Bachelet, Jean-Claude 2011 Puligny-Montrachet Les Aubues

Chateau de Beru 2013 Chablis Clos Beru

Dancer, Vincent 2013 Meursault 1er cru Perrières

d'Angerville 2010 Meursault 1er Cru Santenots

d'Angerville 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Santenots

De Montille 2011 Beaune 1er Cru Blanc Aigrots .375 L

Ferret 1997 Pouilly-Fuissé Hors-Classe

Fichet 2014 Meursault

Fichet 2014 Meursault 1.5L

Jobard, Antoine 2013 Meursault En La Barre

l'Arlot 2012 Nuits St Georges Blanc 1er Cru Clos de l'Arlot

Lafarge, Michel 2010 Meursault

Domaine des Lambrays 2009 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières

Lamy, Hubert 2012 Puligny Montrachet Tremblots Vieilles Vignes

Lamy, Hubert 2012 St Aubin la Princee .375 L

Lamy, Hubert 2012 St Aubin la Princee

Leflaive 2008 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon

Leroux, Benjamin 2010 Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots

Leroux, Benjamin 2012 Meursault

Leroux, Benjamin 2012 Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots

Mikulski 2011 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres

Mikulski 2012 Meursault

Mikulski 2014 Meursault

Moreau, Bernard 2014 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru Champgains

Moreau, Bernard 2014 Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru

Morey, Pierre 2013 Meursault Les Tessons

Morey-Blanc 2005 Meursault 1er Cru Les Bouchères

Mugnier, Jacques-Frédéric 2008 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Blanc

Mugnier, Jacques-Frédéric 2009 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Blanc

Niellon, Michel 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet

Niellon 2014 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Chaumées Clos de La Truffière

Niellon 2014 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Maltrioe

Niellon 2014 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers

Pernot 2014 Bâtard-Montrachet

Ramonet 1999 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru

Ramonet 1999 Montrachet Grand Cru

Ramonet 2004 Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 1er Cru Boudriotte

Raveneau 2011 Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre

Raveneau 2013 Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre 1.5 L

Roumier, Georges 2004 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru

Sabre, Fanny 2011 Savigny-les-Beaune Blanc

Sabre, Fanny 2012 Meursault 1er Cru

Barthod, Ghislaine 2006 Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées 1er Cru

Boyer, Renaud 2014 Beaune Les Prevolles

Chandon de Briailles 2006 Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Lavières

Chandon de Briailles 2009 Corton Les Marechaudes

Chandon de Briailles 2009 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets

Chandon de Briailles 2012 Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses

Clavelier, Bruno 2011 Vosne Romanee Hauts de Beaux Monts Vieille Vignes

Clavelier, Bruno 2012 Vosne Romanee Hauts de Beaux Monts Vieille Vignes

Clavelier, Bruno 2014 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Combe d'Orveau

Clavelier, Bruno 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brulées VV

Clavelier, Bruno 2014 Vosne Romanée Combe Brulée

Clos des Lambrays 2011 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru

Clos des Lambrays 2014 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru

Comte Armand 2010 Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux

Comte Armand 2011 Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux

D'Angerville 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles

d'Angerville 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

De Montille 2011 Pommard 1er Cru Grands Epenots

This is ripe and full of red fruit with silky tannins and great acidity and intensity and length. A powerful wine, Grands Epenots is one of the greatest of all Pommard 1er Crus, just a step behind the Rugiens-Bas.This was vinified with 33% whole clusters, a decision made based on the ripeness of the stems. JBT

De Montille 2012 Pommard 1er Cru Grands Epenots

De Montille 2012 Pommard 1er Cru Pézerolles

De Montille 2012 Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

De Montille 2012 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Malconsorts

Engel, Rene 1999 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru

Fourrier 2011 Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

Gouges 2011 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets .375 L

Medium ruby, hinting at garnet robe. Strawberry, Morello cherry, iron, salt, cinnamon. Still a bit tannic, good acid, but resolving and pretty generous for the grower. This ain't your father's Gouges! Good length and detail. Pretty delicious now, but I'd like to revisit this in five to eight years. (Tasted 8/2017) John McIlwain

Grivot, Jean 2010 Vosne-Romanée 375ml

Grivot 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Beaux Monts

Gros, Anne 2007 Echezeaux Grand Cru Les Loachausses

Hudelot-Noellat 2014 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Hudelot-Noellat 2014 Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers

Jadot 2005 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Couchereaux

Lafarge 2008 Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots

Lafarge 2011 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves

The Beaune-Grèves is more powerful than the Aigrots; it is earthier and has darker fruit. There is a lot of mouth-weight and tannin, and that wonderful 2011 acidity that comes out on the finish. Like most of Lafarge's wines, this could age for a long time. A great effort! JBT

Lafarge 2011 Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots

The 1er Cru Les Aigrots is on the mid-to-upper slope on the Pommard side of Beaune, as opposed to the Savigny-les-Beaune side. Aigrots is bordered by Les Clos des Mouches, Les Vignes Franches, Pertuisots, Les Sizies, and Champs Pimont. Domaine Lafarge's vines are about 40 years old and Frederic Lafarge says the vines are very unusual; they are growing in a different way from vine to vine to vine, some are very bushy and some have sparse foliage, which may be because of the great variety of plant material in this vineyard. He said that while some growers removed leaves to promote better air circulation, he likes to leave them on to protect the grapes from the near inevitability of a hailstorm. This wine has great fruit upfront and then tannins and astringency—a big structure and all of the components for a long life. JBT

Lamarche 1999 La Grande Rue Grand Cru

Le Moine 2009 Pommard 1er Cru Epenots

Le Moine 2011 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Malconsorts

Leroux, Benjamin 2011 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 1.5 L

Leroux, Benjamin 2012 Volnay

Liger-Belair 2001 Vosne Romanee Clos du Chateau

Lignier, Hubert 2014 Chambolle-Musigny Les Bussières

Lignier, Hubert 2014 Morey St. Denis Trilogie

From old vines planted in three different lieux-dits in Morey Saint Denis (Chenevery, Clos Solon, and Porroux). There's plenty to like here. Violets, cherry pit, iodine, game on nose. Palate layered and suave with some structure to resolve. Flavors of plum skin, cherry pit, rose hip, iron.Good freshness and density. Decant now or cellar for 5-7 years to allow elements to integrate. John McIlwain

Lignier, Hubert 2014 Morey St. Denis 1er Cru La Riotte

Lignier, Hubert 2014 Nuits St Georges Les Poisets

Lou Dumont 2011 Chambolle Musigny

Maume-Marchand-Tawse 2014 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux

Maison en Belles Lies 2013 Corton Grand Cru

Mortet 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques

Mugnier 2011 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées

Noellat, Georges 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er cru Les Chaumes

Ponsot 2010 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

Rossignol, Nicolas 2006 Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 375ml

Rossignol, Nicolas 2008 Volnay

Roumier 2014 Chambolle Musigny

Roumier 2014 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Combottes

Roumier 2014 Morey St Denis 1er Cru Clos de la Bussière

Tremblay 2011 Morey-Saint-Denis Tres Girard

Cecile Tremblay's Morey Saint Denis Tres Girard is from a vineyard located right by the steps of the Clos des Tart in the village of Morey Saint Denis. Black fruits, mure, very Morey St Denis. It is as different from the Chambolle Musigny as strawberries are from blackberries.

Agrapart 2007 Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Expérience

"Most Champagne" Agrapart told us "is 95% juice, and 5% other things: water, sugar, sulfur, and yeast." With this wine, the aim is to make a Champagne that is 100% "jus de raisin," which requires a second fermentation using cellar yeast and must from the current vintage rather than the sugar and neutral yeast combination used to create bubbles in virtually every other Champagne under the sun. This is the fifth time Agrapart has made this cuvée, and it's the first time he's been allowed to label it as "Champagne" because in every other edition, the CIVC (Champagne's regulating body) did not deem it Champagne-like enough to earn appellation status. Last year it was Agrapart's Complantée bottling that had us sprinting for our email to make a reservation with the supplier. This year it was Expérience. As memorable a bottle as you'll ever taste, this wine has gorgeous, chalky minerality, impeccable balance despite its lack of dosage, and vivid aromas of sweet, ripe Chardonnay. Not necessarily a Champagne to be cellar-ed, but a Champagne to be reveled in over the course of a meal.

Bérêche, Raphael NV Champagne Brut Reflets d'Antan Base 11

For holiday celebrations, Champagne is a must. Not just for the festive association of bubbles, but also because it is truly one of the most versatile wines to grace one's table. The inherent acidity of the wine cuts through the richness of the foods, while the bubbles and moderate alcohol invigorate the palate rather than tire it. One of my favorite Champagnes for the table (not just Thanksgiving or Christmas) is Bérêche's Reflets d'Antan. Based on a perpetual cuvée dating from the 1980's, the wine combines the vivid, nervy fruit of a recent vintage with the burnished, textural and aromatic complexity of the aged wines which make up the 'solera.' The secondary fermentation under cork rather than crown cap adds an additional layer of finesse with a delicate bead and soft mousse. This will pair beautifully with most of the foods on your holiday table (skip the marshmallows, please). Better served in a white wine glass to allow  the aromas to develop.  John McIlwain

Bérêche, Raphael NV (base 11) Champagne Brut Reflets d'Antan 1.5 L

Bouchard, Cedric 2009 Champagne Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Noirs Ursules 1.5 L

Bouchard, Cedric 2011 Champagne Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Blanc La Bolorée

In many ways Bolorée is as much an expression of Cedric Bouchard's aesthetic as it is an expression of terroir. It is made in tiny quantities from 50-year-old parcel of Pinot Blanc planted on chalk rather than the typical argilo-calcaire (clay and limestone) of the Aube. And while Pinot Blanc can be a bit vapid in some cases, Bouchard's has a taut, mineral, and nervy architecture beneath the richness of the fruit. John McIlwain  

Roses de Jeanne (Cedric Bouchard) 2007 Champagne Blanc de Noirs Côte de Béchalin (La Parcelle)

Boulard, Francis NV Champagne Brut Nature Petraea XVVII-MMVII

Dom Perignon 2000 Champagne Brut

Dufour, Charles 2011 Blanc de Noirs Brut 'Haut de la Guignelle'

Dufour, Charles 2011 Oeil de Perdrix 'Le Corroy' Brut Rosé

Horiot 2010 Coteaux Champenois Blanc des Riceys En Valingrain (Stil

Laherte Frères 2010 Champagne Extra Brut Les Empreintes

Laherte Frères 2012 Extra-Brut Les Longues Voyes Pinot Noir (disg. 01-2016)

Laherte Frères 2012 Les Vignes d'Autrefois Pinot Meunier Extra Brut

Lassaigne NV Champagne Extra Brut Autour de Minuit 'Le Cotet'

Léclapart, David 2009 Champagne Trépail 1er cru L'Apôtre Extra Brut

Léclapart, David 2009 Champagne Trépail 1er cru L'Artiste Extra Brut

Maison Bérêche 2007 Champagne Côte des Blancs "Côte" disg. 01/16, 4g/l

Sourced from the grand cru village of Cramant in the Cote des Blancs, La Cote Grand Cru 2007 is beginning to display the aged character of Champagne from the famed village, a balance of mineral precision with the burnished fruit character of long aging sur latte. On the nose lemon oil, honeycomb, and brioche aromas overlay hints of seashell, and stone. The palate shows hints of halzelnut, brown butter, Seville orange, salt, and crushed herbs on a creamy, rich, rounded, finish with fine bead and good persistence. (4g/L dosage, disgorged 01/16.) John McIlwain

Piper-Heidsieck 1999 Champagne Brut Cuvée Rare

Prevost (La Closerie) NV Champagne Les Beguines

Selosse, Jacques NV Champagne Brut Initial

Vouette et Sorbée 2004 Champagne Extra Brut Extrait

Vouette et Sorbée 2009 Champagne Fidèle Extra Brut

Vouette et Sorbée 2010 Champagne Blanc d'Argile

Vouette et Sorbée 2010 Champagne Fidèle Extra Brut

Vouette et Sorbée 2011 Champagne Blanc d'Argile

Made from low-yielding biodynamically-farmed Chardonnay planted in the Kimmeridgian marls in the west-facing vineyard site of Biaunes, Blanc d'Argile is a blanc de blancs any many ways closer in character to Chablis than the chiseled Champagnes of the Marne. The distinction between the two types of chalky soil is palpable in the pungently mineral Blanc d'Argile. The nose is briny and citrus-inflected, with savory herbal notes. This cool-toned fruitiness (indicative of the 2011 vintage) carries over on the palate with a range of yellow fruit, seashell, and flinty sapidity. Typically, the long ripening period afforded by the vineyard manifests itself in a denser, richer, nearly flamboyant fashion; this vintage shows a leaner cut highlighting the Kimmeridgian pedigree. (Disgorged 5/2014).

Vouette et Sorbée 2013 Champagne Extra-Brut Blanc d'Argile

Boisson, Pierre 2011 Meursault Criots/Perchots

Boyer, Renaud 2014 Puligny-Montrachet Les Reuchaux

Clavelier 2012 Bourgogne Aligoté Vieilles Vignes

Chandon de Briailles 2008 Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc 1er Cru Les Vergelesses

Dancer, Vincent 2013 Bourgogne Blanc

Dancer, Vincent 2013 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru La Romanée

d'Auvenay / Lalou Bize-Leroy 1995 Meursault Narvaux

D'Auvenay / Lalou Bize-Leroy 1995 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres

D'Auvenay / Lalou Bize-Leroy 1999 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres

de Villaine, A et P 2010 Bourgogne Blanc Les Clous

Lafon 2007 Meursault

Lafon 2011 Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots

Lamy, Hubert 2011 St Aubin 1er Cru Derrière Chez Edouard Haute Densité

Lamy, Hubert 2014 St Aubin 1er Cru Derrière Chez Edouard, Haute Densité

Le Moine 2008 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain

Leflaive 2006 Meursault Sous le Dos d'Ane

Leflaive 2008 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

Leflaive 2011 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon

Leroy 1997 Bourgogne Blanc

Leroy 2006 Bourgogne Aligote

Leroy 2008 Bourgogne Blanc

Mugnier, Jacques-Frédéric 2011 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Blanc

 I went to taste the 2012 vintage with Freddy Mugnier on Friday July 12th. After tasting all of the 2012s from barrel he brought out two bottles of 2011 Clos de la Marechale, one red and one white. 2011 Clos de la Marechale blanc smelled like Chardonnay flowers and lilacs, kind of like muscat. some light oak notes, beautiful fruit and a real persistence of flavor.  Very very fine bottle of wine.  Freddy explained that he did two graftings to improve the quality of fruit. He started in 2004 grafting Chardonnay onto the existing Pinot Noir rootstock. He started with some low yielding clones that ripened early and he found the wine a bit heavy and clunky. In 2007 he grafted some high yielding clones that ripen later and he finds that the combination of the two now make a very complex wine that he is finally happy with. The wine has great energy and it is a great terroir.  It is the other side of the wall from the Clos L'Arlot white, which was Fred Mugnier's inspiration for the Clos de la Marechale blanc.  It now comprises 7% of the Clos de la Marechale vineyard. This wine is a rare treat! JBT

Naudin, Claire 2011 Cote de Nuits-Villages Viola Odorata

Ramonet 1992 Montrachet Grand Cru

Ramonet 1993 Montrachet Grand Cru

Ramonet 2002 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru

Clos du Moulin aux Moines 2010 Pommard 1er Cru Clos Orgelot (monopole)

Coche-Dury 2006 Volnay 1er Cru

Coche Dury 2010 Auxey-Duresses Rouge

Coche Dury 2011 Auxey-Duresses Rouge

Courcel 2012 Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epenots 1.5L

From a 4.8HA parcel of old vines closer to the center of the village. The 2012 Pommard 1er cru Grand Clos des Épenots shows pretty aromas of strawberry, dark cherry syrup, grilled meat, iron, and anise. Layered flavors of wild cherry, plum, and black tea, with firm ripe tannins and a long, persistent, deeply earthy finish. This is a prime candidate for aging. 10-15 years in the cellar and this should be singing. John McIlwain

Engel 1999 Vosne Romanee

Engel 2004 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Engel, Rene 1999 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Faiveley 2001 Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley Grand Cru .375 L

Leroy 1999 Pommard les Vignots

Liger-Belair 2001 Vosne Romanée 1er cru Colombière

Lignier, Hubert 1989 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

Meo-Camuzet 1998 Clos Vougeot

Mugneret-Gibourg 1999 Echezeaux Grand Cru

Mugnier 1989 Musigny Grand Cru

Mugnier, Jacques-Frédéric 2005 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Marechale 1.5L

Mugnier, Jacques-Frédéric 2006 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

Potel 1999 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru

Prieuré-Roch 2000 Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvées

Rousseau 2008 Gevrey-Chambertin

Sabre, Fanny 2011 Pommard Vieilles Vignes

Trapet 1999 Chambertin Grand Cru

Bérêche, Raphael NV (2012 Base) Champagne Extra Brut Beaux Regards Chardonnay

Les Beaux Regards is a blend of two parcels of Chardonnay in Ludes on the northern slope of the Montagne de Reims planted in 1964 and 1970. The loamy clay soils produce a Champagne more vinous in character, rather than exclusively taut and chalky. The 2012 displays floral and orchard fruit aromas,  with delicate notes of spice and Meyer lemon following. The palate is distinctly mineral and racy, with overtly stony notes, cool notes of mint and lemon balm and a long tangy, expressive finish. Great energy and volume here. (Dosage 3g/l.) John McIlwain

Chartogne-Taillet 2008 Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Heurtebise (2008 base)

Alexandre Chartogne is obsessed with vineyard sites and vineyard work. He took over the family Domaine in the mid-late 2000s and has since embarked on a project to show site specificity within his native village of Merfy in the far north of Champagne. Peter Liem calls Alexandre "one of the rising stars" and we're sure Peter is correct. In general, the north of Champagne has more clay and limestone heavy soil with chalk further beneath the surface than the famous Grand Crus of the southern Montagne de Reims and the Cote des Blancs. Heurtebise is a clay and sandstone heavy vineyard, which gives this Blanc de Blancs a very different minerality than the Blanc de Blancs from further south that wear their chalk on their sleeves, so to speak. And the 2008 vintage is such a joy in the hands of good growers. This wine has finesse, power, riveting acidity and ripe fruit, and an intense, long and mineral finish. Stony with yellow citrus fruits such as tangerine, lemon and lemon curd, it's undoubtedly a great choice for the cellar... if you can keep your hands off for that long. (Disgorged July, 2013) -msb

Egly-Ouriet NV Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Vieilles Vignes

Larmandier-Bernier 2010 Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut Les Chemins D'Avize

A relatively new cuvée for Pierre Larmandier, Les Chemins d'Avize was born of a desire to vinify, separately, two of his best parcels (Le Chemin de Plivot & Le Chemin de Flavigny), which had previously been included in the blend for his Longitude cuvée. Desire drove perseverance for Pierre, in the form of acquiring a new, smaller press to use with grapes from these two chalky sites. Les Chemins shines a stately golden yellow in the glass and sports a super-fine mousse. The nose shows delicate aromas of white flowers, lime-wood, chestnuts, and thyme. While palate courses with a finely-grained minerality that carries tones of Meyer lemons, chamomile, and white peaches through to a salty, savory finish. From vineyard to cellar to bottle this speaks volumes of two great Côte des Blancs terroirs and of one of Champagne's great growers. (Disgorged 11/14).

- David Salinas

Salon 1999 Champagne Grand Cru 'Le Mesnil' Blanc de Blancs

Vouette et Sorbée 2005 Champagne Extra Brut Extrait

A new cuvée from Côtes-des Bar sensation Vouette et Sorbée is cause for celebration for lovers of pure, organic Champagnes. Extrait is a late-disgorge bottling from a single vintage, bottled without dosage. The 2005 is 70% Pinot Noir from the Sorbee vineyard by grower Bertrand Gautherot's house and 30% Chardonnay from the Biaunes vineyard where they source Blanc d'Argile. The wine has a pale gold robe and fine bead.  The nose has notes of honey, dried orange peel, fresher red-fruit,  and citrus aromas (tangerine, blood orange). The palate shows great energy, with candied orange peel, red fruit, and pungnet mineral flavors with notes of brioche and crushed herbs. Quite dry, but by no means austere, this has good mid-plate density with a hint of burnished character on the long, persistent, punchy finish. This is linear rather than broad and a makes a convincing case for aging wines from the Aube. John McIlwain

Vouette et Sorbée 2010 Champagne Saignée de Sorbée