What Every Collector Wants

Welcome to the weekend! In just two weeks I’ll be at La Paulée in New York—if you’re attending, please let me know. I’d love to see you there and catch up. As of this writing, tickets are available for the March 28 Gala Dinner – the anchor event and one of the rarest opportunities to taste an extraordinary range of Burgundy alongside producers and collectors.

The energy surrounding this extraordinary weekend of tastings and dinners is unlike anything else in the U.S. Collectors, growers, and Burgundy devotees descend on the city for several days centered around great bottles and the people who make them. I’m looking forward to reporting back with impressions on the vintages and growers, along with a bit of color commentary from Pier Sixty.

With La Paulée on the mind, I’ve been thinking about what bottles one might bring to the table. Whether or not you’ll be there, we’ve assembled an exceptional group of wines spanning bottles that are drinking beautifully today alongside pristine examples built for long cellaring, all with perfect provenance – and no tariffs to contend with.

Top of mind is an extraordinary selection from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, all resting in our ideal storage since release. Anchoring the offer are the magnificent 2018 and 2020 La Tâche, alongside multiple vintages of Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Echézeaux, as well as both the 2020 and 2022 Corton-Charlemagne. We are also offering an original case of 2018 Romanée-Saint-Vivant, a rare opportunity to secure pristine bottles of one of the domaine’s most elegant grands crus.

Burgundy is exceptionally strong beyond DRC as well. Highlights include Rousseau’s Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, Bruno Clair’s legendary 2005 Clos Saint-Jacques, Méo-Camuzet Richebourg, Roulot Clos des Bouchères, Niellon Chevalier-Montrachet, and Mugnier’s Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses, alongside a beautifully mature 2005 Groffier Amoureuses. White Burgundy collectors will also note Leflaive Folatières, Lafon’s Corton-Charlemagne, and Dauvissat’s Preuses.

Because every great cellar benefits from balance, I’ve added a few of my favorite bottles beyond Burgundy: Jérôme Prévost’s rare Fac-Similé Rosé, along with the newly released La Closerie – both continue to define grower Champagne at its most distinctive. From the Rhône, we’ve secured a rare 1995 Jamet Côte-Rôtie Côte Brune, and Italy is represented by two of the best: Mascarello’s Barolo Monprivato and Marroneto’s rare Madonna delle Grazie Brunello.