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"Inky ruby. Dramatic bouquet of spicy red berries, baking spices, fresh flowers and minerals. The palate offers vibrant raspberry and candied cherr...

"The 2000 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru is (like many millennial red Burgundies) a real surprise. The bouquet is lively and joyous with red cherries,...

"The inky black/purple-colored 2014 Ermitage l’Ermite is more firm, backward and mineral driven than the sexier Pavillon, offering fabulous notes o...

The hugely impressive 2012 Dom Perignon bursts from the glass with a vibrant minerality and delivers gorgeous mouth coating creamy chalk, apple pas...

"The 2014 Ermitage le Pavillon is another wine from this team that defies the vintage. Full-bodied, concentrated, impeccably balanced and seamless,...

"A largely academic data point for longtime collectors out there, the 1985 Rouge VDP de l'Herault is nearing the end of its life, but it remains im...

Palmer & Co is one of the few champagne houses to have an impressive collection of rare vintages, such as 1999, 1989, 1987, 1985, 1979 and 1976...

"The nose is still very youthful with touches of peony, coconut and almond. Very understated. The palate displays superb balance with a minerally c...

"A notably cooler and more restrained nose offers up notes of ripe red currant, wet stone, warm earth and a game note that can also be found on the...

One of the great Champagne houses, Bollinger is particularly notable for the elegance of its pinot noir.  The wines are powerful, refined and compl...

Palmer & Co is one of the few champagne houses to have an impressive collection of rare vintages, such as 1999, 1989, 1987, 1985, 1979 and 1976...

"Ramonet's 2013 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Boudriotte is drinking beautifully, wafting from the glass with a pretty nose of honey, white flowers ...

100% Chardonnay from vines planted in 1960 on this one hectare plot situated on a steep southwest-facing slope in Dizy. The vineyard's stony clay s...

Palmer & Co is one of the few champagne houses to have an impressive collection of rare vintages, such as 1999, 1989, 1987, 1985, 1979 and 1976...

Bollinger’s “002 for 007” is a striking limited edition release created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise and the ...

"Jérôme Prévost farms just over two hectares of old-vine Pinot Meunier in the village of Gueux, where the soils are a millefeuille of calcareous sa...

"The 1989 Le Tertre-Rôteboeuf is a vintage that I have not encountered for many years. Provenance probably plays a part, and this magnum was stored...

Domaine Etienne Sauzet, based in Puligny-Montrachet, is one of Burgundy’s benchmark producers, known for elegant, mineral-driven Chardonnays of gre...

"One of France’s few single-estate appellations, the legendary Château Grillet was purchased by Pinault’s Artemis Group in 2011. Alessandro Nori is...