Burgundy

2022 Commanderie de la Bargemone Rosé
2022 Commanderie de la Bargemone Rosé
 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...
$17.99
2021 Maison Saint AIX Rose Coteaux d'Aix en Provence
2021 Maison Saint AIX Rose Coteaux d'Aix en Provence
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...
$14.99
2022 Caveau Savoyard Savoie Apremont DOP
2022 Caveau Savoyard Savoie Apremont DOP
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...
$19.99
$18.99
2022 Heritiers Comte Lafon Macon-Villages
2022 Heritiers Comte Lafon Macon-Villages
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...
$26.99
2021 Domaine Jourdan Chinon Varesnes
2021 Domaine Jourdan Chinon Varesnes
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...
$32.99
2020 Louis Jadot 'Domaine Gagey' Santenay Clos Des Gatsulards Pinot Noir
2020 Louis Jadot 'Domaine Gagey' Santenay Clos Des Gatsulards Pinot Noir
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...
$59.99
$54.99
On Sale
2021 Maison AIX Coteaux Aix en Provence Rose 1.5 Liter
2021 Maison AIX Coteaux Aix en Provence Rose 1.5 Liter
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...
$50.00
$39.99
$32.99
On Sale
2019 Maison AIX Coteaux d'Aix en Provence Rose 3 Liter
2019 Maison AIX Coteaux d'Aix en Provence Rose 3 Liter
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...
$120.00
$79.99
$69.99
2019 Domaine Jean Fournier Marsannay Rouge 1er Cru ‘Clos du Roy’
2019 Domaine Jean Fournier Marsannay Rouge 1er Cru ‘Clos du Roy’
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...
$59.99
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru
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...
$56.99
$54.99
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Mont de Milieu" 1er Cru
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Mont de Milieu" 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 the famous La Chablisienne , and husband Gilles, whose father and...
$56.99
$54.99
2022 Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose
2022 Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose
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...
$44.99
$39.99
2020 Domaine Michel Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrees
2020 Domaine Michel Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrees
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...
$79.99
$72.99
2020 Domaine Justin Girardin Bourgogne Chardonnay
2020 Domaine Justin Girardin Bourgogne Chardonnay
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...
$28.99
$24.99
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
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...
$42.99
2020 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "Les Pierres de Pierre
2020 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "Les Pierres de Pierre
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...
$29.99
2021 Domaine Doreau Monthelie Vieilles Vignes
2021 Domaine Doreau Monthelie Vieilles Vignes
 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...
$39.99
2001 Domaine Doreau Monthelie Rouge
2001 Domaine Doreau Monthelie Rouge
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...
$39.99
2019 Domaine Henri Clerc Saint Romain Blanc
2019 Domaine Henri Clerc Saint Romain Blanc
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...
$52.99
2019 DuMOL 'Il Gurro' Nebbiolo, Sonoma County
2019 DuMOL 'Il Gurro' Nebbiolo, Sonoma County
$59.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles or more  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...
$59.99
2021 Chateau de La Greffiere Macon La Roche-Vineuse Sous Le Bois
2021 Chateau de La Greffiere Macon La Roche-Vineuse Sous Le Bois
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...
$24.99
2022 Isabelle Garrault Sancerre Blanc 'Les Grands Monts'
2022 Isabelle Garrault Sancerre Blanc 'Les Grands Monts'
  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...
$36.99
2020 Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace 'le Jeu des Verts' Blanc
2020 Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace 'le Jeu des Verts' Blanc
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...
$44.99
2020 Hubert Bouzereau-Grueres Bourgogne Chardonnay
2020 Hubert Bouzereau-Grueres Bourgogne Chardonnay
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...
$54.99
$49.99
2021 Domaine Wengier Bourgogne Aligote
2021 Domaine Wengier Bourgogne Aligote
Frank Rothstein, Minister of Value: 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...
$21.99
$19.99
2020 Lamblin et Fils Chablis Vaudesir Grand Cru
Lamblin et Fils
2020 Lamblin et Fils Chablis Vaudesir Grand Cru
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!...
$77.99
Dallancourt Cuvee "Remanence" Champagne
Dallancourt
Dallancourt Cuvee "Remanence" Champagne
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...
$72.99
Doyard Mahe Cuvee "Desir" Extra Brut Champagne
Doyard-Mahé
Doyard Mahe Cuvee "Desir" Extra Brut Champagne
(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...
$66.99
Infinite 8 Cuvee Brut "Infinite" Champagne
Infinite 8
Infinite 8 Cuvee Brut "Infinite" Champagne
 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...
$51.99
Alexandra Sainz Brut Heritage Grand Cru Champagne
Alexandra Sainz
NV Alexandra Sainz Brut Heritage Grand Cru Champagne
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...
$59.99
2013 Alexandra Sainz Millesime Bouzy Grand Cru Champagne
Alexandra Sainz
2013 Alexandra Sainz Millesime Bouzy Grand Cru Champagne
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...
$74.99
2019 Domaine Verret Irancy 'Fût de Chène'
Domaine Verret
2019 Domaine Verret Irancy 'Fût de Chène'
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. ...
$34.99
2012 Champagne Telmont Vinotheque
Telmont
2012 Telmont Vinotheque Champagne
 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...
$145.99
$139.99
Doyard Mahe DM Empreinte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Doyard Mahe
Doyard Mahe DM Empreinte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
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,...
$59.99
2018 Domaine Clos des Lumieres Cotes du Rhone Villages
Domaine Clos des Lumieres
2018 Domaine Clos des Lumieres Cotes du Rhone Villages
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...
$14.99
$12.99
2017 Chateau de Gaudou Cahors "Cuvee Reniassance"
Chateau de Gaudou
2017 Chateau de Gaudou Cahors "Cuvee Reniassance"
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...
$17.99
$15.99
2020 Domaine Alain Normand Macon La Roche-Vineuse
Alain Normand
2020 Domaine Alain Normand Macon La Roche-Vineuse
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...
$23.99
$21.99
2019 Domaine Wassler Riesling Grand Cru Frankstein
Domaine Wassler
2019 Domaine Wassler Riesling Grand Cru Frankstein
Tasting Notes:  Golden colour, deep, golden highlights. Fruity, mineral, slight flowers aromas, generous white flowers aromas, arômes de fruits blancs, slight flint aromas, arômes de minéral. Complex, rich, generous flower...
$34.97
2018 Anne-Claude Leflaive Clau de Nell Grolleau, Val de Loire IGP
Clau de Nell
2018 Anne-Claude Leflaive Clau de Nell Grolleau, Val de Loire IGP
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...
$59.99
Baldi Pain Brut Grand Cru Champagne
Baldi Pain
Baldi Pain Brut Grand Cru Champagne
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...
$66.97