RN74 Seattle | Wine List https://binwise.com/winelists/RN74-Seattle-BOTTLE-WINE-LIST.html[1/9/15, 10:35:53 AM] Click here for the glass wine list "WINTER MARKET LIST” - WHITE WINES Sparkling Wine GASTON CHIQUET TRADITION, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 91 JACQUES COPINET BLANC DE BLANCS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 92 DELAMOTTE BLANC DE BLANCS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 89 JOSE DHONDT BLANC DE BLANCSBRUT, OGER GRAND CRU, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 74 DIDIER-DUCOS CUVEE BRUT CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 84 GODME EXTRA BRUT,VERZENAY GRAND CRU, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 99 LEGRAS ET HAAS BLANC DE BLANCS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 88 NOMINE-RENARD BRUT, VILLEVENARD, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE NV 94 CONTRATTO MILLESIMATO BRUT, OLTREPO PAVESE, ITALY 2008 69 CA DEL BOSCO CUVEE PRESTIGE BRUT, LOMBARDY, ITALY NV 67 BRUNDLMAYER SEKT EXTRA BRUT, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA NV 89 REICHSGRAF VON KASSELSTATT MAJORAT, MOSEL, GERMANY 2009 61 IRON HORSE BRUT, GREEN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 2008 77 Chardonnay MICHEL GUIGNIER AMETHYSTES MACON-VILLAGES, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2012 42 MAISON CHAMPY RULLY, COTE CHALONNAISE, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 29 LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2012 56 LAURENT TRIBUT CHABLIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2013 68 DOMAINE PINSON 'MONTMAINS' CHABLIS 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2012 74 BALLOT-MILLOT MEURSAULT, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2011 99 BENEDICT ET STEPHANE TISSOT 'LES BRUYERES,' ARBOIS, JURA, FRANCE 2011 81 BUTY ‘CONNER LEE,’ COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2013 84 SPARKMAN ENLIGHTENMENT,YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 99 EYRIE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2011 42 BIG TABLE FARM, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2012 93 J.K. CARRIERE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2008 76 WALTER SCOTT CUVÉE ANNE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2012 87 WESTREY, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON 2011 41
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ANIMALE CARMENERE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2011 51
HARRINGTON RED BLEND SECATUER, CALIFORNIA 2012 46
HARRINGTON CARIGNAN 'LOVER'S LANE,' MENDOCINO, CALIFORNIA 2012 72
CHATEAU MUSAR HOCHAR, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 2009 67
KARYDAS XINOMAVRO, NAOUSSA, GREECE 2010 59
CUVELIER LOS ANDES MALBEC BLEND COLECCION, MENDOZA, ARGENTINA 2010 46
TERRAZAS DE LOS ANDES 'LAS COMPUERTAS AFINCADO,' LUJAN DE CUYO, MENDOZA, ARGENTINA
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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 FRED 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 98
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND NIGHT OWL 'ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 94
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND CUMMINGS, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 74
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND MORRIS GRAVES, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 69
AMAURICE CABERNET BLEND ANDERSON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 83
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 CABERNET BLEND GRAVURA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 103
AVENNIA GRENACHE BLEND JUSTINE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 81
AVENNIA SYRAH 'BOUSHEY' ARNAUT,YAKIMA VALLEY 2011 97
AVENNIA SYRAH 'BOUSHEY' ARNAUT, YAKIMA VALLEY 2012 101
BAER WINERY
WINEMAKER LANCE BAER FOUNDED BAER WINERY IN 2000 WITH A SINGLE PASSION—TO BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO WOODINVILLE. AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WINERIES IN WASHINGTON, LANCE WANTED TO TAKE HIS WINEMAKING SKILLS IN HIS OWN, CREATIVE, DIRECTION. LANCE SUCCEEDED IN HANDCRAFTING BLENDS DISTINCTLY HIS OWN, AND IN APRIL 2003 THE WINERY’S SIGNATURE BLEND, URSA, WAS RELEASED. URSA, A FEMININE EXPRESSION OF RED WINE, PREDOMINANTLY MERLOT AND CABERNET FRANC, WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY ARCTOS, A BOLDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON-BASED BLEND. SADLY, LANCE PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY IN 2007. THE WINERY AND LANCE’S VISION CONTINUES WITH THE HELP OF HIS SISTER LISA AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WINEMAKER ERICA ORR, AS CONSULTING WINEMAKER, ENSURES THAT BAER’S BORDEAUX VARIETAL DRIVEN WINES CONTINUE TO BE BENCHMARKS FOR WASHINGTON WINE.
BAER CABERNET BLEND ARCTOS, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 94
BAER MAIA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 119
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 'EIDOLON,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 121
BALBOA CABERNET BLEND MITH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 81
BALBOA CABERNET BLEND 'CONSTRICTOR,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 63
BETZ FAMILY
AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS AT CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, BOB BETZ - MASTER OF WINE, CREATED HIS OWN LABEL AND RELEASED HIS FIRST VINTAGE IN 1997. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD A SINGLE GOAL: CRAFTING COMPELLING WINES THAT SHOWCASE WASHINGTON AS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE WINE REGIONS IN THE WORLD. BOB CREATES WINES THAT EXPRESS THE BEST CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH NEW AND OLD WORLDS, OFFERING RIPE INTENSE FRUIT AND STRUCTURE FOR LONGEVITY.
BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BLEND BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 99
BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BLEND BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 99
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2011 126
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2012 127
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2011 126
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN 2012 127
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET SAUVIGNON CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 119
BETZ FAMILY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PERE DE FAMILLE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 148
BUTY WINERY
OWNER NINA BUTY AND WINEMAKER CHRIS DOWSETT BELIEVE THAT MAKING WINE IS PART OF A LARGER PROCESS, WITH MANY INTERCONNECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT GREAT VINEYARDS AND GREAT WINES HAVE A SOUL. IN KEEPING WITH THESE BELIEFS, BUTY IS GUIDED BY A PHILOSOPHY THAT REFLECTS THE IDEA OF GROWTH FROM
BODY TO MIND TO SOUL TO SPIRIT—WITH EACH LEVEL BUILDING ON THE LAST TO CREATE A MORE COMPLEX AND COHESIVE WHOLE. FROM THE SELECTION OF VINEYARDS, THE METHODS USED TO FARM THEM AND THE TIMING OF HARVEST TO BUTY’S DEDICATION TO NATURAL WINEMAKING PRACTICES. TO MAINTAIN THIS AUTHENTICITY, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, CHRIS AND NINA EMPHASIZE BLENDS WHERE ALL THE VARIETALS COME FROM THE SAME VINEYARD.
BUTY SYRAH/CABERNET SAUVIGNON REDIVIVA OF THE STONES, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 126
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 MERLOT/CABERNET FRANC ‘KLIPSUN,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2004 86
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND ‘CIEL DU CHEVAL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2009 95
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND ‘CIEL DU CHEVAL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2011 93
CADENCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON BLEND 'TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2007 112
CADENCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON BLEND ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2009 94
CADENCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON BLEND ‘TAPTEIL,’ RED MOUNTAIN 2011 94
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC/MERLOT BEL CANTO, RED MOUNTAIN 2006 115
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND BEL CANTO 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2007 113
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND BEL CANTO 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2009 116
CADENCE CABERNET FRANC BLEND BEL CANTO 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2011 123
CADENCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON CAMERATA 'TAPTIEL,' RED MOUNTAIN 2004 114
CADENCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON/FRANC CAMERATA 'CARA MIA,' RED MOUNTAIN 2006 136
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 'ARMADA' GRENACHE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 226
CAYUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS 'ARMADA' GRENACHE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 266
CAYUSE 'EN CERISE' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 211
CAYUSE 'EN CHAMBERLIN' SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 212
CAYUSE BIONIC FROG SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 279
CAYUSE CAMASPELO CABERNET-MERLOT, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 266
CHARLES SMITH IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BIG HAIR, ROCK N’ ROLL AESTHETIC AND A PENCHANT FOR AUDACIOUS BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC. HOWEVER, HIS TRUE MARK IN THE WORLD OF WINE IS HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO WASHINGTON SYRAH AND AS A CHAMPION FOR THE REGION. WHILE IT’S JUST AS LIKELY TO FIND HIM STAGGERING OUT OF A BAR AS WALKING HIS VINEYARDS, CHARLES’ SINGLE-MINDED COMMITMENT TO PRODUCING QUALITY WASHINGTON WINES FOR BOTH CHARLES SMITH WINES AND K VINTNERS HAVE CEMENTED HIS LEGACY IN THE WORLD OF WINE.
K VINTNERS GRENACHE BLEND THE BOY, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 95
K VINTNERS SYRAH 'RIVER ROCK,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 96
K VINTNERS SYRAH 'MORRISON LANE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 116
K VINTNERS SYRAH 'PHIL LANE', WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2007 168
K VINTNERS MERLOT 'NORTHRIDGE,' WAHLUKE SLOPE 2011 94
K VINTNERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ROMA 'EN CHAMBERLAIN,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 146
K VINTNERS CABERNET SAUVIGNON THE CREATOR, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 136
K VINTNERS SANGIOVESE GUIDO, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 115
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 2007 149
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.
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2007 153
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 157
CORLISS CABERNET SAUVIGNON RED BLEND, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 178
TRANCHE SYRAH 'BLUE MOUNTAIN ESTATE,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 72
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 DOYENNE SYRAH SIGNATURE, YAKIMA VALLEY 2012 90
DELILLE DOYENNE AIX, RED MOUNTAIN 2012 79
DUSTED VALLEY VINTNERS
DUSTED VALLEY WAS FOUNDED ON THE NOTION THAT WHEN FAMILY PULLS TOGETHER THE AMERICAN DREAM CAN TURN INTO A LIVING REALITY. THUS BEGAN THE QUEST FOR THE BEST FRUIT AND ESTATE VINEYARDS IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY AND BEYOND. IN 2003, THE BRAUNEL AND JOHNSON FAMILIES MOVED TO WALLA WALLA FROM WISCONSIN. THE FOCUS IS ON FARMING FOUR DIVERSE VINEYARDS TOTALING NEARLY 100 ACRES IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. IN ADDITION, DUSTED VALLEY HAS BEGUN A UNIQUE BARREL PROJECT USING EXTRA-TIGHT-GRAINED WISCONSIN OAK HARVESTED FROM THE VERY LAND THEY GREW UP AROUND.
DUSTED VALLEY GRENACHE 'STONE TREE,' WAHLUKE SLOPE 2011 79
DUSTED VALLEY CABERNET FRANC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 79
DUSTED VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 69
DUSTED VALLEY MALBEC, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 91
EFESTE
IS PRONOUNCED F-S-T, A PHONETIC SPELLING OF THE FIRST INITIALS OF THE WINERY'S THREE OWNERS - FERRELLI, SMITH, TAYLOR. EFESTE PRODUCES A HANDFUL OF WINES USING YEASTS THAT WINEMAKER BRENNON LEIGHTON CALLS 'FERAL' OR WILD, INSTEAD OF USING COMMERCIAL YEASTS. THE WINERY’S AMBIENT YEASTS ARE COMPRISED OF THOSE FROM THE PREVIOUS WINERY AS WELL AS OTHER NATIVE STRAINS, ALL WORKING IN CONCERT TO CREATE WINES OF GREAT INTENSITY AND SENSE OF PLACE.
EFESTE SYRAH JOLIE BOUCHE 'BOUSHEY,' YAKIMA VALLEY 2010 83
EFESTE CABERNET SAUVIGNON BIG PAPA, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 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 2011 109
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2010 117
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH LAGNIAPPE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 121
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH THE DEUCE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 119
GRAMERCY CELLARS GRENACHE BLEND THIRD MAN, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2012 101
GRAMERCY CELLARS MOURVEDRE BLEND L'IDIOT DU VILLAGE, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 109
GRAMERCY CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2011 111
GRAMERCY CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 114
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.
FIGGINS CABERNET BLEND ESTATE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 212
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 2011 121
PEPPER BRIDGE CABERNET BLEND TRINE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 139
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 ROUSSANNE QUEENS ROAD WHITE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 129
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS GRENACHE BLANC, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 126
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH FOOTHILLS RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 146
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE UNNAMED, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 141
REYNVAAN FAMILY VINEYARDS SYRAH THE CONTENDER, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 164
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
SYNCLINE WINE CELLARS
POPPIE & JAMES MANTONE MET WHILE WORKING HARVEST IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN 1997. FOUR YEARS LATER THEY FOUNDED A WINERY IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND CREATED THEIR FIRST VINTAGE OF PINOT NOIR FROM THE COOL 'CELILO' VINEYARD THAT HAD BEEN PLANTED IN 1972. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR BOTTLINGS TO INCLUDE GRENACHE, CARIGNAN, VIOGNIER & ROUSSANNE BUT ARE KEEPING PRODUCTION SMALL TO FOCUS ON QUALITY.
SYNCLINE PINOT NOIR 'UNDERWOOD,' COLUMBIA GORGE 2011 59
SYNCLINE MOURVEDRE, RED MOUNTAIN 2010 92
TWO VINTNERS
WINEMAKER MORGAN LEE FIRST CUT HIS TEETH AT COLUMBIA CREST, BUT WAS QUICKLY WHISKED AWAY TO BE THE WINEMAKER FOR UPSTART WINERY COVINGTON CELLARS IN 2007. NOT LONG AFTER, MORGAN AND ASSISTANT WINEMAKER DONAVIN CLAFLIN LAUNCHED TWO VINTNERS AND SHIFTED THEIR FOCUS TO MERLOT AND SOON AFTER EXPANDED INTO RHONE INSPIRED WINES AND A TOUCH OF ZINFANDEL. TWO VINTNERS STYLE IS CLASSIC WASHINGTON BOLD, YET PLUSH, RIPE, BUT NOT OVERBEARING.
TWO VINTNERS SYRAH BLEND OLIVER, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 111
TWO VINTNERS ZINFANDEL 'STONETREE,' WAHLUKE SLOPE 2012 58
VA PIANO VINEYARDS
THE INSPIRATION FOR A TUSCAN-THEMED WINERY AND TASTING ROOM CAME ABOUT AFTER OWNER/WINEMAKER JUSTIN WYLIE SPENT HIS SENIOR YEAR AT GONZAGA UNIVERSITY STUDYING IN FLORENCE, ITALY. THE MAJORITY OF GRAPES USED ARE ESTATE GROWN, AS WELL AS GRAPES SOURCES FROM CAREFULLY CHOSEN VINEYARDS ACROSS THE REGION. VA PIANO WINES DISPLAY INTENSE FLAVORS, FINE TANNIN STRUCTURE AND INTENSE AROMAS.
VA PIANO SYRAH, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2010 78
VA PIANO SYRAH BLACK LABEL 'LES COLLINES,' WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2011 129
VA PIANO SYRAH BLACK LABEL 'PORTTEUS,' RATTLESNAKE HILLS 2011 131
VA PIANO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2009 74
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 2010 91
WATERS SYRAH ‘FORGOTTEN HILLS,’ WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2012 133
FEATURED OREGON WINES BETWEEN 1965 AND 1968, DAVID LETT, CHARLES COURY AND DICK ERATH INDEPENDENTLY MOVED TO THE RURAL NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ESTABLISHED VINEYARDS. SOON AFTER, ADELSHEIM, PONZI, AND SOKOL BLOSSER ALL PLANTED ROOTS IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. IN 1979 DAVID LETT OF EYRIE VINEYARDS ENTERED HIS PINOT NOIR INTO THE GAULT-MILLAU FRENCH WINE OLYMPICS AND WON TOP HONORS AGAINST FRANCE’S BEST WINES. IT WAS THEN THAT THE WORLD BEGAN TO TAKE NOTICE OF OREGON AS A SERIOUS WINE GROWING REGION. IN JUST 40 YEARS OREGON HAS EVOLVED INTO A WORLD CLASS WINE GROWING STATE WITH 15 DEMARCATED WINE GROWING REGIONS AND MORE THAN 300 WINERIES PRODUCING WINE FROM 72 GRAPE VARIETIES. AS A WINE REGION, OREGON CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE SMALL, HAND CRAFTED WINES REIGN AND WHERE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ARE KEY.
ANTICA TERRAANTICA TERRA 'ANTIKYTHERA' EOLA AMITY HILLS 2011 211
ANTICA TERRA 'CERAS' EOLA AMITY HILLS 2012 163
BIG TABLE FARMBIG TABLE FARM 'SUNNYSIDE,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 99
BIG TABLE FARM 'WIRST,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 98
BIG TABLE FARM 'CATRALL BROTHERS,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2012 99
BOEDECKER CELLARSBOEDECKER PINOT NOIR 'CHERRY GROVE,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 107
BOEDECKER PINOT NOIR 'SHEA,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010 141
BOEDECKER PINOT NOIR 'SHEA,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 137
BOEDECKER PINOT NOIR 'HIRSCHY,' WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2011 109
DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR VOSNE-ROMANEE 2010 magnum 291
BALLOT-MILLOT POMMARD ‘PEZEROLLES’ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2010 magnum 249
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2005 magnum 785
DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2011 magnum 319
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
BETZ FAMILY GRENACHE BESOLEIL, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2012 magnum 199
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 magnum 239
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH LA SERENNE, YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2012 magnum 254
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2011 magnum 251
BETZ FAMILY SYRAH COTE ROUSSE, RED MOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON 2012 magnum 254
BETZ FAMILY MERLOT-CABERNET CLOS DE BETZ, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 2011 magnum 244
CHATEAU TALBOT, ST. JULIEN 4EME CRU, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 1970 magnum 598
CHATEAU LANNESAN, HAUT-MEDOC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 1970 magnum 599
CHATEAU GOMBAUDE-GUILLOT, POMEROL, BORDEAUX 1998 magnum 399
CHATEAU TROTANOY, POMEROL, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 1962 magnum 1838
SANT'ELENA CABERNET SAUVIGNON, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY 2005 magnum 66
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“THE COLLECTION”
CHAMPAGNELITERALLY 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.
SERVEAUX CARTE NOIRE, BLANC DE NOIRS, PASSY SUR MARNE NV 64
SERVEAUX CUVÉE PUR, BLANC DE BLANCS, PASSY SUR MARNE NV 83
MONTAGNE DES REIMSBERECHE MONTAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS, TREPAIL 1ER CRU 2004 179
R.H. COUTIER TRADITION AMBONNAY GRAND CRU NV 91
EGLY-OURIET LES VIGNES DE VRIGNY, AMBONNAY GRAND CRU NV 156
GODME BLANC DE NOIRS, VERZENAY GRAND CRU NV 86
GODME BLANC DE BLANCS 1ER CRU, VERZENAY NV 81
HERVIEUX DUMEZ SPECIAL CLUB, SACY 2007 136
KRUG GRAND CUVEE, REIMS NV 349
KRUG VINTAGE, REIMS 2000 503
J. LASSALLE CUVEE ANGELINE BRUT, CHIGNY-LES-ROSE 1ER CRU 2008 179
MOET ET CHANDON BRUT, REIMS 1992 299
JEROME PREVOST LA CLOSERIE 'BEGUINES,' BLANC DE NOIRS, GUEUX 2009 196
LOUIS ROEDERER BRUT NATURE, REIMS 2006 173
CAMILLE SAVES CUVÉE PRESTIGE, BOUZY GRAND CRU NV 103
CAMILLE SAVES MILLESIME, BOUZY GRAND CRU 2007 109
CAMILLE SAVES CUVÉE ANIAS JOLIECOEUR, BOUZY GRAND CRU 2008 153
VEUVE-CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME, REIMS 2004 299
VILMART & CIE GRAND CELLIER, RILLY NV 129
VILMART & CIE CUVEE CREATION, RILLY 1998 magnum 721
AUBECEDRIC BOUCHARD INFLORESCENCE 'BECHALIN' BLANC DE NOIRS, CELLES-SUR-OURCE 2004 199
LASSAIGNE 'LE COTET' BLANC DE BLANCS, MONTEGUEUX NV 156
LASSAIGNE 'LES PAPILLES INSOLITES' BLANC DE NOIRS, MONTEGUEUX NV 159
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.
A. ET P. VILLAINE BOURGOGNE BLANC 'LES CLOUS' 2010 74
A. ET P. VILLAINE BOUZERON 2008 38
A. ET P. DE VILLAINE, BOUZERON, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 59
A. ET P. VILLAINE RULLY 'LES SAINT JACQUES' 2010 86
MAISON AMBROISE NUITS-ST-GEORGE "TERRES BLANCHES" 1ER CRU 2008 139
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY SAINT-AUBIN 'REMILLY' NICHOLAS ET MATHIS 1ER CRU 2010 109
DEUX MONTILLE BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 36
DEUX MONTILLE AUXEY-DURESSES 2008 68
DEUX MONTILLE PERNAND-VERGELESSES 2008 72
DEUX MONTILLE RULLY 2008 54
DEUX MONTILLE SAINT-AUBIN 'SUR GAMAY' 1ER CRU 2008 78
DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY-ST-DENIS BLANC 2011 144
JEAN-JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER 'CLOS DE LA MARECHALE,' NUITS-ST-GEORGE 1ER CRU 2010 165
PAUL PERNOT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2009 67
JOSEPH ROTY BOURGOGNE BLANC 2008 48
ROULOT BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE 2009 53
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.
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'FOREST' 1ER CRU 2009 126
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'FOREST' 1ER CRU 2012 149
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'SECHET' 1ER CRU 2012 149
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2011 132
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'VAILLONS' 1ER CRU 2012 149
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2011 211
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2012 251
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES PREUSSES' GRAND CRU 2011 209
RENE ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT CHABLIS 'LES PREUSSES' GRAND CRU 2012 259
DAUVISSAT-CAMUS CHABLIS 'FORET' 1ER CRU 2012 124
FREDERIC GUEGUEN PETIT CHABLIS 2009 31
DOMAINE DE LA MEULIERE CHABLIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2012 46
LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS 'GRENOUILLES' GRAND CRU 2009 141
VINCENT MOTHE CHABLIS 2012 36
VINCENT MOTHE 'VAUCOUPIN' 1ER CRU 2012 49
PATRICK PIUZE CHABLIS 'BLANCHOT' GRAND CRU 2012 177
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
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.
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2009 311
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2010 309
PIERRE MOREY MEURSAULT 'TESSON' 2010 176
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE' 2011 371
COMTES LAFON MEURSAULT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2011 579
CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 179
CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET MEURSAULT ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2010 144
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘BOUCHERES’ 1ER CRU 2007 390
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2009 183
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘VIREUILS’ 2010 216
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘TESSONS CLOS DE MON PLASIR’ 2010 276
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘TESSONS CLOS DE MON PLASIR’ 2009 263
ROULOT MEURSAULT ‘BOUCHERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 299
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.
LOUIS CARILLON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘CHAMP CANET’ 1ER CRU 2008 199
LOUIS CARILLON PULIGNY-MONTRACHET ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2008 188
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
LITERALLY MEANS WELCOME TO ‘BÂTARD-MONTRACHET’. THE VINEYARD HAS A TENDENCY TO PRODUCE VERY RIPE GRAPES AND THE WINES ARE FAT AND OILY WITH LAYERS OF TROPICAL FRUITS AND SPICE. THE VERY BEST PRODUCERS MAKE WINES OF SEDUCTIVE COMPLEXITY, WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE IN THEIR YOUTH (THOUGH THEY CAN AGE GRACEFULLY). THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, PERNOT, RAMONET AND CARILLON.
ETIENNE SAUZET ‘BIENVENUES-BATARD-MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU 2009 667
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.
DOWN-SLOPE FROM ‘MONTRACHET’, THIS GREAT GRAND CRU CAN OFTEN PRODUCE WINES OF GREAT DENSITY AND POWER. LIKE THE SOIL, THESE WINES ARE FAT AND RICH WITH EXOTIC FLAVORS OF HONEY, BUTTER AND POPCORN. THE WINES AGE MORE QUICKLY (THAN ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET AND ‘MONTRACHET’) AND ARE OFTEN BEST CONSUMED WITHIN FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS. DOMAINE LEFLAIVE, RAMONET, PERNOT, AND JEAN-NOËL GAGNARD ARE AMONG THE BEST PRODUCERS.
FONTAINE-GAGNARD BATARD-MONTRACHET 2009 425
VINCENT & SOPHIE MOREY 'BATARD-MONTRACHET' GRAND CRU 2009 408
ETIENNE SAUZET ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU 2011 631
CALIFORNIAARNOT-ROBERTS 'WATSON RANCH,' NAPA VALLEY 2010 69
FAILLA, SONOMA COAST, CALIFORNIA 2012 68
HANZELL SEBELLA, SONOMA VALLEY 2012 76
HIRSCH VINEYARDS ESTATE, SONOMA COAST 2012 129
SANDHI 'RITA'S CROWN,' STA. RITA HILLS 2011 111
SANDHI 'RITA'S CROWN,' STA. RITA HILLS 2012 113
OREGONCAMERON 'CLOS ELECTRIQUE,' DUNDEE HILLS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2012 146
BERGSTROM SIGRID, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2009 138
LOIRE VALLEY
SAUVIGNON BLANCFRANCOIS COTAT 'LES MONT DAMNES,' SANCERRE 2012 151
FRANCOIS COTAT 'LES CULS DE BEAUJEU,' SANCERRE 2012 149
DIDIER DAGUENEAU BLANC DE POUILLY, POUILLY-FUME 2009 177
DIDIER DAGUENEAU BLANC DE POUILLY, POUILLY-FUME 2010 163
DIDIER DAGUENEAU BLANC DE POUILLY, POUILLY-FUME 2011 169
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.
A & P VILLAINE LA DIGOINE, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 91
A & P VILLAINE LES MONTOTS, MERCUREY, COTE CHALONNAISE 2010 101
SIMON BIZE 'LES TALMETTES' SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 1ER CRU 2010 144
SIMON BIZE 'LES MARCONNETS' SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 1ER CRU 2010 134
BOUCHARD SANTENAY 'LA COMME' 1ER CRU 1985 156
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES PERNAND-VERGELESSES ‘LES VERGELESSES’ 1ER CRU 2010 83
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘LES LAVIERES’ 1ER CRU 2010 95
JOSEPH ROTY BOURGOGNE ROUGE CUVEE PRESSONIER 2011 68
JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ‘CLOS DE JEU’ 2010 98
JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ‘CLOS DE JEU’ 2011 99
JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY ‘OUZELOY’ 2011 87
PHILLIPE ROTY MARSANNAY ‘QUARTIER’ 2011 84
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.
CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZEFREDERIC MAGNIEN 'CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZE' GRAND CRU 2009 401
ARMAND ROUSSEAU 'CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BEZE' GRAND CRU 1999 1379
MAZI-CHAMBERTINMAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2008 276
MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 217
MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2010 241
FREDERIC ESMONIN ‘MAZY-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 186
CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTINDROUHIN-LAROZE ‘CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1990 533
DOMAINE PONSOT 'CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2009 716
GRIOTTE-CHAMBERTINDOMAINE PONSOT ‘GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 1999 1839
CHARMES-CHAMBERTINDOMAINE DUJAC ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 403
LIGNIER-MICHELOT CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU 2010 421
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2010 421
DOMAINE DUJAC 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2011 438
FREDERIC MAGNIEN 'CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN' GRAND CRU 2009 279
PERROT-MINOT CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU 2000 476
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.
DOMAINE ARLAUD 'CLOS DE LA ROCHE' GRAND CRU 2009 299
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2009 491
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2011 526
PONSOT ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU VIEILLES VIGNES 1999 2069
JEAN RAPHET 'CLOS DE LA ROCHE' GRAND CRU 1999 391
CLOS-SAINT-DENISDOMAINE DUJAC ‘CLOS SAINT-DENIS’ GRAND CRU 2009 499
DOMAINE DUJAC 'CLOS SAINT-DENIS' GRAND CRU 2011 526
CLOS-DE-TARTMOMMESSIN ‘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.
BONNES-MARESHENRI BOILLOT 'BONNES-MARES' GRAND CRU 2003 471
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘BONNES-MARES’ GRAND CRU 1997 804
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘BONNES-MARES’ GRAND CRU 2011 579
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.
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.
ANNE GROS 'ECHEZEAUX, LES LOACHAUSSES' GRAND CRU 2010 394
ANNE GROS 'ECHEZEAUX, LES LOACHAUSSES' GRAND CRU 2011 448
DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 243
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
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2010 1062
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2011 999
GRANDS-ECHEZEAUXDOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR 'GRANDS ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 536
DOMAINE FRANCOIS LAMARCHE 'GRANDS ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 1991 716
DOMINIQUE LAURENT GRANDS-ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU 2000 369
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI 'GRANDS ECHEZEAUX' GRAND CRU 2010 1656
RICHEBOURGMONGEARD-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 2011 2925
ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANTDOMAINE 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
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 DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ROMANEE-ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2010 2850
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘ROMANEE ST. VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2011 2999
LA TACHEDOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ‘LA TACHE’ GRAND CRU MONOPOLE 2011 3523
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.
MAISON AMBROISE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGE "EN RUE DE CHAUX" 1ER CRU 2007 105
PIERRE PONNELLE NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'LES PRULIERS' 1ER CRU 1978 266
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 2009161
CHATEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 'CLOS DE GRANDES VIGNES' 1ER
CRU 2010137
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.
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2006 121
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2008 124
JOSEPH DROUHIN 'CORTON-BRESSANDES' GRAND CRU 2006 219
TOLLOT-BEAUT ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2011 289
BEAUNE
BEAUNE IS THE WINE NERVE CENTER OF BURGUNDY. THE WINES RANGE FROM LIGHT AND FRUITY TO DENSE AND JAMMY. ‘GRÈVES’, ‘MARCONNETS’, AND ‘TEURONS’ ARE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE BEST SITES. THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE BERNARD MOREY, LOUIS JADOT, ALBERT MOROT, JOSEPH DROUHIN AND BOUCHARD.
MICHEL BOUZEREAU BEAUNE 'LES EPENOTS' 1ER CRU 2000 109
HENRI BOILLOT 'BEAUNE-EPENOTTES' 1ER CRU 1964 368
HENRI BOILLOT BEAUNE 'LES EPENOTTES' 1ER CRU 1964 376
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE BEAUNE ‘SIZIES’ 1ER CRU 2009 121
BERNARD MOREY 'GREVES,' BEAUNE 1ER CRU 2002 134
ALBERT MOROT BEAUNE ‘BRESSANDES’ 1ER CRU 1999 288
TOLLOT-BEAUT BEAUNE 'GREVES' 1ER CRU 2009 126
TOLLOT-BEAUT BEAUNE 'CLOS DU ROI’ 1ER CRU 2009 127
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.
RAYMOND LAUNAY POMMARD 'LES CHAPONNIERES' 1ER CRU 1985 267
RAYMOND LAUNAY POMMARD 'LES CHAPONNIERES' 1ER CRU 1989 259
RAYMOND LAUNAY POMMARD 'LES CLOS BLANC' 1ER CRU 1985 269
RAYMOND LAUNAY POMMARD 'LES RUGIENS' 1ER CRU 1990 267
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘PEZEROLLES’ 1ER CRU 2009 237
POTHIER-RIEUSSET POMMARD 1990 199
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.
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2009 241
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘MITANS’ 1ER CRU 2008 177
PIERRE PONNELLE 'VOLNAY-SANTENOTS' 1ER CRU 1978 266
DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR VOLNAY 'CLOS DES 60 OUVREES' 1ER CRU 2009 273
PINOT NOIR - CALIFORNIATHIS 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.
DOMAINE DE LA COTE 'ESTATE,' STA. RITA HILLS 2012 104
DOMAINE DE LA COTE 'BLOOM'S FIELD,' STA. RITA HILLS 2011 101
ICI/LA-BAS LES REVELES, 'ELKE VINEYARD,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2008 66
KUTCH 'FALLSTAFF' SONOMA COAST 2012 129
LITTORAI SONOMA COAST 2012 102
LITTORAI 'SAVOY,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2011 139
LITTORAI 'HIRSCH' SONOMA COAST 2011 149
PEAY 'ESTATE,' SONOMA COAST 2012 99
PEAY POMARIUM, SONOMA COAST 2012 123
PEAY 'SAVOY,' ANDERSON VALLEY 2012 119
SANDHI, STA. RITA HILLS 2012 62
TOMARI, STA. RITA HILLS 2008 81
TOMARI, SONOMA COAST 2010 91
PINOT NOIR - NEW ZEALANDDRY 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.