence) 2018 $127

SUMMER INGREDIENTS are quite conducive to the whites of Spain & Italy. Many of these make excellent APERITIF WINES that transition into first courses.

2222 Rías Baixas, Fillaboa (Spain) 2018 $36542 Valdeorras, Godeval (Spain) 2017 $42235x Gavi di Gavi, Broglia “La Meirana” (Piedmont) 2018 $482447x Verdejo, Belondrade “Quinta Apolonia” (Spain) 2018 $51448 Rioja Blanco, Cune “Monopole – Classico” (Spain) 2015 $572431 Roero Arneis, Bruno Giacosa (Piedmont) 2017 $63

Do explore from northwest of Spain – Bierzo, José Antonio Garcia “El Chuquiero” 2014 (125x) – powerful with saline minerals. It’s a great purchase — being unknown has kept the price fair.

125x Bierzo, José Antonio Garcia “El Chuquiero” (Spain) 2014 $67

The Maffini Fiano manages a very specific balance between being plump, rich and expressing real freshness at the same time. It is the perfect white for rich fish, strong flavored shellfish & summer vegetables.

109x Cilento Fiano, Luigi Maffini “Pietraincatenata” (Campania) 2016 $81321 Friuli Isonzo Pinot Grigio, Vie di Romans “Dessimis” (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) 2016 $84330x Veneto Bianco, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Secco Ca’del Merlo” (Veneto) 2016 $111331 Toscana, Gaja-Ca’Marcanda “Vistamare” (Tuscany) 2013 $150

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RED BURGUNDYCÔTE DE NUITS2231 Marsannay, Louis Latour 2017 $552139 Bourgogne, François Lumpp “La Paulée” 2016 $752127 Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Dmn. Bertagna “Les Dames Huguettes” 2016 $752032 Marsannay, Domaine Charles Audoin “Cuvée Marie Ragonneau” 2014 $79195x Bourgogne, Domaine Hubert Lignier “Grand Chaliot” 2015 $812038 Fixin, Domaine Bouchard “La Mazière” 2016 $90

The Bourgogne from Henri Gouges, a winemaker most famous for Nuits-Saint-Georges bottlings, is more accessibly priced and terrific Pinot with real presence withoout being a heavyweight. The 2017's are built a little like the 2014's.

2162x Bourgogne, Henri Gouges 2017 $982459 Bourgogne, Dugat-Py “Cuvée Halinard” 2010 $181

Burgundy is the home of PINOT NOIR and it is the most extreme place to grow it. The slope that runs about 31 miles is positioned with such a wide variety of exposure to very specific weather. The coolness is a big factor in bringing such intense, vivid flavors that are so specific because the grapes are on the EDGE OF SURVIVAL.

There is a reason we filled 10+ pages with wines from Burgundy — and it is worth explaining why.More than fruit, savory flavors and structure — there is also SOUL & MAGIC in the wine when everything works.

We know that when it’s in a mood, that magic lies dormant. Like people, as time goes along, you have different days. Something that strikes you as funny one day may not the next.

There are three big factors that contribute to quality and differentiation in Burgundy. These will be most helpful in making a choice. 1) PRODUCER: the individual farmers who grow grapes and produce wines2) SITE: vineyard location dictates not just some of the quality potential but a lot of the flavors3) VINTAGE: variations in weather have a major impact on the final product

Imagine the difference between green and blue. Let’s say Morey-Saint-Denis, a particular village in Burgundy, is green. For each producer, site and vintage, there are many variations of the color green within the village. Chambolle-Musigny — we’ll say that village is blue — many factors may dictate the shade but it’s always still blue.

A word on vintages...Burgundy is a challenging place to grow Pinot Noir to full ripeness even in the days of climate change.

What constitutes “a great year” has shifted a bit. One thing that is certain is that from the very best producers and the very best sites you have wines with the most personality, greatest character and most specific and particular expression.

There are vintages available from this cellar that were cooler and produced light, clean and vivid wines that drink beautifully in the right context — 2008, 2011, 2013.

There are vintages of plump sunny fruit and ebullience that take over the party as soon as they walk in like 2009 & 2015. The vintages prized by the classicists the most — 2010 & 2016 — are often wines that require the most patience and in the short

term the most intense dishes paired with them. 2014 is not as bombastic as 2015 or as tart as 2013.

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MOREY-SAINT-DENIS2006x Morey-Saint-Denis, Domaine Forey 2014 $127127 Morey-Saint-Denis, Domaine Forey 2017 $141435 Morey-Saint-Denis, Hubert Lignier “Très Girard” 2017 $2162118x Morey-Saint-Denis, Domaine des Lambrays 2011 $312

2207 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “Les Sorbets” Albert Bichot 2013 $267149x Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2014 $311233 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “Les Blanchards” Hubert Lignier 2009 $335428 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2015 $348120x Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2017 $395335 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “Les Chaffots” Hubert Lignier 2017 $395409 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru, Hubert Lignier “Vieilles Vignes” 2014 $396339 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru, Hubert Lignier “Vieilles Vignes” 2016 $444

Hubert Lignier’s brilliant & sensitive winemaking is what separates the house above & beyond many others.360 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru, Hubert Lignier “Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $450729 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2014 MAGNUM $675737 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2016 MAGNUM $726728 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier 2017 MAGNUM $822742 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru, Hubert Lignier “Vieilles Vignes” 2016 MAGNUM $924732x Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru, Hubert Lignier “Vieilles Vignes” 2017 MAGNUM $1034

GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN2024 Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Bouchard 2012 $1352153 Gevrey-Chambertin, Vincent Girardin “Les Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $1592426 Gevrey-Chambertin, Hubert Lignier “Les Seuvrées” 2014 $186430 Gevrey-Chambertin, Joseph Roty 2002 $193219 Gevrey-Chambertin, Claude Dugat 2001 $2202426 Gevrey-Chambertin, Hubert Lignier “Les Seuvrées” 2017 $2322020 Gevrey-Chambertin, Méo Camuzet 2016 $2412016x Gevrey-Chambertin, Louis Jadot “Estournelles Saint Jacques” 2017 $2752244x Gevrey-Chambertin, Louis Latour 2016 $308220 Gevrey-Chambertin, Dugat-Py “Vielles Vignes” 2009 $3502000x Gevrey-Chambertin, Dugat-Py “Cuvée Cœur du Roy” 2009 $550

84 Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “la Combe aux Moines” Philippe Leclerc 2010 $2352139x Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “Clos St. Jacques” Louis Jadot 2009 $320197 Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “Clos St. Jacques” Louis Jadot 2010 $370181 Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “Les Evocelles” Dugat-Py 2009 $500168 Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “Les Evocelles” Dugat-Py 2010 $520169x Gevrey-Chambertin Ier Cru “Clos St. Jacques” Domaine Armand Rousseau 2010 $1200

413 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru , Vincent Girardin 2002 $160411 Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru, Vincent Girardin 2002 $1902164x Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2003 $500492x Mazoyeres-Chambertin Grand Cru “Vieilles Vignes” Dom. Henri Perrot-Minot 2005 $6052258 Chambertin Grand Cru “Cuvée Héritiers Latour” Louis Latour 2015 $6782253x Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2010 $6852521 Chambertin Grand Cru “Cuvée Héritiers Latour” Louis Latour 2009 $700356 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru, Hubert Lignier 2016 $1080490 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru, Hubert Lignier 2017 $1374496x Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru, Domaine Armand Rousseau 2010 $5000

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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY2111x Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Ponsot “Cuvée des Cigales” 2015 $216416 Chambolle-Musigny, Hubert Lignier “Les Bussières” 2016 $258492 Chambolle-Musigny, Hubert Lignier “Les Bussières” 2017 $2972300x Chambolle-Musigny, Louis Jadot “Les Feusselottes” 2010 $340134 Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue 2017 $559

112x Chambolle-Musigny Ier Cru “Les Gruenchers” Patrice Rion 2009 $2502022 Chambolle-Musigny Ier Cru “Les Gruenchers” Thibault Liger-Belair 2010 $320169 Chambolle-Musigny Ier Cru “Les Baudes” Hubert Lignier 2009 $3602517x Chambolle-Musigny Ier Cru “Les Amoureuses” Patrice Rion 2009 $564

101x Musigny Grand Cru, Joseph Drouhin 2009 $7492159x Musigny Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2010 $1400101 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue 2017 $1590125 Musigny, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue “Cuvée Vieilles Vignes” 2017 $2100118x Musigny, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue “Cuvée Vieilles Vignes” 2018 $2100

MOREY-SAINT-DENIS, CONTINUED2214 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru, Domaine Bertagna 2015 $450174 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru, Lucien Le Moine 2010 $4782006 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru, Domaine des Lambrays 2014 $4802103 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru, Domaine Bertagna 2016 $490322 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Domaine Dujac 2006 $555

I have a personal particular affection for these Grand Cru wines because of the darkness of the fruit and the intense ferrous minerality on the palate that I find similar to Pomerol in Bordeaux. Largely these are wines that are very charming on the entry, precise on the palate and very long lived.

143 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru, Domaine des Lambrays 2015 $6322329 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru, Domaine des Lambrays 2016 $667432x Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Hubert Lignier 2016 $870167 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Hubert Lignier 2017 $10482129x Clos de Tart Grand Cru, Mommessin 2005 $1550308 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru, Domaine Ponsot “Cuvée Tre Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $1980714 Clos de Tart Grand Cru, Mommessin 2002 $2250

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ECHÉZEAUXEchézeaux & Grands Echézeaux are RELATIVELY EXCELLENT VALUES in Grand Cru red Burgundy.

The vineyards are next to the often much pricier Vosne-Romanée Grand Crus and they have the same sort of INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AROMATICS, silky palates and marvelous age ability as their neighbors.

2000 Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2012 $2602160x Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2015 $3002458x Echézeaux Grand Cru, Domaine Michel Noëllat et Fils 2005 $3502506x Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2010 $3752553 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2014 $4082336x Echézeaux Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2009 $420723 Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret “Vieilles Vignes” 1996 $4302235 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2015 $4562234 Echézeaux Grand Cru “Les Rouges du Bas” Méo-Camuzet 2011 $475

VOUGEOT2310x Vougeot Ier Cru “Clos de la Perrière” Domaine Bertagna 2015 $240139 Vougeot Ier Cru “Clos de la Perrière” Domaine Bertagna 2016 $2462167x Vougeot Ier Cru “Clos de la Perrière” Domaine Bertagna 2009 $263

217 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Capitain Gagnerot 2005 $269132x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Joseph Drouhin 2006 $2922533 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Domaine Michel Noëllat et Fils 2005 $350158x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Domaine Forey 2016 $378440x Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, Denis Mugneret & Fils 1999 $395193x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Domaine Forey 2017 $411337x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Mongeard-Mugneret 2002 $4862302 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru “Près Le Cellier” Méo Camuzet 2006 $5502211x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru “Près Le Cellier” Méo Camuzet 2011 $6242529x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru “Près Le Cellier” Méo Camuzet 2009 $670375x Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru “Près Le Cellier” Méo Camuzet 2002 $675

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NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES2174 Nuits-Saint-Georges, Mongeard-Mugneret “Les Plateaux” 2014 $1172229 Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine Forey 2015 $150102x Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine Forey 2016 $151224 Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine Forey 2017 $1602327 Nuits-Saint-Georges, Henri Gouges 2016 $176225 Nuits-Saint-Georges, R. Chevillon “Vieilles Vignes” 2005 $1782424 Nuits-Saint-Georges, Henri Gouges 2017 $176 2240x Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine Forey 2014 MAGNUM $300

2036x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Murgers – Vieilles Vignes” Armelle et Bernard Rion 2009 $165301 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Clos des Porrets St. Georges” Henri Gouges 2014 $1702254 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Thibault Liger-Belair 2011 $1802246 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Clos des Porrets St. Georges” Henri Gouges 2012 $1952526x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Clos des Porrets St. Georges” Henri Gouges 2015 $200200x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Perrières” Domaine Forey 2016 $2022029x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” Domaine Bouchard 2010 $218345 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Perrières” Domaine Forey 2017 $2212515 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Clos des Porrets St. Georges” Henri Gouges 2016 $2242149x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Pruliers” Henri Gouges 2014 $2252125 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Murgers” Domaine Bertagna 2015 $2332303x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Vaucrains” R. Chevillon 2012 $2552013 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Thibault Liger-Belair 2010 $2582136 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” Domaine Bouchard 2012 $2602170 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Domaine Forey 2016 $249332 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Domaine Forey 2017 $2722344x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” R. Chevillon 2016 $277

VOSNE-ROMANÉEPinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée gives you an expectation of power, intensity, age ability & structure.

2208 Vosne-Romanée, Mongeard-Mugneret 2016 $149152x Vosne-Romanée, Louis Latour 2015 $1552537 Vosne-Romanée, Armelle & Bernard Rion “Dame Juliette” 2014 $1652444 Vosne-Romanee, Domaine Forey 2017 $175100 Vosne-Romanée, Dugat-Py “Vieilles Vignes” 2009 $498

2251 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “En Orveaux” Mongeard-Mugneret 2014 $1722037x Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Chaumes” – Vieilles Vignes” Armelle et Bernard Rion 2010 $193123 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “En Orveaux” Mongeard-Mugneret 2015 $194307 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “En Orveaux” Mongeard-Mugneret 2016 $221494x Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Beaux Monts” Domaine Bertagna 2015 $2402206x Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Petits Monts” Domaine Forey 2016 $241205 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Beaux Monts” Domaine Bertagna 2016 $246112 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Beaux Monts” Regis Forey 2017 $264106x Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Beaux Monts” Domaine Michel Nöellat et Fils 2005 $2992554 Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Chaumes” Méo-Camuzet 2011 $370143x Vosne-Romanée Ier Cru “Les Gaudichots” Domaine Forey 2017 $3792539x Richebourg Grand Cru, Thibault Liger-Belair 2006 $704

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ALOXE-CORTON113 Aloxe-Corton, Michel Gay “Vieilles Vignes” 2014 $1062171x Aloxe-Corton, Domaine Bouchard 2012 $1192319 Aloxe-Corton, Michel Gay “Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $1252544 Aloxe-Corton, Michel Gay “Vieilles Vignes” 2016 $125

2409 Aloxe-Corton Ier Cru “Les Chaillots” Louis Latour 2015 $150134x Aloxe-Corton Ier Cru “Les Moutottes” Edmond Cornu 2005 $177

2160 Corton Grèves Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2010 $2102524x Corton Grèves Grand Cru, Louis Jadot 2005 $2152230 Corton-Grancey Grand Cru, Louis Latour 2002 $2202019x Corton-Grancey Grand Cru, Louis Latour 2005 $2322546x Le Corton Grand Cru, Domaine Bouchard 2012 $244

We have a number of Corton Grand Cru, as they’re both dense and intense Pinot Noir that balance with Cindy’s richer instincts with game, birds & beef.

2122 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru, Edmond Cornu 2005 $2502421 Corton Grand Cru "Clos de la Vigne au Saint" Louis Latour 2015 $263 2219x Corton Grand Cru “Clos du Roi” Louis Latour 2015 $275442 Corton-Rognet Grand Cru, Domaine Chevalier 2005 $2872209x Corton-Renardes Grand Cru, Michel Gay “Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $285107x Le Corton Grand Cru, Domaine Bouchard 2005 $290128x Corton Grand Cru “Le Rognets” Thibault Liger-Belair 2009 $3152017x Corton Grand Cru “Le Rognet” Bernard Ambroise 2005 $3302517 Corton Grand Cru “Les Renardes” Thibault Liger-Belair 2006 $331333x Corton Grand Cru “Le Vigne Au Saint” Méo-Camuzet 2009 $650448x Corton Grand Cru, Coche-Dury 2013 $2100

NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES, CONTINUED2102 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Vaucrains” Henri Gouges 2015 $2802009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Pruliers” Henri Gouges 2016 $287226 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” Lucien Le Moine 2009 $309374 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Didiers” Hubert Lignier 2009 $3482171 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Thibault Liger-Belair 2014 $350446 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Aux Boudots” Méo-Camuzet 2011 $370

Jean-Nicolas Méo has to be one of the five most brilliant winemakers in Burgundy for Méo-Camuzet. His wines display more power & precision than I’ve tasted before. Aromas are at once floral and have a certain truffley minerality. The texture is delicate yet has abundant fine tannins.

198 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Aux Murgers” Méo-Camuzet 2011 $3702255 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru, Méo-Camuzet 2016 $4052122x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Saint-Georges” Thibault Liger-Belair 2012 $410315x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Aux Murgers” Méo-Camuzet 2006 $4202223 Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les St. Georges” Henri Gouges 2016 $4932170x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” R. Chevillon 2009 MAGNUM $495181x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Aux Boudots” Meo-Camuzet 2016 $540

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BEAUNEIn Beaune Premier Cru look for MEDIUM-WEIGHT, SPICY PINOT NOIR that are dead-on

for a number of dishes — quail, sweetbreads, foie gras. It's reasonable to expect a little more power here than in Savigny-les-Beaune.

2343 Beaune Ier Cru “Vignes Franches” Louis Latour 2000 $1192444x Beaune Ier Cru “Clos de la Mousse-Monopole” Domaine Bouchard 2012 $1202024xx Beaune Ier Cru “Vignes Franches” Louis Latour 2011 $1302350 Beaune-Grèves Ier Cru, Michel Gay 2015 $1352312 Beaune-Toussaints Ier Cru, Michel Gay “Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $1352004 Beaune Ier Cru “Vignes Franches” Louis Latour 2002 $1402401 Beaune Ier Cru “Vignes Franches” Louis Latour 2015 $1502338 Beaune Ier Cru “Vignes Franches” Louis Latour 2016 $1712113x Beaune Ier Cru “Clos des Ursules” Louis Jadot 2017 $1922437x Beaune-Chouacheux, Louis Jadot 2010 $1962017 Beaune-Grèves Ier Cru “Vigne de L’Ènfant Jesus” Domaine Bouchard 2012 $2602103x Beaune-Grèves Ier Cru “Vigne de L’Ènfant Jesus” Domaine Bouchard 2010 $2802523 Beaune-Grèves Ier Cru “Vigne de L’Ènfant Jesus” Domaine Bouchard 2005 $300

POMMARDIn Pommard you expect wines of breadth, broad shoulders, rich red fruit and the structure to handle red meat.

2331x Pommard, Domaine Bouchard 2016 $126 2334 Pommard, Nicolas Rossignol “Les Vignots” 2016 $210207 Pommard, Hubert Lignier “En Brescul” 2017 $232

2129 Pommard Ier Cru “Grand Clos des Epenots” Domaine de Courcel 2014 $302

PERNAND VERGELESSES 2552 Pernand Vergelesses Ier Cru “Les Vergelesses” Mongeard-Mugneret 2017 $137

SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNESavigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru are wines you expect to be generous as young wines - a bit spicy and full of red fruit.

2203x Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Les Serpentieres” Vincent Girardin 2014 $902559 Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Les Narbatons” Mongeard-Mugneret 2010 $1002340 Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Serpentieres” Michel Gay 2014 $1102351 Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Vergelesses” Michel Gay 2015 $1242144x Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Les Narbatons” Mongeard-Mugneret 2012 $1252304 Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru “Les Narbatons” Mongeard-Mugneret 2017 $1382178 Savigny-les-Beaune Ier Cru, Nicolas Rossignol 2016 $180

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BEAUJOLAIS & RED LOIRERED BURGUNDY CÔTE DE BEAUNE

There is no bottle of Beaujolais that we offer that I’m not very happy to drink. These wines are absolutely “important” enough for a very special meal.

If there is PORK OR BACON involved – and you don’t want to spend the money for good Northern Rhône, Gamay from Beaujolais can have a similar build with a little less tannin.

Serious Gamay from the best terroirs have the same granitic soil — are VIVID & INTENSE and will handle pork, guinea fowl and also all kinds of charcuterie.

Loire reds with venison and bison are excellent – the INTENSITY & HERBY EDGE works so well with the intense, very gamey, bloody meat with nearly no fat.

2437 Chinon, Bernard Baudry “Les Granges” 2018 $47199 Beaujolais, Pierre Marie Chermette “Origine” 2018 $492523x Beaujolais-Villages, Thibault Liger-Belair “Les Jeunes-Pousses” 2016 $572313 Saumur-Champigny, Château du Hureau “Fours à Chaux” 2015 $60576 Bourgueil, Y. Amirault “Cote 50” 2018 $642144 Côte de Brouilly, Daniel Bouland “Cuvée Mélanie” 2018 $692242 Moulin à Vent, Thibault Liger-Belair “Les Vieilles Vignes” 2016 $81210 Côte de Brouilly, Château Thivin 2009 $862245x Morgon, Carl Marcel Lapierre 2019 $882411x Côte de Brouilly, Château Thivin “Cuvée Zaccharie” 2017 $105

VOLNAY2445x Volnay, Vincent Girardin “Les Vieilles Vignes” 2015 $126

2149 Volnay Ier Cru “Clos des Chênes” Antonin Guyon 2009 $1752124x Volnay Ier Cru “En Chevret” Louis Latour 2015 $190 2457x Volnay Ier Cru “Les Caillerets – Ancienne Cuvée Carnot” Domaine Bouchard 2015 $195 160 Volnay Ier Cru “les Santenots” Bernard & Thierry Glantenay 2015 $201 2332 Volnay Ier Cru “En Chevret” Nicolas Rossignol 2011 $2052316 Volnay Ier Cru “En Chevret” Nicolas Rossignol 2013 $255496 Volnay-Champans Ier Cru, Domaine des Comtes Lafon 2002 $2802249 Volnay Ier Cru “Les Caillerets” Lucien Le Moine 2008 $398

GIVRY2120 Givry Ier Cru “A Vigne Rouge” François Lumpp 2015 $105

MONTHÉLIE423x Monthélie, Coche-Dury 2017 $855

BLAGNY 2301 Blagny Ier Cru “La Pièce sous le Bois” Thierry et Pascale Matrot 2016 $75

SANTENAY 2169x Santenay, Vincent & Sophie Morey “Les Hâtes” 2016 $77

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RED BORDEAUXST. ESTÈPHEClay soils make St. Estèphe a more successful place for Merlot than the rest of the left bank of the Gironde.

These wines tend to have rich, dense, vertical Cabernet Sauvignon structure and broad, mineral-driven Merlot content. Like all Bordeaux, they age very well though St. Estèphe never loses the

BARITONE/BASS NATURE of its personality even at advanced age.

309x Cos d’Estournel 2006 – deuxièmes cru $350414 Château Montrose 2005 – deuxièmes cru $500495 Château Montrose 1995 – deuxièmes cru $673702 Château Montrose 2000 – deuxièmes cru $860745 Cos d’Estournel 1975 IMPÉRIAL – deuxièmes cru $5500

174x Château Calon-Ségur 2004 – troisièmes cru $1832156 Château Calon-Ségur 2009 MAGNUM – troisièmes cru $800

2522 Château Haut-Marbuzet 2014 $130336x Les Pagodes de Cos 2010 $208

Thinking about the difference between Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot in Bordeaux versus in Napa and the new world... The wines are enormously different because the VINES ARE ADAPTED to the region – each is becoming more itself.

Very few from the west coast of the U.S. are similar.Cabernet Sauvignon definitely is THE BIG MOVIE STAR on the west coast and gets all the attention and

Merlot is the quiet friend that goes along sometimes. In Bordeaux, Merlot is the most widely planted grape. Cabernet Sauvignon is only the dominant grape in a few specific sites.

The wines on this list are all broken into villages that have DISTINCT SOIL TYPES. It is the soil types and the drainage that dictate the plantings of the grapes.

And yes, there are three other grapes that are included in the blends although none of them run the show — except for two extreme examples that I can think of.

SATELLITE APPELLATIONS 2543x Château Fournas “Barnadotte” (Haut – Médoc) 2011 $502527 Château Larose Perganson (Haut – Médoc) 2015 $57456 Château Poujeaux (Moulis En Médoc) 2014 $702542 Château Clarisse (Castillon – Côtes de Bordeaux) 2014 $782238 Château d’Aiguilhe (Castillon – Côtes de Bordeaux) 2015 $90175x Château Poujeaux (Moulis En Medoc) 2009 $145

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RED BORDEAUXST. JULIENI find these wines similarly structured to Pauillac however they typically have a bit more Merlot in the blend

and tend to be more forward drinking. I am personally very fond of the MINERAL FOOTPRINT that is evident in the aromatics in St. Julien.

2507 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2000 – deuxièmes cru $868725 Château Gruaud-Larose 1982 – deuxièmes cru $1140

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a second growth estate that is my personal favorite of St. Julien. The balance of length, finesse, minerality and beautiful, satisfying, complex fruit is unrivaled.

701 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1982 – deuxièmes cru $1440739 Château Léoville Poyferré 2000 IMPÉRIAL – deuxièmes cru $6525

2023 Château Léoville Poyferré 2010 – deuxièmes cru $5722311 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2010 – deuxièmes cru $750

2105 Château Lagrange 2016 – troisièmes cru $196

2233 Château Beychevelle 2016 – quatrièmes cru $4272119 Château Branaire-Ducru 2010 – quatrièmes cru $232

2108 Château Gloria 2014 $912419x Château Lalande-Borie 2012 $1042339x Château Lalande-Borie 2010 $1452112x La Croix de Beaucaillou 2008 $1622528 Château Gloria 2016 $165194x La Croix de Beaucaillou 2010 $176114x Château Gloria 2009 $1972431x La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou 2016 $2072121 Clos du Marquis 2009 $212

PAUILLACPauillac is the home of three first growths, maybe the most famous wines of Bordeaux

and very likely THE LONGEST LIVED. Most of these wines are 85-90% Cabernet Sauvignon grown in meager gravel soils and can be incredibly structured and complex.

It is home of many an address to impress.

724 Château Mouton Rothschild 2009 – premier cru $2589733 Château Mouton Rothschild 1990 – premier cru $2635706 Château Latour 2000 – premier cru $4375

2427x Château Pichon Longueville – Comtesse de Lalande “Réservé de la Comtesse” 2014 – deuxièmes cru $1202241x Château Pichon Longueville – Comtesse de Lalande 2005 – deuxièmes cru $6202140 Château Pichon Longueville “Comtesse de Lalande” 1990 IMPÉRIAL – deuxièmes cru $3450

2434 Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2005 – cinquièmes cru $1732414x Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2009 – cinquièmes cru $220452 Château d’Armailhac 2009 – cinquièmes cru $2852007 Château Pontet Canet 2009 – cinquièmes cru $528348 Château d’Armailhac 2000 – cinquièmes cru $714

2003 Le Forts de Latour 2010 $1050

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RED BORDEAUXPESSAC-LÉOGNAN & GRAVESThis region is home to one of my personal favorite producers historically — Château La Mission Haut Brion — as well as a

number of rapidly ascending producers that are lesser known. The wines are very individual and usually have a stamp of very complex aromatics of tobacco, flint, a mixture of dusty red & black

fruits, and very INTENSE MINERAL SENSE. When I think about these wines I WANT TO DRINK THEM. They are typically an even blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with a few very particular exceptions.

2419 Château Haut-Bergey 2005 $1462201 Château Malartic Lagravière 2014 $165167 Château Malartic Lagravière 2015 $170200 Château Branon 2008 $1802128 Domaine de Chevalier 2014 $1982556 Domaine de Chevalier 2015 $231407x Château Malartic Lagravière 2010 $2522502 Château Pape-Clement 2009 $370148x Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2004 $660391 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 1996 $980708 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 1990 $2080718 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 1996 MAGNUM $27202140x Château Haut-Bailly 2005 IMPÉRIAL $5350

MARGAUXMargaux is the name of the village and also of the most famous Château in the appellation. These are wines very much dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon that is grown in sandy soil.

This particular terroir offers less dense wines with more gentle tannins than other left bank wines. Margaux is usually most loved for its floral aromatics and PURITY OF BLACK FRUIT.

These can be wines of great refinement and nuance.

2536 Château Margaux “Pavillon Rouge” 2010 – premier cru $730211x Château Margaux “Pavillon Rouge” 2009 – premier cru $780741 Château Margaux “Pavillon Rouge” 1996 5 LITER – premier cru $3075

2556x Château Durfort-Vivens 2010 – deuxièmes cru $2112200x Château Lascombes 2010 DOUBLE MAGNUM – deuxièmes cru $1460

2447 Château d’Issan 2015 – troisièmes cru $2152136x Château Boyd-Cantenac 2009 – troisièmes cru $2282176 Château Cantenac-Brown 2010 – troisièmes cru $250

2328 Château Labégorce 2014 $1112150 Château Labégorce 2015 $125428x Château Monbrison 2015 $1362114 Château Labégorce 2016 $152

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RED BORDEAUXST. ÉMIL IONThis village is home to three distinct terroirs and many small producers. The wines range from Cabernet Franc dominated Premier Grand Cru Classé Château Ausone & Château Cheval Blanc to largely

Merlot dominated wines with a generous and spicy splash of Cabernet Franc. These are generally rich, forward, EXOTIC & GENEROUS wines that work with slightly broader cuisine

than many other wines from Bordeaux.

2218x Château Angelus 1998 – Premier Grand Cru Classé A $890705 Château Cheval Blanc 2008 – Premier Grand Cru Classé A $1600499x Château Ausone 2008 – Premier Grand Cru Classé A $25002252x Château Ausone 2015 – Premier Grand Cru Classé A $2996

195 Château Troplong Mondot 2003 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $196326 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2012 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $2202131x Château Troplong Mondot 2004 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $2252110 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2015 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $250

Château Beauséjour Duffau Lagarrosse 2012 (2221x) is well-grounded with mineral & base notes and shows off the floral & spice notes you expect. As authored as the legendary ’61 and ’90 – its balance is particular.

2221x Château Beauséjour Duffau Lagarrosse 2012 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $2722206 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2005 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $3002221 Château Troplong Mondot 2008 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $3022248 Château Troplong Mondot 2012 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $3562531x Château Canon 1982 – Premier Grand Cru Classé B $1210

2123x Château Faugères 2015 – Grand Cru Classé $141497x Château La Fleur Morange 2007 – Grand Cru Classé $195361 Château La Dominique 2009 – Grand Cru Classé $2052123 Château Pavie Decesse 2000 – Grand Cru Classé $560

2314 Château Rol Valentin 2009 $1802551 Château La Gomerie 2009 $2282518 Château Bellevue Mondotte 2006 $600

POMEROLPomerol has a very special magic for me.

I often think these are the richest wines in Bordeaux and they live a much longer time than you think they may — especially from the best producers.

These wines are often more than 90% Merlot and have a particular FERROUS MINERAL NOTE that recalls some of the great Côte de Nuits Grand Crus like Clos de la Roche or Chambertin-Clos de Bèze.

These are also wines of a beguiling SOFT, PLUSH TEXTURE. What can I say, I’d like to be spoiled.

2172x Château Bellegrave 2015 $1582335 Château Rouget 2016 $2002172x Château Le Gay 2013 $2262201x Château Feytit-Clinet 2015 $245303 Château Clinet 2013 $2502324x Château Le Bon Pasteur 2005 $2642503 Château Certan – De May de Certan 2011 $270132 Château Clinet 2015 $272408 Château La Conseillante 2014 $2972213 Clos L’Église 2016 $3582532x Château Clinet 2008 $4082416 Château Clinet 2010 $4282138 Château Certan – De May de Certan 2010 $450341 Vieux Château Certan 2004 $523499 Château La Violette 2006 $6502176x Vieux Château Certan 1999 $6602202x Vieux Château Certan 2005 $695100x Vieux Château Certan 2009 $9902226 Vieux Château Certan 1982 $1150221x Château l’Evangile 1990 $1302726 Château Pétrus 2016 $4450

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NORTHERN RHÔNE VALLEYCÔTE RÔTIE Côte Rôtie (meaning the roasted slope) is a steep vineyard site with GREAT SUN EXPOSURE

on the west bank of the Rhône river just north of the Hermitage hill. These wines are not as dense, tannic or broad as Hermitage but often are much more SPICY, EXOTIC & JUICY. Some of the wines have an accent dose of the white grape Viognier

in the blend with the Syrah which will make the wines more exotic and generous. For about 20 years I believed strongly that the 1969 “La Mouline” from Guigal was the SINGLE MOST DELICIOUS

red wine I had ever tasted. I will always have great affection — the same sort of feeling about that wine as I do about my first real girlfriend — I will never lack affection for or appreciation of it.

The single vineyards are very rare and compelling and we are very lucky to have such a collection.

2219 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “Brune et Blonde” 2015 $150222x Côte Rôtie, Saint Cosme 2016 $1742538 Côte Rôtie, Domaine de Bonserine “La Viallière” 2012 $204450 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “Château D’Ampuis” 2006 $324165 Côte Rôtie, R. Rostaing “Côte Blonde” 2006 $354709 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 2000 $606716 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 1996 $730233x Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Mouline” 2006 $750387x Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Turque” 2006 $750180x Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 2007 $900427 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Mouline” 2007 $900727 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Turque” 2007 $900388 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 2004 $910390 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Mouline” 2004 $910389 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Turque” 2004 $910710 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 1998 $995324 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Landonne” 2009 $1200152 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Mouline” 2009 $1200344 Côte Rôtie, E. Guigal “La Turque” 2009 $1200

The Northern Rhône Valley offers a range of terroirs for SYRAH. Crozes-Hermitage and Saint Joseph show the grape at ITS MOST FORWARD (in France) and perhaps Cornas offers it at its most broad & rustic. Although the Vin Noir from Domaine du Tunnel in Cornas is SUPER QUALITY and in no way country Syrah.

2002 Syrah, Yves Cuilleron “Les Vignes d’à Côte” 2018 $422242 Crozes-Hermitage, Marlène & Nicolas Chevalier “Les Voleyses” 2015 $66449 Saint Joseph, Domaine Faury 2009 $79310 Saint Joseph, Domaine Faury 2010 $107445 Saint Joseph, Domaine du Tunnel 2016 $1102303 Saint Joseph, E. Guigal 2016 $1282135x Cornas, Domaine du Tunnel “Vin Noir” 2016 $180

HERMITAGE Hermitage is the ancient home of SYRAH IN FRANCE. The grape has been documented to grow there for more than 1100 years.

Hermitage vineyards are essentially sitting like a monk’s cap of granite atop a very round hill directly across the river from the town of Tain (where Valrhona chocolate was born and is produced).

The best vintages for Hermitage are always when that GRANITE CAP IS ROASTED thoroughly in the sun.

442x Hermitage, Domaine des Remizières “Cuvée Emilie” 2009 $189231x Hermitage, Delas Freres “Les Tourettes” 2011 $220158 Hermitage, J.L. Chave 2006 $435359 Ermitage, M. Chapoutier “L’Ermite” 1998 $500113x Hermitage, Delas Freres “Les Bessards” 2011 $5002246x Ermitage, E. Guigal “Ex Voto” 2007 $900400 Ermitage, E. Guigal “Ex Voto” 2009 $1200

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CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE2549 Domaine Olivier Hillaire “Les Petits Pieds d’Armand” $230 2547 Domaine Charvin MAGNUM $303 317 Roger Sabon “le Secret des Sabon” $390

20152541x Mas de Boislauzon $100 2252 Château de Beaucastel $175 740 Clos des Papes DOUBLE MAGNUM $1242

20142439 Clos des Papes $228 313 Roger Sabon “le Secret des Sabon” $278

20132016 Clos des Papes $228

20122162 Château de Beaucastel $260 736 Domaine Charvin MAGNUM $350

201088 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils “Réservé des Duex Frères” $550

2009187 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne $191 722 Clos des Papes MAGNUM $700 223 Henri Bonneau “Réserve des Célestins” $760 2151 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne “Réservé” $1095

2008432 Château Rayas “Réservé” $496

In the last 25 years I’ve seen a huge change in perception and awareness of Châteauneuf-du-Pape driven by Mr. Parker’s enthusiasm for the wines as well as — first and foremost — by how delicious they are.

These are red wines with broad drinking windows, good age ability, FANTASTIC FRUIT and terrific complexity. The diversity of terroirs and winemaking styles is pretty gigantic in this appellation.

Growers are allowed to source from a vast selection of 13 DIFFERENT GRAPES: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault, Counoise, Picpoul (Noir/Blanc/Gris), Terret Noir, Bourboulenc, Clairette, Roussanne, Vaccarèse, Picardan and Muscardin.

They are all interesting but Grenache is, by far, the most widely planted & interesting — it brings joy and carries the personality of the wines. It is perfectly SITE AND WINEMAKER REFLECTIVE.

2017 2412 Domaine de Marcoux $130

2016 2548 Château Fortia “Tradition” $87 2409x Domaine de la Charbonnière $872211 Domaine la Consonniere $95 2167 André Brunel $96 2322x Château Fortia “Cuvée du Baron” $99 2143 Bosquet des Papes $105 2039 Domaine Olivier Hillaire “Cuvée Classique” $110 320 Château La Nerthe 2016 $118188x Clos Saint Jean $120 2243 Vignobles Brunier “Piedlong” $120 2227x Domaine de la Charbonnière “Mourre des Perdrix” 2016 $1212352 Domaine Charvin $150 318x Roger Sabon “Prestige” $150 2501 Bosquet des Papes “Chante le Merle – Vieilles Vignes” $156 2169x Château de Beaucastel $175 2251x Domaine de Cristia “Renasissance” $191

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CÔTES DU RHÔNECHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPEThe wines from around the villages in the Southern part of the Rhône Valley that are notable

are typically Grenache driven. Like Châteauneuf-du-Pape, their personalities are particular. The wines don’t possess the same kind of rich body and power but so many of them are really juicy and LOVELY WINES TO DRINK.

These are not shy wines.

2102x Plan Pegau NV $442302x Lirac, Domaine La Consonniere 2016 $502109x Côtes du Rhône, Famille Perrin “Coudoulet de Beaucastel” 2016 $572257 Côtes du Rhône, Famille Perrin “Coudoulet de Beaucastel” 2018 $592027 Côtes du Rhône, Famille Perrin “Coudoulet de Beaucastel” 2017 $602402x Côtes du Rhône, Le Clos du Caillou “Le Bouquet des Garrigues” 2016 $662505 Vacqueyras, Domaine le Sang des Cailloux “Cuvée Floureto” 2016 $752002x Gigondas, Domaine Raspail-Ay 2016 $812433 Gigondas, Les Pallières “Les Racines” 2013 $822459x Vacqueyras, Domaine le Sang des Cailloux “Cuvée Floureto” 2007 $110712 Côtes du Rhône, Château de Fonsalette 1998 $245

2007133 Domaine Lafond “Roc-Epine” $75184x Domaine de la Solitude $123405 Henri Bonneau “Réserve des Célestins” $780 746 Clos Saint Jean “Sanctus Sanctorum” MAGNUM $1293 731 Domaine du Pegau “Cuvée da Capo” MAGNUM $1947

2006418 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne “Réservé” $1095

20052243x Le Clos du Caillou “Reserve” $300 412 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne “Réservé” $650

OLDER141x Château de Beaucastel 2001 $221232 Domaine du Pegau “Cuvée Réservée” 2001 $240 711 Château de Beaucastel “Hommage de Jacques Perrin” 2001 $665 161 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne “Réservé” 2003 $680 90 Henri Bonneau “Réserve des Célestins” 2001 $850

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SPAINPROVENCE, THE SOUTHRIOJARioja as a wine growing region is a MICROCOSM OF CHANGE and development in wineries

and winemaking over the last 50 years. There are still producers who work in the “more traditional way” meaning greater oxidation and very long barrel aging, often in American oak. There are also modernists, smaller producers, individually vinifying very special small vineyard sites.

A reasonable rule of thumb in choosing and cellaring Rioja is that is has an EXCELLENT PARALLEL TO BORDEAUX. The best wines from the best years are extremely age able and the vintages largely follow Bordeaux vintage quality.

580 Rioja Reserva, Sierra Cantabria 2013 $72179x Rioja Reserva, La Rioja Alta “Viña Ardanza” 2009 $762451 Rioja Reserva, Cune “Imperial” 2015 $932417x Rioja Reserva, La Rioja Alta “Viña Ardanza” 2012 $932204x Rioja Reserva, Cune – Contino 2014 $1052236 Rioja Reserva, R. Lopez y Heredia “Tondonia” 2007 $1082428 Rioja Gran Reserva, Viñedos de Páganos “El Puntido” 2007 $1252156x Rioja, Conde De Hervías 2009 $1482101 Rioja Gran Reserva, Muga “Prado Enea” 2011 $170434 Rioja Gran Reserva, Granja Remelluri 2010 $216

All the Cune wines are bottled and then stored, unlabelled, in the historic cellars. They are stored without labels because the labels would quickly deteriorate in the humidity of these cellars. Before release, the bottles are hand cleaned and labelled. Cune never recorks its library wines. The wines do not see the light of day from the day they are bottled until they are released.

721 Rioja Gran Reserva, Cune “Viña Real” 1949 $1650700 Rioja Gran Reserva, Cune “Viña Real” 1952 $1950

These are robust red wines of very individual personality that are driven by their cépage — Mourvèdre, Grenache, and Syrah — in various combinations.

2427 Côte Catalanes, Domaine Gauby “Calcinaires” 2015 $55133x Bandol, Domaine Tempier 2016 $90304 Bandol, Domaine Tempier 2017 $1112442 Palette, Château Simone (Provence) 2013 $132133 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Migoua” 2016 $135

Lucien Peyraud, who received Domaine Tempier as part of a wedding gift when he married Lucie “Lulu” Tempier in 1936, is often celebrated as the “Godfather of Bandol”. La Migoua has the highest percentage of Grenache of the three single vineyards. La Tourtine is half Mourvèdre from clay rich soils.

193 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Migoua” 2012 $142306 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Tourtine” 2012 $142140 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Migoua” 2017 $149355 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Migoua” 2003 $165103x Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Tourtine” 2018 $1712241 Bandol, Domaine Tempier “La Tourtine” 2010 $184302 Coteaux du Languedoc, Château de la Negly “La Porte du Ciel” 2007 $355

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SPAIN ITALYPIEDMONTThis is a region that I have an undying affection for — both the wines and the food. Nebbiolo, the most important grape that you find in Barolo, Barbaresco and several other DOCGs in the cellar

has a personality and an ability to be uniquely and individually expressive in a way that is not unlike Pinot Noir from Burgundy — with one gigantic difference. These are wines of grace but also DENSITY, POWER, TANNIN and a dry fruit character.

Nebbiolo in a happy place will always have aromas of flowers, fruit, spice and the MINERAL CONTENT OF THE EARTH in which it is grown as part of its expression.

2131 Dolcetto d’Alba, Paolo Scavino 2014 $35616 Barbera d’Alba, Massolino 2017 $722452x Coste delle Sesia Rosso, Proprietà Sperino “Uvaggio” 2013 $722300 Nebbiolo d’Alba, Sandrone “Valmaggiore” 2017 $792443x Barbaresco, Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 $90138x Barolo, M. Marengo (La Morra) 2015 $982406x Barolo, Poderi Luigi Einaudi “Ludo” 2015 $1102416x Barolo, Massolino (Serralunga d’Alba) 2014 $114160x Barolo, Brovia (Castiglione Falletto) 2015 $1182458 Barolo, M. Marengo “Bricco Viole” 2015 $118109 Lessona, Proprietà Sperino 2011 $143164 Barbaresco, Marchesi di Grésy “Martinenga Gaiun” 2012 $160393 Carema, Ferrando “Etichetta Bianca” 2014 $163179 Barolo, Massolino (Serralunga d’Alba) 2007 $1672224x Barolo, Poderi Luigi Einaudi “Bussia” (Monforte d’alba) 2015 $192357x Barolo, Elio Grasso “Gavarni Chiniera” (Monforte d’Alba) 2013 $2402252 Barolo, Conterno Fantino “Vigna Sorì Ginestra” (Monforte d’Alba) 2016 $277225 Barolo, Rinaldi "Brunate-Le Coste" 1999 $299136x Barolo, Elio Altare (La Morra) 2004 $302316 Barolo, Bartolo Mascarello 2016 $370484 Barolo, Giacomo Conterno “Cascina Francia” (Serralunga d’Alba) 2011 $387114 Barbaresco, Bruno Giacosa “Asili” 2001 $420

DUERO RIVER VALLEYThe Duero River Valley yields Tempranillo with greater DENSITY, POWER & BREADTH than Rioja.

2232 Ribera del Duero Reserva, El Pedrosal 2006 $6481 Ribera del Duero, Astrales “Christina” 2011 $168163 Ribera del Duero, Alión 2015 $244491x Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Tinto Valbueno 5˚” 2013 $248369 Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Tinto Valbueno 5˚” 2010 $465431 Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Tinto Valbueno 5˚” 2009 $580343 Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Tinto Valbueno 5˚” 2007 $590396 Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Tinto Valbueno 5˚” 2008 $620

Unico is typically considered the single greatest red wine of Spain.305x Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Unico” 2003 $975730 Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Unico” 2006 $12002003x Ribero del Duero, Vega Sicilia “Unico” 2010 $1140

NORTH WEST2504 Bierzo, Raul Perez “Ultreia – St. Jacques” 2017 $452541 Monterrei, Raúl Pérez “A Trabe” 2006 $2732323 Castilla y León, Mauro “Terreus – Paraje de Cueva Baja” 2010 $312

EAST2309 Priorat, Alvaro Palacios “Camins del Priorat” 2018 $522029 Calatayud, Brega 2015 $832107x Jumilla, El Nido “Clio” 2017 $91

Jumilla, El Nido “El Nido” (2152x) is a super interesting buy for consumers of California Cabernet. While it has mammoth size & fruit, the wine delivers a darker fruit accent & more mellow tannins.

2152x Jumilla, El Nido “El Nido” 2015 $300

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ITALYVENETOGiuseppe Quintarelli was one of the titanic winemakers of our world.

The reds range in power, density and opulence but they all have extremely open and generous personalities, a universal intensity and exceptional balance. HE WAS ONE OF THE WIZARDS.

123x Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Gamba “Campedel” 2015 $120305 Veneto Rosso, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Primofiore” 2014 $148445x Veneto Rosso, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Primofiore” 2017 $159208 Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Giuseppe Quintarelli 2012 $240136 Veneto Rosso, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Cá del Merlo” 2012 $240439 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Giuseppe Quintarelli 2006 $770371 Veneto Cabernet, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Alzero” 2005 $855231 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Giuseppe Quintarelli 2012 $900316x Veneto Cabernet, Giuseppe Quintarelli “Alzero” 2009 $1095

SOUTHERN ITALYThe last twenty years have seen RAPID CHANGE & DEVELOPMENT in winegrowing and winemaking t

echniques and processes in the south.

Italy’s oldest growing regions (3,000+ years) may be its MOST ENERGETIC VITICULTURALLY.

103 Salento Negroamaro, Menhir “Filo” 2015 $61190 Cilento Aglianico, Luigi Maffini “Cenito” 2015 $90220x Calabria Rosso, Russo & Longo “Jachello” 2016 $93135x Etna Rosso, Tenuta delle Terre Nere “Guardiola” 2017 $1012154x Romangia Rosso, Tenute Dettori “Tenores” 2013 $112212x Etna Rosso, Tornatore “Trimarchisa” 2015 $120321x Irpinia Aglianico, Feudo di San Gregorio “Serpico” 2012 $193

TUSCANYThe most important red grape in Tuscany is SANGIOVESE and

it is grown in a wide variety of locations and situations. There are SOFTER WINES from the Chianti zone and much more tannic versions from Montalcino

where Sangiovese is most easily identified by its very consistent dried red fruit and SWEET LEATHERY PALATE.

The wines from the Tyrrhenian coast famously known as “Super Tuscans” are largely made from Bordeaux grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and are built very similarly.

137x Chainti Classico, Querciabella 2016 $60619 Rosso di Montalcino, Il Poggione 2017 $722148x Rosso di Montalcino, Uccelliera 2017 $75212 Bolgheri Superiore, Michele Satta “Piastraia” 2016 $782248x Chianti Classico, Fontodi “Filetta di Lamole” 2015 $82107 Toscana Rosso, Montevertine 2016 $140166x Brunello di Montalcino, Fuligni 2013 $1842328x Brunello di Montalcino, Conti Costanti (Tuscany) 2015 $2402543 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Uccelliera 2012 $261314 Sangiovese di Toscana, San Giusto a Rentennano “Percarlo” 2013 $305429 Brunello di Montalcino, Valdicava 2010 $3102442x Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Fuligni 2013 $3852508 Brunello di Montalcino, Cerbaiona 2012 $390421 Brunello di Montalcino, Salvioni Giulio “Cerbaiola” 2009 $410217x Bolgheri Superiore, Ornellaia 2015 $4782509x Bolgheri Superiore, Ornellaia 2006 $625

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BORDEAUX IN THE NEW WORLDNAPA VALLEYOne should expect OPULENCE & FLAMBOYANCE and wines made in a range of styles — from the

archetypal Heitz Cellar to the rich and sleek Peter Michael bottlings.

2307 Merlot, Oberon (Napa Valley) 2017 $402324 Cabernet Sauvignon, Honig (Napa Valley) 2016 $1012023x Cabernet Sauvignon, Matthiasson (Napa Valley) 2015 $1302531 Merlot, Pride (Napa Valley) 2016 $1382141 Shafer “TD-9” (Napa Valley) 2017 $1412422x Palazzo “Reserve” (Napa Valley) 2014 $1442306x Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Franus “Brandlin Vineyard” (Napa Valley) 2016 $1512511 Cabernet Sauvignon, Joseph Phelps (Napa Valley) 2017 $1602202 Cabernet Sauvignon, Del Dotto “Caves” (Napa Valley) 2014 $1802036 Palazzo “Right Bank” (Napa Valley) 2013 $1802422 Cabernet Sauvignon, Ramey “Pedregal Vineyard” (Oakville - Napa Valley) 2013 $3062511x Cabernet Sauvignon, Eisele Vineyard “Altagracia” (Napa Valley) 2016 $3152436 Cabernet Sauvignon, The Mascot (Napa Valley) 2012 $3262112 Rudd Estate (Oakville - Napa Valley) 2015 $4652436x Cabernet Sauvignon, Heitz Cellar “Martha’s Vineyard” (Napa Valley) 2010 $4732131 Cabernet Sauvignon, Seaver “GTS” (Napa Valley) 2014 $480406 Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Au Paradis” (Napa Valley) 2013 $490159 Cabernet Sauvignon, Seaver “GTS” (Napa Valley) 2015 $495237x Cabernet Sauvignon, Cardinale (Napa Valley) 2013 $5102318x Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Au Paradis” (Napa Valley) 2014 $520184 Cabernet Sauvignon, Heitz Cellar “Martha’s Vineyard” (Napa Valley) 2012 $5502534 Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Au Paradis” (Napa Valley) 2015 $5532154x Cabernet Sauvignon, Shafer “Hillside Select” (Stags Leap District) 2014 $664156 Cabernet Sauvignon, Lokoya (Howell Mountain) 2015 $820441 Cabernet Sauvignon, Eisele Vineyard (Napa Valley) 2016 $1260434x Cabernet Sauvignon, Dana “Hershey Vineyard” (Howell Mountain) 2016 $1400720 Cabernet Sauvignon, Harlan Estate (Napa Valley) 2013 $2880

After spending a lot of time on European wine education from when I was very young I had affection for those wines and I had begun to have reasonable command of them.

In 1990 I had dinner with a colleague at Jean-Louis, the very storied restaurant in the Watergate hotel. Jean-Louis Palladin came to the U.S. as a two star Michelin chef some years before and did not do things like other chefs in Washington.

A friend that I worked with gifted my colleague and I with a bottle of wine — the famous Cabernet Sauvignon bottling from Beaulieu Vineyards, Georges Latour. The vintage was 1969. I was stunned by the breadth, the intensity, the complexity and the SIMPLE HAPPINESS that the wine provided.

That will probably always be my AMERICAN EPIPHANY WINE that made me turn and look at the very best of our efforts here in the states with admiration.

The wines that follow are not solely from Napa but from a number of regions from the west coast that we think grow remarkable Cabernet Sauvignon.

BONDThis is Bill Harlan’s project made up of very small distinct single vineyards that have individual personalities.

These collectibles are both GIGANTIC & SOPHISTICATED.

199x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Matriarch” (Napa Valley) 2012 $498314x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Matriarch” (Napa Valley) 2013 $590315 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Melbury” (Napa Valley) 2010 $1031309 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Pluribus” (Napa Valley) 2010 $1031236 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “St. Eden” (Napa Valley) 2010 $1031212x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Melbury” (Napa Valley) 2011 $1175439x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “St. Eden” (Napa Valley) 2011 $1175424 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Melbury” (Napa Valley) 2013 $14452011x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Pluribus” (Napa Valley) 2014 $1445453x Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “St. Eden” (Napa Valley) 2013 $1445358 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “St. Eden” (Napa Valley) 2014 $1474722 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Vecina” (Napa Valley) 2015 MAGNUM $3750

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NEW WORLD PINOT NOIRBORDEAUX IN THE NEW WORLDOREGON & WASHINGTON Oregon has the potential to RIVAL BURGUNDY for compelling aromatics.

At the very best they can almost have that very sensual perfume that Burgundy can have. These wines can age very successfully and also are defined very much by their VINTAGE PERSONALITIES.

2239 Stoller (Dundee Hills) 2017 $512174x Ken Wright Cellars (Willamette Valley) 2017 $602344 Trisaetum (Willamette Valley) 2016 $602558 Lenné (Yamhill-Carlton) 2015 $78574 Analemma “Oak Ridge Vineyard” (Columbia Gorge) 2016 $882157 Brittan “Basalt Block” (Willamette Valley) 2013 $112443x Winderlea “Shea Vineyard” (Willamette Valley) 2016 $1352525x White Rose “Guillen Vineyard” (Dundee Hills) 2013 $1372125x Brittan Vineyards “Cygnus Block” (McMinnville) 2016 $1382235x Holloran “La Chenaie Vineyard” (Willamette Valley) 2012 MAGNUM $1402137x White Rose “Guillen Vineyard” (Dundee Hills) 2012 $1412537x White Rose “Guillen Vineyard” (Dundee Hills) 2011 $1562166x White Rose “White Rose Vineyard” (Willamette Valley) 2011 $234

ANDERSON VALLEYThese wines from Mendocino County always have fresher acidity

and SPICIER FLAVORS than the other appellations in California.

2179x The Withers “Charles Vineyard” (Anderson Valley) 2016 $1122406 Littorai “Les Larmes” (Anderson Valley) 2017 $1362438x Littorai “Les Larmes” (Anderson Valley) 2019 $1362124 Littorai “Savoy” (Anderson Valley) 2016 $180197x Littorai “Wendling Vineyard – Block E” (Anderson Valley) 2016 $1802514 Littorai “Wendling Vineyard – Block E” (Anderson Valley) 2017 $180

KNIGHTS VALLEYThese typically elegant Cabernet Sauvignon tend to be a bit

SOFTER AND MORE MINERAL then many of the Napa comparatives.

2107 Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “L’Esprit des Pavots” (Knights Valley) 2015 $2902514x Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Les Pavots” (Knights Valley) 2013 $4902126 Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Les Pavots” (Knights Valley) 2014 $5402353 Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Michael “Les Pavots” (Knights Valley) 2017 $540

WASHINGTONThe Washington State wines are built like the LOVECHILD OF NAPA & BORDEAUX. The longer growing season and drier

climate often make for greater success for Merlot which is an important part of a lot of these blends.

2509 Mark Ryan “The Chief” (Walla Walla) 2017 $63617 Cabernet Franc, Andrew Will (Columbia Valley) 2017 $92136 Cabernet Sauvignon, Mark Ryan “Dead Horse” (Red Mountain) 2015 $1252028 Andrew Will “Champoux Vineyard” (Washington) 2014 $162415 Andrew Will “Champoux Vineyard” (Washington) 2013 $1712508x Andrew Will “Sorella – Champoux Vineyard” (Horse Heaven Hills) 2013 $1922507x Cabernet Sauvignon, Quilceda Creek (Columbia Valley) 2015 $488

ET ALI have great personal affection for the unique flavors in the Cabernet Sauvignon from the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Almost like wines from Pessac-Leognan that have spent a lot of time at the gym.

80 Cabernet Sauvignon, Telios (Lodi) 2016 $352212 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley Vineyards (Sonoma County) 2018 $512108x Cabernet Sauvignon, Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1212502x Cabernet Sauvignon, Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2016 $126334 Cabernet Sauvignon, Dehlinger “Claret” (Russian River Valley) 2012 $175342 Cabernet Sauvignon, Skipstone “Oliver’s Blend” (Sonoma) 2016 $360185 Cabernet Sauvignon, Ridge “Monte Bello” (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2014 $420

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NEW WORLD PINOT NOIRSONOMAOur bottlings from Sonoma provide similarly JOYOUS FRUIT and complex personality

as the Russian River Valley wines with typically a bit more density.

2516 Joseph Swan “Saralee’s Vineyard” (Sonoma County) 2015 $98392 Anthill Farms “Peters Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $1002332x The Withers “Peters Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2018 $1122177x Littorai (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $1352253 Littorai (Sonoma Coast) 2018 $1382453 Peay “Ama” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $135 2236x Littorai (Sonoma Coast) 2014 $1422424x Littorai “The Pivot Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2016 $2102407x Littorai “Hirsch Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $2102429x Littorai “Hirsch Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2018 $2102504x Littorai “The Pivot Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2017 $211178 Aubert “UV-SL Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2016 $2652317x Aubert “Ritchie Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2014 $3052329x Aubert “UV Vineyard” (Sonoma Coast) 2014 $305

ET AL2037 Dog Point Vineyard (Marlborough) 2013 $75310x Caraccioli Cellars (Santa Lucia Highlands) 2013 $762544x Lioco “Saveria Vineyard” (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2016 $1142342 Roar “Rosella's Vineyard” (Santa Lucia Highlands) 2017 $118228x Rhys “Horseshoe Vineyard” (Santa Cruz Mountains) 2012 $260

2214x Williams Selyem “Ferrington Vineyard” (Anderson Valley) 2014 $200

RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEYThe Russian River Valley – and very obviously Dehlinger in particular — provide lush, supple, layered

and TASTY-RIGHT-NOW Pinot Noir with excellent food flexibility. The wines from Dehlinger always mature well in the cellar — often to twenty years.

2519x Dehlinger (Russian River Valley) 2018 $652319x Joseph Swan “Cuvée de Trois” (Russian River Valley) 2015 $832310 Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2018 $1052304x Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1102168 Dehlinger “Renatus” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1102408 Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1302231x Dehlinger “Octagon” (Russian River Valley) 2018 $1312203 Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2016 $1402505x Dehlinger “Champ de Mars” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1422446x Dehlinger “High Plains” (Russian River Valley) 2016 $1462557x Dehlinger “Champ de Mars” (Russian River Valley) 2016 $1562521x Dehlinger “High Plains” (Russian River Valley) 2014 $175135 Dehlinger “High Plains” (Russian River Valley) 2013 $2102207x Williams Selyem “Westside Road Neighbors” (Russian River Valley) 2015 $2212153x Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2010 $225743 Dehlinger “Goldridge” (Russian River Valley) 2015 MAGNUM $325

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RHÔNE RANGERSSINE QUA NON GRENACHEThese are my secret weapon wines when people want to be KNOCKED OFF THEIR FEET.

They are not as dense and tannic and famous as the Syrah-based bottlings but DAMN, THEY ARE TASTY.

2354 Sine Qua Non “Stein” (Santa Rita Hills) 2012 $4202228 Sine Qua Non “Dark Blossom” (Santa Rita Hills) 2011 $4252315 Sine Qua Non “♀” (Santa Rita Hills) 2013 $4902173 Sine Qua Non “Shakti” (Santa Rita Hills) 2014 $490206 Sine Qua Non “Dirt Vernacular” (Santa Rita Hills) 2016 $4912008 Sine Qua Non “Le Chemin Vers l’Herésie” (Santa Rita Hills) 2008 $491234 Sine Qua Non “The Duel” (Santa Rita Hills) 2008 $5552542x Sine Qua Non “Esto No Es Una Salina” (Santa Rita Hills) 2009 $576203 Sine Qua Non “Rattrapante” (Santa Rita Hills) 2012 $722124 Sine Qua Non “Jusqu’à l’Os” (Santa Rita Hills) 2013 $723230 Sine Qua Non “Testa dei Cherubini” (Santa Rita Hills) 2014 $770

SINE QUA NON SYRAHThese ridiculous wines are deep, dark & compelling. They are loaded with personality and

CRAZY POLYPHENOLS and will sing with the most intense dishes.

2158x Sine Qua Non “Stock” (Santa Rita Hills) 2012 $4202456x Sine Qua Non “Dark Blossom” (Santa Rita Hills) 2011 $425166 Sine Qua Non “Labels” (Santa Rita Hills) 2007 $4802116 Sine Qua Non “♂” (Santa Rita Hills) 2013 $490227 Sine Qua Non “Raisel” (Santa Rita Hills) 2016 $4912014 Sine Qua Non “Trouver l’Arène” (Santa Rita Hills) 2015 $491201 Sine Qua Non “Piranha Waterdance” (Santa Rita Hills) 2014 $4932134 Sine Qua Non “Touché” (Santa Rita Hills) 2012 $722209x Sine Qua Non “Le Supplément” (Santa Rita Hills) 2013 $723115x Sine Qua Non “Capo dei Putti” (Santa Rita Hills) 2014 $770

These are amongst the most delicious and interesting red wines from the U.S. west coast and have proved to age very attractively.

2212x Rasa “Occam’s Razor” (Columbia Valley) 2017 $352216x Grenache, Beckman Cellars (Santa Ynez Valley) 2015 $54226 Syrah, Pax “Alder Springs Vineyard” (Mendocino) 2006 $2102529 Syrah, Donelan “Cuvée Keltie” (Sonoma County) 2008 $241110 Syrah, No Girls “Paciencia Vineyard” (Walla Walla Valley) 2014 $277161x Syrah, No Girls “Paciencia Vineyard” (Walla Walla Valley) 2013 $2862336 Grenache, No Girls “Paciencia Vineyard” (Walla Walla Valley) 2016 $291735 Syrah, Pax “Lauterbach Hill” (Russian River Valley) 2003 MAGNUM $512

DEHLINGER SYRAHThese wines are a lovely bridge between the decadence of Sine Qua Non

and the more austere expressions of European Syrah like Hermitage or Cornas.

2533x Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $962448 Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2016 $106333 Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2014 $106120 Dehlinger “Frei Road” (Russian River Valley) 2014 $1072038x Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2015 $1072320x Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2017 $1112312x Dehlinger “Frei Road” (Russian River Valley) 2013 $111218 Dehlinger “Altamont” (Russian River Valley) 2010 $1562512 Dehlinger “Goldridge Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2008 $166

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375 MLOTHER NEW WORLD REDSCHAMPAGNE865 Guy Larmandier Grand Cru “Cramant - Blanc de Blancs” Brut (Vertus) NV $71866x Eric Rodez Grand Cru “Cuvée des Crayères” Brut (Ambonnay) NV $72862 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV $107864 Krug Brut Rosé NV $395

WHITE2115x Sancerre, Alphonse Mellot “La Moussière” (Loire Valley) 2017 $451013 Sauvignon Blanc, Spottswoode (Napa Valley/Sonoma County) 2017 $482145 Bordeaux Blanc, Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Leognan) 2016 $632115 Meursault-Blagny Ier Cru, Thierry et Pascale Matrot (Burgundy) 2017 $1011011x Puligny-Montrachet, François Carillon (Burgundy) 2016 $107

RED1015 Charbono, Robert Foley Vineyards (Napa Valley) 2014 $502205 Les Fiefs de Lagrange (St. Julien) 2015 $542555 Merlot, Pride (Napa Valley) 2017 $602455x Château de Sales (Pomerol) 2015 $621002 Merlot, Pride (Napa Valley) 2016 $702205x Château Pichon Longueville - Comtesse de Lalande “Réservé de la Comtesse” (Pauillac) 2016 $881011 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château de Beaucastel (Southern Rhône) 2016 $1042225 Brunello di Montalcino, Gaja – Pieve Santa Restituto (Tuscany) 2013 $1111012 Barbaresco, Gaja (Piedmont) 2007 $3002225x Cabernet Sauvignon, Dominus (Napa Valley) 2014 $336

Some of my friends really don’t fit into a category — that does not mean they are not FABULOUS.

2110x Malbec, Michel Rolland “Mariflor” (Mendoza) 2014 $502535x Grignolino, Heitz Cellar (Napa Valley) 2016 $542314x Zinfandel, Peter Franus “Brandlin Vineyard 25th Anniversary” (Mt. Veeder) 2015 $59596 Grenache/Mataro/Shiraz, Powell & Sons “Riverside” (Barossa) 2017 $602217x Shiraz, Molly Dooker “The Boxer” (Australia) 2018 $66457 Shiraz, Shaw & Smith (Australia) 2015 $702414 Zinfandel, Ridge “Lytton Springs” (Dry Creek Valley) 2017 $972031 Zinfandel, Once & Future “Old Hill Ranch” (Sonoma Valley) 2018 $1052341 Shiraz, MollyDooker “Carnival of Love” (McLaren Vale) 2017 $117148 Zinfandel, Williams Selyem “Forchini Vineyard” (Russian River Valley) 2007 $2702515x Tempranillo, No Girls “Paciencia Vineyard” (Walla Walla Valley) 2014 $277213 Tempranillo, No Girls “Paciencia Vineyard” (Walla Walla Valley) 2015 $277

Carménère is most successful with grilled meats. Terrunyo, maker of the legendary Carmin de Peumo is the benchmark producer of Carménère in Chile.

423 Carménère, Concha y Toro – Terrunyo “Carmin de Peumo” (Cachapoal Valley) 2007 $345

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SWEET REDS SWEET WHITES668 Banyuls, Vial-Magnères “Tradition” NV $59175 Banyuls, Dom. du Mas Blanc “Dr. Parce – Rimage La Coume” 2003 $90157 Grenache, Sine Qua Non “To The Rescue” (Ventura) 2007 (375ml) $336440 Recioto della Valpolicella Classico, Giuseppe Quintarelli “A Roberto” (Veneto) 2007 $870

PORTOur selection of Port are marvelous to play with the cheese cart and carry you through dessert.

They are the perfect way to take advantage of our cellar and COMPLETE YOUR DINNER PARTY in the most entertaining way.

505 Fonseca Bin #27 $44503 Taylor Fladgate Ten-Year Tawny $711018 Meyer Family Cellars “Old Vine Zinfandel” (Napa Valley) NV (375ml) $80506 Graham’s Twenty-Year Tawny $120491 Quinta Do Noval “Silval” 1998 $123498 Fonseca 2000 $294509 Graham’s Thirty-Year Tawny $300493 Niepoort Colheita 1997 $369497 Fonseca 1992 $394490x Graham’s 1977 $576

237x Beaumes-de-Venice, Domaine de Durban (S. Rhône) 2015 $40669 Moscato d’Asti, Lodali (Piedmont) 2019 $401004 Sauternes, Château Doisy-Védrines 2003 (375ml) $77678 Hackenheimer Kirchberg Silvaner Eiswein, Kitzer (Rheinhessen) 2016 (375ml) $942240 Gewürztraminer, Sipp Mack “Vendages Tardives – Lucie Marie” (Alsace) 2009 $129670 Sauternes, Château Doisy-Védrines 2013 $133

Quarts de Chaume, Domaine des Baumard (Loire Valley) 2005 (319) One of the world’s great sweet wines, this botrytised Chenin Blanc has both sweetness & excellent acidity. Ripe apricots, lychee nuts & candied ginger overlay talc-scented minerals.

319 Quarts de Chaume, Domaine des Baumard (Loire Valley) 2005 $140836 Champagne, Moët & Chandon “Nectar Impérial” (France) NV $1502155x Quarts de Chaume, Domaine des Baumard (Loire Valley) 2008 $150211x Quarts de Chaume, Domaine des Baumard (Loire Valley) 1993 $1572455 Pinot Gris V.T., Zind-Humbrecht “Clos Jebsal” (Alsace) 2002 (375ml) $1902215 Gewürztraminer S.G.N., Charles Koehly (Alsace) 2002 $1962204x Sauternes, Château Rabaud-Promis 2003 $2302401x Vouvray Moelleux, Foreau “Domaine du Clos Naudin – Reserve” 2015 $244102 Sauternes, Château Rieussec 2007 $2492173x Sauternes, Château Guiraud 2003 $275340 Roussanne, Sine Qua Non “Jinete Bajo” (Ventura) 2008 (375ml) $309207x Roussanne, Sine Qua Non “To The Rescue” (Ventura) 2006 (375ml) $3362152 Château de Fargues “Lur Saluces” (Sauternes) 2009 $3602524 Vouvray Moelleux, Foreau “Domaine du Clos Naudin – Goutte d’Or” 2015 $6341003 Sauternes, Château d’Yquem 2010 (375ml) $6602210 Sauternes, Château d’Yquem 2001 MAGNUM $4600

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LARGE FORMATREDS2235x Pinot Noir, Holloran “La Chenaie Vineyard” (Willamette Valley) 2012 MAGNUM $1402240x Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine Forey (Burgundy) 2014 MAGNUM $3002547 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Charvin (Southern Rhône) 2016 MAGNUM $303743 Pinot Noir, Dehlinger “Goldridge” (Russian River Valley) 2015 MAGNUM $325736 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Charvin (Southern Rhône) 2012 MAGNUM $3502170x Nuits-Saint-Georges Ier Cru “Les Cailles” R. Chevillon (Burgundy) 2009 MAGNUM $495735 Syrah, Pax “Lauterbach Hill” (Russian River Valley) 2003 MAGNUM $512729 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier (Burgundy) 2014 MAGNUM $675722 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Clos des Papes (Southern Rhône) 2009 MAGNUM $700737 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “La Riotte” Hubert Lignier (Burgundy) 2016 MAGNUM $7262156 Château Calon-Ségur (St. Estèphe) 2009 MAGNUM $800742 Morey-Saint-Denis Ier Cru “Vieilles Vignes” Hubert Lignier (Burgundy) 2016 MAGNUM $924740 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Clos des Papes (Southern Rhône) 2015 DOUBLE MAGNUM $1242746 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Clos Saint Jean “Sanctus Sanctorum” (Southern Rhône) 2007 MAGNUM $12932200x Château Lascombes (Margaux) 2010 DOUBLE MAGNUM $1460731 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine du Pegau “Cuvée da Capo” (Southern Rhône) 2007 MAGNUM $1947718 Château La Mission Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan) 1996 MAGNUM $2720741 Château Margaux “Pavillon Rouge” (Margaux) 1996 5 LITER $30752140 Château Pichon Longueville “Comtesse de Lalande” (Pauillac) 1990 IMPÉRIAL $3450722 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bond “Vecina” (Napa Valley) 2015 MAGNUM $37502140x Château Haut-Bailly (Pessac-Léognan) 2005 IMPÉRIAL $5350745 Cos d’Estournel (St. Estèphe) 1975 IMPÉRIAL $5500739 Château Léoville Poyferré (St. Julien) 2000 IMPÉRIAL $6525

We’ve chosen a few particularly ageworthy wines to offer in large formats in part because the larger format allows the wines to AGE MORE SUCCESSFULLY and because of course, it is always MORE FESTIVE to have a big bottle at the table.

It is best to allow us some decanting time, or order a bottle a day or two in advance, so we can properly care for it and it can be served as intended, the SHOW-STOPPING CENTERPIECE of your dinner party.

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING 871 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Vertus – Blanc de Blancs ” Brut NV MAGNUM $240868 Gosset "Excellence" Brut NV MAGNUM $247868 Guy Larmandier Grand Cru “Cramant – Blanc de Blancs” Brut NV MAGNUM $282867 Veuve Fourny & Fils Ier Cru “Monts de Vertus ” Extra Brut 2011 MAGNUM $327870 Eric Rodez “Blanc de Noirs” Brut NV MAGNUM $330869 Egly-Ouriet “Grand Cru – Millesime” Brut 2005 MAGNUM $990874 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru “Millesime” Brut 2009 MAGNUM $1170872 Moët & Chandon “Cuvée Dom Perignon” Brut 2002 MAGNUM $1200873 Salon “Blanc de Blancs – Le Mesnil” Brut 1999 MAGNUM $1590

WHITE731x Bourgogne Aligoté, Arnaud Ente (Burgundy) 2018 MAGNUM $900738 Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Franz Hirtzberger “Honivogl” (Wachau) 2017 6 LITER $1950