Colin-Morey, Pierre-Yves 2014 Santenay 1er Cru La Comme

Coudray-Bizot 2010 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Combettes

Faiveley, Hospices de Nuits 1998 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Les St Georges 3 L

Gavignet, Michel 2014 Nuits St Georges Vieilles Vignes

Bertrand, Yann 2015 Fleurie Vieilles Vignes

Bertrand, Yann 2016 Julienas Pur Ju

Foillard 2013 Morgon Cuvée Corcelette

Foillard 2014 Morgon Cuvée Corcelette

Foillard 2014 Fleurie

Foillard 2015 Fleurie

Foillard 2015 Morgon Cuvée Corcelette

Foillard 2016 Morgon Cuvée Corcelette

Doisy Vedrines 2009 Sauternes 375ml

Chateau de Myrat 2009 Sauternes 375ml

Balthazar 2016 Cotes-du-Rhone

Jamet 2015 Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah

Jamet 2015 Côte Rôtie Fructus Voluptas

Jamet 2016 Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah

Jamet 2016 Condrieu Vernillon

Jamet 2016 Cotes du Rhone

Jamet 2016 Cotes du Rhone Blanc

Jasmin 2013 Cote-Rotie

Marsanne, Jean-Claude 2015 Saint Joseph

Michel, Johann 2015 Cornas

Domaine de la Butte (Jacky Blot) 2015 Bourgueil Perrieres

Clos Rougeard 2006 Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux

Guiberteau 2013 Saumur Breze Chenin Blanc

Roches Neuves 2012 Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied

Roches Neuves 2012 Saumur-Champigny La Marginale

Roches Neuves 2013 Saumur Champigny Clos d'Echelier

Bachelet-Monnot 2013 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Folatieres

Bachelet-Monnot 2013 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts

Bachelet-Ramonet 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

Ballot Millot 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres

Bitouzet Prieur 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres

Boillot, Henri 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrieres

Boillot, Henri 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Moucheres

Boillot, Henri 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrieres

Colin-Morey, Pierre-Yves 2011 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Chatenieres

Perhaps the greatest Saint Aubin vineyard, Chateniere has very similar soil type to Montrachet, and this wine is a candidate for long term cellaring. The vines are over 40 years old, and the wine is already rich and will become even more round and full with more time.

Colin-Morey, Pierre-Yves 2011 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Creots

This is from a south-facing vineyard overlooking the village of St. Aubin. The vines are just over ten years old. This is the 1er Cru Saint Aubin that will come around before its more reticent siblings.

Dancer, Vincent 2013 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru Tete du Clos

Dancer, Vincent 2014 Bourgogne Blanc

Dancer, Vincent 2014 Meursault 1er cru Corbins

Dancer, Vincent 2016 Bourgogne Blanc

Girardin, Vincent 2009 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Combettes

Girardin, Vincent 2012 Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres

Girardin, Vincent 2012 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Combettes

Girardin, Vincent 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Combettes

Jayer-Gilles 2006 Echezeaux Grand Cru du Dessus

Lafarge 2011 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chénes

Remoissenet 2010 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres

Sarrazin, Michel 2014 Givry 1er Cru Champ Lalot

Bertrand, Yann 2014 Fleurie Vieilles Vignes

Bertrand, Yann 2014 Morgon Vieilles Vignes

Coudert (Clos de la Roilette) 2009 Fleurie Cuvée Tardive

Coudert (Clos de la Roilette) 2011 Fleurie Cuvée Tardive

It's hard to follow the sensational 2010 cuvèe Tardive, but Alain has certainly made the best of this quite good vintage. The aromas are high-toned and very pretty, showing good acidity. The palate is quite dense with black fruits, licorice, earth and spice. The finish is very long, with ample acidity. More enjoyable now than the 2010, this should really sing within a few years and age well for ten years and more.  Arrival mid-July. (Note: If you don't have any of the 2010, there seem to be some stores that still have inventory.)

Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand Cour) 2015 Fleurie Clos de la Grand Cour

Certified organic since 2009, the Dutraive family's Domaine de la Grand Cour produces subtle, traditional wines from their 9 hectares in Fleurie and a small parcel in Brouilly. Harvested by hand, the grapes ferment with wild yeasts in carbonic maceration, without addition of sulfur. The "Clos de la Grand Cour" is aged in a combination of cuve inox, barrels and foudres. The 2015 shows penetrating aromas of ripe strawberry and black cherry with pepper, iris, violet and earth. Elegant blackberry, plum-skin, licorice and earth on the palate, very deep and long, framed in firm acidity and quite powerful at 14.5% alcohol. This will be quite delicious now, served with steak, grilled pork, duck and strong cheeses, but should benefit from a few years of aging, best perhaps 2018 to 2022.

Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand Cour) 2016 Brouilly Cuvée VV

From a small hillside parcel of 50-plus year-old vines in Brouilly, certified organic. Carbonic maceration with no addition of SO2, followed by foot-pressing, gravity fed into large barrels or foudres for aging. Light Garnet/black color. The 2016, at 12.5% alcohol, is back to the style of the lovey 2014, showing pretty aromas of raspberry and red currant with bright citrus notes and  smells of earth and stone. The palate is light but intense with bright raspberry and tart cherry flavors over firm acidity with citrus and earth. The finish is refreshing with lingering citrus and mineral flavors. Serve with charcuterie, fish in sauce, chicken and pork dishes or hold for 5 to 8 years as this should be a very pretty mature wine.  David Lillie

Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand Cour) 2016 Fleurie

Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand Cour) 2016 Fleurie Cuvée Tous Ensemble Vieilles Vignes

Foillard 2010 Fleurie

Foillard 2011 Fleurie

Foillard 2011 Morgon Cote du Py

Foillard 2012 Morgon Cote du Py

Foillard 2012 Morgon Cuvee Corcelette

Foillard 2013 Morgon Côte du Py

Foillard 2013 Morgon Les Charmes Eponyme

Foillard 2014 Morgon Les Charmes Eponyme

Foillard 2014 Morgon Côte du Py

Foillard 2015 Morgon Cote de Py

Foillard 2015 Morgon Les Charmes Eponyme

Foillard 2016 Morgon Côte du Py

Clape 2000 Cotes du Rhone

Clape 2008 Cornas

Clape 2013 Vin des Amis

Clape 2014 Cotes du Rhone

Clape 2014 Cornas Renaissance

Clape 2014 Vin des Amis

Clape 2015 Cotes du Rhone

Clape 2015 Vin des Amis

Gonon 2012 Saint-Joseph

Jamet 2014 Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah

Juge, Marcel 2012 Cornas

Rostaing 2000 Cote-Rotie

Rostaing 2005 Cote-Rotie

Rostaing 2015 Côte Rôtie La Landonne

Souhaut, Herve 2015 La Souteronne Gamay 1.5 L

Baudry 2013 Chinon La Croix Boissée

From young and old vines in a superb south-facing hillside vineyard of thin clay over limestone soils in Cravant. 24 months of aging in 2 to 4 year-old barriques. The difficult vintage of 2013 gave very low yields and less alcohol than usual, but the 2013 Croix Boissée is a superb, elegant Chinon that will age well and resembles a light, old fashioned Burgundy. The aromas are lovely and very floral with raspberry and red currant fruit. The palate is extremely mineral, not fat but with pretty red fruit, spice and earthy flavors over firm acidity. Given the vintage, this is an astonishingly good Chinon, but not exactly a fruit-bomb, that should be superb when mature, perhaps 2025 to 2035, and delicious young for those who appreciate more terroir than fruit in their Chinon.

Baudry 2014 Chinon La Croix Boissée

The 2014 Croix Boissée Rouge is a magnificent wine. We have tasted the wine from barrel on three different occasions and it's definitely one of the best wines the Baudrys have ever made ("our best since 2010,"says Matthieu), and one of the very best reds of the Loire Valley in 2014. The wine received a more than two year elevage in young barrels, none were new, and was bottled with only 10mg of SO2. Last tasted in January of 2017, the wine showed superb, pure aromas of black fruits and violets. The palate was dense and chalky, with meaty black fruits with remarkable purity and length and perfect structure for aging. This will obviously open up to become a complex and beautiful mature wine, probably best from 2025 to 2040. We look forward to opening a bottle on arrival for a more detailed description. 3 bottle limit, please. (While one may not think of the Baudrys as "natural" wine producers, their farming is totally organic, their vinifications are without extraction, and without SO2 added until bottling - only 10 mg per liter.  David Lillie

Breton, Catherine et Pierre 2012 Bourgueil Clos Senechal

The Breton's Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal is always one of my favorite Loire reds. From a great terroir in mid-slope on clay over limestone "tuffeau." The vines are 30 to 45 years old, there is a three-week alcoholic fermentation with wild yeasts, no added SO2. Aging is in old foudres with minimal SO2 added before bottling. The wine is relatively light with subtle aromas and strong chalky acids - remarkably pretty when young, it ages beautifully for ten to twenty years depending on the vintage. The tiny yields in 2012 brought a bit more concentration and color but the wine retains it's light character with superb, complex aromas of ripe blackberry, red-currant, violets, earth, plum-skin and spice. The palate is light but intense with black fruits, very firm citrusy acids and a long finish of ripe berries and saline minerals. Beautiful now, best perhaps between 2019 and 2025-2030. David Lillie.

Breton, Catherine et Pierre 2013 Bourgueil Franc de Pied

Breton, Catherine et Pierre 2015 Bourgueil Les Galichets

Clos Rougeard 2008 Saumur-Champigny

Guiberteau 2010 Saumur Breze Chenin Blanc

Guiberteau 2010 Saumur Rouge Les Motelles

Guiberteau 2011 Saumur Clos de Guichaux

Plouzeau 2011 Chinon Ante Phylloxera Clos de Maulevrier

Raffault, Olga 2010 Chinon Les Picasses

Sanzay, Antoine 2012 Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux