| IRON HORSE BLANC DE BLANCS CUVÉE MICHAEL MINA, GREEN VALLEY, SONOMA 2004 | | 18 |
| CHARTOGNE TAILLET CUVÉE MICHAEL MINA, CHAMPAGNE NV | | 20 |
| BILLECART-SALMON BRUT RESERVE, CHAMPAGNE NV | | 28 |
| RUINART BRUT ROSÉ, CHAMPAGNE NV | | 32 |
| WEGELER RIESLING KABINETT ‘WEHLENER SONNENUHR’, MOSEL, GERMANY 2007 | | 12 |
| SELBACH-OSTER RIESLING SPÄTLESE 'DOMPROBST', MOSEL, GERMANY 2007 | | 20 |
| DOMÄNE WACHAU RIESLING FEDERSPIEL TERRASSEN, WACHAU, AUSTRIA 2007 | | 14 |
| LOIMER GRÜNER VELTLINER, KAMPTAL, AUSTRIA 2008 | | 12 |
| JORGE ORDOÑEZ & CO. BOTANI (MOSCATEL SECO), MALAGA, SPAIN 2008 | | 16 |
| TAILLE AUX LOUPS MONTLOUIS LES DIX ARPENTS, LOIRE VALLEY 2008 | | 14 |
| CRAGGY RANGE SAUVIGNON BLANC ‘TE MUNA’, MARTINBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND 2009 | | 12 |
| AU BON CLIMAT CHARDONNAY CUVÉE MICHAEL MINA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2008 | | 14 |
| CHRISTIAN MOREAU CHABLIS ‘VAILLONS‘ 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 | | 24 |
| VINCENT DANCER MEURSAULT ‘LES CORBINS', BURGUNDY 2007 | | 28 |
| TRIENNES ROSÉ, PROVENCE 2009 | | 10 |
| RAYMOND BOULARD BRUT RÉSERVE NV | | 63 |
| PERRIER-JOUET FLEUR DE CHAMPAGNE 2000 | | 147 |
| SAINT CHAMANT BLANC DE BLANCS 1996 | | 84 |
| FEVRE CHABLIS ‘FOURCHAUME’, BURGUNDY 2007 | | 78 |
| LOUIS MICHEL CHABLIS ‘VAUDESIR’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2007 | | 99 |
| HENRI BOILLOT PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘MOUCHERE’, BURGUNDY 2006 | | 155 |
| J.M. BOILLOT PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘COMBETTES’, BURGUNDY 1999 | | 125 |
| J.M. BOILLOT PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘CHAMP CANET’, BURGUNDY 2000 | | 105 |
| J.M. BOILLOT PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘REFERTS’, BURGUNDY 2000 | | 110 |
| SAUZET PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘GARENNE’, BURGUNDY 2007 | | 124 |
| POUSSE D'OR PULIGNY MONTRACHET ‘CAILLERETS‘, BURGUNDY 2007 | | 165 |
| VOUGERAIE VOUGEOT ‘CLOS-BLANC’, BURGUNDY 2004 | | 120 |
| BOUCHARD ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2005 | | 160 |
| BOUCHARD ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2006 | | 223 |
| BOUCHARD ‘CHEVALIER MONTRACHET’ GRAND CRU, BURGUNDY 2005 | | 325 |
| DOMAINE DE VIEUX PRUNIERS SANCERRE, LOIRE 2008 | | 25 |
| GASTON HUET VOUVRAY ‘MONT’ MOELLEUX 1ER TRIE, LOIRE 1973 | | 187 |
| HIRSCH GRUNER VELTLINER 'HEILIGENSTEIN', KAMPTAL 2008 | | 32 |
| SCHLOSS GOBELSBURG GRUNER VELTLINER 'HEILIGENSTEIN', KAMPTAL 2008 | | 68 |
| NIGL GRUNER VELTLINER PRIVAT, KREMSTAL 2008 | | 57 |
| SCHLOSS SCHONBORN RIESLING KABINETT 'MACROBRUNN', MOSEL 2007 | | 30 |
| FRITZ HAAG RIESLING SPATLESE ‘JUFFER SONNENUHR‘, MOSEL, GERMANY 2007 | | 44 |
| DONNHOFF RIESLING AUSLESE ‘BRUCKE’, NAHE, GERMANY 2007 | | 134 |
| MAXIMIN GRUNHAUS RIESLING AUSLESE ‘HERRENBERG‘, RUWER 2005 | | 66 |
| ARAUJO SAUVIGNON BLANC ‘EISELE’, NAPA VALLEY 2009 | | 58 |
| MERRY EDWARDS SAUVIGNON BLANC, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2009 | | 35 |
| DOMAINE DROUHIN CHARDONNAY ARTHUR, OREGON 2007 | | 35 |
| HOLLYWOOD & VINE CHARDONNAY 2480, NAPA VALLEY 2007 | | 52 |
| KONGSGAARD CHARDONNAY, NAPA VALLEY 2007 | | 83 |
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.
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| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BRUT RD 1985 | | 815 |
| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BRUT RD 1989 | | 525 |
| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BRUT RD 1990 | | 425 |
| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BRUT RD 1995 | | 375 |
| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BRUT RD 1996 | | 380 |
| ANDRÉ BEAUFORT BRUT ROSÉ NV | | 155 |
| RAYMOND BOULARD ROSÉ DE SAIGNÉE NV | | 115 |
| DIEBOLT-VALLOIS BLANC DE BLANCS 1979 | | 333 |
| HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE & CO 1952 | | 1725 |
| HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE & CO 1962 | | 975 |
| HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE & CO DIAMONT BLEU 1964 | | 1885 |
| HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE & CO DIAMONT BLEU 1969 | | 1625 |
| PHILIPPONNAT ‘CLOS DES GOISSES‘ ROSÉ 2000 | | 998 |
| POL ROGER BRUT ROSE 1999 | | 240 |
| RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS NV | | 155 |
| RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS NV | 3 liter | 935 |
| RUINART ROSE 1961 | magnum | 4725 |
| DOM RUINART ROSE 1969 | | 1925 |
| DOM RUINART ROSE 1976 | | 1875 |
| TAITTINGER COMTES DE CHAMPAGNE 1971 | | 1190 |
| BOLLINGER GRANDE ANNEE 1996 | magnum | 870 |
| BOLLINGER VIEILLES VIGNES FRANCAISE 1982 | | 1995 |
| BOLLINGER VIEILLES VIGNES FRANCAISE 1998 | | 1092 |
| LAURENT PERRIER GRANDE SIÈCLE 1990 | | 645 |
| VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME 1964 | | 2500 |
| VEUVE CLICQUOT RESERVE ROSÉ 1943 | | 1575 |
| VEUVE CLICQUOT RESERVE ROSÉ 1966 | magnum | 4890 |
| LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL 1969 | | 2949 |
| LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL 1973 | | 3250 |
| LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL ROSÉ 1983 | | 2095 |
| MOËT & CHANDON CUVÉE DOM PERIGNON 1966 | | 2240 |
| MOËT & CHANDON CUVÉE DOM PERIGNON 1975 | | 1195 |
| MOËT & CHANDON CUVÉE DOM PERIGNON 1982 | | 1275 |
| MOËT & CHANDON CUVÉE DOM PERIGNON 1985 | | 855 |
| KRUG COLLECTION 1981 | magnum | 3150 |
| KRUG ‘CLOS DU MESNIL’ 1995 | | 1450 |
| KRUG ‘CLOS DU MESNIL’ 1996 | | 1650 |
| KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE NV | 3 liter | 1950 |
THE 2000-OR-SO RECOLTANTS-MANIPULANTS OR GROWER-PRODUCERS, IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION REPRESENT A FASCINATING AND COMPELLING ALTERNATIVE TO THE FAMILIAR GRANDES MARQUES. IF YOU ARE ATTRACTED BY THE IDEA OF CHAMPAGNE REPRESENTING ITS TERROIR, AND NOT JUST AS A SUPREME SPARKLING WINE, THEN THESE ARE THE ONES FOR YOU. EACH HAS A POWERFUL CHARACTER DERIVING FROM THE VILLAGE OR VINEYARD THAT GAVE RISE TO IT AND THE GROWER WHO CRAFTED IT. AT THEIR BEST, THESE WINES ARE SECOND TO NONE AND CAN OFFER REMARKABLE VALUE."
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| AUBRY R.D. BLANC DE BLANCS, JOUY LES REIMS 1976 | | 377 |
| ROGER COULON CUVÉE PRESTIGE-LES CHAMPS DE VALLIER, VRIGNY NV | | 134 |
| HENRI BILLIOT BRUT GRAND CRU, AMBONNAY 2002 | | 145 |
| GASTON CHIQUET BLANC DE BLANCS, AŸ 1999 | magnum | 285 |
| STEPHANE COQUILLETTE MARIE AIMER ROSÉ, CHOUILLY NV | | 138 |
| EGLY-OURIET BLANC DE NOIR, AMBONNAY NV | | 284 |
| EGLY-OURIET TRADITION, AMBONNAY NV | | 145 |
| EGLY-OURIET, AMBONNAY 1999 | | 380 |
| EGLY-OURIET, AMBONNAY 2000 | | 325 |
| EGLY-OURIET ROSÉ, AMBONNAY NV | | 260 |
| RENE GEOFFROY CUVÉE EXPRESSION, CUMIÈRES NV | | 113 |
| RENE GEOFFROY EXTRA BRUT, CUMIÈRES 2000 | | 260 |
| RENE GEOFFROY CUVÉE DE RENE GEOFFROY, CUMIÈRES 1995 | magnum | 600 |
| RENE GEOFFROY ROSÉ DE SAIGNÉE, CUMIÈRES NV | | 136 |
| PIERRE GIMONNET SPECIAL CLUB, CUIS ET VERTUS 2000 | | 162 |
| BRUNO GOBILLARD VIEILLES VIGNES, PIERRY NV | | 148 |
| MARC HEBRART SPECIAL CLUB, MAREUIL-SUR-AŸ 2004 | | 156 |
| MARC HEBRART ROSÉ, MAREUIL-SUR-AŸ NV | | 105 |
| LILBERT BLANC DE BLANCS, CRAMANT 1976 | | 468 |
| PEHU-SIMONET SÉLECTION BRUT, VERZENAY NV | | 118 |
| PIERRE PETERS CUVÉE SPECIALÉ, ‘CHETILLONS’, LE MESNIL SUR OGER 2000 | | 195 |
| ALAIN ROBERT RESERVE BRUT, LE MESNIL SUR OGER 1990 | | 348 |
| ALAIN ROBERT TRADITION, LE MESNIL SUR OGER 1990 | | 650 |
| ALAIN ROBERT TRADITION, LE MESNIL SUR OGER 1985 | magnum | 1598 |
| CAMILLE SAVÈS CARTE BLANCHE BRUT, BOUZY NV | | 132 |
| SAINT CHAMANT BLANC DE BLANCS, EPERNAY 2000 | | 159 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE CUVÉE INITIALE BLANC DE BLANCS, AVIZE NV | | 285 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE BLANC DE BLANCS, AVIZE 1998 | | 440 |
| JACQUES SELOSSE SUBSTANCE, AVIZE NV | | 480 |
| VARNIER-FANNIERE CUVÉE ST. DENIS BLANC DE BLANCS, AVIZE NV | | 131 |
| VILMART & CIE COEUR DE CUVÉE, RILLY-LA-MONTAGNE 1993 | magnum | 517 |
| VILMART & CIE CUVÉE RUBIS ROSÉ, RILLY-LA-MONTAGNE NV | | 150 |
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.
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| JEAN-MARIE FOURRIER BOURGOGNE 2004 | | 50 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE BOURGOGNE 2005 | | 107 |
| ANNE GROS BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE NUITS 2006 | | 87 |
| RAMONET BOURGOGNE 2004 | | 45 |
| RAMONET BOURGOGNE 2007 | | 50 |
| RAMONET BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE 2005 | | 61 |
| ROULOT BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE 2006 | | 52 |
| JOSEPH ROTY MARSANNAY 2002 | | 72 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS ‘MONTS LUISANTS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 182 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS ‘MONTS LUISANTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 176 |
| DOMAINE DUJAC MOREY ST. DENIS ‘MONTS LUISANTS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 205 |
| PONSOT MOREY ST. DENIS ‘MONTS LUISANTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 201 |
| DOMAINE D'AUVENAY AUXEY DURESSES ‘ LES CLOUS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 300 |
| BOUARD SAINT AUBIN ‘CHARMOIS‘ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 95 |
| HUBERT LIGNIER SAINT ROMAIN SOUS LES CHATEAU 2004 | | 83 |
| BARRAUD MACON-VERGISSON ‘LA ROCHE‘ 2007 | | 62 |
| CHRISTOPHE CORDIER MACON -CHARNAY 2008 | | 42 |
| GUFFENS-HEYNEN MACON-PIERRECLOS JUS DE CHAVIGNE 2003 | | 99 |
| GUFFENS-HEYNEN MACON-PIERRECLOS JUS DE CHAVIGNE 2005 | | 127 |
| HERITIERS DU COMTE LAFON MACON ‘MILLY LAMARTINE ‘ 2003 | | 49 |
| HENRI PERRUSSET MACON-VILLAGES 2007 | | 34 |
| DOMAINE LA CADETTE BOURGOGNE-VEZELAY 2004 | | 38 |
| ALAIN NORMAND MACON LA ROCHE VINEUSE 2007 | | 36 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE ‘CLOS-BLANC’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 214 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE ‘CLOS-BLANC’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 207 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE ‘CLOS-BLANC’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 212 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE ‘CLOS-BLANC’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 217 |
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, FEVRE, DROIN AND DAUVISSAT.
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| FEVRE ‘MONTMAINS‘ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 86 |
| LOUIS MICHEL ‘MONTMAINS‘ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 75 |
| RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT ‘FORET’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 152 |
| BILLAUD-SIMON ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE‘ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 90 |
| VERGET ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE‘ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 93 |
| BILLAUD-SIMON 'PREUSES' GRAND CRU 2004 | | 173 |
| BILLAUD-SIMON 'VAUDESIR' GRAND CRU 2004 | | 169 |
| BILLAUD-SIMON 'BLANCHOTS' GRAND CRU 2004 | | 212 |
| BILLAUD-SIMON 'CLOS' GRAND CRU 2004 | | 189 |
| JEAN-MARC BROCARD ‘BOUGROS’ GRAND CRU 1996 | magnum | 252 |
| JEAN COLLET 'VALMUR' GRAND CRU 2005 | | 138 |
| RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT ‘PREUSES’ GRAND CRU 1999 | magnum | 345 |
| RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT ‘PREUSES’ GRAND CRU 2006 | | 190 |
| RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT ‘PREUSES’ GRAND CRU 2007 | | 175 |
| RENÉ ET VINCENT DAUVISSAT ‘CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2006 | | 192 |
| JEAN PAUL DROIN ‘GRENOUILLE’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 132 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN 'CLOS' GRAND CRU 2004 | | 180 |
| FEVRE ‘BOUGROS-COTE BOUGEROTS’ GRAND CRU 2004 | | 159 |
| FEVRE ‘BOUGROS-COTE BOUGEROTS’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 162 |
| FEVRE ‘CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 195 |
| LONG DEPAQUIT ‘CLOS’ GRAND CRU 1996 | | 170 |
| LONG DEPAQUIT ‘MOUTONNE’ GRAND CRU 1996 | | 162 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 'CLOS' GRAND CRU 2005 | | 169 |
| LOUIS MICHEL ‘GRENOUILLE’ GRAND CRU 2006 | | 187 |
| LOUIS MICHEL ‘CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2006 | | 188 |
| LOUIS MICHEL ‘VAUDESIR’ GRAND CRU 2006 | | 176 |
| CHRISTIAN MOREAU ‘BLANCHOTS’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 130 |
| CHRISTIAN MOREAU ‘CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 145 |
| CHRISTIAN MOREAU ‘VALMUR’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 127 |
| CHRISTIAN MOREAU 'CLOS DES HOSPICES DANS LES CLOS' GRAND CRU 2005 | | 180 |
| VERGET ‘BOUGROS-COTE DE BOUQUEYREAUD’ GRAND CRU 2004 | | 156 |
| RAVENEAU ‘BUTTEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 160 |
| RAVENEAU ‘BUTTEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 235 |
| RAVENEAU ‘BUTTEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 165 |
| RAVENEAU ‘CHAPELOT’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 225 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 195 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | magnum | 670 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 200 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2006 | magnum | 534 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTÉE DE TONNERRE’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 225 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTMAINS’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 169 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTMAINS’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 215 |
| RAVENEAU ‘MONTMAINS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 155 |
| RAVENEAU ‘VAILLONS’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 215 |
| RAVENEAU ‘BLANCHOT’ GRAND CRU 2003 | | 180 |
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.
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| ARNAUD ENTE LES PETITS CHARRONS 2004 | | 234 |
| ARNAUD ENTE LES PETITS CHARRONS 2005 | | 274 |
| ARNAUD ENTE ‘CLOS DES AMBRES’ 2005 | | 198 |
| CHARTRON ET TREBUCHET 1997 | | 90 |
| MARC COLIN ‘NARVAUX’ 2000 | | 110 |
| DOMAINE D'AUVENAY ‘NARVAUX’ 2004 | | 415 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘NARVAUX’ 2007 | | 117 |
| COCHE-DURY 'CHEVALIERES' 1997 | | 685 |
| COCHE-DURY ‘ROUGEOTS’ 1997 | | 665 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘TESSONS’ 2005 | | 115 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CASSE TETE’ 2006 | | 95 |
| FICHET ‘TESSONS’ 2002 | | 129 |
| FICHET ‘TESSONS’ 2007 | | 150 |
| AMPEAU 'PERRIERES' 1ER CRU 1990 | | 383 |
| AMPEAU 'PERRIERES' 1ER CRU 1992 | | 338 |
| BITOUZET ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2002 | | 148 |
| HENRI BOILLOT ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 246 |
| HENRI BOILLOT ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 310 |
| BOUCHARD ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 162 |
| COCHE-DURY ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1986 | | 2295 |
| MARC COLIN ‘CHARMES' 1ER CRU 2002 | | 172 |
| MARC COLIN ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 199 |
| MARC COLIN ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ CUVÈE BAUDOT 1ER CRU 2004 | | 200 |
| VINCENT DANCER ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 160 |
| VINCENT DANCER ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 204 |
| VINCENT DANCER ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 204 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN 'PERRIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 142 |
| ARNAUD ENTE ‘GOUTTE D'OR’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 240 |
| ARNAUD ENTE ‘GOUTTE D'OR’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 280 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN 'PERRIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2005 | | 210 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 212 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1986 | | 435 |
| FRANCOIS JOBARD ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 1985 | | 349 |
| PIERRE MATROT ‘PERRIERES‘ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 110 |
| FRANÇOIS MIKULSKI ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2002 | | 155 |
| FRANÇOIS MIKULSKI ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 212 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 126 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 135 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘PORUZOTS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 153 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘ROUGEOTS‘ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 110 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 230 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 255 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 199 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 249 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU HDB 2005 | | 319 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 305 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘GENEVRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | magnum | 636 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 327 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 240 |
DOMINIQUE LAFON IS CONSIDERED AMONG THE GREATEST WHITE WINE PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD. HIS STYLE IS QUINTESSENTIAL ‘MEURSAULT’. LOW YIELDS, LONG FERMENTATION AND EXTENDED LEES CONTACT ARE A FEW OF HIS WINEMAKING TECHNIQUES THAT GIVE HIS WINES SUCH AMAZING STRUCTURE AND COMPLEXITY. HE PRODUCES WINES THAT ARE RICH, VISCOUS AND POWERFUL.
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| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 1992 | | 498 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 1997 | | 363 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 1999 | | 280 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 2002 | | 285 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 2003 | | 225 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 2004 | | 276 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 2007 | | 264 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘DESIRÉE’ 1995 | | 425 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘DESIRÉE’ 1996 | | 595 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘DESIRÉE’ 1997 | | 359 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘DESIRÉE’ 2004 | | 408 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 1992 | | 712 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 865 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 675 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 320 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 534 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 409 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 1982 | | 795 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 1997 | | 365 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 364 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 285 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 315 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘GOUTTES D’OR’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 353 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 940 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 900 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 502 |
JEAN MARC ROULOT IS THE PUREST PRODUCER OF CHARDONNAY IN THE WORLD. HIS WINES ARE WELL DEFINED AND HAVE THE BALANCE THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN ACHIEVE. IN THEIR YOUTH, THE WINES ARE FIRM AND LOADED WITH MINERAL-LIKE FLAVORS, BUT AFTER 3-5 YEARS THE WINES UNFOLD THE TRUE FLAVORS OF MEURSAULT (LEMON CUSTARD AND HAZELNUT).
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| ROULOT ‘LUCHETS’ 1999 | magnum | 320 |
| ROULOT ‘LUCHETS’ 2005 | | 185 |
| ROULOT ‘LUCHETS’ 2007 | | 196 |
| ROULOT ‘MEIX-CHAVAUX’ 1999 | | 180 |
| ROULOT ‘MEIX-CHAVAUX’ 2004 | | 202 |
| ROULOT ‘MEIX-CHAVAUX’ 2005 | | 186 |
| ROULOT ‘MEIX-CHAVAUX’ 2007 | | 194 |
| ROULOT ‘TESSONS’ 1988 | | 300 |
| ROULOT ‘TESSONS’ 1999 | magnum | 463 |
| ROULOT ‘TESSONS’ 2003 | | 190 |
| ROULOT ‘TESSONS’ 2006 | | 265 |
| ROULOT ‘TILLETS’ 1983 | | 462 |
| ROULOT ‘TILLETS’ 2006 | | 204 |
| ROULOT ‘VIREUIL’ 2005 | | 185 |
| ROULOT ‘BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 295 |
| ROULOT ‘BOUCHÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 290 |
| ROULOT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 325 |
| ROULOT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 386 |
| ROULOT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 395 |
| ROULOT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 325 |
THESE WINES ARE AMONG THE LONGEST LIVED WINES IN BURGUNDY. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO GET THESE WINES DIRECTLY FROM THE DOMAINE.
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| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 1992 | magnum | 286 |
| MATROT ‘CHEVALIERES’ 2006 | | 78 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 1993 | magnum | 258 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 1995 | magnum | 246 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 1997 | magnum | 253 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 132 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 2001 | magnum | 246 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 90 |
| MATROT ‘BLAGNY’ 1ER CRU 2003 | magnum | 246 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | magnum | 246 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2002 | | 160 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2002 | magnum | 266 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 150 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 137 |
| MATROT ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 138 |
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.
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| COCHE-DURY 'ENSEIGNÈRES' 1996 | | 885 |
| COCHE-DURY ‘ENSEIGNÈRES’ 1997 | | 715 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2002 | | 115 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2005 | | 199 |
| RAMONET ‘ENSEIGNÈRES’ 2004 | | 108 |
| AMIOT ‘DEMOISELLE’ 1ER CRU 1990 | | 375 |
| AMPEAU ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1992 | | 354 |
| BOUCHARD ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 230 |
| MARC COLIN 'CHAMP GAIN' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 148 |
| MATROT ‘CHALUMEAUX’ 1ER CRU 1985 | | 330 |
| MATROT ‘LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2002 | | 124 |
| BERNARD MOREY ‘TRUFFIÈRE’ 1ER CRU 2002 | 3 liter | 895 |
| JEAN-MARC BOILLOT ’GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 120 |
| JEAN BOILLOT ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 184 |
| HENRI BOILLOT ‘CLOS DE LA MOUCHÈRE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 273 |
| LOUIS CARILLON ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 270 |
| LOUIS CARILLON ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 220 |
| LOUIS CARILLON ‘CHAMPS-CANET’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 265 |
| LOUIS CARILLON ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 260 |
| LOUIS CARILLON ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 201 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CHAMP GAIN’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 225 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | magnum | 506 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 242 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 290 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 240 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 240 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 1979 | | 627 |
| BENOIT ENTE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 139 |
| ARNAUD ENTE ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 240 |
| ARNAUD ENTE ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 280 |
| FICHET ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 200 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 155 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1986 | | 435 |
| JOMAIN ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 125 |
| JACQUES PRIEUR ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 255 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 225 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 219 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | magnum | 504 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 247 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 270 |
| DE MONTILLE ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 270 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CHAMP-GAIN’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 128 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 150 |
| COMTES LAFON ‘CHAMPS GAIN’ 1ER CRU 1997 | | 445 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 475 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 335 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 340 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 392 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 420 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 450 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 375 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | magnum | 998 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 462 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 500 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1990 | | 582 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1992 | | 565 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 485 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1997 | | 379 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 1999 | | 375 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 355 |
| OLIVER LEFLAIVE 'FOLATIÈRES' 1ER CRU 2005 | | 165 |
| J.M PILLOT ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 215 |
| DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 279 |
| DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D'OR ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 277 |
| RAMONET ‘CHAMPS-CANET’ 1ER CRU 1996 | magnum | 650 |
| RAMONET ‘CHAMPS-CANET’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 186 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘CHAMPS-CANET’ 1ER CRU 1985 | | 366 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 230 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 240 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘COMBETTES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 275 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 200 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 205 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 202 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘PERRIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 208 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 203 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘REFERTS’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 205 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET ‘TRUFFIERE’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 275 |
| ETIENNE SAUZET ‘TRUFFIERE’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 256 |
| PAUL PERNOT ‘FOLATIÈRES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 192 |
| PAUL PERNOT ‘LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 144 |
| PAUL PERNOT ‘LA GARENNE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 135 |
| PAUL PERNOT ‘PUCELLES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 210 |
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.
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| MARC COLIN ‘ENSEIGNÈRES’ 2004 | | 98 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘ANCEGNIERES’ 2006 | | 151 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD VIELLES VIGNES 2007 | | 99 |
| HENRI BOILLOT ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 154 |
| BOUARD ‘BLANCHOTS DESSUS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 150 |
| BOUARD ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 147 |
| BRUNO COLIN 'VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 131 |
| MARC COLIN 'VIDE-BOURSES' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 128 |
| PHILIPPE COLIN 'CHENEVOTTES' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 121 |
| PHILIPPE COLIN ‘CLOS SAINT JEAN’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 132 |
| PHILIPPE COLIN ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 132 |
| VINCENT DANCER ‘LA ROMANEE’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 177 |
| VINCENT DANCER ‘TETE DU CLOS’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 167 |
| DARVIOT-PERRIN ‘BLANCHOTS DESSUS’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 145 |
| ALEX GAMBAL ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2002 | | 122 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD ‘LA ROMANÉE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 175 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 'VERGERS' 1ER CRU 2004 | | 129 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD ‘VERGERS‘ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 132 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN ‘TRUFFIÈRE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 116 |
| BERNARD MOREY ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2000 | | 136 |
| BERNARD MOREY ‘VIDE-BOURSE’ 1ER CRU 2000 | 6 liter | 1595 |
| THOMAS MOREY ‘EMBRAZEES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 140 |
| JEAN-NOËL GAGNARD ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 1985 | | 385 |
| JEAN NOËL GAGNARD ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 238 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 132 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2005 | | 150 |
| DEUX MONTILLE ‘CHAUMÉES' 1ER CRU 2006 | | 150 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘MORGEOT' CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE 1ER CRU 2004 | | 140 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘BAUDINES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 235 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘BAUDINES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 197 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | | 255 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 176 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 146 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAMP-GAIN’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 305 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAMP-GAIN’ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 172 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAMP-GAIN’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 176 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHAMP-GAIN’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 181 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CHENEVOTTES’ 1ER CRU 1996 | | 315 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘CLOS SAINT JEAN’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 176 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 130 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 176 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘MALTROIE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 181 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 1989 | | 414 |
| MICHEL NIELLON ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 176 |
| RAMONET ‘BOUDRIOTTE’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 133 |
| RAMONET ‘BOUDRIOTTE’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 163 |
| RAMONET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 1985 | | 526 |
| RAMONET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 1986 | | 595 |
| RAMONET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 1996 | magnum | 545 |
| RAMONET ‘CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 133 |
| RAMONET ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2001 | | 125 |
| RAMONET ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 137 |
| RAMONET ‘CHAUMÉES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | | 163 |
| RAMONET ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 1986 | | 598 |
| RAMONET ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 1989 | | 405 |
| RAMONET ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 1990 | | 410 |
| RAMONET ‘MORGEOT’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 140 |
| RAMONET ‘RUCHOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 174 |
| RAMONET ‘RUCHOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 175 |
| RAMONET ‘VERGERS‘ 1ER CRU 2003 | | 135 |
| RAMONET ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2004 | | 133 |
| RAMONET ‘VERGERS’ 1ER CRU 2007 | | 143 |
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.
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| VINCENT GIRARDIN QUINTESSENCE 2004 | | 390 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN QUINTESSENCE 2005 | | 442 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN 2005 | | 238 |
| BONNEAU DU MARTRAY 1978 | | 695 |
| BONNEAU DU MARTRAY 2005 | | 310 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2005 | | 345 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2006 | | 455 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2006 | magnum | 925 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2007 | | 325 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE 2001 | | 295 |
| DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE 2002 | | 325 |
BIENVENUE-BÂTARD-MONTRACHET
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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.
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| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2007 | | 609 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1978 | | 2210 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1979 | | 2175 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1990 | | 905 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1993 | | 455 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1997 | | 575 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1999 | | 625 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2001 | | 490 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2004 | | 515 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2004 | magnum | 1405 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2005 | | 715 |
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.
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| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2001 | | 361 |
| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2004 | | 480 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 2005 | | 396 |
| GAGNARD DELAGRANGE 1996 | | 539 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1986 | | 1333 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1989 | | 1275 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1999 | | 690 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2002 | | 555 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2004 | | 590 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2005 | | 755 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2006 | | 526 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2004 | magnum | 975 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2007 | | 660 |
| ÈTIENNE SAUZET 1990 | magnum | 3225 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 2004 | | 396 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 2004 | magnum | 725 |
| FONTAINE GAGNARD 2005 | | 400 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2006 | | 526 |
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.
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| BOUCHARD ‘LA CABOTTE’ 2004 | | 910 |
| BOUCHARD ‘LA CABOTTE’ 2005 | | 935 |
| MICHEL COLIN-DELÉGER 2002 | | 405 |
| VINCENT GIRARDIN 2004 | | 465 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘DEMOISELLES’ 1983 | | 1257 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘DEMOISELLES’ 1986 | | 1141 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘DEMOISELLES’ 1989 | | 989 |
| LOUIS JADOT ‘DEMOISELLES’ 2004 | | 536 |
| LOUIS LATOUR ‘DEMOISELLES’ 1999 | | 445 |
| LOUIS LATOUR ‘DEMOISELLES’ 2002 | | 638 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1979 | | 2998 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 1993 | | 605 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2004 | | 690 |
| DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2005 | | 975 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2001 | | 330 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2002 | | 425 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2005 | | 725 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2006 | | 898 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2007 | | 799 |
| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2004 | | 450 |
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.
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| CHARTRON ET TREBUCHET 2000 | | 395 |
| MARC COLIN 2004 | magnum | 1930 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN MARQUIS DE LAGUICHE 1985 | | 1995 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN MARQUIS DE LAGUICHE 1990 | | 955 |
| JOSEPH DROUHIN MARQUIS DE LAGUICHE 2004 | | 1196 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 2004 | | 962 |
| FONTAINE-GAGNARD 2005 | | 960 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2004 | | 860 |
| FREDERIC MAGNIEN 2005 | | 1155 |
| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2002 | 3 liter | 2650 |
| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2004 | | 825 |
| CHÂTEAU DE PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2004 | 3 liter | 3125 |
| PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY 2004 | | 1050 |
| REMOISSENET BARON THENARD 1992 | | 405 |
| ROLLAND THEVENIN 1978 | | 1195 |
| CLUSEL ROCH CONDRIEU 2003 | | 98 |
| CLUSEL ROCH CONDRIEU 2005 | | 100 |
| CUILLERON CONDRIEU ‘LA PETIT CÔTE’ 2006 | | 138 |
| CUILLERON CONDRIEU VERTIGE 2005 | | 255 |
| GANGLOFF CONDRIEU 2004 | | 159 |
| GUIGAL CONDRIEU LA DORIANE 2005 | | 210 |
| ANDRÉ PERRET CONDRIEU ‘CHERY’ 2004 | | 115 |
| RENE ROSTAING CONDRIEU ‘LA BONNETTE’ 2005 | | 155 |
| VILLARD CONDRIEU TERASSES DU PLAT 2003 | | 126 |
| CUILLERON ST. JOSEPH ‘SAINT PIERRE’ 2004 | | 95 |
| CUILLERON ST. JOSEPH ‘SAINT PIERRE’ 2006 | | 105 |
| GUIGAL ST. JOSEPH LIEU DIT 2003 | | 69 |
| ALAIN GRAILLOT CROZES-HERMITAGE 2004 | | 55 |
| BETTS & SCHOLL HERMITAGE 2001 | | 164 |
| LE CHEVAL FOU HERMITAGE 2007 | | 285 |
| FERRATON HERMITAGE REVERDY 2000 | | 119 |
| GUIGAL HERMITAGE EX-VOTO 2001 | | 295 |
| GUIGAL HERMITAGE EX-VOTO 2003 | | 420 |
| GUIGAL HERMITAGE EX-VOTO 2005 | | 509 |
| JEAN LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2002 | | 275 |
| JEAN LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2003 | | 485 |
| JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2005 | | 495 |
| CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE VIEILLES VIGNES 2004 | | 379 |
| NICOLAS JOLY SAVENNIERES ‘COULEE DE SERRANT’ 2004 | | 165 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1970 | | 150 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1976 | | 134 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY DEMI SEC 1985 | | 110 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1995 | | 90 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1996 | | 85 |
| DOMAINE LE PEU DE LA MORIETTE VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1997 | | 76 |
| DOMAINE CLOS ROUGEARD SAUMUR BRÈZE 2000 | | 92 |
| PASCAL COTAT SANCERRE 'LA GRANDE CÔTE' 2007 | | 120 |
| PASCAL COTAT SANCERRE 'LA GRANDE CÔTE' 2008 | | 112 |
| PASCAL COTAT SANCERRE 'LES MONTS DAMNES' 2007 | | 120 |
| PASCAL COTAT SANCERRE 'LES MONTS DAMNES' 2008 | | 113 |
| VACHERON SANCERRE 2008 | | 58 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ BLANC DE POUILLY 2007 | | 135 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ ‘CLOS DU CALVAIRE’ 2006 | | 250 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ PUR SANG 2006 | magnum | 336 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ PUR SANG 2007 | | 190 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ SILEX 2004 | magnum | 345 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ SILEX 2006 | magnum | 468 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ SILEX 2007 | | 230 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ BUISSON RENARD 2004 | magnum | 260 |
| DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUMÉ BUISSON RENARD 2005 | magnum | 298 |
| ZIND-HUMBRECHT PINOT GRIS ‘RANGEN CLOS ST URBAIN’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 195 |
| ALBERT BOXLER RIESLING ‘BRAND’ GRAND CRU 2004 | | 109 |
| DIRLER RIESLING ‘KESSLER’ CUVÉE CÉCILE GRAND CRU 2004 | | 89 |
| LEON BEYER RIESLING R 2000 | | 90 |
| DIRLER RIESLING ‘SAERING‘ 2000 | | 89 |
| JOSMEYER RIESLING LE DRAGON 2003 | | 75 |
| MARC KREYDENWEISS RIESLING ‘KASTELBERG’ 2001 | | 119 |
| RÉNÉ MURÉ RIESLING ‘CLOS ST.LANDELIN’ GRAND CRU 2000 | | 104 |
| TRIMBACH RIESLING CUVÉE FRÉDÉRIC EMILE 1981 | | 252 |
| TRIMBACH RIESLING ‘CLOS ST. HUNE‘ 1999 | | 398 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING CUVÉE THEO 2002 | | 70 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ 2004 | | 88 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ 2004 | magnum | 230 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ ST.CATHERINE 1997 | 3 liter | 495 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ ST.CATHERINE 2004 | magnum | 525 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ CUVÉE L’INÉDIT 2002 | | 109 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ CUVÉE L’INÉDIT 2004 | | 120 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ CUVÉE L’INÉDIT 2004 | magnum | 290 |
| WEINBACH RIESLING ‘SCHLOSSBERG’ CUVÉE L’INÉDIT 2004 | 3 liter | 590 |
| ZIND-HUMBRECHT RIESLING ‘BRAND’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 197 |
| WEINBACH GEWURZTRAMINER CUVÉE THEO 2003 | | 82 |
| WEINBACH GEWURZTRAMINER RESERVE PERSONNELLE 2004 | | 68 |
| ZIND-HUMBRECHT GEWURTZTRAMINER ‘HENGST’ GRAND CRU 2005 | | 191 |
SET ALONG THE DANUBE RIVER, THE PICTURESQUE VINEYARDS OF THE WACHAU ARE TUCKED AWAY ON STEEP HILLSIDES NEAR THE QUAINT TOWNS OF DÜRSTEIN, LOIBEN, AND SPITZ. CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT REGION IN AUSTRIA, THE WINES FROM THE WACHAU ARE INTENSELY CONCENTRATED AND POWERFUL WITH ENORMOUS AGING POTENTIAL. THIS GREAT APPELLATION HAS ITS OWN SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION THAT INDICATES THE STYLE OF A PARTICULAR WINE.
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SOME OF THE GREATEST VERSIONS OF DRY RIESLING ARE PRODUCED IN AUSTRIA. THE MOST FAMOUS VINEYARDS ARE SITUATED IN THE WINE-GROWING REGIONS OF THE WACHAU, KREMSTAL, AND KAMPTAL. THE WINES OF THE WACHAU ARE JUSTLY FAMOUS FOR THEIR POWER, COMPLEXITY, AND INTENSE MINERAL OVERTONES; THEIR VIGOR AND SPICE HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS ‘A FRAGRANT FLOWER ENCLOSED IN AN IRON FIST’. GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE SOFTER AND SOMEWHAT ROUNDER, THE WINES OF THE KAMPTAL AND KREMSTAL ARE THE EPITOME OF FINESSE AND TEXTURE. IN CONTRAST TO GERMANY, AUSTRIAN RIESLINGS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS VINIFIED DRY, AND THEY ARE OFTEN HIGHER IN ALCOHOL AND EXTRACT.
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| BRUNDLMAYER 'HEILIGENSTEIN' KAMPTAL 2005 | | 76 |
| BRUNDLMAYER 'HEILIGENSTEIN' KAMPTAL 2008 | | 78 |
| BRUNDLMAYER 'HEILIGENSTEIN' LYRA, KAMPTAL 2005 | | 127 |
| BRUNDLMAYER ‘HEILIGENSTEIN’ ALTE REBEN, KAMPTAL 2006 | | 141 |
| HIRSCH ‘GAISBERG’, KAMPTAL 2005 | | 76 |
| HIRSCH ‘GAISBERG’ ALTE REBEN, KAMPTAL 1998 | | 91 |
| HIRSCH 'HEILIGENSTEIN', KAMPTAL 2005 | | 86 |
| HIRSCH 'HEILIGENSTEIN', KAMPTAL 2006 | | 91 |
| KNOLL ‘SCHUTT’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2005 | | 130 |
| NIGL 'HOCHACKER', KREMSTAL 2005 | | 109 |
| NIGL PRIVAT, KREMSTAL 2005 | | 117 |
| NIGL PRIVAT, KREMSTAL 2006 | | 121 |
| NIKOLAIHOF ‘VOM STEIN’ FEDERSPIEL, WACHAU 2005 | | 70 |
| PRAGER ‘KAISERBERG’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2007 | | 100 |
| SALOMON UNDHOF ‘PFAFFENBERG’, KREMSTAL 1982 | | 165 |
| SALOMON UNDHOF ‘PFAFFENBERG’ LIBRARY RESERVE, KREMSTAL 1996 | | 135 |
| SALOMON UNDHOF 'KOGL', KREMSTAL 2006 | | 56 |
| FREIE WEINGARTNER 'CUVÈE FALSTAFF ACHLEITEN', WACHAU 1982 | | 180 |
| FREIE WEINGARTNER SMARAGD 'ACHLEITEN', WACHAU 1993 | | 172 |
THIS IS THE MOST WIDELY PLANTED GRAPE IN AUSTRIA. THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO COMPARE IT TO IN CALIFORNIA EXCEPT (AND THIS IS A STRETCH) SAUVIGNON BLANC. IT IS OFTEN SPICY AND PEPPERY AND CAN ALSO TASTE LIKE SAGE, LENTILS, HERBS AND MELON. IN THEIR YOUTH THE WINES ARE VISCOUS AND HIGH IN ACID, BUT WITH AGE THEY SHOW MORE MINERAL AND SPICE. THESE WINES ARE GREAT WITH RICH FISH DISHES.
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| BRUNDLMAYER ‘LOISER BERG’ AUSLESE, KAMPTAL 1983 | | 165 |
| HIRSCH 'LAMM', KAMPTAL 2008 | | 98 |
| KNOLL ‘KREUTLES’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2007 | | 85 |
| NIKOLAIHOF 'BURGGARTEN' JUNGFERNLESE, KREMSTAL 2002 | | 175 |
| NIKOLAIHOF ‘IM WEINGEBIRGE’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2006 | | 128 |
| NIKOLAIHOF ‘IM WEINGEBIRGE’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2007 | | 138 |
| F.X PICHLER M SMARAGD, WACHAU 2002 | | 195 |
| F.X PICHLER ‘KELLERBERG’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2002 | | 195 |
| FREIE WEINGARTNER SPATLESE 'HIMMELSTIEGE', WACHAU 1977 | | 232 |
| FREIE WEINGARTNER SMARAGD 'ACHLEITEN', WACHAU 1995 | | 153 |
| FREIE WEINGARTNER SMARAGD 'ROSSATZER', WACHAU 1990 | magnum | 240 |
BELIEVED TO BE INDIGENOUS TO GERMANY, RIESLING WAS FIRST PLANTED IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT GERMANY’S SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF FINE WINE. THE GRAPES ARE PLANTED WIDELY ON WELL-DRAINED, SOUTH-FACING, SLATE-RICH SLOPES, WITH THE GREATEST WINES COMING FROM THE BEST SLOPES IN THE BEST VILLAGES. WINES FROM THE VINEYARDS OF GERMANY ARE DELICATE, RACY, AND STYLISH WINES THAT COVER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF FLAVORS.BECAUSE OF BOTH ITS CELLAR LONGEVITY AND ITS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN VARIETAL IDENTITY WHILE REFLECTING THE INDIVIDUALITY OF ITS ‘TERROIR’, RIESLING MAY BE THE BEST OF ALL THE WHITE WINE GRAPES. ALTHOUGH IT IS LOW IN ALCOHOL AND LIGHT IN BODY, THE FINEST RIESLINGS HAVE INCREDIBLE AGEING POTENTIAL, AND DEVELOP A VIVID AND ZESTY BOUQUET THAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ‘PETROLLY’. IT CAN PRODUCE WINES THAT VARY FROM DRY TO VERY SWEET. KNOWN FOR ITS COMBINATION OF ACIDITY AND FRUIT EXTRACT, A TYPICAL RIESLING IS DESCRIBED AS FLOWERY, YET TART WITH GRAPEFRUIT AND HONEYSUCKLE-LIKE FLAVORS. NO GRAPE OTHER THAN RIESLING CAN PRODUCE A WINE WITH SUCH FINESSE, PURITY OF FRUIT, INTENSITY OF FLAVOR, AND A ‘LIFT’ OF ACIDITY.
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| DR. H. THANISCH ‘BADSTUBE‘, MOSEL 2007 | | 40 |
| TONI JOST 'BACHARACHER HAHN', MITTELRHEIN 2007 | | 60 |
| TONI JOST 'BACHARACHER HAHN', MITTELRHEIN 2008 | | 52 |
| LEITZ ‘RÜDESHEIMER KLOSTERLAY’, RHEINGAU 2009 | | 39 |
| SELBACH-OSTER ‘ZELTINGER SONNENUHR’, MOSEL 2007 | | 47 |
| VON OTHEGRAVEN ‘KANZEMER ALTENBERG’, RUWER 2007 | | 60 |
| BERT SIMON ‘HERRENBERG‘,MOSEL 2000 | | 65 |
| KARLSMÜHLE 'KASELER NIES'CHEN', RUWER 2005 | | 63 |
| FRITZ HAAG ‘JUFFER-SONNENUHR’, MOSEL 2007 | | 76 |
| WILLI SCHAEFER ‘GRAACHER DOMPROST’ #12, MOSEL 2007 | | 81 |
| J.J. CHRISTOFFEL ‘ÜRZIGER WÜRZGARTEN’, MOSEL 2006 | | 74 |
| J.J. CHRISTOFFEL ‘ÜRZIGER WÜRZGARTEN’, MOSEL 2008 | | 66 |
| LEITZ ‘BERG ROSENECK’, RHEINGAU 2006 | | 80 |
| LEITZ ‘BERG SCHLOSSBERG’, RHEINGAU 2007 | | 80 |
| SELBACH-OSTER ‘ZELTINGER SCHLOSSBERG’, MOSEL 2007 | | 57 |
| SCHLOSS SCHONBORN ‘MACROBRUNN’, RHEINGAU 1988 | | 125 |
| SCHLOSS SCHONBORN ‘BERG SCHLOSSBERG’, RHEINGAU 1990 | | 118 |
| GUNDERLOCH ‘NACKENHEIMER ROTHENBERG’, RHEIHESSEN 2005 | | 80 |
| TONI JOST 'BACHARACHER HAHN', MITTELRHEIN 2004 | | 60 |
| DONNHOFF ‘FELSENTURMCHEN’, NAHE 2007 | | 121 |
| DONNHOFF ‘NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSHOHLE’, NAHE 2007 | | 158 |
| DONNHOFF ‘NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSHOHLE’, NAHE 2008 | | 143 |
| FRIEDRICH GYMNASIUM ‘BERNKASTELER BADSTUBE’, MOSEL 1971 | | 210 |
| J.J CHRISTOFFEL ‘ÜRZIGER WÜRZGARTEN’, MOSEL 2005 | | 70 |
| FRITZ HAAG ‘JUFFER-SONNENUHR’, MOSEL 2001 | magnum | 267 |
| J.J PRUM ‘WEHLENER SONNENUHR’ GK, MOSEL 2002 | | 175 |
| SELBACH-OSTER 'GRAACHER DOMPROST', MOSEL 2005 | | 79 |
| SELBACH-OSTER ‘ZELTINGER SONNENUHR-ROTLAY’, MOSEL 2007 | | 126 |
| WILLI SCHAEFER 'GRAACHER HIMMELREICH' #9, MOSEL 2005 | | 187 |
| LE GALLAIS ‘WILTINGER BRAUNE KUPP’, SAAR 1983 | | 189 |
| EGON MULLER ‘SCHARZHOFBERGER’ #24, SAAR 1983 | | 575 |
| EGON MULLER ‘SCHARZHOFBERGER’ #29, SAAR 1990 | | 700 |
| ZILLIKEN 'SAARBURGER RAUSCH' LGKA, SAAR 1983 | | 210 |
| KARLSMÜHLE 'KASELER NIES'CHEN', RUWER 2005 | | 120 |
| KARTHÄUSERHOF ‘KRONENBERG’ GKA, RUWER 1964 | | 576 |
| KARTHÄUSERHOF 'KARTHAUSERBERG', RUWER 1990 | | 150 |
| DONNHOFF ‘OBERHAUSER BRÜCKE’, NAHE 2005 | magnum | 443 |
| KUNSTLER ‘HOCHHEIMER HÖLLE’, RHEINGAU 2002 | | 120 |
| VON HESSEN ‘JOHANNISBERGER KLAUS’, RHEINGAU 2005 | | 144 |
| VON HESSEN ‘JESUITENGARTEN' ERSTES GEWACHS, RHEINGAU 2005 | | 103 |
| BAUMANN ‘SACKTRAGER’, RHEINHESSEN 1975 | | 75 |
| GUNDERLOCH ‘ROTHENBERG’ FIRST GROWTH, RHEIHESSEN 2005 | | 124 |
| REBOLZ ‘KASTANIENBUSCH’ GROSSE GEWACHS, PFALZ 2003 | | 125 |
| REBOLZ ‘IM SONNENSCHEIN’ GROSSE GEWACHS, PFALZ 2004 | | 128 |
| ROBERT WEIL ‘GRÄFENBERG’ ERSTES GEWACHS, RHEINGAU 2006 | | 160 |
| LOPEZ DE HEREDIA VINA TONDONIA GRAN RESERVA, RIOJA 1957 | | 425 |
| LOPEZ DE HEREDIA VINA TONDONIA GRAN RESERVA, RIOJA 1964 | | 355 |
| VINA SILA NAIA, RUEDA 2008 | | 33 |
| CRAGGY RANGE SAUVIGNON BLANC ’TE MUNA’, MARTINBOUROUGH 2008 | | 65 |
| MT. NELSON SAUVIGNON BLANC, MARLBOROUGH 2008 | | 34 |
| CRAGGY RANGE RIESLING ‘FLETCHER FAMILY’, MARLBOROUGH 2005 | | 47 |
| ALAN McCORKINDALE RIESLING, WAIPARA 2003 | | 44 |
| CARRICK RIESLING, CENTRAL OTAGO 2003 | | 39 |
| RIPPON RIESLING, LAKE WANAKA 2004 | | 42 |
| KUMEU RIVER CHARDONNAY ‘MATE'S’, KUMEU 2004 | | 89 |
| BELL HILL CHARDONNAY, WAIPARA 2004 | | 148 |
| MOUNTFORD CHARDONNAY, WAIPARA 2004 | | 95 |
| AMBULLNEO BIG PAW, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2002 | | 165 |
| AMBULLNEO BIG PAW, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 | | 125 |
| AMBULLNEO FANG BLANC, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 | | 125 |
| AMBULLNEO ‘SOLOMAN HILLS’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2006 | | 170 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ‘ALBAN’, EDNA VALLEY 1996 | | 126 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ‘ALBAN’, EDNA VALLEY 1998 | | 110 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ‘MT. CARMEL’, SANTA RITA HILLS 1999 | | 192 |
| AU BON CLIMAT LE BOUGE, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 1997 | magnum | 160 |
| AU BON CLIMAT 20TH ANNIVERSARY, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2000 | | 110 |
| AU BON CLIMAT NUITS BLANCHES, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 1996 | magnum | 275 |
| AU BON CLIMAT NUITS BLANCHES, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 1998 | | 130 |
| AU BON CLIMAT NUITS BLANCHES, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 1998 | magnum | 245 |
| AU BON CLIMAT NUITS BLANCHES, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2001 | | 118 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ‘TALLEY’, ARROYO GRANDE 1990 | | 225 |
| AU BON CLIMAT ‘TALLEY’, ARROYO GRANDE 1991 | | 175 |
| BREWER-CLIFTON ‘ASHLEY'S’, SANTA RITA HILLS 2005 | | 135 |
| BREWER-CLIFTON ‘SWEENEY‘, SANTA RITA HILLS 2004 | | 120 |
| BREWER-CLIFTON ‘SWEENEY’, SANTA RITA HILLS 2005 | | 114 |
| CLENDENEN FAMILY ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2001 | | 117 |
| CLENDENEN FAMILY ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2002 | | 115 |
| CLENDENEN FAMILY ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2003 | | 110 |
| CLENDENEN FAMILY ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2004 | | 107 |
| LA FENETRE ‘BIEN NACIDO’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2007 | | 80 |
| HARBISON ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2004 | | 129 |
| HARBISON ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2005 | |
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