| "SPRING MARKET LIST” - WHITE WINES |
| Sparkling Wine |
| BRUNDLMAYER RIESLING SEKT BRUT, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2007 |
|
86 |
| BARTH RIESLING SEKT EXTRA BRUT, RHEINGAU, GERMANY NV |
|
41 |
| CONTRATTO MILLESIMATO BRUT, OLTREPO PAVESE, ITALY 2007 |
|
77 |
| R. DUMONT BRUT ROSE, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV |
|
84 |
| LEGRAS ET HAAS BLANC DE BLANCS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV |
|
88 |
| JACQUES COPINET BLANC DE BLANCS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV |
|
88 |
| SYNCLINE 'CELILO' SCINTILLATION, BLANC DE BLANCS, COLUMBIA GORGE, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
79 |
| Chardonnay |
| LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
48 |
| MAISON CHAMPY RULLY, COTE CHALONNAISE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
29 |
| PAUL PERNOT BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
64 |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
79 |
| COMTES LAFON MACON-VILLAGES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
48 |
| PATRICK PIUZE CHABLIS DECOUVERTE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2011 |
|
62 |
| GANEVAT 'CHALASSES' VIEILLES VIGNES, JURA, FRANCE 2008 |
|
99 |
| HAMILTON RUSSELL, HEMEL-EN-AARDE VALLEY, SOUTH AFRICA 2010 |
|
59 |
| BUTY CHARDONNAY ‘CONNER LEE,’ COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
81 |
| WESTREY CHARDONNAY RESERVE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2008 |
|
50 |
| EFESTE CHARDONNAY LOLA 'EVERGREEN VINEYARD,' COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
59 |
| EVESHAM WOOD PUITS SEC, EOLA-AMITY HILLS, OREGON 2009 |
|
46 |
| CROWLEY, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
54 |
| J.K. CARRIERE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2008 |
|
76 |
| J.K. CARRIERE LUCIDITE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2010 |
|
67 |
| WESTREY, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
38 |
| HAMACHER CUVEE FORET DIVERSES, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2007 |
|
68 |
| BERGSTROM OLD STONES, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
56 |
| SANDHI 'SANFORD & BENEDICT,' STA. RITA HILLS, CALIFORNIA 2009 |
|
87 |
| HUGE BEAR, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2008 |
|
57 |
| RADIKON SLATNIK, FRUILI-VENEZIA-GIULIA, ITALY 2009 |
|
64 |
| Sauvignon Blanc |
| HUGE BEAR, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2009 |
|
37 |
| PONT DE CHEVALIER, KNIGHTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2008 |
|
47 |
| SERGE DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUME LES PENTES, LOIRE, FRANCE 2011 |
|
50 |
| Riesling |
| PEWSEY VALE, EDEN VALLEY, AUSTRALIA 2011 |
|
34 |
| WEINGUT HIRSCH ZOBING, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
|
34 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER ‘HERRENBERG’ KABINETT, RUWER, GERMANY 2007 |
|
53 |
| DONNHOFF 'OBERHAUSER BRUCKE' SPATLESE, NAHE, GERMANY 2010 |
|
77 |
| LONG SHADOWS POET'S LEAP, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
38 |
| LONG SHADOWS POET'S LEAP CARMINA BURANA, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
48 |
| EFESTE 'EVERGREEN,' COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
31 |
| EFESTE 'EVERGREEN' COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
33 |
| LOVE AND SQUALOR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
34 |
| LOVE AND SQUALOR FANCY PANTS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
56 |
| BERGSTROM, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2009 |
|
36 |
| "SPRING MARKET LIST” - WHITE WINES |
| Pinot Gris |
| PONZI PINOT GRIS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2012 |
|
38 |
| SCARPETTA PINOT GRIGIO, FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 2010 |
|
34 |
| ZIND HUMBRECHT 'HEIMBOURG,' ALSACE, FRANCE 2008 |
|
86 |
| JEAN SIPP 'CLOS RIBEAUPIERRE' ALSACE, FRANCE 1998 |
|
59 |
| Gruner Veltliner |
| SYNCLINE 'UNDERWOOD,' COLUMBIA GORGE, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
40 |
| EVESHAM WOOD, EOLA-AMITY HILLS, OREGON 2010 |
|
29 |
| WIENINGER, VIENNA HILLS, AUSTRIA 2010 |
|
29 |
| PRAGER 'HINTER DER BURG' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU, AUSTRIA 2010 |
|
54 |
| BRUNDLMAYER ‘BERG VOGELSANG,’ KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2008 |
|
57 |
| HIRSCH NUMBER ONE, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
|
33 |
| NIGL 'KREMSER FREIHEIT,' KREMSTAL 2009 |
|
41 |
| Sommelier Select |
| ANDRE BREGEON MUSCADET SUR LIE, SEVRE ET MAINE, LOIRE, FRANCE 2002 |
|
64 |
| BREGEON MUSCADET SUR LIE, LOIRE, FRANCE 2010 |
|
34 |
| A. ET.P DE VILLAINE ALIGOTE, BOUZERON, COTE CHALONNAISE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
54 |
| DOMAINE DES CROIX PICPOUL DE PINET, COTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC, FRANCE 2011 |
|
28 |
| JORGE ORDONEZ BOTANI MOSCATEL, MALAGA, SPAIN 2009 |
|
36 |
| GUIDOBONO, ARNEIS, ROERO, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2011 |
|
32 |
| CARAVAGLIO MALVASIA, SALINA, SICILY, ITALY 2011 |
|
31 |
| PIEVALTA VERDICCHIO DEI CASTELLI DI JESI, MARCHE, ITALY 2009 |
|
27 |
| DOMAINE SKOURAS MOSCHOFILERO, MALANDRENI, PELOPONNESE, GREECE 2010 |
|
33 |
| QUINTA DOS ROQUES ENCRUZADO, DAO, PORTUGAL 2008 |
|
31 |
| HERRI MINA PETIT MANSENG IROULEGUY BLANC, FRANCE 2006 |
|
49 |
| MOVIA RIBOLLA GIALLA, BRDA, SLOVENIA 2008 |
|
61 |
| GANEVAT SAVIGNIN 'CHALASSES' MARNES BLEUES, JURA, FRANCE 2008 |
|
96 |
| DOMAINE DE BELLIVIERE CHENIN BLANC PREMICES, JASNIERES, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
40 |
| VEIGAS DE PADRINAN ALBARINO, RIAS BAIXAS, SPAIN 2011 |
|
46 |
| EVESHAM WOOD BLANC DE PUITS SEC, EOLA-AMITY HILLS, OREGON 2010 |
|
29 |
| DOMAINE DE FORGE BRANCHEREAU SAVENNIERES, LOIRE VALLEY 2010 |
|
49 |
| HESTIA CHENIN BLANC, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
29 |
| AMAURICE VIOGNIER, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
50 |
| AMAURICE VIOGNIER, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
49 |
| AMAURICE VIOGNIER SPARROW, WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
76 |
| WATERS ROUSSANNE/VIOGNER PRELUDE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
61 |
| TRANCHE ROUSSANNE SLICE OF PAPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
51 |
| J.L. CHAVE ROUSSANNE CELESTE, ST. JOSEPH, RHONE, FRANCE 2009 |
|
63 |
| CHATEAU LANCYRE ROUSSANNE, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE 2011 |
|
47 |
| YVES LECCIA VERMENTINU ILE DE BEAUTE, CORSICA, FRANCE 2011 |
|
51 |
| DOMAINE LECCIA VERMENTINU, PATRIMONIO, CORSICA, FRANCE 2010 |
|
89 |
| Rose |
| WATERS, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2012 |
|
39 |
| SYNCLINE ROSE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
35 |
| LA BASTIDE BLANCHE ROSE, BANDOL, PROVENCE, FRANCE 2012 |
|
41 |
| DOMAINES OTT ROMASSAN, BANDOL, FRANCE 2011 |
|
91 |
| JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ROSE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
59 |
| MARC PLOUZEAU ROSE 'RIVE GAUCHE' CHINON, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2012 |
|
29 |
| LA SPINETTA IL ROSE DI CASANOVA, TUSCANY, ITALY 2012 |
|
39 |
| "SPRING MARKET LIST” - RED WINES |
| Gamay |
| GROFFIER PASSETOUTGRAIN, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
49 |
| ROBERT SEROL VIEILLES VIGNES, COTE ROANNAIS, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
34 |
| JEAN FOILLARD NOUVEAU, BEAUJOLAIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2011 |
|
49 |
| DOMAINE DES TERRE DOREES, FLEURIE, BEAUJOLAIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
51 |
| CHATEAU THIVIN, COTE DE BROUILLY, BEAUJOLAIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
51 |
| MARCEL LAPIERRE CUVEE LAPIERRE MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2011 |
|
92 |
| Pinot Noir |
| TRISAETUM, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2011 |
|
46 |
| DOMAINE SERENE EVANSTAD RESERVE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2007 |
|
99 |
| GIANT STEPS 'SEXTON,' YARRA VALLEY, AUSTRALIA 2011 |
|
68 |
| VACHERON, SANCERRE ROUGE, LOIRE, FRANCE 2007 |
|
86 |
| JEAN-BAPTISTE PONSOT RULLY 'MOLESME' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
43 |
| MICHEL GANOUX BOURGOGNE ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
48 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT BOURGOGNE ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
36 |
| MAISON CHAMPY BOURGOGNE ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
31 |
| JOSEPH ROTY BOURGOGNE ROUGE CUVEE PRESSONIER, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
69 |
| HENRI GOUGES BOURGOGNE ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
59 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2009 |
|
86 |
| BERTRAND AMBROISE COTE DE NUITS VILLAGES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
53 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘LES NARBANTONS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
87 |
| MAISON CHAMPY CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
33 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY SANTENAY 'CEPS CENTENAIRES' VIEILLES VIGNES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
78 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOLNAY, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
57 |
| J.J. CONFURON HAUT-COTE-DE-NUITS 'VIGNOTTES,' BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
94 |
| Syrah |
| LES VINS DE VIENNES HELUICUM, VDP RHODANIENNES, RHONE VALLEY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
79 |
| W.T. VINTNERS GORGEOUS 'DESTINY RIDGE,' HORSE HEAVEN HILLS, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
59 |
| KEVIN WHITE SYRAH/GRENACHE EN HOMMAGE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2011 |
|
52 |
| LUKE LAMBERT CRUDO, YARRA VALLEY, AUSTRALIA 2011 |
|
74 |
| "SPRING MARKET LIST” - RED WINES |
| Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc & Merlot |
| NORTHSTAR MERLOT, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
51 |
| SANT'ELENA MERLOT, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 2000 |
|
41 |
| NEYERS RANCH CONN VALLEY MERLOT, NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2010 |
|
81 |
| CADENCE CODA, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
48 |
| BAER ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
|
91 |
| VA' PIANO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2008 |
|
79 |
| MARK RYAN DEAD HORSE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
99 |
| SANT'ELENA ROS DI ROL, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 1997 |
|
74 |
| MEERLUST RUBICON, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA 2007 |
|
61 |
| LEEUWIN ESTATE ART SERIES, MARGARET RIVER, AUSTRALIA 2006 |
|
88 |
| JORDAN, ALEXANDER VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2008 |
|
96 |
| PYRAMID VALLEY CABERNET FRANC HOWELL FAMILY, HAWKES BAY, NEW ZEALAND 2007 |
|
74 |
| Sommelier Select |
| BRUNDLMAYER ZWEIGELT, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2010 |
1000 ml |
36 |
| ROSI SCHUSTER ST. LAURENT, BURGENLAND, AUSTRIA 2008 |
|
46 |
| BODEGAS ONTONAN RESERVA RIOJA, SPAIN 2004 |
|
46 |
| BODEGAS ONTONAN RESERVA PRIVADA RIOJA, SPAIN 1995 |
|
94 |
| BODEGAS ONTONAN RESERVA RIOJA, SPAIN 1996 |
|
89 |
| R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA ‘VINA TONDONIA’ RESERVA, RIOJA, SPAIN 2001 |
|
84 |
| MUGA RESERVA, RIOJA, SPAIN 2008 |
|
49 |
| KERLOO TEMPRANILLO, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
68 |
| COS, FRAPPATO DI VITTORIA, SICILY, ITALY 2010 |
|
52 |
| FONTANAFREDDA BARBERA BRICCOTONDO, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2011 |
|
29 |
| SANDRONE DOLCETTO D'ALBA, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2011 |
|
47 |
| ICARDI BARBARESCO 'MONTUBERT,' PIEDMONT, ITALY 2006 |
|
77 |
| FELSINA CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA, TUSCANY, ITALY 1995 |
|
99 |
| CASANUOVA DELLE CERBAIE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, TUSCANY, ITALY 2003 |
|
93 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR HOCHAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2007 |
|
54 |
| IDILICO GARNACHA, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
41 |
| KEVIN WHITE GRENACHE BLEND LA FRATERNITE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2011 |
|
42 |
| MARK RYAN DISSIDENT, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
64 |
| MARK RYAN MOURVEDRE CRAZY MARY, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2011 |
|
94 |
| CHATEAU DE TOURS, COTES DU RHONE, FRANCE 2009 |
|
71 |
| CUVELIER LOS ANDES MALBEC BLEND COLECCION, MENDOZA, ARGENTINA 2009 |
|
44 |
| GROS ET TOLLOT MINERVOIS LA CIAUDE, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE 2009 |
|
87 |
| MARCARINI 'LA SERRA' BAROLO, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2007 |
|
78 |
| DOMAINE SKOURAS SAINT GEORGE AGIORGITOKO, NEMEA, GREECE 2010 |
|
34 |
| HOMETOWN HERO - BAER WINERY |
| WASHINGTON’S WINE INDUSTRY IS IN ITS INFANCY. HOWEVER, IN LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF QUALITY WINE PRODUCTION WE HAVE LEAPT ONTO THE WORLD’S FINE-WINE STAGE. EACH MONTH WE ARE HONORED TO SHARE WITH YOU A WINERY WE BELIEVE ITS SETTING A NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND CHAMPIONING WINES THAT SHOWCASE WASHINGTON’S DIVERSE TERROIR.
|
| WINEMAKER LANCE BAER FOUNDED BAER WINERY IN 2000 WITH A SINGLE PASSION—TO BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO WOODINVILLE. AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WINERIES IN THE AREA, LANCE WANTED TO TAKE HIS WINEMAKING SKILLS IN HIS OWN, CREATIVE, DIRECTION. LANCE SUCCEEDED IN HANDCRAFTING BLENDS DISTINCTLY HIS OWN, AND IN APRIL 2003 THE WINERY’S SIGNATURE BLEND, URSA, WAS RELEASED. URSA, A FEMININE EXPRESSION OF RED WINE, PREDOMINANTLY MERLOT AND CABERNET FRANC, WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY ARCTOS, A BOLDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON-BASED BLEND.
SADLY, LANCE PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY IN 2007. THE WINERY AND LANCE’S VISION CONTINUES WITH THE HELP OF HIS SISTER LISA AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WINEMAKER ERICA ORR, AS CONSULTING WINEMAKER, ENSURES THAT BAER’S BORDEAUX VARIETAL DRIVEN WINES CONTINUE TO BE BENCHMARKS FOR WASHINGTON WINE.
|
| BAER URSA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2004 |
|
104 |
| BAER URSA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 |
|
102 |
| BAER URSA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
101 |
| BAER URSA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
99 |
| BAER ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
105 |
| BAER ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2008 |
|
107 |
| BAER ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
99 |
| BAER ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
92 |
| BAER MAIA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
119 |
| FEATURED WASHINGTON WINES |
|
FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN 1969 THAT ENCOURAGED FARMERS TO PLANT MORE VITIS VINIFERA VARIETALS, THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY HAS EXPLODED TO RANK SECOND LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. EAST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER VINIFERA VINES FLOURISH FROM A VAST NUMBER OF GRAPES AND STYLES. THERE IS DELICATE PINOT NOIR IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE, BOLD CABERNET AND SYRAH ON RED MOUNTAIN AND IN WALLA WALLA VALLEY. WASHINGTON IS QUICKLY BEING RECOGNIZED AROUND THE GLOBE AS A WORLD-CLASS PRODUCER OF WINE, ANCHORED BY A PIONEER SPIRIT AND DEVOTION TO QUALITY. |
| AMAURICE |
|
AMAURICE IS A TRUE FAMILY WINERY. EACH MEMBER HAS BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL PART IN THE CREATION OF THIS RELATIVELY NEW BUT RISING STAR ESTATE ON MILL CREEK IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. THE YOUNG AND VIVACIOUS ANNA SCHAFER HONED HER TALENTS AS A WINEMAKER FOR PAUL HOBBES IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. SHE HAS DEVELOPED HER OWN STYLE THAT IS POLISHED, EXPRESSIVE AND CEREBRAL. THE WINES ARE STUNNING. |
| AMAURICE SYRAH/GRENACHE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2008 |
|
69 |
| AMAURICE SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
79 |
| AMAURICE SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
71 |
| AMAURICE SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
69 |
| AMAURICE SYRAH FRED 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
91 |
| AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND CALLAHAN, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 |
|
81 |
| AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND CUMMINGS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
74 |
| AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND NIGHT OWL 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
94 |
| AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND NIGHT OWL 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
97 |
| AMAURICE MALBEC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
75 |
| AMAURICE MALBEC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
74 |
| AMAURICE MALBEC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
69 |
| AMAURICE MALBEC AMPARO 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
95 |
| ANDREW WILL |
|
WINEMAKER AND OWNER CHRIS CAMARDA HAS CRAFTED A RANGE OF FOCUSED CABERNET BLENDS FROM HIS VASHON ISLAND WINERY SINCE 1989. HE BELIEVES IN LETTING EACH VINEYARD REVEAL ITS SIGNATURE CHARACTER. AS PART OWNER OF THE COVETED 'CHAMPOUX' VINEYARD AND HIS ESTATE VINEYARD 'TWO BLONDES' IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY, CHRIS HAS ACCESS TO WASHINGTON'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER FRUIT AND PRODUCES SOME OF THE STATES MOST AGE WORTHY EXAMPLES OF WASHINGTON WINE. |
| ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON SORELLA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2003 |
|
145 |
| ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2005 |
|
146 |
| ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2006 |
|
154 |
| ANDREW WILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON SORELLA, HORSE HEAVEN HILLS 2008 |
|
146 |
| AVENNIA |
| A NATIVE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WINEMAKER CHRIS PETERSON BEGAN TO HONE HIS CRAFT AS THE FIRST GRADUATE OF WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE PROGRAM. NOW, WITH OVER A DECADE IMMERSED IN THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING SEVEN YEARS WITH ICONIC DELILLE CELLARS, WINEMAKER CHRIS PETERSON PARTNERED WITH FORMER MICROSOFT EXEC MARTY TAUCHER TO FORM AVENNIA. INSPIRED BY THE ROMAN NAME FOR THE CITY OF AVIGNON, AVENNIA IS MAKING WINES THAT EVOKE CLARITY OF PLACE, CLARITY OF TYPE, AND CLARITY OF PURPOSE. THEY BELIEVE THIS IS BEST EXPRESSED BY USING THE CLASSIC FRENCH VARIETALS AND BLENDS, WITH METHODS PASSED DOWN OVER GENERATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF WASHINGTON’S VINEYARDS AND TERROIR. |
| AVENNIA SYRAH PARAPINE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2010 |
|
69 |
| AVENNIA CABERNET BLEND SESTINA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
99 |
| BALBOA WINERY |
| IN 1998, TOM GLASE BEGAN HIS WINEMAKING CAREER BY WORKING HARVEST FOR MARTY CLUBB AT L’ECOLE NO. 41 WINERY, THE THIRD OLDEST WINERY IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. HE SPENT FOUR YEARS HONING HIS CRAFT AT L’ECOLE AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE STATE’S GREATEST WINEMAKERS AND GRAPE GROWERS. OUT OF THAT FOUNDATION CAME A PARTNERSHIP WITH VINEYARD MANAGER TOM WALISER. CURRENTLY TOM MANAGES 550 ACRES OF VINEYARDS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA VALLEY AS WELL AS HIS OWN VINEYARDS – YELLOW JACKET AND WALISER. TOM FIRMLY BELIEVES IN SUSTAINABLE VITICULTURE, AND HE FOCUSES HIS EFFORTS ON SOIL HEALTH AS A MEANS TO HEALTHIER, STRONGER VINES AND HIGHER-QUALITY FRUIT. BALBOA WINERY CAME TO LIFE IN 2005 WITH THE RELEASE OF 2003 CABERNET SAUVIGNON AND 2004 SAUVIGNON BLANC. AS THE FOUNDER OF BALBOA, TOM HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO MAKING WINES THAT ARE TRUE TO THE VARIETAL, TERROIR, AND VINTAGE. |
| BALBOA RED BLEND MITH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
83 |
| BALBOA RED BLEND MITH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
81 |
| BALBOA RED BLEND MITH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2008 |
|
82 |
| BALBOA RED BLEND MITH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
81 |
| BETZ FAMILY |
|
AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS AT CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, BOB BETZ - MASTER OF WINE, CREATED HIS OWN LABEL AND RELEASED HIS FIRST VINTAGE IN 1997. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD A SINGLE GOAL: CRAFTING COMPELLING WINES THAT SHOWCASE WASHINGTON AS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE WINE REGIONS IN THE WORLD. BOB CREATES WINES THAT EXPRESS THE BEST CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH NEW AND OLD WORLDS, OFFERING RIPE INTENSE FRUIT AND STRUCTURE FOR LONGEVITY. |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2009 |
|
117 |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2010 |
|
126 |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2010 |
|
121 |
| BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
121 |
| BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PERE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
149 |
| CADENCE |
| CADENCE IS DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THE DISTINCT TERROIR OF WASHINGTON'S RED MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS THROUGH ITS BORDEAUX STYLE BLENDS. IN 1998, AFTER RECEIVING SEVERAL YEARS OF ACCOLADES AS AN AMATEUR WINEMAKER WITH BOEING’S WINE CLUB, ENGINEER-TURNED-WINEMAKER BEN SMITH GAVE UP THE SAFETY OF A 9 TO 5 JOB TO PURSUE WINEMAKING FULL TIME. IN 1997, BEN AND HIS PARTNER GAYE MCNUTT HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A SMALL PIECE OF SCRUB LAND ON RED MOUNTAIN ABUTTING SOME OF WASHINGTON’S MOST PRIZED VINEYARDS. NAMED AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER, 'CARA MIA,' THE ESTATE VINEYARD BECAME A REALITY WITH THE PLANTING OF THE FIRST VINES IN 2004. |
| CADENCE ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2003 |
|
86 |
| CADENCE ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2005 |
|
104 |
| CADENCE ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2006 |
|
104 |
| CADENCE ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2007 |
|
89 |
| CADENCE ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2008 |
|
94 |
| CADENCE ‘CIEL DU CHEVAL,’ COLUMBIA VALLEY 2000 |
|
116 |
| CADENCE ‘CIEL DU CHEVAL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2006 |
|
104 |
| CADENCE ‘CIEL DU CHEVAL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2007 |
|
96 |
| CADENCE CAMERATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2001 |
|
121 |
| CADENCE CAMERATA, RED MOUNTAIN 2004 |
|
114 |
| CADENCE CAMERATA 'CARA MIA,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2006 |
|
123 |
| CADENCE CAMERATA 'CARA MIA,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2007 |
|
111 |
| CADENCE CAMERATA 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2008 |
|
129 |
| CADENCE BEL CANTO, RED MOUNTAIN 2003 |
|
114 |
| CADENCE BEL CANTO, RED MOUNTAIN 2006 |
|
123 |
| CADENCE BEL CANTO 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2007 |
|
113 |
| CADENCE BEL CANTO 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2008 |
|
116 |
| CAYUSE VINEYARDS |
|
AFTER STUDYING VITICULTURE IN CHAMPAGNE AND BURGUNDY, WINEMAKER CHRISTOPHE BARON REALIZED HE WASN'T YET READY TO ENTER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND GAVE IN TO THE URGE TO TRAVEL. AN UNEXPECTED INTERNSHIP AT A WINERY BROUGHT CHRISTOPHE TO THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY IN 1993. WHILE OTHERS SAW A ROCKY TEN ACRES AS WALLA WALLA'S WORST FARMLAND, CHRISTOPHE DISCOVERED A TERROIR MUCH LIKE THE COBBLESTONES OF CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE. HIS 'FOOLISH GAMBLE' ON THAT FIELD OF STONES CONTINUES TO REWARD YEAR AFTER YEAR: CAYUSE PRODUCES SOME OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WINES IN THE NATION. |
| CAYUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS GRENACHE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
226 |
| CAYUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS GRENACHE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
241 |
| CAYUSE 'CAILLOUX' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
188 |
| CAYUSE 'CAILLOUX' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
199 |
| CAYUSE 'EN CERISE' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
197 |
| CAYUSE 'EN CHAMBERLIN' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
187 |
| CAYUSE 'EN CHAMBERLIN' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
189 |
| COL SOLARE |
| COL SOLARE IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS: TUSCANY’S MARCHESI ANTINORI AND WASHINGTON STATE’S CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE. FROM ITS INAUGURAL 1995 VINTAGE, COL SOLARE’S MISSION HAS BEEN TO UNITE THESE TWO UNIQUE VITICULTURAL AND WINEMAKING CULTURES TO PRODUCE A WORLD-CLASS CABERNET SAUVIGNON-BASED RED WINE FROM THE VERY BEST WASHINGTON FRUIT. WITH OPENING OF A NEW WINERY AND PLANTING OF THE ESTATE VINEYARD ON RED MOUNTAIN IN 2007, THAT VISION HAS EVOLVED TO FOCUS ON SHOWCASING THE CABERNET SAUVIGNON OF THIS UNIQUE AVA AND, ULTIMATELY, THE SPECIFIC FRUIT OF THE COL SOLARE ESTATE VINEYARD. |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2002 |
|
147 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2003 |
|
149 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2004 |
|
152 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 |
|
141 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
123 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
99 |
| COL SOLARE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2008 |
|
119 |
| CORLISS ESTATE AND TRANCHE CELLARS |
| AT THE BASE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN ESTATE VINEYARD SITS TRANCHE CELLARS, WHERE THE BUCOLIC TOWN OF WALLA WALLA BLENDS INTO THE GENTLE MOUNTAINS FORMING THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. THROUGHOUT THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS, GRAPES NATIVE TO FRANCE’S ARE GROWN IN HOMAGE TO THE WINES OF THE SOUTHERN RHONE VALLEY AND BORDEAUX. WINEMAKING AT CORLISS IS THE RESULT OF TEAMWORK AND PATIENCE. MICHAEL CORLISS HAS, FROM THE BEGINNING, BEEN AT THE CENTER. HE IS ENGROSSED IN EVERY DETAIL AND HAS GUIDED THE WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY. SURROUNDING MICHAEL IS A TALENTED STAFF OF WINEMAKING PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING A TALENTED ON-SITE WINEMAKING TEAM OF ANDREW TRIO AND GRIFFIN FREY AS WELL AS PHILIPPE MELKA, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HIGHLY REGARDED WINEMAKING CONSULTANTS. TOGETHER, THEY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST ACTUALIZATION OF MICHAEL'S VISION. |
| TRANCHE GRENACHE BLEND SLICE OF PAPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
69 |
| CORLISS SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
108 |
| CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
147 |
| DELILLE CELLARS |
|
DELILLE CELLARS, FOUNDED IN 1992 IN WOODINVILLE, WASHINGTON, FOCUSES ON BORDEAUX AND RHONE VARIETAL WINES THAT ARE FRUIT DRIVEN AND TRUE TO THEIR ORIGIN. DELILLE HAS BECOME AN ARCHETYPE FOR WASHINGTON WINE, SOURCING FRUIT FROM SEVERAL OF THE OLDEST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER VINEYARDS IN THE STATE. IN 2000, WITH COLLABORATION FROM JIM HOLMES OF CIEL DU CHEVAL FAME THEY PLANTED AN ESTATE VINEYARD - GRAND CIEL. WINEMAKER CHRIS UPCHURCH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS FANTASTIC RAW MATERIAL AND CRAFTS WINES THAT ARE NOW WASHINGTON BENCHMARKS. |
| DELILLE CELLARS SYRAH DOYENNE, SIGNATURE COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
82 |
| DELILLE DOYENNE SYRAH-CABERNET AIX, RED MOUNTAIN 2010 |
|
77 |
| DELILLE CELLARS 'HARRISON HILL,' SNIPES MOUNTAIN 2010 |
|
157 |
| DELILLE CELLARS CHALEUR ESTATE, RED MOUNTAIN 2010 |
|
156 |
| DELILLE CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'GRAND CIEL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2007 |
|
264 |
| FJELLENE CELLARS |
| FJELLENE CELLARS (PRONOUNCED FYEL-LAY-NUH) IS DEDICATED TO CRAFTING DISTINCT, VARIETAL-SPECIFIC WINES FROM WASHINGTON STATE WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN MIND. FJELLENE CELLARS WAS FOUNDED BY MATTHEW ERLANDSON IN 2008. BEFORE MOVING TO WALLA WALLA, MATTHEW WORKED AS AN OUTDOOR EDUCATOR AND MOUNTAIN GUIDE FOR THIRTEEN YEARS BOTH IN THE STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. WHILE THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED HOME, TRIPS HAVE TAKEN HIM TO MOUNTAINS, SHORELINES, AND RIVERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ALTHOUGH MATTHEW STILL HAS A TRUE PASSION FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION, HIS FAMILY AND NEW CAREER CONSUME THE BETTER PART OF HIS FREE TIME.
|
| FJELLENE SYRAH 'YELLOW JACKET,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
61 |
| FJELLENE SYRAH 'LES COLLINES,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
62 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET FRANC 'TWO BLONDES,' RATTLESNAKE HILLS 2010 |
|
59 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET FRANC 'WALISER,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
59 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET FRANC BLEND EASTERN APPROACH 'WALISER,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
68 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET BLEND NORTH COL. WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
66 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'PEPPER BRIDGE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
72 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET BLEND SOUTH COL. COLUMBIA VALLEY 2008 |
|
67 |
| FJELLENE CABERNET/SYRAH RESERVE 'YELLOW JACKET,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
104 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS |
| OWNER / WINEMAKER GREG HARRINGTON - MASTER SOMMELIER, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND BUSINESS PARTNER PAM HAD A REVELATORY TASTING OF WALLA WALLA WINES THAT INSPIRED THEM TO LEAVE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF NEW YORK CITY TO CHASE A DREAM IN BUCOLIC WALLA WALLA. GRAMERCY WAS FOUNDED IN 2005 AND NAMED AFTER THE NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY LIVED. YOU WILL FIND HERE PERHAPS WASHINGTON’S MOST 'EARTH DRIVEN' WINES. THEIR FOCUS IS TO EXPRESS THE VINEYARD SOURCE THROUGH RESTRAINED USE OF NEW OAK AND MINIMAL INTERVENTION IN THE WINERY. |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS TEMPRANILLO INIGO MONTOYA, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
112 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS GRENACHE THE THIRD MAN, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
106 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2005 |
|
124 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
117 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH LAGNIAPPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 |
|
114 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH LAGNIAPPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
119 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH LAGNIAPPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
116 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH JOHN LEWIS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
164 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
121 |
| LEONETTI |
|
TRULY ONE OF THE FOREFATHERS OF WASHINGTON WINE, THE FIGGINS FAMILY’S FIRST COMMERCIAL VINTAGE WAS IN 1978. IN 1981 WINE & SPRITS MAGAZINE RECOGNIZED THAT FIRST VINTAGE OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON AS THE 'BEST IN NATION' IN A BLIND TASTING. ROOTED IN TRADITION, SECOND-GENERATION WINEMAKER CHRIS FIGGINS IS CRAFTING WINES FROM THEIR ESTATE VINEYARDS IN WALLA WALLA WITH THE SAME PASSION AND INTENSITY THAT FUELED THE WINERY'S INCEPTION. |
| LEONETTI SANGIOVESE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
139 |
| LEONETTI MERLOT, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
154 |
| LEONETTI MERLOT, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 |
|
162 |
| LEONETTI CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
191 |
| LEONETTI RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
299 |
| LONG SHADOWS |
|
AS THE CULMINATION OF OVER 30 YEARS IN THE WASHINGTON WINE INDUSTRY, LONG SHADOWS FOUNDER ALLEN SHOUP HAS GATHERED A COLLECTIVE OF WORLD-RENOWNED WINEMAKERS. EACH CRAFT A UNIQUE WINE IN TRADEMARK STYLE FROM SOME OF WASHINGTON’S MOST COVETED VINEYARDS. AND EACH WINE IS A REFLECTION OF WASHINGTON’S POTENTIAL AND THE WINEMAKERS' STAMP, WHICH BRING NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF WASHINGTON WINE. |
| LONG SHADOWS MERLOT PEDESTAL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
111 |
| OWEN ROE |
|
DAVID O'REILLY, A NATIVE OF IRELAND, HAS BEEN IN THE OREGON WINE SCENE SINCE THE MID '90s WORKING FOR GREAT ESTATES SUCH AS ELK COVE AND SINEANN. HE FELL IN LOVE WITH WINE WHILE STUDYING PHILOSOPHY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME AT A SMALL WINERY. HE MAKES WINE FROM BOTH WASHINGTON AND OREGON THAT HAVE RICH FRUIT AND SUPPLE TEXTURES. |
| OWEN ROE SYRAH CHAPEL BLOCK 'RED WILLOW,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2008 |
|
119 |
| OWEN ROE SYRAH CHAPEL BLOCK 'RED WILLOW,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2009 |
|
114 |
| OWEN ROE SYRAH CHAPEL BLOCK 'RED WILLOW,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2010 |
|
116 |
| OWEN ROE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'DUBRUL VINEYARD,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2004 |
|
149 |
| OWEN ROE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'DUBRUL VINEYARD,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2005 |
|
161 |
| OWEN ROE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'DUBRUL VINEYARD,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2006 |
|
155 |
| OWEN ROE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'DUBRUL VINEYARD,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2008 |
|
149 |
| PEPPER BRIDGE |
|
PEPPER BRIDGE BOASTS TWO EXTREMELY WELL ESTABLISHED ESTATE VINEYARDS IN WALLA WALLA WITH VINES THAT DATE BACK TO 1981. 'SEVEN HILLS' VINEYARD & 'PEPPER BRIDGE' VINEYARD FOCUS ON BORDEAUX VARIETIES. THEY PRODUCE RICH, TEXTURED WINES WITH TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO MATURE WITH BOTTLE AGE. WINEMAKER JEAN-FRANCOIS PELLET EARNED HIS STRIPES IN NAPA VALLEY AT HEITZ CELLARS. |
| PEPPER BRIDGE MERLOT ESTATE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
108 |
| PEPPER BRIDGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON ESTATE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
116 |
| PEPPER BRIDGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2007 |
|
149 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS |
|
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS WAS FOUNDED IN 2004 IN WALLA WALLA BY MIKE AND GALE REYNVAAN. TWO ESTATE VINEYARDS REPRESENT EACH END OF THE WALLA WALLA TERROIR SPECTRUM. ON THE VALLEY FLOOR IS THE COBBLESTONE LADEN ‘IN THE ROCKS’ VINEYARD ALONG WITH THE SECOND VINEYARD ‘FOOTHILLS IN THE SUN’ AT THE BASE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATION SITES IN WASHINGTON. WINEMAKER MATT REYNVAAN TENDS TO THE VINEYARDS AND CRAFTS TERROIR DRIVEN, RHONE STYLE WINES THAT EXPRESS VINEYARD CHARACTER. |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH IN THE ROCKS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
114 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH IN THE ROCKS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 |
|
105 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE UNNAMED, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
113 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE UNNAMED, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
114 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE CONTENDER, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
133 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE CONTENDER, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
131 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH STONEESSENCE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 |
|
149 |
| REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH STONEESSENCE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
147 |
| SLEIGHT OF HAND CELLARS |
| IN 2002, JERRY AND SANDY SOLOMON WERE AT THE SUN VALLEY WINE AUCTION, ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL WEATHER AND TASTING SOME INCREDIBLE WINES. THEY HAPPENED UPON A TABLE THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY NONE OTHER THAN TREY BUSCH, WHO WAS THEN MAKING THE WINES FOR A SMALL WALLA WALLA WINERY. LAUNCHED IN 2007, SLEIGHT OF HAND CELLARS HAS BUT ONE FOCUS, AND THAT IS TO CRAFT EXCEPTIONAL WINES FROM EXCEPTIONAL VINEYARDS HERE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. |
| SLEIGHT OF HAND SYRAH LEVITATION, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
89 |
| SLEIGHT OF HAND CABERNET FRANC BLEND ARCHIMAGE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
109 |
| SLEIGHT OF HAND CABERNET SAUVIGNON ILLUSIONIST, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
111 |
| WATERS |
|
WATERS WAS FOUNDED IN 2005 BASED ON THE INDELIBLE BELIEF THAT WALLA WALLA VALLEY TERROIR IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DISTINCTIVE RED WINES THAT RIVAL THE FINEST OF OLD AND NEW WORLD REGIONS ALIKE. WATERS PRODUCES JUST A FEW THOUSAND CASES OF SMALL LOTS EACH YEAR, AIMED AT REFLECTING AN UNDERLYING SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE. WINE FROM THEIR ESTATE VINEYARD 'FORGOTTEN HILLS' IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND COMPLEX EXPRESSIONS OF SYRAH IN WASHINGTON. A RECENT COLLABORATION BETWEEN WATERS, ARTIST MAKOTO FUJIMURA AND GRAMERCY CELLARS LED TO THE STUNNING 21 GRAMS PROJECT. |
| WATERS SYRAH TREMOLO, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 |
|
79 |
| WATERS SYRAH 'LOESS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 |
|
99 |
| WATERS SYRAH 'LOESS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 |
|
91 |
| WATERS SYRAH ‘PEPPER BRIDGE,’ WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 |
|
94 |
| WATERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 |
|
99 |
| FEATURED OREGON WINES |
|
BETWEEN 1965 AND 1968, DAVID LETT, CHARLES COURY AND DICK ERATH INDEPENDENTLY MOVED TO THE RURAL NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ESTABLISHED VINEYARDS. SOON AFTER, ADELSHEIM, PONZI, AND SOKOL BLOSSER ALL PLANTED ROOTS IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. IN 1979 DAVID LETT OF EYRIE VINEYARDS ENTERED HIS PINOT NOIR INTO THE GAULT-MILLAU FRENCH WINE OLYMPICS AND WON TOP HONORS AGAINST FRANCE’S BEST WINES. IT WAS THEN THAT THE WORLD BEGAN TO TAKE NOTICE OF OREGON AS A SERIOUS WINE GROWING REGION. IN JUST 40 YEARS OREGON HAS EVOLVED INTO A WORLD CLASS WINE GROWING STATE WITH 15 DEMARCATED WINE GROWING REGIONS AND MORE THAN 300 WINERIES PRODUCING WINE FROM 72 GRAPE VARIETIES. AS A WINE REGION, OREGON CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE SMALL, HAND CRAFTED WINES REIGN AND WHERE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ARE KEY. |
| BETHEL HEIGHTS |
| BETHEL HEIGHTS PINOT NOIR ESTATE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010 |
|
113 |
| BETHEL HEIGHTS PINOT NOIR CASTEEL RESERVE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2007 |
|
90 |
| BERGSTROM |
| BERGSTROM CHARDONNAY SIGRID, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2009 |
|
114 |
| BERGSTROM PINOT NOIR WHOLE CLUSTER, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2005 |
|
182 |
| BOEDECKER |
| BOEDECKER CELLARS PINOT NOIR ‘ANDERSON,’ WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2007 |
|
89 |
| BOEDECKER PINOT NOIR ATHENA, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2007 |
|
66 |
| CRISTOM |
| CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘JESSIE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 |
|
99 |
| CRISTOM PINOT NOIR ‘LOUISE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2007 |
|
95 |
| CRISTOM PINOT NOIR SIGNATURE CUVEE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2005 |
|
216 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2006 |
|
116 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2007 |
|
122 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2009 |
|
92 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LAURENE, DUNDEE HILLS 2005 |
|
168 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LAURENE, DUNDEE HILLS 2006 |
|
168 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LAURENE, DUNDEE HILLS 2007 |
|
168 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2000 |
|
191 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2001 |
|
198 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2002 |
|
214 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2003 |
|
214 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2004 |
|
214 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2005 |
|
226 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2006 |
|
226 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2007 |
|
226 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS 2008 |
|
231 |
| EVENING LAND VINEYARDS |
| EVENING LAND VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY 'SEVEN SPRINGS' SUMMUM, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2008 |
|
237 |
| EVESHAM WOOD |
| EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR 'LE PUITS SEC,' EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 |
|
64 |
| EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR 'MAHONIA,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010 |
|
66 |
| EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR 'ILLAHE,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010 |
|
62 |
| EVESHAM WOOD PINOT NOIR 'LE PUITS SEC' CUVEE J, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2010 |
|
89 |
| J.K. CARRIERE |
| J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2006 |
|
99 |
| J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR ‘ANDERSON FAMILY,’ WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2006 |
|
118 |
| J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR ‘GEMINI,’ WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2006 |
|
120 |
| J.K. CARRIERE PINOT NOIR 'SHEA,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2006 |
|
115 |
| SCOTT PAUL |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR LA PAULEE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010 |
|
71 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR LES GOURMANDISES, DUNDEE HILLS 2010 |
|
81 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR AUDREY, DUNDEE HILLS 2005 |
|
151 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR AUDREY, DUNDEE HILLS 2006 |
|
154 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR AUDREY, DUNDEE HILLS 2007 |
|
139 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR AUDREY, DUNDEE HILLS 2008 |
|
182 |
| SCOTT PAUL PINOT NOIR AUDREY, DUNDEE HILLS 2009 |
|
129 |
| SOTER VINEYARDS |
| SOTER BRUT ROSE, YAMHILL-CARLTON 2006 |
|
133 |
| SOTER PINOT NOIR 'MINERAL SPRINGS,' YAMHILL-CARLTON 2008 |
|
177 |
| SOTER VINEYARDS PINOT NOIR 'MINERAL SPRINGS RANCH,’ WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2009 |
|
99 |
| WESTREY |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2010 |
|
53 |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR ‘JUSTICE,’ EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2009 |
|
59 |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR ‘ABBEY RIDGE,’ DUNDEE HILLS 2010 |
|
77 |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR ‘ABBEY RIDGE,’ DUNDEE HILLS 2008 |
|
76 |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR ‘ORACLE,’ DUNDEE HILLS 2009 |
|
61 |
| HALF BOTTLES |
| CHAMPAGNE |
| PAUL BARA BRUT NV |
|
76 |
| DIEBOLT-VALLOIS BLANC DE BLANCS NV |
|
59 |
| RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS NV |
|
87 |
| SAINT-CHAMANT MILLESIME BLANC DE BLANCS 1998 |
|
89 |
| WHITE |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY 2007 |
|
31 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD BOURGOGNE BLANC, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
33 |
| MARC COLIN SAINT-AUBIN 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
33 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT MEURSAULT, BURGUNDY 2010 |
|
53 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT MEURSAULT ‘LES CHARRONS,’ BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
57 |
| BALLAND-CURTET MEURSAULT 'LES NARVAUX,' BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
139 |
| RAMONET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
42 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, BURGUNDY 2010 |
|
59 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE TREZIN,’ BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
43 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘LE TREZIN,’ BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
42 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'ANCEGNIERES,' BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
51 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘ANCEGNIERES,’ BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
39 |
| MARC COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'ENCEGNIERES,' BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
41 |
| MARC MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHENEVOTTES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
54 |
| BERNARD MOREAU CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
39 |
| THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT-BLAGNY 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
67 |
| THEIRRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT 'LES CHEVALIERES,' BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
39 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
57 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
52 |
| MARC MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'VIRONDOT' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
52 |
| MARC MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
63 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
66 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS DES MUREES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 |
|
56 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS DES MUREES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
65 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS DES MUREES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
57 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS ST. JEAN’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
65 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS ST. JEAN’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
57 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 |
|
52 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
54 |
| THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
56 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 |
|
53 |
| RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
76 |
| RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘BOUDRIOTTES’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2008 |
|
67 |
| BLAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
53 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
119 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 'LE MONTRACHET' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 |
|
327 |
| HALF BOTTLES WHITE cont'd |
| FORSTREITER GRUNER VELTLINER GRAND RESERVE, KREMSTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
demi |
24 |
| HIRSCH GRUNER VELTLINER 'HEILIGENSTEIN,' KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
demi |
34 |
| DONNHOFF RIESLING 'OBERHAUSER BRUCKE' AUSLESE, NAHE, GERMANY 2001 |
demi |
92 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER RIESLING 'ABTSBERG' #145 AUSLESE, RUWER, GERMANY 2001 |
demi |
58 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' GOLD KAPSULE FUDER #9 AUSLESE, MOSEL, GERMANY 2001 |
demi |
99 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' FUDER #10 AUSLESE, MOSEL, GERMANY 2001 |
demi |
79 |
| ZILLIKEN 'SAARBURGER RAUSCH' AUSLESE, MOSEL, GERMANY 1990 |
demi |
99 |
| SCHLOSS LIESER 'BRAUNEBERGER JUFFER SONNENUHR,' AUSLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
demi |
76 |
| DELAPORTE SANCERRE, LOIRE, FRANCE 2011 |
demi |
31 |
| VACHERON SANCERRE, LOIRE, FRANCE 2010 |
demi |
36 |
| MERRY EDWARDS SAUVIGNON BLANC, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2010 |
demi |
49 |
| RED |
| JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ‘OUZELOY,’ BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
43 |
| JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘FONTENYS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2006 |
|
110 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ TRES VIEILLES VIGNES GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
180 |
| F. ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘ESTOURNELLES-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
46 |
| F. ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘ESTOURNELLES-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
52 |
| F. ESMONIN ‘RUCHOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
104 |
| F. ESMONIN ‘MAZY-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
99 |
| DENIS MORTET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2007 |
|
101 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 1998 |
|
58 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
57 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU TRES VIEILLES VIGNES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
321 |
| DROUHIN-LAROZE ‘LATRICIERES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
93 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
83 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT VOSNE-ROMANEE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 1996 |
|
39 |
| GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
61 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANEE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
56 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘LES ORVEAUX,’ BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
76 |
| GROS FRERE ET SOEUR RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 |
|
404 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET NUITS-ST-GEORGE ‘LES BOUDOTS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2006 |
|
96 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET NUITS-ST-GEORGE ‘LES BOUDOTS’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
83 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘CLOS DE VOUGEOT’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
131 |
| HALF BOTTLES RED cont'd |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 1999 |
|
71 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2002 |
|
66 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON-GRANCEY' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2005 |
|
97 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
43 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
71 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
77 |
| TOLLOT-BEAUT CHOREY LES BEAUNE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
41 |
| FAIVELEY POMMARD 'LES VAUMURIENS,' BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
52 |
| FERNAND & LAURENT PILLOT POMMARD 'RUGIENS' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2003 |
|
57 |
| FERNAND & LAURENT PILLOT POMMARD 'CHARMOTS' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
46 |
| FERNAND & LAURENT PILLOT POMMARD 'RUGIENS' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
60 |
| HENRI BOILLOT VOLNAY 'LES CHEVRETS' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2006 |
|
71 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD VOLNAY 'CLOS DE CHENES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
67 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD VOLNAY 'CLOS DES CHENES' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
93 |
| RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
31 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS ST. JEAN’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
37 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'MORGEOT' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2008 |
|
39 |
| JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS ST. JEAN' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2009 |
|
49 |
| CHATEAU CANTEMERLE, HAUT-MEDOC, BORDEAUX 5EME CRU, FRANCE 2008 |
|
63 |
| EVENING LAND PINOT NOIR 'SEVEN SPRINGS' LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS, OREGON 2009 |
|
59 |
| LARGE FORMATS |
| WHITE |
| HIRSCH RIESLING 'HEILIGENSTEIN,' KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
magnum |
214 |
| HIEDLER RIESLING ‘HEILIGENSTEIN,’ KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
magnum |
200 |
| DONNHOFF RIESLING 'OBERHAUSER BRUCKE' SPATLESE, NAHE, GERMANY 2008 |
magnum |
227 |
| CLOS SAINT MAGDELAINE CASSIS BLANC, PROVENCE, FRANCE 2009 |
magnum |
145 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU, FRANCE 2009 |
magnum |
289 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'EN REMILLY' 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2009 |
jeroboam |
642 |
| RED |
| MARCEL LAPIERRE, MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE 2011 |
jeroboam |
294 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 2010 |
magnum |
291 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOTS, RHONE, FRANCE 2007 |
magnum |
432 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOTS, RHONE, FRANCE 2008 |
magnum |
422 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD, RHONE, FRANCE 2008 |
magnum |
509 |
| DOMAINE GERARD CHARVIN CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, RHONE VALLEY, FRANCE 2009 |
magnum |
299 |
| GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2008 |
jeroboam |
556 |
| BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
magnum |
194 |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2009 |
magnum |
238 |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2010 |
magnum |
241 |
| BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
magnum |
241 |
| BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
magnum |
227 |
| BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
magnum |
233 |
| BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PERE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2009 |
magnum |
279 |
| BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PERE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2010 |
magnum |
299 |
| CHATEAU LEOVILLE-BARTON, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 1966 |
magnum |
1098 |
| CHATEAU TROTANOY, POMEROL, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 1962 |
magnum |
1838 |
| SANT'ELENA CABNERNET SAUVIGNON, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 2005 |
magnum |
66 |
| WESTREY PINOT NOIR RESERVE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2006 |
magnum |
119 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN PINOT NOIR LOUISE, DUNDEE HILLS, OREGON 2004 |
magnum |
478 |
| ` |
| “THE COLLECTION” |
| CHAMPAGNE |
| LITERALLY TRANSLATED AS ‘OPEN LANDSCAPE’, IS NOT JUST ANY SPARKLING WINE. IT IS A WINE PRODUCED FROM THREE SPECIFIC GRAPE VARIETIES: CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR, AND PINOT MEUNIER USING THE ‘CHAMPAGNE METHOD’ FROM THE PROVINCE OF THE SAME NAME. ALTHOUGH SPARKLING WINE IS PRODUCED ALL OVER THE WORLD, IT CAN ONLY BE CALLED ‘CHAMPAGNE’ IN THIS HEAVILY REGULATED WINE DISTRICT. |
| ROSÉ |
| JACQUES COPINET ROSE, MONTGENOST NV |
|
88 |
| EGLY-OURIET GRAND CRU BRUT ROSE, MONTAGNE DE REIMS NV |
|
251 |
| CEDRIC BOUCHARD ROSES DE JEANNE 'CREUX D'ENFER' ROSE, CELLES-SUR-OURCE 2007 |
|
420 |
| LAURENT-PERRIER ROSE, TOURS-SUR-MARNE NV |
|
177 |
| COTE DES BLANCS |
| COQUILLETTE CARTE D'OR BRUT, CHOUILLY 1ER CRU NV |
|
109 |
| DIEBOLT-VALLOIS BLANC DE BLANCS, CRAMANT NV |
|
104 |
| GROGNET CARPE DIEM EXTRA BRUT, ETOGES NV |
|
112 |
| GIMONNET-OGER BLANC DE BLANCS, CUIS 2002 |
|
126 |
| LARMANDIER-BERNIER BLANC DE BLANCS EXTRA BRUT, CRAMANT NV |
|
113 |
| PIERRE PETERS CUVEE DE RESERVE BLANC DE BLANCS, OGER NV |
|
114 |
| SALON CUVEE S BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT, LE MESNIL SUR OGER 1999 |
|
599 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE INITIALE, BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU, AVIZE NV |
|
299 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE INITIALE, BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU, AVIZE [D. 2011] NV |
|
344 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE SUBSTANCE, BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU, AVIZE NV |
|
574 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE MILLESIME, BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU, AVIZE 2002 |
|
598 |
| VALLE DE LA MARNE |
| LAHERTE FRERES LES CLOS 7 CEPAGE, CHAVOT NV |
|
148 |
| LAHERTE FRERES EXTRA BRUT LES VIGNES D'AUTRFOIS BLANC DE NOIRS, CHAVOT 2007 |
|
139 |
| LAHERTE FRERES LES EMPRIENTES, CHAVOT NV |
|
147 |
| VILMART & CIE GRAND CELLIER, RILLY NV |
|
129 |
| VILMART & CIE CUVEE CREATION, RILLY 1998 |
magnum |
721 |
| GEORGES LAVAL CUVEE LES CHENES BRUT NATURE PREMIER CRU, CUMIERES 2004 |
|
321 |
| LAURENT-PERRIER GRAND SIECLE, TOURS-SUR-MARNE NV |
magnum |
398 |
| MONTAGNE DES REIMS |
| EGLY-OURIET LES VIGNES DE VRIGNY, AMBONNAY NV |
|
137 |
| JEROME PREVOST LA CLOSERIE 'BEGUINES,' BLANC DE NOIRS, GUEUX 2009 |
|
196 |
| JEROME PREVOST LA CLOSERIE FAC SIMILE, ROSE EXTRA BRUT, GUEUX 2009 |
|
267 |
| VEUVE-CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME, REIMS 2004 |
|
277 |
| AUBE |
| LASSAIGNE 'LE COTET' BLANC DE BLANCS, MONTEGUEUX NV |
|
156 |
| CEDRIC BOUCHARD ROSES DE JEANNE 'HAUT LEMBLEE' BLANC DE BLANCS, CELLES-SUR-OURCE 2007 |
|
224 |
| CEDRIC BOUCHARD ROSES DE JEANNE 'LA BOLOREE' BLANC DE BLANCS, CELLES-SUR-OURCE 2007 |
|
308 |
| CEDRIC BOUCHARD INFLORESCENCE 'BECHALIN' BLANC DE NOIRS, CELLES-SUR-OURCE 2004 |
|
199 |
| CHARDONNAY |
| BURGUNDY |
| OFF THE PATH... |
|
VISITORS TO BURGUNDY SELDOM HAVE TIME TO GET "OFF THE BEATEN PATH" OF GRAND CRU VINEYARDS AND EXPLORE THE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. TUCKED BEHIND OR BETWEEN, ABOVE OR BELOW THE FAMOUS APPELLATIONS ARE VINEYARDS SHARING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GEOGRAPHY WITH THE GRANDEST OF GRAND CRU PRODUCERS. GRAPES FROM THESE VINES CAN RESULT IN VERY FINE WINES, THOUGH SELDOM KNOWN OUTSIDE THE AREA. GENERALLY SOFT AND EASY TO DRINK, THESE WINES OFFER VERY GOOD VALUE FOR A BURGUNDY. |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE 2009 |
|
53 |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2007 |
|
59 |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2010 |
|
89 |
| JOSEPH ROTY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 |
|
48 |
| A. ET P. VILLAINE BOUZERON 2008 |
|
38 |
| A. ET P. DE VILLAINE, BOUZERON, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 |
|
59 |
| A. ET P. VILLAINE BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CLOUS' 2008 |
|
51 |
| A. ET P. VILLAINE BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CLOUS' 2010 |
|
74 |
| A. ET P. VILLAINE RULLY 'LES SAINT JACQUES' 2010 |
|
86 |
| PAUL PERNOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 |
|
64 |
| PAUL PERNOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2009 |
|
67 |
| VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2009 |
|
42 |
| COCHE-DURY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 |
|
144 |
| COCHE-DURY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2010 |
|
174 |
| THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 |
|
41 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET BOURGOGNE BLANC 2009 |
|
69 |
| DEUX MONTILLE BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 |
|
36 |
| HENRI PERRUSSET MACON-VILLAGES, BURGUNDY 2009 |
|
38 |
| DEUX MONTILLE SAINT-ROMAIN 2008 |
|
62 |
| DEUX MONTILLE AUXEY-DURESSES 2008 |
|
68 |
| DEUX MONTILLE PERNAND-VERGELESSES 2008 |
|
72 |
| DEUX MONTILLE RULLY 2008 |
|
54 |
| MAISON CHAMPY RULLY 2009 |
|
31 |
| DEUX MONTILLE POUILLY-FUISSE ‘VERGISSON’ 2008 |
|
63 |
| CHANSON PERNAND-VERGELESSES 'CARADEUX' 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
108 |
| THOMAS MOREY SAINT-AUBIN ‘COMBES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
86 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY SAINT-AUBIN 'EN REMILLY' NICHOLAS ET MATHIS 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
109 |
| VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY SAINT-AUBIN ‘CHARMOIS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
89 |
| DEUX MONTILLE SAINT-AUBIN 'SUR GAMAY' 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
78 |
| THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT SAINT-AUBIN ‘FLEURS DE COTEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
67 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
116 |
| DOMAINE PONSOT MOREY-SAINT-DENIS 'CLOS DES MONT LUISANTS' MONOPOLE 2009 |
|
259 |
| CHABLIS |
| EVEN THOUGH THE WINES TAKE A LONG TIME TO AGE, THERE IS A UNIQUE FLAVOR IN THE YOUNGER WINES. THE OAK-AGED WINES SEEM TO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT TEXTURE AND AGING CURVE (NOT MEANT FOR OYSTERS). THEY ARE LEMON CUSTARD-LIKE IN THEIR YOUTH, BUT WITH AGE THEY BECOME EXTREMELY BUTTERY AND HONEY LIKE. ‘CLOS’ (WHICH IS THE BEST WINE) IS BIG, RICH AND LUSCIOUS WITH GREAT FINESSE AND BALANCE. ‘BLANCHOT’ IS THE MOST DELICATE AND AROMATIC GRAND CRU. ‘VALMUR’ IS VERY SIMILAR TO ‘CLOS’ IN POWER, BUT HAS THE PERFUME LIKE ‘BLANCHOT’. ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ IS CONSIDERED THE BEST PREMIER CRU. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE RAVENEAU, LOUIS MICHEL AND DAUVISSAT. |
| FREDERIC GUEGUEN PETIT CHABLIS 2009 |
|
31 |
| LAURENT TRIBUT CHABLIS 2011 |
|
66 |
| DOMAINE DES MALANDES CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
54 |
| TREMBLAY CHABLIS 'FOURCHAUME' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
59 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'FOREST' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
126 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'FOREST' 1ER CRU 2011 |
|
129 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'SECHET' 1ER CRU 2011 |
|
126 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
124 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2011 |
|
132 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2011 |
|
211 |
| RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES PREUSSES' GRAND CRU 2011 |
|
209 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
229 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'BUTTEAUX' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
209 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'BUTTEAUX' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
262 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'BUTTEAUX' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
231 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'FORET' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
231 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'MONTEE DE TONNERE' 1ER CRU 1996 |
|
321 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'MONTEE DE TONNERE' 1ER CRU 2000 |
|
298 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'MONTEE DE TONNERE' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
322 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'MONTEE DE TONNERE' 1ER CRU 2004 |
|
337 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'MONTEE DE TONNERE' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
277 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
399 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2001 |
|
387 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2002 |
|
1299 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2003 |
|
366 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2004 |
|
598 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
421 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
526 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2007 |
|
359 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
334 |
| RAVENEAU CHABLIS 'BLANCHOTS' GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
372 |
| LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS 'VAUDESIR' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
139 |
| LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
141 |
| LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS 'GRENOUILLES' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
141 |
| BERNARD DEFAIX CHABLIS 'BOUGROS' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
107 |
| BERNARD DEFAIX CHABLIS 'VAUDESIR' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
107 |
| SERVIN CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
139 |
| WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
138 |
| CORTON CHARLEMAGNE |
| DUE TO THE VARIATION IN SOIL COMPOSITION, THE WINES OF CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE ARE QUITE DIFFERENT- VARYING FROM LIGHT AND LEAN TO RICH AND VISCOUS, WITH BUTTERSCOTCH AND PINEAPPLE-LIKE FLAVORS. PARTS OF THE VINEYARDS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN-SLOPE, THE SOIL IS DARKER, PRODUCING A RICH AND DENSE WINE. THE WINES FROM THE TOP PART OF THE HILL ARE MORE AUSTERE AND STEELY, REQUIRING FIVE TO TEN YEARS TO UNFOLD INTO HONEY AND PRALINE-LIKE FLAVORS. AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE COCHE-DURY, LOUIS LATOUR, LOUIS JADOT, BONNEAU DU MARTRAY AND TOLLOT-BEAUT. |
| MAISON CHAMPY 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
174 |
| MAISON CHAMPY 'CORTON CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
196 |
| COCHE-DURY 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
1661 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
349 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ GRAND CRU 2007 |
|
207 |
| MAISON DEUX MONTILLE ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
266 |
| DOMAINE LEROY ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
633 |
| MEURSAULT |
| MEURSAULT IS MOST KNOWN FOR ITS WHITE WINE MADE FROM CALCAREOUS SOIL RICH IN IRON AND MAGNESIUM. THE BEST VINEYARD IS ‘PERRIÈRES’ FOLLOWED BY ‘GENEVRIÈRE’ AND ‘CHARMES’. THE SOIL IN ‘PERRIÈRES’ IS THE LIGHTEST AND STONIEST, THEREFORE THE WINES ARE VERY MINERALLY AND LONG LIVED. THE WINES FROM ‘CHARMES’ ARE CONSIDERED THE FATTEST AND RICHEST. THESE WINES ARE VERY FRAGRANT AND DRINK WELL IN THEIR YOUTH. ‘GENEVRIÈRE’ HAS THE OPULENCE OF ‘CHARMES’ AND SOME OF THE STEELINESS OF ‘PERRIÈRES’. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE COMTES LAFON, COCHE-DURY, MATROT, AND JEAN MARC ROULOT. |
| DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT 2007 |
|
74 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT 2008 |
|
76 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 2008 |
|
375 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 2009 |
|
353 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 2010 |
|
351 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT 2009 |
|
241 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT 2010 |
|
229 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN MEURSAULT VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 |
|
59 |
| ANTOINE JOBARD MEURSAULT 'EN LA BARRE' 2007 |
|
126 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2009 |
|
311 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2010 |
|
279 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 'ROUGEOTS' 2005 |
|
582 |
| VINCENT DANCER MEURSAULT 'CORBINS' 2009 |
|
68 |
| THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT ‘CHEVALIERES' 2009 |
|
84 |
| VINCENT DANCER MEURSAULT 'TETE DU CLOSIER' 2009 |
|
128 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT MEURSAULT ‘CHARRONS’ 2009 |
|
101 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘TESSONS CLOS DE MON PLASIR’ 2007 |
|
268 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘TESSONS CLOS DE MON PLASIR’ 2010 |
|
276 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2007 |
|
197 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2009 |
|
183 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2010 |
|
216 |
| DEUX MONTILLE MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2008 |
|
111 |
| LATOUR-GIRAUD MEURSAULT 'NARVAUX' 2009 |
|
97 |
| DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘NARVAUX’ 2008 |
|
74 |
| HENRI DARNAT MEURSAULT 'CLOS RICHMONT' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
159 |
| DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
147 |
| DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘GENEVRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
131 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY MEURSAULT 'GENEVRIERES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
224 |
| LATOUR-GIRAUD MEURSAULT 'GENEVRIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
149 |
| THIERRY & PASCAL MATROT MEURSAULT-BLAGNY 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
129 |
| DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
144 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
168 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
179 |
| LEROY MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 1990 |
|
598 |
| LATOUR-GIRAUD MEURSAULT 'CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
143 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
362 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
499 |
| COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
423 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY MEURSAULT 'CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
182 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
419 |
| COCHE-DURY MEURSAULT 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
481 |
| ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘BOUCHERES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
390 |
| ANTOINE JOBARD MEURSAULT 'PORUZOTS' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
191 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY MEURSAULT ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
159 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
144 |
| PULIGNY-MONTRACHET |
| PULIGNY-MONTRACHET IS THE GREATEST WHITE WINE-PRODUCING COMMUNE IN THE WORLD. THE GREATEST VINEYARD LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN, OVERLAPPING CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET. EVEN THOUGH THE VINEYARDS ARE SMALLER COMPARED TO CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET AND MEURSAULT, IT IS A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE FOR MANY WINE LOVERS AND CHARDONNAY PRODUCERS WHO TRY TO IMITATE PULIGNY'S TERROIR. THE BEST PREMIER CRUS ARE ‘PUCELLES’, ‘REFERTS’, AND ‘FOLATIÈRES’. THE FLAVOR PROFILES ARE RIPE PEAR, TROPICAL FRUITS, AND COCONUT. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, PAUL PERNOT, AND CARILLON. |
| MAISON CHAMPY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2010 |
|
69 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2010 |
|
138 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2008 |
|
116 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2010 |
|
124 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2007 |
|
84 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2009 |
|
164 |
| COCHE-DURY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'ENSEIGNERES' 2008 |
|
517 |
| COCHE-DURY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'ENSEIGNERES' 2010 |
|
401 |
| VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘TRUFFIERE’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
177 |
| GUY AMIOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'DEMOISELLES' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
141 |
| HENRI BOILLOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CLOS DE LA MOUCHERE' 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
119 |
| LOUIS CARILLON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
188 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
173 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'PERRIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
226 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
226 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
173 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
226 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
159 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘FOLATIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
193 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'FOLATIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
163 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘FOLATIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
256 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'FOLATIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
321 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘FOLATIERES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
136 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘FOLATIERES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
134 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'LES FOLATIERES' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
209 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP GAIN' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
196 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP CANET' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
256 |
| LOUIS CARILLON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CHAMP CANET’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
199 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 'COMBETTES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
316 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS DE LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
146 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CLOS DE LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
141 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
196 |
| PAUL PERNOT PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
188 |
| DE MONTILLE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERET’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
266 |
| MONTRACHET |
| FOR CENTURIES THE SINGLE GREATEST WHITE WINE IN THE WORLD, LE MONTRACHET, HAS COME FROM A SMALL HILLSIDE IN BURGUNDY (JUST UNDER 20 ACRES) WITH DAWN TO DUSK SUNSHINE, GREAT NATURAL IRRIGATION AND A MYSTERIOUS MIX OF CHEMICALS IN THE SOIL. THE MYSTIQUE OF THESE CHARDONNAYS COMES FROM THE MAGICAL NATURAL SETTING PLUS THE SUPERB CARE INVOLVED IN EVERY STAGE OF THEIR MAKING. THEIR HALLMARK IS AN EXTRAORDINARY FINESSE AND COMPLEXITY ALLIED WITH A GREAT CONCENTRATION WITH VIRTUALLY IMPECCABLE TYPICITY, BALANCE AND FABULOUSLY SEDUCTIVE RICHNESS. WHEN FULLY MATURE (PERHAPS TEN YEARS) THE PROFUNDITY AND COMPLETENESS OF FLAVOR IS STUPENDOUS--MIGHTY POWER COMBINED WITH CENTURIES OF THOROUGHBRED CLASS. LE MONTRACHET IS ALWAYS UNMISTAKABLY THE GRANDEST OF ALL GRAND CRU. |
| ETIENNE SAUZET ‘MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
980 |
| CHEVALIER MONTRACHET |
|
THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST GRAND CRUS. DUE TO ITS HIGH ELEVATION (UP-SLOPE FROM ‘MONTRACHET’) AND CHALKY SOIL, ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET’ IS FIRM AND MASCULINE, WITH FRAGRANT FLAVORS OF MINERALS AND HONEYSUCKLE. THESE WINES ARE COMPACT AND TENSE IN THEIR YOUTH, BUT AFTER TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS THE TRUE ETHEREAL FLAVORS (OF CHARDONNAY AND LIMESTONE) EMERGE IN THEIR PURE FORM- “PERFUME AND POWER ALL IN ONE”. THE BEST EXAMPLES CAN AGE AS LONG AS ‘MONTRACHET’. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, MICHEL NEILLON, LOUIS JADOT AND RAMONET. |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
998 |
| CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET |
| CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET IS THE LAST GREAT COMMUNE IN THE CÔTE D'OR. WHITE WINES FROM THIS COMMUNE DEMAND HIGHER PRICES THAN ANY OTHER. THE WINES FROM CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ARE THE MOST DISTINCTIVE. THEY ARE BOLD AND POWERFUL LIKE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, BUT HAVE A SOFTER AND ROUNDER TEXTURE. THE BEST VINEYARDS (‘LES CHENEVOTTES’, ‘CAILLERETS’, ‘VERGERS’, ‘MORGEOT’ AND ‘RUCHOTTES’) ARE ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET. ‘MORGEOT’ IS CONSIDERED MASCULINE AND ASSERTIVE, WHEREAS ‘CAILLERETS’, ‘VERGERS’ AND ‘RUCHOTTES’ ARE SOFTER AND FEMININE. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE RAMONET, NIELLON, BERNARD MOREY AND JEAN NOËL GAGNARD. |
| MAISON CHAMPY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2010 |
|
59 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2008 |
|
101 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET VIEILLES VIGNES 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
66 |
| SYLVAIN LANGOUREAU CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'PERCLOS' 2009 |
|
64 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘ANCEGNIERES' 2007 |
|
89 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘BAUDINES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
145 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘BAUDINES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
119 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'BAUDINES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
121 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
119 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMPS GAINS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
107 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CHENEVOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
141 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘CHENEVOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
124 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
139 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
101 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
148 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
124 |
| PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'EMBRAZEES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
136 |
| HENRI DARNAT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CHAMP GAINS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
154 |
| VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
122 |
| VINCENT DANCER CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LA ROMANEE' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
128 |
| BRUNO COLIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'REMILLY' 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
138 |
| THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
126 |
| THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ‘LES DENTS DE CHIEN’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
166 |
| MOREY-COFFINET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'LES DENTS DE CHIEN' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
207 |
| BATARD MONTRACHET |
|
DOWN-SLOPE FROM ‘MONTRACHET’, THIS GREAT GRAND CRU CAN OFTEN PRODUCE WINES OF GREAT DENSITY AND POWER. LIKE THE SOIL, THESE WINES ARE FAT AND RICH WITH EXOTIC FLAVORS OF HONEY, BUTTER AND POPCORN. THE WINES AGE MORE QUICKLY (THAN ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET AND ‘MONTRACHET’) AND ARE OFTEN BEST CONSUMED WITHIN FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS. DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, RAMONET, PERNOT, MICHEL NEILLON, AND JEAN-NOËL GAGNARD ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS. |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD BATARD-MONTRACHET 2009 |
|
425 |
| VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY 'BATARD-MONTRACHET' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
408 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET ‘BIENVENUES-BATARD-MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
667 |
| CHARDONNAY - CALIFORNIA |
| ARNOT-ROBERTS 'WATSON RANCH,' NAPA VALLEY 2010 |
|
69 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 'SANFORD & BENEDICT VINEYARD,' SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2001 |
|
82 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 'SANFORD & BENEDICT VINEYARD,' SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2002 |
|
79 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 'SANFORD & BENEDICT VINEYARD,' SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2003 |
|
77 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 'SANFORD & BENEDICT VINEYARD,' SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2004 |
|
74 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 'SANFORD & BENEDICT VINEYARD,' SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2006 |
|
71 |
| AU BON CLIMAT CLENDENEN FAMILY, 'LE BON CLIMAT VINEYARD,' SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
106 |
| AU BON CLIMAT CLENDENEN FAMILY, 'LE BON CLIMAT VINEYARD,' SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
101 |
| LOIRE VALLEY |
| SAUVIGNON BLANC |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU SILEX, POUILLY-FUME 2009 |
|
276 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU SILEX, POUILLY-FUME 2010 |
|
282 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU BLANC DE POUILLY, POUILLY-FUME 2009 |
|
177 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU BLANC DE POUILLY, POUILLY-FUME 2010 |
|
163 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU PUR SANG, POUILLY-FUME 2010 |
|
222 |
| CHENIN BLANC |
| CLOS ROUGEARD 'BREZE,' SAUMUR 2007 |
|
177 |
| CLOS ROUGEARD 'BREZE,' SAUMUR 2008 |
|
167 |
| CHATEAU D'EPIRE SAVENNIERES 1998 |
|
109 |
| RIESLING |
| FRANCE |
| TRIMBACH, ALSACE, FRANCE 2007 |
|
38 |
| TRIMBACH CLOS ST. HUNE, ALSACE 1989 |
|
402 |
| GERMANY |
| MOSEL |
| EGON MULLER, SCHARZHOF QBA, SAAR 2006 |
|
51 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'ABTSBERG' SUPERIOR DRY, RUWER 2007 |
|
96 |
| DR. LOOSEN KABINETT 'BERNKASTELER LAY,' MOSEL 2009 |
|
50 |
| DR. H. THANISCH 'BERNKASTELER BADSTUBE' KABINETT, MOSEL 2007 |
|
38 |
| J.J. PRUM KABINETT, MOSEL 2008 |
|
49 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' KABINETT, MOSEL 2008 |
|
64 |
| WILLI SCHAEFER ‘GRAACHER HIMMELREICH’ KABINETT, MOSEL 2010 |
|
63 |
| WILLI SCHAEFER 'GRAACHER DOMPROST' KABINET, MOSEL 2010 |
|
63 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' KABINETT, MOSEL 2009 |
|
65 |
| J. J. PRUM 'GRAACHER HIMMELREICH' KABINETT, MOSEL 2009 |
|
57 |
| EGON MULLER 'SCHARZHOFBERGER' SPATLESE, SAAR 1990 |
|
414 |
| SCHLOSS SAARSTEIN SPATLESE, SAAR 2006 |
|
48 |
| WILLI SCHAEFER 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2010 |
|
83 |
| J. J. PRUM 'GRAACHER HIMMELREICH' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2008 |
|
63 |
| A.J. ADAM 'DHRONER HOFBERG' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2010 |
|
108 |
| J. J. PRUM 'GRAACHER HIMMELREICH' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2009 |
|
63 |
| J. J. PRUM 'BERNKASTLER-BADSTUBE' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2009 |
|
59 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'HERRENBERG' SPATLESE, RUWER 2009 |
|
48 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' SPATLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
|
73 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' GOLD KAPSULE AUSLESE, MOSEL 1990 |
|
295 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' FUDER #6 AUSLESE, MOSEL 2001 |
|
73 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' GOLD KAPSULE FUDER #9 AUSLESE, MOSEL 2001 |
|
174 |
| FRITZ-HAAG 'BRAUNENBERGER-JUFFER' GOLD KAPSULE FUDER #9 AUSLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
|
147 |
| IMMICH-BATTERIEBERG 'BATTERIEBERG' AUSLESE, MOSEL 1991 |
|
93 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' AUSLESE, MOSEL 1988 |
|
168 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' AUSLESE, MOSEL 1990 |
|
345 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' AUSLESE, MOSEL 2001 |
|
111 |
| J.J. PRUM 'WEHLENER SONNENUHR' AUSLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
|
92 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'ABTSBERG' AUSLESE, RUWER 1989 |
|
161 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'ABTSBERG' AUSLESE, RUWER 1990 |
|
177 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'HERRENBERG' #44 AUSLESE, RUWER 2005 |
|
76 |
| ZILLIKEN 'SAARBURGER RAUSCH' AUSLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
|
116 |
| RHEINGAU |
| ROBERT WEIL HALBTROCKEN, RHEINGAU 2008 |
|
71 |
| ROBERT WEIL TRADITION, RHEINGAU 2008 |
|
51 |
| SCHLOSS SCHONBORN 'RUDESHEIMER BERG SCHLOSSBERG' SPATLESE, RHEINGAU 1997 |
|
71 |
| ROBERT WEIL 'KIEDRICH GRAFENBERG' AUSLESE, RHEINGAU 2001 |
demi |
117 |
| RHEINHESSEN |
| WITTMAN WESTHOFENER, RHEINHESSEN 2008 |
|
74 |
| NAHE |
| HEXAMER 'MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG' QUARTZIT, NAHE 2009 |
|
43 |
| DONNHOFF ‘OBERHAUSER LEISTENBERG’ KABINETT, NAHE 2010 |
|
54 |
| SCHLOSSGUT DIEL 'DORSHEIMER GOLDOCH' KABINETT, NAHE 2009 |
|
71 |
| SCHLOSSGUT DIEL KABINETT, NAHE 2009 |
|
48 |
| HEXAMER ‘MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG’ KABINETT, NAHE 2009 |
|
49 |
| HEXAMER 'MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG' KABINETT, NAHE 2010 |
|
56 |
| HEXAMER ‘MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG’ SPATLESE, NAHE 2009 |
|
69 |
| DONNHOFF 'NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSBERG' SPATLESE, NAHE 2001 |
|
114 |
| RIESLING - AUSTRIA |
| HIEDLER 'STEINHAUS,' KAMPTAL 2009 |
|
48 |
| HIEDLER 'GAISBERG,' KAMPTAL 2009 |
|
67 |
| HIEDLER 'URGESTEIN,' KAMPTAL 2009 |
|
48 |
| HIRSCH 'HEILIGENSTEIN,' KAMPTAL 2009 |
|
99 |
| PICHLER-KRUTZLER 'LOIBENBERG,' WACHAU 2009 |
|
99 |
| PICHLER-KRUTZLER 'IN DER WAND,' WACHAU 2009 |
|
71 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'URGESTEIN TERRASSEN' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
104 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER BERG' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
78 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER BURGSTALL' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
81 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER STEINERTAL' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
127 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER OBERHAUSER' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
99 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER HOLLERIN' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
108 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER KELLERBERG' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
176 |
| PRAGER 'KLAUS' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2010 |
|
74 |
| PRAGER 'STEINRIEGL' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2010 |
|
57 |
| RUDI PICHLER TERRASSEN SMARAGD, WACHAU 2010 |
|
51 |
| GRUNER VELTLINER |
| AUSTRIA |
| NIGL 'SENFTENBERGER PIRI,' KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2009 |
|
52 |
| NIGL ALTE REBEN, KREMSTAL 2009 |
|
66 |
| NIGL PRIVAT, 'SENFTENBERGER PELLIGEN,' KREMSTAL 2009 |
|
86 |
| NIKOLAIHOF GRUNER VELTLINER IM WEINGEBIRGE FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2009 |
|
65 |
| NIKOLAIHOF HEFEABZUG, WACHAU 2009 |
|
52 |
| NIKOLAIHOF VINOTHEK, WACHAU 1993 |
|
326 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER FRAUENWEIGARTEN' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2009 |
|
71 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'LOIBNER KLOSTERSATZ' FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2009 |
|
77 |
| F.X. PICHLER M SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
176 |
| F.X. PICHLER 'DURNSTEINER KELLERBERG' SMARAGD, WACHAU 2009 |
|
176 |
| RUDI PICHLER FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2010 |
|
36 |
| RUDI PICHLER TERRASSEN SMARAGD, WACHAU 2010 |
|
51 |
| PINOT NOIR |
| BURGUNDY |
| OFF THE PATH... |
|
VISITORS TO BURGUNDY SELDOM HAVE TIME TO GET "OFF THE BEATEN PATH" OF GRAND CRU VINEYARDS AND EXPLORE THE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. TUCKED BEHIND OR BETWEEN, ABOVE OR BELOW THE FAMOUS APPELLATIONS ARE VINEYARDS SHARING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GEOGRAPHY WITH THE GRANDEST OF GRAND CRU PRODUCERS. GRAPES FROM THESE VINES CAN RESULT IN VERY FINE WINES, THOUGH SELDOM KNOWN OUTSIDE THE AREA. GENERALLY SOFT AND EASY TO DRINK, THESE WINES OFFER VERY GOOD VALUE FOR A BURGUNDY. |
| GROFFIER PASSETOUTGRAIN 2009 |
|
47 |
| A & P VILLAINE LA DIGOINE, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 |
|
91 |
| A & P VILLAINE LES MONTOTS, MERCUREY, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 |
|
101 |
| A & P VILLAINE LA DIGOINE, COTE CHALONNAISE 2009 |
|
81 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN RULLY, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 |
|
56 |
| CHAMPY BOURGOGNE ROUGE SIGNATURE 2010 |
|
29 |
| JEAN-MARC PILLOT BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2009 |
|
36 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2010 |
|
49 |
| GROFFIER BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2009 |
|
77 |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2010 |
|
84 |
| A & P VILLAINE LA FORTUNE, BOURGOGNE ROUGE 2010 |
|
76 |
| COCHE-DURY MONTHELIE 2008 |
|
216 |
| ROULOT MONTHELIE 2010 |
|
111 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MONTHELIE 2010 |
|
59 |
| COMTES LAFON MONTHELIE ‘LES DURESSES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
129 |
| COMTES LAFON MONTHELIE ‘LES DURESSES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
129 |
| DOMAINE PARENT MONETHELIE 'LES DURESSES' 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
83 |
| MAISON CHAMPY PERNAND VERGELESSES 'LES-FICHOTS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
48 |
| CHANDON DE BRIAILLES PERNAND-VERGELESSES ‘LES VERGELESSES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
83 |
| MAISON CHAMPY CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE 2010 |
|
31 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE 1978 |
|
189 |
| ROULOT AUXEY-DURESSES 2010 |
|
134 |
| BERNARD MOREY SANTENAY 'PASSETEMPS' 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
129 |
| BERNARD MOREY SANTENAY 'GRAND CLOS ROUSSEAU' 1ER CRU 1993 |
|
93 |
| BERNARD MOREY SANTENAY 'GRAND CLOS ROUSSEAU' 1ER CRU 1996 |
|
91 |
| BERNARD MOREY SANTENAY 'GRAND CLOS ROUSSEAU' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
86 |
| CAMILLE GIROUD SANTENAY 'CLOS ROUSSEAU' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
98 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2010 |
|
77 |
| MAISON CHAMPY SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2009 |
|
39 |
| MAISON CHAMPY SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2010 |
|
36 |
| TOLLOT-BEAUT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'LAVIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
109 |
| CAMUS-BROCHON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘GRANDS LIARDS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2010 |
|
73 |
| CAMUS-BROCHON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘PIMENTIERS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 |
|
77 |
| CAMUS-BROCHON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘PIMENTIERS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2010 |
|
72 |
| CAMUS-BROCHON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘LES LAVIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
81 |
| CHANDON DE BRIAILLES SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘LES LAVIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
95 |
| LOUIS JADOT SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 'CLOS DES GUETTES' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
74 |
| MICHEL PICARD ST. AUBIN 'LE CHARMOIS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
57 |
| JEAN-MARC PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 'CLOS ST. JEAN' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
86 |
| GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN |
| THE HISTORIC TOWN OF GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE MOST POWERFUL WINES IN BURGUNDY. POWER, MUSCLE, AND RICH, JAMMY FRUIT – TENDING TO START COMPACT AND NEEDING TIME TO UNFOLD BROADLY – CHARACTERIZE THESE WINES. IN RECENT YEARS THIS COMMUNE HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT “NEW” DOMAINES. SOME OF THESE NEW PRODUCERS INCLUDE DENIS MORTET, AND CLAUDE DUGAT. WHILE THESE YOUNG PRODUCERS HAVE TAKEN A MODERN STEP IN WINEMAKING, THE OLD-TIMERS HAVE ALSO LEARNED TO KEEP PACE. PRODUCERS LIKE DOMAINE ARMAND ROUSSEAU AND JOSEPH ROTY (MAKING WINE SINCE 1710) RECENTLY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND LONG-LIVED WINES FROM THEIR PRIME VINEYARDS. |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2010 |
|
112 |
| MAISON CHAMPY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2010 |
|
63 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2009 |
|
107 |
| GROFFIER GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2008 |
|
111 |
| DUJAC FILS ET PERE GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2010 |
|
129 |
| ARMAND ROUSSEAU GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2009 |
|
246 |
| CLAUDE DUGAT GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2009 |
|
152 |
| JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘CHAMPS CHENYS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 |
|
171 |
| FREDERIC ESMONIN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘ESTOURNELLES ST. JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 1969 |
|
804 |
| JOSEPH ROTY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘FONTENYS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
291 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'AUX COMBOTTES' 1ER CRU 2003 |
|
267 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'AUX COMBOTTES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
184 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘AUX COMBOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
351 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘RONCEVIE’ 2009 |
|
63 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘LA COMBES AUX MOINES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
103 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘LES CAZETIERS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
99 |
| MAISON CHAMPY GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN ‘LES CAZETIERS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
136 |
| ARMAND ROUSSEAU GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS ST. JACQUES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
621 |
| RUCHOTTES-CHAMBERTIN |
| FREDERIC ESMONIN ‘RUCHOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
196 |
| CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZE |
| DROUHIN-LAROZE ‘CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BEZE’ GRAND CRU 1978 |
|
851 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 'CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZE' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
401 |
| ARMAND ROUSSEAU 'CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BEZE' GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
1379 |
| ARMAND ROUSSEAU 'CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BEZE' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
808 |
| MAZI-CHAMBERTIN |
| FREDERIC ESMONIN ‘MAZY-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
186 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
521 |
| MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
276 |
| MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
217 |
| MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
241 |
| ARMAND ROUSSEAU ‘MAZY-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
414 |
| CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN |
| DOMAINE PONSOT 'CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
716 |
| GRIOTTE-CHAMBERTIN |
| DOMAINE DES CHEZEAUX 'GRIOTTE-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
231 |
| DOMAINE PONSOT ‘GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
1839 |
| DOMAINE POSNOT 'GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
801 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
688 |
| CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1985 |
|
223 |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1989 |
|
191 |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1990 |
|
202 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ TRES VIEILLES VIGNES GRAND CRU 1993 |
|
921 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ TRES VIEILLES VIGNES GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
347 |
| JOSEPH ROTY ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ TRES VIEILLES VIGNES GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
676 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
279 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
403 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
421 |
| MOREY SAINT DENIS |
| THE WINES FROM THE VILLAGE OF MOREY-ST.-DENIS ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS BEING LIGHTER THAN GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN AND FIRMER THAN CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE VILLAGE THE VINEYARD IS LOCATED. GEOLOGICALLY THESE VINEYARDS ARE VERY RICH IN MINERALS. THE GRAND CRU VINEYARDS, MOVING SOUTHWARDS FROM THE BORDER WITH GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, INCLUDE CLOS DE LA ROCHE, CLOS ST.-DENIS, CLOS DES LAMBRAYS AND CLOS DE TART. FINE WINES FROM DOMAINE DUJAC, HUBERT LIGNIER, AND CHRISTOPHE ROUMIER ARE GIVING MOREY THE RECOGNITION IT HAS LONG MERITED. |
| DUJAC FILS ET PERE MOREY-SAINT-DENIS 2010 |
|
129 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY-ST-DENIS 2010 |
|
154 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD MOREY-ST-DENIS 2009 |
|
104 |
| JEAN RAPHET MOREY-ST-DENIS VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 |
|
118 |
| MICHEL GROS MOREY-ST-DENIS 'RUE DE VERGY' 2007 |
|
108 |
| DOMAINE FOURRIER MOREY-ST-DENIS 'CLOS SOLON' 2008 |
|
119 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2010 |
|
274 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD MOREY-ST-DENIS 'AUX CHEZEAUX' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
173 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD MOREY-ST-DENIS 'MILLANDES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
167 |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD MOREY-ST-DENIS 'LES RUCHOTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
215 |
| CLOS-DE-LA-ROCHE |
| DOMAINE ARLAUD 'CLOS DE LA ROCHE' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
299 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
157 |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 1989 |
|
191 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
579 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
461 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
491 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
518 |
| PONSOT ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 1999 |
|
2069 |
| CLOS-SAINT-DENIS |
| PASCAL MARCHAND ‘CLOS SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
159 |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER ‘CLOS SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 1985 |
|
223 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC 'CLOS SAINT-DENIS' GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
581 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
460 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
499 |
| CLOS-DE-TART |
| MOMMESSIN ‘CLOS DE TART’ GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
920 |
| CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY |
| CHAMBOLLE HAS A RICH, VELVETY ELEGANCE THAT RIVALS THE FINESSE OF VOSNE ROMANÉE OR THE POWER OF GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN. THERE ARE ONLY TWO GRAND CRUS (BONNES-MARES AND MUSIGNY) IN THIS VILLAGE, AND SOME EXCEPTIONAL PREMIER CRUS (LES AMOUREUSES AND LES FUÉES) WORTHY OF PROMOTION. THESE CHALKY VINEYARDS GIVE THE WINES HIGHER ACIDITY AND ELEGANCE, WHICH EXPRESSES ITSELF IN AROMATIC PURITY AND FINESSE WITHOUT THE POWER. A FINE RED MUSIGNY “IS A COMBINATION OF SEDUCTIVE POWER AND UNREPENTANT ARISTOCRACY WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECTRUM OF AROMAS…CRUSHED STRAWBERRIES AND LIQUORICE.” FULLY MATURE AFTER 10-15 YEARS, IT IS OFTEN THE QUINTESSENCE OF FINESSE, AND--FROM A GREAT VINTAGE--AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. BONNES-MARES IS CONSIDERED THE STEPBROTHER OF MUSIGNY; IT IS OFTEN STURDIER AND LESS GRACEFUL THAN MUSIGNY. THE TOP PRODUCERS ARE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ, DOMAINE DUJAC, CHRISTOPHE ROUMIER, LEROY, JACQUES-FRÉDÉRIC MUGNIER, AND GHISLAINE BARTHOD. |
| PASCAL MARCHAND CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2009 |
|
71 |
| DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUX CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2009 |
|
111 |
| DOMAINE BERTHEAU CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2009 |
|
87 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1991 |
|
169 |
| JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2006 |
|
271 |
| JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1999 |
|
377 |
| DUJAC FILS ET PERE CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2010 |
|
133 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2009 |
|
151 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2010 |
|
148 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2008 |
|
91 |
| DOMAINE PONSOT CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
311 |
| LOUIS REMY CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES FREMIERES' 1999 |
|
96 |
| LOUIS REMY CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES FREMIERES' 2000 |
|
99 |
| DEUX MONTILLE CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'BABILLERES' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
102 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘LES GRUENCHERS’ 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
299 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘LES GRUENCHERS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
362 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘LES GRUENCHERS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
369 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY ‘LES FEUSSELOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
101 |
| MEO-CAMUZET CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 'LES FEUSSELOTTES' 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
311 |
| BONNES-MARES |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘BONNES-MARES’ GRAND CRU 1997 |
|
804 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 'BONNES MARES' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
363 |
| VOUGEOT |
|
CISTERCIAN MONKS ESTABLISHED THE GRAND CRU VINEYARD CLOS DE VOUGEOT IN 1100. THE CLOS’ FIFTY HECTARES ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF 82 DIFFERENT OWNERS. CLOS DE VOUGEOT IS ONE OF THE FEW GRAND CRUS WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE VINES WITHIN THE VINEYARD REALLY MATTERS. AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE LEROY, JEAN GRIVOT, ANNE GROS, LOUIS JADOT, AND DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE. |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOUGEOT ‘LES CRAS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
129 |
| DOMAINE CASTAGNIER 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 1990 |
|
202 |
| HEAGELEN-JAYER CLOS DES VOUGEOT GRAND CRU 1991 |
|
361 |
| ANNE GROS 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT, LE GRAND MAUPERTUI' GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
303 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
244 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CLOS DE VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
376 |
| VOSNE-ROMANEE |
| PERHAPS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF PINOT NOIR IN THE WORLD COME FROM THIS COMMUNE. STYLISTICALLY THE WINES LIE BETWEEN THE STURDY GEVREY AND THE DELICATE CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY. THESE WINES ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS OPULENT, SILKY, AND SATINY. VOSNE’S GRAND CRUS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUINTESSENTIAL BURGUNDIES WITH AMAZING DEPTH AND REFINEMENT. THE GRAND CRUS RANGE FROM ROMANÉE ST.-VIVANT, THE LIGHTEST IN BODY BUT VERY AROMATIC, TO RICHEBOURG, THE MOST MASSIVE AND RICH. DOMAIN DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI OWNS THE VINEYARDS OF LA TACHE, ROMANEE-CONTI, AND PARTS OF ÉCHEZEAUX, GRAND ÉCHEZEAUX, ROMANEE ST.-VIVANT, AND RICHEBOURG. THESE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SOME OF THE MOST LONG-LIVED WINES IN BURGUNDY. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THESE GRAND CRU VINEYARDS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, THE FLAVOR PROFILES VARY WIDELY. AMONGST THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAIN DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI, HENRI JAYER, DOMAINE LEROY, SYLVAIN CATHIARD, ANNE GROS, EMMANUEL ROUGET, AND JEAN GRIVOT. |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 2010 |
|
116 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT VOSNE-ROMANEE 1981 |
|
158 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND VOSNE-ROMANEE 2009 |
|
71 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOSNE-ROMANEE 2010 |
|
79 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANEE 2010 |
|
111 |
| GILLES NOBLET VOSNE-ROMANEE 1991 |
|
271 |
| DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUX VOSNE-ROMANEE 'HAUT MAZIERES' 2009 |
|
126 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
171 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
117 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LES CHAUMES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
198 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LES PETITS MONT' 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
172 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘SUCHOTS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
131 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘SUCHOTS’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
184 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOSNE ROMANEE 'AUX MALCONSORTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
466 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOSNE ROMANEE CUVEE CHRISTIANE 'AUX MALCONSORTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
654 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC VOSNE-ROMANEE 'AUX MALCONSORTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
451 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘AUX MALCONSORTS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
438 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LE BEAUX MONTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
386 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LE BEAUX MONTS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
356 |
| MICHEL GROS VOSNE-ROMANEE 'AUX BRULEES' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
269 |
| DOMAINE CACHEUX VOSNE-ROMANEE 'AUX REAS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
128 |
| MICHEL GROS VOSNE-ROMANEE 'CLOS DES REAS' 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
273 |
| LOUIS JADOT VOSNE-ROMANEE 'LES ROUGES' 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
195 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘LES SUCHOTS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
124 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘SUCHOTS’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
146 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI VOSNE-ROMANEE 1ER CRU CUVEE DUVAULT BLOCHET 1999 |
|
1149 |
| EMMANUEL ROUGET VOSNE-ROMANEE ‘CROS PARANTOUX’ 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
2952 |
| ECHÉZEAUX |
| DANIEL BOCQUENET 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2000 |
|
221 |
| DANIEL BOCQUENET 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
228 |
| DOMAINE JACQUES CACHEUX 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
187 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
1381 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
1057 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
1062 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
199 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 |
|
247 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 2010 |
|
246 |
| MAISON CHAMPY ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
276 |
| MAISON CHAMPY 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
211 |
| MAISON CHAMPY ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
248 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
414 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
459 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
243 |
| GRANDS-ECHEZEAUX |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘GRANDS ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
1711 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI 'GRANDS ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
1656 |
| DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'GRANDS ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
536 |
| RICHEBOURG |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
1149 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
577 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 1996 |
|
3221 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
4988 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
2646 |
| ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT |
| FOLLIN-ARBELET 'ROMANEE ST. VIVANT' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
742 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
1149 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
1034 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2007 |
|
1379 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
1494 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC 'ROMANEE ST. VIVANT' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
1328 |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
2706 |
| LA TACHE |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘LA TACHE’ GRAND CRU 2010 |
|
3857 |
| ROMANEE-CONTI |
| DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ROMANEE-CONTI’ GRAND CRU MONOPOLE 2010 |
|
13131 |
| NUITS SAINT GEORGES |
| NUITS-ST.-GEORGES IS THE LONGEST COMMUNE IN THE CÔTE D’OR, EXTENDING FOR SOME FIVE KILOMETERS. MANY TASTERS CHARACTERIZE NUITS AS “EARTHY” AND “RUSTIC.” THERE IS OFTEN A GRANULAR FEEL ABOUT FINE, YOUNG NUITS. THEY MIGHT HAVE A TOUCH OF THE MAVERICK, BUT THE ROBUST CHARM OF LEATHER AND GAMY FLAVORS ARE NO LESS ALLURING. THE GREAT PRODUCERS ARE HENRI GOUGES, CHEVILLON, DOMAIN DE L’ARLOT, AND LEROY. |
| MEO-CAMUZET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2008 |
|
189 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
121 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
104 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DE GRANDES VIGNES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
161 |
| CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DE GRANDES VIGNES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
137 |
| DOMAINE FOREY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'LES PERRIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
136 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES ‘AUX MURGERS’ 1ER CRU 2003 |
|
113 |
| HUDELOT-NOELLAT NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX MURGERS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
124 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX THOREY' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
174 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX SAINT JULIEN' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
129 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'AUX SAINT JULIEN' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
122 |
| PASCAL MARCHAND NUITS-ST-GEORGE ‘LES DAMODES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
102 |
| CORTON |
|
THE WINES OF CORTON ARE THE BIGGEST WINES IN THE CÔTE-DE-BEAUNE. THESE WINES ARE FAT AND RICH, BUT OFTEN HAVE AN AUSTERE EDGE IN THEIR YOUTH (THOUGH IN RIPE VINTAGES THE FRUIT SHOWS VERY WELL). THE BEST EXAMPLES ARE LONG-LIVED. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE TOLLOT-BEAUT, LOUIS JADOT AND BOUCHARD. |
| PASCAL MARCHAND ‘CORTON’ GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
106 |
| FOLLIN-ARBELET 'CORTON-BRESSANDES' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
236 |
| CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
121 |
| CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2008 |
|
124 |
| FAIVELEY ‘CORTON-CLOS DES CORTON’ GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
460 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON' GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
131 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON' GRAND CRU 2002 |
|
127 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CHATEAU CORTON-GRANCEY' GRAND CRU 2005 |
|
173 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CHATEAU CORTON-GRANCEY' GRAND CRU 2002 |
|
151 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON-CLOS DE LA VIGNE AUX SAINT' GRAND CRU 2002 |
|
133 |
| LOUIS LATOUR 'CORTON-CLOS DE LA VIGNE AUX SAINT' GRAND CRU 2003 |
|
191 |
| LOUIS JADOT 'CORTON-POUGETS' GRAND CRU 1999 |
|
171 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CLOS DU ROI' GRAND CRU 2006 |
|
168 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE 'CORTON-CLOS DU ROI' GRAND CRU 2009 |
|
329 |
| BEAUNE |
| BEAUNE IS THE WINE NERVE CENTER OF BURGUNDY. THE WINES RANGE FROM LIGHT AND FRUITY TO DENSE AND JAMMY. ‘GRÈVES’, ‘MARCONNETS’, AND ‘TEURONS’ ARE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE BEST SITES. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE BERNARD MOREY, LOUIS JADOT, ALBERT MOROT, JOSEPH DROUHIN AND BOUCHARD. |
| MICHEL GANOUX BEAUNE 2009 |
|
74 |
| MAISON CHAMPY BEAUNE VIEILLES VIGNES 2010 |
|
34 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE HOSPICE DU BEAUNE, CUVEE MAURICE DROUHIN 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
132 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 1985 |
|
399 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 1993 |
|
266 |
| TOLLOT-BEAUT BEAUNE 'CLOS DU ROI’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
127 |
| LOUIS JADOT BEAUNE 'THEURONS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
82 |
| CAMUS-BRUCHON BEAUNE ‘CLOS DU ROI’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
91 |
| DOMAINE GERMAIN BEAUNE 'BRESSANDES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
83 |
| ALBERT MOROT BEAUNE ‘BRESSANDES’ 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
288 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE BEAUNE ‘SIZIES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
121 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 'CLOS DES MOUCHES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
143 |
| PAUL PERNOT BEAUNE 'LES REVERSEES' 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
92 |
| MAISON CHAMPY BEAUNE ‘CHAMP PIMONT’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
54 |
| MAISON CHAMPY BEAUNE 'LES REVERSEES' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
46 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT BEAUNE 'EPENOTTES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
84 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT BEAUNE 'MONTREVENOTS' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
83 |
| MONGEARD-MUGNERET BEAUNE ‘LES AVAUX’ 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
96 |
| LOUIS JADOT BEAUNE 'BOUCHEROTTES' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
84 |
| BERNARD MOREY 'GREVES,' BEAUNE 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
133 |
| BERNARD MOREY 'GREVES,' BEAUNE 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
134 |
| BERNARD MOREY 'GREVES,' BEAUNE 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
136 |
| LOUIS JADOT BEAUNE 'GREVES' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
84 |
| TOLLOT-BEAUT BEAUNE 'GREVES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
126 |
| POMMARD |
|
DUE TO THE SOIL COMPOSITION, THE WINES OF POMMARD ARE EARTHY AND MINERALLY. WINES FROM THE BEST VINEYARDS (‘RUGIENS’ AND ‘ÉPENOTS’) AND IN GREAT VINTAGES ARE AROMATIC, SPICY AND VERY LONG-LIVED. DE MONTILLE, POUSSE D’OR AND GANOUX ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS. |
| MAISON CHAMPY POMMARD 2010 |
|
59 |
| CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE 'LES CHANLINS' VIEILLES VIGNES 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
99 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT POMMARD 'JAROLLIERES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
117 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT POMMARD 'LES SAUCILLES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
121 |
| YVON CLERGET POMMARD 'RUGIENS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
101 |
| MICHEL GANOUX POMMARD ‘RUGIENS’ 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
334 |
| MICHEL GANOUX POMMARD 'RUGIENS' 1ER CRU 2003 |
|
179 |
| MICHEL GANOUX POMMARD 'GRANDS EPENOTS' 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
204 |
| MICHEL GANOUX POMMARD 'GRANDS EPENOTS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
161 |
| MICHEL GANOUX POMMARD 'GRANDS EPENOTS' 1ER CRU 2003 |
|
171 |
| LOUIS JADOT POMMARD 'RUGIENS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
139 |
| A.F. GROS POMMARD 'LES PEZEROLLES' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
131 |
| A.F. GROS POMMARD 'LES PEZEROLLES' 1ER CRU 2003 |
|
126 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘PEZEROLLES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
237 |
| VOLNAY |
| VOLNAY IS THE MOST CHARMING AND DELIGHTFUL COMMUNE IN THE COTE D’OR. THE WINES ARE PERFUMEY, SOFT AND HAVE A SEDUCTIVE TEXTURE. THERE ARE MANY GREAT VINEYARDS AND (‘CLOS-DES-CHÊNES’, ‘SANTENOTS’, ‘CHAMPANS’ AND ‘CAILLERETS’) PRODUCERS THAT GIVE VOLNAY A GREAT REPUTATION. DE MONTILLE, POUSSE D’OR AND LAFARGE ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS. |
| COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 2009 |
|
188 |
| COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 2010 |
|
182 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT VOLNAY 'PITURES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
116 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT VOLNAY 'LE RONCERET' 1ER CRU 2000 |
|
98 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT VOLNAY 'CARELLE SOUS CHAPELLE' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
119 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT VOLNAY 'CARELLE SOUS CHAPELLE' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
118 |
| CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE 'CARELLE SOUS CHAPELLE' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
83 |
| YVON CLERGET VOLNAY 'CAILLERETS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
86 |
| CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE 'CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE' MONOPOLE 2010 |
|
114 |
| YVON CLERGET VOLNAY 'SANTENOTS' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
82 |
| MAISON CHAMPY VOLNAY 'TAILLEPIEDS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
96 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 1999 |
|
518 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
184 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2007 |
|
225 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
196 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
241 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY 'CARELLE SOUS CHAPELLE' 1ER CRU 2002 |
|
166 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘CHAMPANS’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
169 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘MITANS’ 1ER CRU 2006 |
|
147 |
| DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘MITANS’ 1ER CRU 2008 |
|
177 |
| DOMAINE PARENT VOLNAY 'FREMIETS' 1ER CRU 2005 |
|
126 |
| COMTE ARMAND VOLNAY 'FREMIETS' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
221 |
| DOMAINE BOUCHARD VOLNAY 'CLOS DES CHENES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
119 |
| COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 'SANTENOTS-DU-MILIEU' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
348 |
| COMTES LAFON VOLNAY 'SANTENOTS-DU-MILIEU' 1ER CRU 2010 |
|
211 |
| DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR VOLNAY ‘CLOS DES 60 OUVREES' 1ER CRU 1969 |
|
1264 |
| DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR VOLNAY 'CLOS DES 60 OUVREES' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
273 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT VOLNAY 'LE RONCERET' 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
113 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD VOLNAY ‘CLOS DES CHENES’ 1ER CRU 2009 |
|
94 |
| PINOT NOIR - CALIFORNIA
|
| THIS GROWING GROUP OF PINOT PRODUCERS IS SEEKING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THEIR WINES, BOTH IN THE VINEYARD AND IN THE CELLAR. THIS DIRECTION FOCUSES ON BALANCE, NON-MANIPULATION IN THE CELLAR, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL VARIETAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAKE PINOT NOIR GREAT. SUBTLETY, POISE AND THE ABILITY OF THIS GRAPE TO SERVE AS A PROFOUND VEHICLE FOR THE EXPRESSION OF TERROIR. |
| THOMAS FOGARTY ‘RAPLEY TRAIL VINEYARD,’ SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2008 |
|
64 |
| THOMAS FOGARTY ‘RAPLEY TRAIL VINEYARD' B BLOCK, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2008 |
|
97 |
| THOMAS FOGARTY ‘RAPLEY TRAIL VINEYARD M BLOCK’ SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2008 |
|
97 |
| HIRSCH VINEYARDS EAST RIDGE, SONOMA COAST 2010 |
|
177 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ISABELLE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2005 |
|
113 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ISABELLE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2006 |
|
108 |
| AU BON CLIMAT KNOX ALEXANDER, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
99 |
| AU BON CLIMAT KNOX ALEXANDER, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2007 |
|
94 |
| AU BON CLIMAT CLENDENEN FAMILY, 'LE BON CLIMAT,' SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 |
|
127 |
| ICI/LA-BAS LES REVELES, 'ELKE VINEYARD,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2004 |
|
74 |
| ICI/LA-BAS LES REVELES, 'ELKE VINEYARD,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2006 |
|
69 |
| ICI/LA-BAS LES REVELES, 'ELKE VINEYARD,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2008 |
|
66 |
| TOMARI, STA. RITA HILLS 2008 |
|
81 |
| TOMARI, STA. RITA HILLS 2009 |
|
84 |
| TOMARI, STA. RITA HILLS 2010 |
|
84 |
| PINOT NOIR - NEW ZEALAND |
| DRY RIVER, MARTINBOROUGH 2007 |
|
211 |
| CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT/CABERNET FRANC |
| BORDEAUX |
| OFF THE PATH... |
|
VISITS TO BORDEAUX ARE OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE MOST FAMOUS CHATEAUX AND WELL KNOWN APPELLATIONS. VENTURING 'OFF THE BEATEN PATH' WE EXPLORE LESSER-KNOWN APPELLATIONS AND PROPERTIES OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPUTATIONS OF THEIR FAMOUS NEIGHBORS. THESE PROPERTIES ARE OFTEN SMALLER THAN THEIR MORE FAMOUS NEIGHBORS, BUT SHARE WEATHER CONDITIONS, GEOGRAPHY AND WINEMAKING TRADITIONS WITH THE GRANDEST OF FIRST GROWTH PRODUCERS. THESE WINES OFFER VALUE AND QUALITY AS WELL AS UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS OF THE INFLUENTIAL AND EVOCATIVE BORDELAISE WINE CULTURE. |
| CHATEAU GRANDIS, HAUT-MEDOC 1998 |
|
68 |
| CHATEAU LARROQUE, BORDEAUX 1990 |
|
127 |
| CHATEAU LATOUR-CARNET, HAUT-MEDOC 2006 |
|
93 |
| CHATEAU LAROSE-TRINTAUDON, HAUT-MEDOC CRU BOURGEOIS 1983 |
|
116 |
| CHATEAU LANESSAN, HAUT MEDOC 1955 |
|
603 |
| CHATEAU LANESSAN, HAUT MEDOC 1959 |
|
573 |
| CHATEAU LANNESAN, HAUT-MEDOC 2001 |
|
69 |
| CHATEAU MOULIN DE LA LAGUNE, HAUT-MEDOC 2009 |
|
71 |
| CHATEAU VERDIGNAN, HAUT-MEDOC 2003 |
|
77 |
| CHATEAU CANTEMERLE, HAUT-MEDOC 5EME CRU 1996 |
|
126 |
| CHATEAU CANTEMERLE, HAUT-MEDOC 5EME CRU 2006 |
|
113 |
| CHATEAU CANTEMERLE, HAUT-MEDOC 5EME CRU 2009 |
|
104 |
| SAINT-ESTEPHE |
| CHATEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ, ST. ESTEPHE 2001 |
|
119 |
| CHATEAU MEYNEY, ST. ESTEPHE CRU BOURGEOIS 1985 |
|
148 |
| CHATEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL, ST. ESTEPHE 2EME CRU 1959 |
|
1378 |
| CHATEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL, ST. ESTEPHE 2EME CRU 1975 |
|
457 |
| CHATEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL, ST. ESTEPHE 2EME CRU 1995 |
|
535 |
| CHATEAU MONTROSE, ST. ESTEPHE 2EME CRU 1961 |
|
1867 |
| CHATEAU MONTROSE, ST. ESTEPHE 2EME CRU 2005 |
|
391 |
| CHATEAU CALON-SEGUR, ST. ESTEPHE 3EME CRU 2000 |
|
391 |
| PAUILLAC |
| CHATEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD, PAUILLAC 1ERE CRU 1990 |
|
3209 |
| CHATEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, PAUILLAC 1ERE CRU 1955 |
|
3780 |
| CHATEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, PAUILLAC 1ERE CRU 1990 |
|
863 |
| CHATEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, PAUILLAC 1ERE CRU 2005 |
|
1587 |
| CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE-BARON, PAUILLAC 2EME CRU 1962 |
|
596 |
| CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE-COMTESSE DE LALANDE, PAUILLAC 2EME CRU 1947 |
|
3219 |
| CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE-COMTESSE DE LALANDE, PAUILLAC 2EME CRU 1985 |
|
456 |
| CHATEAU LYNCH-BAGES, PAUILLAC 5EME CRU 1959 |
|
1378 |
| CHATEAU LYNCH-BAGES, PAUILLAC 5EME CRU 1983 |
|
253 |
| CHATEAU GRAND-PUY-LACOSTE, PAUILLAC 5EME CRU 2000 |
|
368 |
| SAINT-JULIEN |
| CHATEAU TERREY GROS CAILLOUX, ST. JULIEN 1997 |
|
58 |
| CHATEAU LA CROIX BEAUCAILLOU, ST. JULIEN 2005 |
|
161 |
| CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 1982 |
|
1069 |
| CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2000 |
|
576 |
| CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE POYFERRE, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2006 |
|
184 |
| CHATEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2005 |
|
529 |
| CHATEAU GRUAUD-LAROSE, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2000 |
|
434 |
| CHATEAU GRUAUD-LAROSE, ST. JULIEN 2EME CRU 2007 |
|
151 |
| CHATEAU LANGOA-BARTON, ST. JULIEN 3EME CRU 2006 |
|
127 |
| CHATEAU BRANAIRE-DUCRU, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 1995 |
|
184 |
| CHATEAU BRANAIRE-DUCRU, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 2008 |
|
144 |
| CHATEAU BRANAIRE-DUCRU, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 2009 |
|
207 |
| CHATEAU BEYCHEVELLE, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 2009 |
|
207 |
| CHÂTEAU TALBOT, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU 1959 |
|
573 |
| MARGAUX |
| CHATEAU MARGAUX, MARGAUX 1EME CRU 1983 |
|
1151 |
| CHATEAU MARGAUX, MARGAUX 1EME CRU 1985 |
|
989 |
| CHATEAU RAUZAN-SEGLA, MARGAUX 2EME CRU 2009 |
|
276 |
| CHATEAU CANTENAC-BROWN, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 2009 |
|
184 |
| CHÂTEAU PALMER, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 1961 |
|
2759 |
| CHÂTEAU MALESCOT ST. EXUPERY, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 1961 |
|
921 |
| CHÂTEAU MALESCOT ST. EXUPERY, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 1999 |
|
173 |
| CHÂTEAU MALESCOT ST. EXUPERY, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 2001 |
|
139 |
| CHATEAU KIRWAN, MARGAUX 3EME CRU 2008 |
|
124 |
| CHATEAU PRIEURE-LICHINE, MARGAUX 4EME CRU 2006 |
|
107 |
| GRAVES |
| CHATEAU LES CARMES HAUT-BRION, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 2008 |
|
138 |
| DOMAINE DE CHEVALIER, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1990 |
|
299 |
| CHATEAU LA MISSION-HAUT-BRION, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1966 |
|
757 |
| CHATEAU LA MISSION-HAUT-BRION, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1971 |
|
576 |
| CHATAEU PAPE CLEMENT, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1961 |
|
1379 |
| CHATAEU PAPE CLEMENT, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1986 |
|
444 |
| CHATEAU PAPE CLEMENT, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 2009 |
|
368 |
| CHATEAU HAUT-BAILLY, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 2001 |
|
253 |
| CHATEAU LARRIVET-HAUT-BRION, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 2009 |
|
93 |
| CHATEAU HAUT-BRION, PESSAC-LEOGNAN, GRAVES 1EME CRU 1966 |
|
921 |
| SAINT-ÉMILION |
| CHATEAU FIGEAC, ST. EMILION 1953 |
|
1879 |
| CHATEAU SOUTARD, ST. EMILION 1985 |
|
184 |
| CHATEAU LA CONFESSION, ST. EMILION 2009 |
|
104 |
| POMEROL |
| CHATEAU VIEUX CERTAN, POMEROL 1982 |
|
688 |
| CHATEAU LA POINTE, POMEROL 2005 |
|
114 |
| CHATEAU FUGUE DE NENIN, POMEROL 1999 |
|
92 |
| CHATEAU PETITE VILLAGE, POMEROL 2009 |
|
138 |
| CHATEAU PLINCE, POMEROL 2009 |
|
104 |
| CHATEAU LATOUR A POMEROL, POMEROL 2009 |
|
231 |
| CABERNET SAUVIGNON/MERLOT/CABERNET FRANC cont'd |
| LOIRE VALLEY |
| JEAN-MAURICE RAFFAULT 'LES PICASSES,' CHINON 2000 |
|
59 |
| JEAN-MAURICE RAFFAULT 'LES GALUCHES,' CHINON 1996 |
|
66 |
| CHARLES JOGUET 'CLOS DU CHENE VERT,' CHINON 2009 |
|
99 |
| CLOS ROUGEARD CLOS, SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY 2008 |
|
139 |
| CLOS ROUGEARD 'LES POYEUX,' SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY 2008 |
|
179 |
| CLOS ROUGEARD 'LE BOURG,' SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY 2008 |
|
226 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR |
| CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 1997 |
|
183 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 1998 |
|
153 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 1999 |
|
137 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2000 |
|
128 |
| CHATEAU MUSAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2001 |
|
146 |
| WASHINGTON |
| SEVEN HILLS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'SEVEN HILLS,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2003 |
|
106 |
| SEVEN HILLS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ‘KLIPSUN,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2005 |
|
97 |
| UPCHURCH VINEYARD, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2010 |
|
123 |
| CALIFORNIA |
| HUGE BEAR URSA GIGANTES, SONOMA COUNTY 2009 |
|
69 |
| HUGE BEAR, SONOMA COUNTY 2007 |
|
89 |
| ARNOT-ROBERTS ‘BUGAY,’ SONOMA COUNTY 2008 |
|
186 |
| ARNOT-ROBERTS ‘BUGAY,’ SONOMA COUNTY 2009 |
|
181 |
| ARNOT-ROBERTS ‘CLAJEUX,’ CHALK HILL 2008 |
|
187 |
| ARNOT-ROBERTS ‘FELLOM RANCH,’ SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2008 |
|
189 |
| ACKERMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS, NAPA VALLEY 2004 |
|
192 |
| ACKERMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS, NAPA VALLEY 2007 |
|
166 |
| ARAUJO 'ALTAGRACIA,' NAPA VALLEY 2009 |
|
206 |
| HEITZ ‘MARTHA’S VINEYARD,’ NAPA VALLEY 1970 |
|
1611 |
| HEITZ ‘MARTHA’S VINEYARD,’ NAPA VALLEY 1985 |
|
518 |
| HEITZ ‘MARTHA’S VINEYARD,’ NAPA VALLEY 1990 |
|
459 |
| KNIGHTS BRIDGE, KNIGHTS VALLEY 2009 |
|
182 |
| KNIGHTS BRIDGE ‘DR. CRANE VINEYARD,’ ST. HELENA 2009 |
|
206 |
| KNIGHTS BRIDGE 'TO KALON,' OAKVILLE 2009 |
|
206 |
| PONT DE CHEVALIER ‘TO KALON,’ NAPA VALLEY 2008 |
|
259 |
| TOMARI CELLARS, NAPA VALLEY 2008 |
|
97 |
| TOMARI CELLARS, NAPA VALLEY 2009 |
|
92 |
| RHONE VALLEY |
| SYRAH - NORTHERN RHONE VALLEY |
| PIERRE GONON 'LES OLIVIERS' SAINT JOSEPH BLANC 2009 |
|
114 |
| PIERRE GONON VIELLES VIGNES SAINT JOSEPH 2007 |
|
173 |
| LES VINS DE VIENNES CORNAS LES BARCILLANTS 2010 |
|
123 |
| AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2006 |
|
212 |
| AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2007 |
|
216 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS CHAILLOTS 2008 |
|
196 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2007 |
|
256 |
| THIERRY ALLEMAND CORNAS REYNARD 2008 |
|
246 |
| GEORGE VERNAY LA BLONDE DU SEIGNEUR, COTE ROTIE 2007 |
|
168 |
| MICHEL & STEPHANE OGIER COTE ROTIE 2006 |
|
198 |
| MICHEL & STEPHANE OGIER COTE ROTIE 2008 |
|
134 |
| JAMET COTE ROTIE 2007 |
|
216 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 1990 |
|
1227 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 1995 |
|
506 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 1998 |
|
368 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 1999 |
|
506 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2001 |
|
311 |
| PAUL JABOULET 'LA CHAPELLE,' HERMITAGE 1990 |
|
920 |
| GRENACHE - SOUTHERN RHONE VALLEY & PROVENCE |
| CHATEAU DE FONSALETTE COTES DU RHONE 2007 |
|
146 |
| CHATEAU DE FONSALETTE SYRAH, COTES DU RHONE 2007 |
|
226 |
| DOMAINE GERARD CHARVIN CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 2009 |
|
139 |
| FERAUD-BRUNEL CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2007 |
|
98 |
| LE CLOS DU CAILLOU RESERVE, CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2009 |
|
256 |
| CHATEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2001 |
|
229 |
| CHATEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2009 |
|
207 |
| E. GUIGAL, CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 1999 |
|
226 |
| CHATEAU RAYAS PIGNAN, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 1999 |
|
338 |
| CHATEAU RAYAS PIGNAN, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 2001 |
|
317 |
| CHATEAU RAYAS PIGNAN, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 2007 |
|
279 |
| CHATEAU RAYAS RESERVE, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 1999 |
|
499 |
| CHATEAU RAYAS RESERVE, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE 2007 |
|
455 |
| DOMAINE TEMPIER BANDOL ‘CABASSAOU’ 2008 |
|
201 |
| DOMAINE TEMPIER BANDOL ‘LA TOURTINE’ 2008 |
|
139 |
| DOMAINE TEMPIER BANDOL ‘MIGOUA’ 2008 |
|
141 |
| SYRAH - NEW ZEALAND |
| CRAGGY RANGE LE SOL, HAWKES BAY 2007 |
|
159 |
| DRY RIVER SYRAH 'LOVAT,' MARTINBOROUGH 2006 |
|
139 |
| SWEET WINES |
| OFF THE PATH |
| BRAIDA BRACHETTO D'ACQUI, PIEDMONT, ITALY 2011 |
|
58 |
| LONG SHADOWS RIESLING, ICE WINE, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2008 |
|
163 |
| MCKINLEY SPRING CHENIN BLANC [HEAVENS REWARD, LATE HARVEST, WASHINGTON 2007 |
demi |
33 |
| CHAMBERS MUSCADELLE, RUTHERGLEN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA NV |
demi |
31 |
| FRANCE |
| PIERRE BONIFACE CAPRICE DE ROCAILES, SAVOIE NV |
|
41 |
| PATRICK BOTTEX ROSE LA CUEILLE BUGEY-CERDON, FRANCE NV |
|
44 |
| MARGAINE DEMI-SEC, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV |
demi |
57 |
| TRIMBACH GEWURZTRAMINER VENDAGE TARDIVE, ALSACE, FRANCE 1998 |
|
77 |
| TRIMBACH RIESLING CUVEE FREDERIC EMILE VENDAGE TARDIVE, ALSACE, FRANCE 2001 |
|
116 |
| HUET CUVEE CONSTANCE, VOUVRAY, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2003 |
500 ml |
167 |
| DOMAINE DES BAUMARD QUARTS DE CHAUME, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2004 |
|
76 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU LES JARDINS DE BABYLONE, JURANCON, FRANCE 2008 |
500 ml |
294 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU LES JARDINS DE BABYLONE, JURANCON, FRANCE 2009 |
500 ml |
277 |
| SAUTERNES |
| CHATEAU CLIMENS SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1986 |
|
186 |
| CHATEAU CLIMENS SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1988 |
|
211 |
| CHATEAU CLIMENS SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1989 |
|
168 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1979 |
demi |
399 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1981 |
demi |
357 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1983 |
|
691 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1985 |
demi |
391 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1986 |
demi |
459 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1990 |
demi |
396 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1997 |
demi |
329 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1988 |
|
747 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1989 |
demi |
368 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1990 |
|
805 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1988 |
demi |
414 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1998 |
demi |
337 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1999 |
demi |
368 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2000 |
|
459 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2001 |
|
1150 |
| CHATEAU D'YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2001 |
demi |
543 |
| ROUMIEU-LACOSTE, SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2001 |
demi |
49 |
| ROUMIEU-LACOSTE, SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2001 |
|
77 |
| GERMANY & AUSTRIA |
| SCHLOSS LIESER 'NIEDERBERG HELDEN,' BEERENAULESE, MOSEL 2005 |
demi |
138 |
| KARTHAUSERHOF RIESLING EITELSBACHER KARTHAUSERHOFBERG BEERENAUSLESE #32, RUWER, GERMANY 2005 |
|
473 |
| FRITZ HAAG RIESLING BRAUNEBERGER JUFFER-SONNENUHR, BEERENAUSLESE, MOSEL 2001 |
demi |
230 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER 'HERRENBERG' BEERENAUSLESE, RUWER 2005 |
|
188 |
| ZILLIKEN 'SAARBURGER RAUSCH' BEERENAUSLESE, SAAR 2005 |
demi |
138 |
| ZILLIKEN LONG GOLD CAPSULE 'SAARBURGER RAUSCH' BEERENAUSLESE, MOSEL 2005 |
magnum |
1541 |
| NIGL GRUNER VELTLINER TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE, KREMSTAL, AUSTRIA 2008 |
demi |
102 |
| PORT |
| QUINTA DO INFANTADO, DOURO, PORTUGAL 2003 |
demi |
31 |
| DOW'S , DOURO, PORTUGAL 1994 |
demi |
63 |
| FONSECA, DOURO, PORTUGAL 1977 |
|
287 |
| FONSECA, DOURO, PORTUGAL 1994 |
demi |
93 |
| GRAHAM'S , DOURO, PORTUGAL 1994 |
demi |
67 |
| TAYLOR FLADGATE, DOURO, PORTUGAL 1963 |
|
460 |
| TAYLOR FLADGATE, DOURO, PORTUGAL 1994 |
demi |
114 |
| TAYLOR FLADGATE 'QUINTA DE VARGELLAS,' DOURO, PORTUGAL 2007 |
|
99 |