Michael Mina - San Francisco
Red Wine List


INTRODUCTION TO THE WINE LIST

“ I am forever beholden to the mystery of the grape in its most complex form, at its finest hour.”
Rajat Parr, Wine Director, MICHAEL MINA


MICHAEL MINA invites guests to explore a palate of taste sensations by pairing a foundational ingredient with a trio of accompaniments. The complex simplicity of the unusual menu format breaks boundaries by highlighting bold flavors and varied textures.

At MICHAEL MINA, we have the opportunity and challenge to find wines that can match the wide range of flavors presented within each meal, and even within a single dish. In building the cellar at MICHAEL MINA, we have put an emphasis on wines from the old world, which have the depth and complexity to fully complement the cuisine. Our goal is not to have every great wine, but to focus on our favorite regions and feature them. We are proud to represent the great wines of Champagne, Burgundy, Rhone, Austria and California.

This list is our tribute to all the small wine growers, who have dedicated their lives and generations to the soil and the grape. The wines presented within the list are in homage to these amazing vintners. These complete and grand verticals (many of these rare wines can be found only in our cellars) would not exist on this list without the generosity of Wilf Jaeger, Thierry Lovato, Frederic Panaiotis (Dom Ruinart), Danny Haas (Vineyard Brands), Patrick Will (Ex Cellars), Wells Guthrie (Copain), Randy and Debbie Lewis (Lewis Cellars), Jim Clendenen (Au Bon Climat) and Bob Lindquist (Qupe).

Our wine team is available to guide you through the list and introduce you to some of our favorites or help you find a wine that you already know. We want you to explore our list, ask questions and feel confident with any selection you make and the entire staff will do everything it takes to make that happen.

Grand Award of Excellence 2005 ~ 2008 – Wine Spectator

Rajat Parr - Wine Director
Tony Cha – Head Sommelier
Noah Dranow - Sommelier

HALF-BOTTLES

RED
LOUIS JADOT GEVREY CHAMBERTIN 'CLOS ST. JACQUES', BURGUNDY 200499
PONSOT ‘GRIOTTE CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2000201
PONSOT MOREY ST. DENIS CUVEE DES GRIVES, BURGUNDY 200070
PONSOT ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ V.V., GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2000240
LOUIS JADOT CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY ‘FEUSSELOTTES’ BURGUNDY 2002100
LOUIS JADOT 'BONNES MARES' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2004168
GROS FRERE 'VOUGEOT' GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2005145
MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘VOUGEOT‘ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2005173
PERROT-MINOT VOSNE ROMANÉE ‘CHAMPS PEDRIX’, BURGUNDY 2004188
GROS FRERE ‘GRANDS ECHEZEAUX‘ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2005221
MONGEARD-MUGNERET ‘GRANDS ECHEZEAUX‘ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2004145
L'ARLOT NUIT ST. GEORGES ‘CLOS DES FORETS’, BURGUNDY 2005115
PERROT-MINOT NUIT ST. GEORGES ‘RICHEMONE’, BURGUNDY 2005175
BOUCHARD ‘LE CORTON’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2004106
BOUCHARD BEAUNE ‘GRÈVES’ L’ENFANT JESUS, BURGUNDY 200490
BOUCHARD BEAUNE ‘GRÈVES’ L’ENFANT JESUS, BURGUNDY 2005106
JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE ‘CLOS DES MOUCHES’, BURGUNDY 2002125
DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘PEZEROLLES’ BURGUNDY 1989167
DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘PEZEROLLES’ BURGUNDY 1990195
DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘RUGIENS’, BURGUNDY 1988225
DE MONTILLE POMMARD ‘RUGIENS’, BURGUNDY 1990250
DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘MITANS’, BURGUNDY 1997130
DE MONTILLE VOLNAY ‘TAILIEPIEDS’, BURGUNDY 1990225
CHÂTEAU GRUAUD-LAROSE, SAINT JULIEN, BORDEAUX 2000255
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX, MARGAUX, BORDEAUX 19831385
CHÂTEAU PALMER, MARGAUX, BORDEAUX 2000387
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION, GRAVES, BORDEAUX 19612995
CHÂTEAU FIGEAC, ST. EMILION, BORDEAUX 2000267
MAS DE DAUMAS GASSAC, VIN DE PAYS DE L'HERAULT, FRANCE 200256
VALDICAVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, TUSCANY, ITALY 2003167
ARAUJO SYRAH ‘EISELE’, NAPA VALLEY 2004185
PEAY VINEYARDS SYRAH BRUMA, SONOMA COAST 200560
PEAY VINEYARDS SYRAH BRUMA, SONOMA COAST 200660
PEAY VINEYARDS SYRAH TITANS, SONOMA COAST 200560
PEAY VINEYARDS SYRAH TITANS, SONOMA COAST 200660
BLACKBIRD VINEYARDS ILLUSTRATION (MERLOT), NAPA VALLEY 200690
HOURGLASS CABERNET SAUVIGNON, NAPA VALLEY 2005165
KAPCSANDY FAMILY 'STATE LANE', NAPA VALLEY 2004125
OPUS ONE, NAPA VALLEY 2005198
TOR CABERNET SAUVIGNON ‘MAST-CIMAROSSA’, NAPA VALLEY 200565

FRANCE

BURGUNDY

“BACKROADS OF BURGUNDY”

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.
COCHE DURY BOURGOGNE 200692
DENIS MORTET BOURGOGNE CUVÈE DE NOBLE SOUCHE 2006100
DENIS MORTET MARSANNAY ‘LONGEROIES‘ 2006155
DOMAINE ROULOT MONTHELIE 200590
RAMONET CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 1989198
RAMONET CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET ‘BOUDROITTE’ 1ER CRU 2004127
JOSEPH MATROT BLAGNY ‘LA PIECE-SOUS-LE-BOISE’ 2000magnum252

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.
DAMOY ‘CLOS TAMISOT’ 2005250
CLAUDE DUGAT 1996405
CLAUDE DUGAT 1997345
CLAUDE DUGAT 2004189
CLAUDE DUGAT 2005218
CLAUDE DUGAT 2006265
DUJAC FILS & PERE 2005156
GIRARDIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2005106
GROFFIER 2005128
DOMAINE HUMBERT 2005139
HUBERT LIGNIER 2004137
MONGEARD-MUGNERET 2005115
DENIS MORTET 2006245
GEANTET PANSIOT VIEILLES VIGNES 2005156
GEANTET PANSIOT 'EN CHAMPS' 2005150
DENIS MORTET ‘AU-VELLE’ 1996292
DENIS MORTET ‘AU-VELLE’ 1999282
DENIS MORTET ‘EN-MOTROT’ 1993315
DENIS MORTET ‘EN-MOTROT’ 1997220
DENIS MORTET ‘EN-CHAMPS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 1996298
DENIS MORTET ‘EN-CHAMPS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2000260
DENIS MORTET ‘EN-CHAMPS’ VIEILLES VIGNES 2002275
DENIS MORTET MES CINQ TERROIRS 2005210
DENIS MORTET VIEILLES VIGNES 2006260
PERROT-MINOT 2005135
PONSOT CUVEE DE L'ABEILLE 2005146
ROUSSEAU 2004190
SERAFIN VIEILLES VIGNES 1990345
SERAFIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2005162
SERAFIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2006171
PIERRE BOURÉE ET FILS ’CAZETIERS’ 1ER CRU 1985270
BRUNO CLAIR ‘CLOS ST. JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2004193
CLAUDE DUGAT 1ER CRU 1996555
CLAUDE DUGAT 1ER CRU 2004375
CLAUDE DUGAT ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2005450
CLAUDE DUGAT ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2006579
DOMAINE DUJAC ‘AUX COMBOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2004279
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘CHAMPEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2001206
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘CHAMPEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2004170
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘COMBE-AUX-MOINES’ 1ER CRU 2002195
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘CLOS-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2004214
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘GOULOTS’ 1ER CRU 2002185
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘CHERBAUDES’ 1ER CRU 2002195
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER ‘CHERBAUDES’ 1ER CRU 2004168
GEANTET PANSIOT ‘POISSENOT’ 1ER CRU 2003130
DOMAINE HUMBERT ‘POISSENOT’ 1ER CRU 2005216
LOUIS JADOT ‘CLOS-SAINT -JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 1985555
LOUIS JADOT ‘CLOS-SAINT -JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2004198
LOUIS JADOT ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 1993295
DENIS MORTET ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2004355
DENIS MORTET ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2005399
DENIS MORTET ‘LAVAUX-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2006505
DENIS MORTET 1ER CRU 2004355
DENIS MORTET 1ER CRU 2005384
DENIS MORTET 1ER CRU 2006499
DOMAINE LEROY ‘AUX COMBOTTES’ 1ER CRU 1991589
DOMAINE LEROY ‘AUX COMBOTTES’ 1ER CRU 1992478
PERROT-MINOT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2005267
JOSEPH ROTY ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 1985590
JOSEPH ROTY ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 1985magnum1450
JOSEPH ROTY ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 2000209
JOSEPH ROTY ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 2004243
ROUSSEAU ‘CLOS-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 19901685
ROUSSEAU ‘CLOS-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 1999magnum995
ROUSSEAU ‘CLOS-SAINT-JACQUES’ 1ER CRU 2004495
SERAFIN ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 1996245
SERAFIN ‘FONTENY’ 1ER CRU 1997210

GRAND CRUS OF GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN

RUCHOTTES-CHAMBERTIN
ESMONIN 1955magnum2550
ROUMIER 1996595
ROUMIER 1998395
ROUSSEAU 2002400
ROUSSEAU 2004425

CHAMBERTIN-CLOS-DE-BEZE
BICHOT 1964885
BOUCHARD 2005547
CHANSON 1978365
PIERRE DAMOY VIEILLES VIGNES 19781398
PIERRE DAMOY VIEILLES VIGNES 2001445
PIERRE DAMOY VIEILLES VIGNES 2005531
JOSEPH DROUHIN 1990515
JOSEPH DROUHIN 1993465
DROUHIN-LAROZE 2005281
GELIN 2004255
GELIN 2005291
VINCENT GIRARDIN 2002265
GROFFIER 1997465
GROFFIER 2005445
LOUIS JADOT 1990800
POTEL 2000410
ROUSSEAU 1996875
ROUSSEAU 1998825
ROUSSEAU 1999magnum1625
ROUSSEAU 2000545
ROUSSEAU 2004620

CHAMBERTIN
JOSEPH DROUHIN 1993745
ESMONIN 1996182
VINCENT GIRARDIN 2002302
CAMILLE GIROUD 2002600
LOUIS JADOT 1996348
LOUIS LATOUR 1979455
DENIS MORTET 2001magnum2000
DENIS MORTET 2004985
DENIS MORTET 20061375
JACQUES PRIEUR 1997405
ROUSSEAU 1998950
ROUSSEAU 19991300
ROUSSEAU 2004604

MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN
BOUCHARD 2005490
JOSEPH ROTY 1986678
JOSEPH ROTY 2000279
JOSEPH ROTY 2001279
JOSEPH ROTY 2002495
JOSEPH ROTY 2003405
JOSEPH ROTY 2004429
ROUSSEAU 2004315

CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIN
CLAUDE DUGAT 19971185
CLAUDE DUGAT 2003543
LOUIS JADOT 1990345
LOUIS JADOT 1999264
LOUIS JADOT 2002252
LOUIS JADOT 2004230
PERROT-MINOT 2005459
PONSOT 1993268

GRIOTTES-CHAMBERTIN
JOSEPH DROUHIN 1989395
JOSEPH DROUHIN 2002255
JOSEPH DROUHIN 2005550
CLAUDE DUGAT 20061240
ESMONIN 1996212
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER 2001373
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER 2002425
JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER 2004369
PONSOT 1993489
PONSOT 2002365
JOSEPH ROTY 1986870
JOSEPH ROTY 19881285
JOSEPH ROTY 2003536
JOSEPH ROTY 2004525

CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN
DENIS BACHELET VIEILLES VIGNES 2004250
JOSEPH DROUHIN 1993245
CLAUDE DUGAT 2001538
CLAUDE DUGAT 2002658
CLAUDE DUGAT 2004625
CLAUDE DUGAT 2006875
DOMAINE DUJAC 2002365
DOMAINE DUJAC 2004292
VINCENT GIRARDIN 2004213
VINCENT GIRARDIN 2005348
GEANTET PANSIOT 1990500
GEANTET PANSIOT 1993375
GEANTET PANSIOT 1997249
GEANTET PANSIOT 2000275
GEANTET PANSIOT 2003240
GEANTET PANSIOT 2004253
GEANTET PANSIOT 2005325
DOMAINE HUMBERT 2005357
HUBERT LIGNIER 19961050
HUBERT LIGNIER 2001338
HUBERT LIGNIER 2002445
MICHEL MAGNIEN 2003310
PERROT-MINOT 2003495
PERROT-MINOT 2005473
JOSEPH ROTY TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 1988750
JOSEPH ROTY TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 2002529
JOSEPH ROTY TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 2003405
JOSEPH ROTY TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 2004390
JOSEPH ROTY TRES VIEILLES VIGNES 2005575