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Nothing compares to perfectly cellared Bordeaux. It’s an unparalleled sensory experience that can only be achieved through expert winemaking and diligent patience. And bottles like this exquisite 1986 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou are next to impossible to get directly from the estate… normally.  Ducru-Beaucaillou is commonly listed among the unofficial “Super Seconds,” a small circle of wines…

The 1996 vintage was excellent in Bordeaux, especially in the Left Bank: The wines “have developed real complexity from all their years in bottle and seem to have just the right amount of well-developed fruit and weight,” wrote Jancis Robinson MW when she checked on the wines after 15 years. But finding 1996 Bordeaux? That’s…

Chateau Musar produces one of the most celebrated and storied wines on the planet—but today’s 1998 is much more than that. With just over two decades of cellaring AT THE CHTEAU, it’s an ultra-rare, painstakingly cared-for wine that is drinking in its absolute prime.  Musar is one of the world’s most cherished estates, and this…

From a small insider-favorite Champagne house featured at MICHELIN-starred restaurants like SingleThread Farms and St. Helena’s PRESS, this tête de cuvée was just disgorged in 2022. Now, it’s showing a profound complexity and gorgeous bouquet—the kind of stunning bubbly that every wine lover should experience, delivering the sublime feeling you get from drinking a fully…

Monumental 2000 Bordeaux With Perfect Provenance We have secured a precious 10 cases of 2000 Léoville Poyferré coming direct from the cellars in Saint-Julien — in perfect condition and provenance at a venerable 17 years old. Here’s your chance to secure mint-condition, perfectly-aged bottles of Parker’s 97-point 2000 Poyferré, which the venerable critic called “brilliant”…

Think about the oldest bottle of wine you’ve ever tried, or even a fairly old bottle. If the experience was beyond memorable—as in, you had an answer immediately, and could recall every detail—then you already know what it will be like to secure this 2000 Château Lynch-Bages. Just three years ago, in December of 2015,…

Perfectly Aged Pomerol Ready to Enjoy Bordeaux collectors would have been wise to purchase the 95-point 2001 Clos l’Église Pomerol on release when Robert Parker declared it to be “one of the candidates for wine of the appellation in 2001.” Pomerol “produces some of the most expensive, exhilarating, and glamorous wines in the world,” according to…

First reviewed a decade ago by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, this 2002 Cristal earned 96+ points. But in May of 2018, Parker upped the ante by promoting it to a 98-point rating and catapulting it into the Top 15 highest-rated vintage-dated Champagnes from the Advocate—ever. The superlatives are many, and deserved: “fabulous wine!” “amazing richness…

A “Royal” Premier Cru Bubbly Disgorged For You For a small, under-the-radar grower-producer in the Montagne de Reims, J. Dumangin Fils Champagne certainly shows up in some high places: Sir Paul McCartney served the non-vintage bubbly at his 2011 wedding, and a Dumangin sparkler recently landed on Forbes magazine’s list of “Best Champagne You’ve Never…

Château Pontet-Canet is the legendary Pauillac Fifth Growth that drinks just like a First Growth. “If any estate understands the impact of tiny details, it is Pontet-Canet,” wrote Bordeaux authority Jane Anson about the estate, whose stunning rise is thanks to the dedication of Alfred Tesseron, the proprietor since 1994. We recently had the privilege…