Having It All

I am so excited about today’s offer! Here we are mid-week, and the wine just keeps flowing into the warehouse, giving me the chance to bring together two of my favorite categories: in-stock and aged Burgundy. And because you can’t drink Grand Cru every day – well, actually, you can, and I am certainly not stopping you – I’ve added a smattering of well-priced bottles alongside some seriously special wines.

The provenance is excellent, and I’ll say it again: we are incredibly fortunate to have such a deep supply of beautiful bottles coming directly from our storage clients as they rebalance their collections. There is a lot to dig into here: Grand Cru with real age, large formats, bottles that deserve to be opened rather than admired from across the cellar, and plenty under that $300 price tag.

I have my eye on:

1998 Domaine Leroy, Clos de Vougeot & Corton Les Renardes: Two rare, mature Grand Crus from Leroy, both from an increasingly difficult-to-find era. These are exactly the kinds of bottles that make an aged Burgundy offer fun.

1999 Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques Vieille Vigne 3L: A spectacular format of one of Gevrey’s great Premier Crus, from Fourrier and from 1999. This one has “big dinner” written all over it. Maybe think ahead for La Paul

2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 1.5L: Rousseau, Clos de Bèze, magnum. Enough said.

1996 Domaine Denis Mortet, Chambertin Grand Cru: A mature bottle from Denis Mortet himself, with nearly three decades of development behind it.

2006 & 2007 Comte Armand, Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux: Two vintages of one of Pommard’s most important monopoles, already well into their drinking years and a great opportunity to compare vintages side by side.

2014 & 2016 Domaine Roulot, Bourgogne Blanc: And then there is Roulot. These are exactly the bottles I mean when I say you don’t need Grand Cru every night. Mature Bourgogne Blanc from one of Meursault’s most sought-after producers is pretty hard to resist.

So stock up and please open some of those Grand Crus a little more often. Burgundy is meant to be drunk.