2020 Chateau Quinault L'Enclos Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe HALF BOTTLE
We first became familiar with Quinault L’Enclos back just after the 1998 vintage, a fabulous one in Saint-Emilion, while we were still selling ‘Futures’ of...
Bargemone is among the foremost estates of the Coteaux d’Aix appellation of Provence. A benchmark producer of the delicious, dry rosé for which Provence is famous. Bargemone Rosé is a harmonious blend of Grenache, Cinsault, and...
You saw the big bottle offer we sent out two weeks ago and I’m thrilled to see that a lot of you will be opening very large bottles of this Rose this summer! We took and double magnum to a wedding party and it was gone in about 30...
2022 Caveau Savoyard Savoie Apremont DOP
If you’ve been deep into the alpine foothills that comprise the Savoie region in the southeastern corner of France, you can relate to just how the crisp, minerally wines there taste of the high altitude...
2022 Heritiers Comte Lafon Macon-Villages
Like the Côte d’Or, the Maconnais was blessed with near ideal conditions in 2022. Yields, for the first time in a while, were higher than normal and that provided ample counter weight to q warm...
Pronounced var-renne, this cuvée comes from roughly six acres on the plain, where the heavier clay soils give more spice and structure to the wine. The vines are mature, averaging 45-years; the wine ferments in steel and undergoes around 14 months...
2020 Louis Jadot 'Domaine Gagey' Santenay Clos Des Gatsulards Pinot Noir
This gorgeous Santenay actually hit our radar screen a few years ago when we auditioned the 2012 for inclusion in a Louis Jadot dinner. It turned out to be the hit of the evening...
Wait,’ you ask. ‘What the heck am I going to do with a three-liter bottle of Rose?’ Use your imagination! As proven under laboratory conditions, all you really need is 10 fun-loving over 21-year old friends to absolutely...
Wait,’ you ask. ‘What the heck am I going to do with a three-liter bottle of Rose?’ Use your imagination! As proven under laboratory conditions, all you really need is 10 fun-loving over 21-year old friends to absolutely...
Marsannay-la-Cote is the northernmost appellation in the Cotes de Nuits and, as also its coolest spot temperature-wise, a beneficiary rather than a victim of the recent string of warm to hot vintages in Burgundy. Back in the old days, even the best...
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru
There’s something about that Fevre name! This branch of the first family of Chablis, that of William’s cousin Nathalie who, for many years, was the winemaker at...
There’s something about that Fevre name! This branch of the first family of Chablis, that of William’s cousin Nathalie who, for many years, was the winemaker at the famous La Chablisienne , and husband Gilles, whose father and...
Jeb Dunnuck: An even split of Grenache and Mourvèdre brought up mostly in tank (20% in demi-muids), the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Hesperides is a dense, meaty, powerful wine offering a monster bouquet of black cherry and blackberry fruits...
While not every dry pink wine from Bandol has it, the best are instantly identifiable by a distincitve aromatic profile that features exuberant wild strawberry and lantana flower intermingled with white pepper spice, subtle rose petal and...
2020 Domaine Michel Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrees
We at PRIMA continue to wage our small war against overpriced Burgundy. It’s more, actually, a sort of guerrilla skirmish where we taste with and then convince various importers to...
2020 Domaine Justin Girardin Bourgogne Chardonnay
Throw a rock into the village of Santenay, the picturesque little village in southern part of the Cotes du Beaune and you’ll probably hit someone named Girardin. I remember eating...
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
As every lover of the crisp, mineral driven Sauvignons of the Loire Valley already all-too-well knows, the 2020 and, especially, the 2021 harvests were nearly decimated by...
2020 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "Les Pierres de Pierre
As every lover of the crisp, mineral driven Sauvignons of the Loire Valley already all-too-well knows, the 2020 and, especially, the 2021 harvests were nearly decimated by...
The search for value in Burgundy rarely takes us to the Cotes de Beaune Domaine Doreau is a very small domaine based in Monthelie and, as such, are one of the very few producers who specialize in its production. And they’ve been at it...
The search for value in Burgundy rarely takes us to the Cotes de Beaune Domaine Doreau is a very small domaine based in Monthelie and, as such, are one of the very few producers who specialize in its production. And they’ve been at it for a...
2019 Domaine Henri Clerc Saint Romain Blanc
As the climate changes and the summers get warmer and warmer, Saint-Romaine is one of those appellation in the Cotes d’Or of Burgundy you’ll be hearing more about. The very highest altitude...
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And now for something completely different! Andy Smith, is a veteran winemaker of Scottish descent with a resume that includes working for several producers in Burgundy before coming to...
Simple is sometimes (well, a lot of the time) better. Sure, we love our Chardonnay when it gets super concentrated and ripe in the vineyard, gets fermented on its natural yeast, sits on its lees, gets stirred around and has a nice long stay in a...
2022 Isabelle Garrault Sancerre Blanc ‘Les Grands Monts’ How sad it has been to be without delicious, mineral-driven Sancerre Blanc these past few months. It’s such an important staple in any wine fridge and we love to...
2020 Les Heritiers Saint Genys Mercurey Blanc Clos Marcilly 1er Cru Monopole
James Suckling: Generous yet subtle nose of many citrus fruits and crisp pears. A very focused and mineral Mercury, but only medium-bodied. Very long, refined...
2020 Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace 'le Jeu des Verts' Blanc
Robert Parker: From the south-facing Gruenenspiel cru, the onion-colored 2020 Le Jeu de Verts is the first orange wine of the domaine and blends Riesling, Blanc de Pinot Noir...
2020 Hubert Bouzereau-Grueres Bourgogne Chardonnay
If you throw a rock into the village of Meursault, you’re likely to hit someone named Bouzereau and, as such, this last name has been synonymous with great Meursault for centuries. But all...
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My first experience with the Aligote grape, some 30 years ago, led me to believe that the wine was always fat and creamy with exotic fruit notes and a lush texture. Looking back on that now, I realize that the...
I don’t think I need to expend a lot of space to extol the virtues of Grand Cru Chablis in these pages, nor the virtues of the venerable house of Lamblin. In 2020 they made some outsized wines, rich in texture and the volume at 11!...
50% Chardonnay
50% Pinot Noir
Over the years, we have enjoyed many cuvées from Dallancourt; their lovely Blanc de Blancs and excellent Prestige bottlings. The Remanance is a bit of a departure for them, with a generous amount of...
(100% Chardonnay, harvest 2019 plus reserve wine, 4g/liter, disgorged May 2002, malo-lactic fermentation)Champagne Doyard Mahé is a family enterprise producing a fantastic example of a true terroir Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs; elegant, beautifully...
Infinite 8 Champagne is the story of the rebirth of the Champagne House of Edmond Roussin, a family that had been working the vines since the French Revolution. Nicolas Letexirant decided to revive the family's interest 20 years ago by replanting...
Alexandra Sainz manages to run a Champagne house in Bouzy and a household in Walnut Creek, a major feat no matter how you look at it! And her Champagnes are, frankly, amazing- real triumphs of style and class. Both of Alex’s Champagnes...
Tasting Notes: (FR) Another stellar effort from Alexandra; our guests couldn’t get enough of this amazingly brilliant Pinot Noir based Champagne. More subtle than her Brut cuvee, the 2013 Millesime is precisely defined with...
Climate change hasn’t been kind to a lot growing regions around the world but Irancy, on the other hand, is a real beneficiary of these warmer, drier summers as this northern outpost of Burgundy has historically struggled to ripen its fruit. ...
I especially enjoyed the vintage Telmont; surprisingly fresh and vibrant despite its long aging on the lees. I was expecting more of a toasty quality, and there is a hint of yeastiness in the wine, but the overall impression is simply...
As a person, Carole Doyard is truly engaging so it’s not surprising that her wines reflect her effervescent personality and ‘joie de vivre’. On the other hand, she is a serious and accomplished winemaker who makes pure,...
Domaine le Clos des Lumières is a 50-hectare family farm founded in 1946 by the grandfather of the domaine’s current vigneron, Gerald Serrano. The ambitious, talented Serrano was the first to actually bottle wine here rather than sell...
Poor Cahors. For years this southwestern French appellation has had to live down a reputation for rustic, tannic Malbec-based reds that often required decades to mature and, even then, you could never be sure what you were going to get when you opened it...
What do you do when your spouse insists on great White Burgundy but you’re too cheap to spend an arm and a leg to keep peace in the family? The obvious answer is to buy Macon Village and lie about the price. With a wine like the 2020...
Importer's Notes: Grolleau, a varietal native to Touraine, has played a major part only in Rosé d’Anjou in the past, as it is prone to very high yields. When yields are limited, however, and the vines are very old and cultivated 100...
PRIMA Notes: The Baldi Pain Extra Brut is a blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay, aged in oak casks and finished with a very low dosage in order to let the fruit express its grandeur. Sourced from vines planted in 1965 and now farmed...