2013 Jean-Noël Gagnard, Chassagne-Montrachet, Champ Derrière, $62

Winery info: Chassagne-Montrachet is a village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or. Continue reading →

2012 Xavier Vins, Châteauneuf-du-Papa, Cuvée Anonym, $60

Winery info: Xavier Vignon is an oenologist and a negociant in the Rhône Valley and has consulted for a number of Châteauneuf-du-Pape domains, including Usseglio, La Nerthe, and Roger Perrin. Continue reading →

2015 Domaine Delarche, Pernand-Vergelesses “Les Combottes,” $49.75

Winery info: Established in the 1940s in the northern end of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune region. Continue reading →

2012 Biondi, Cisterna Fuori, $60

Winery info: Located in Sicily, on the slopes of Mount Etna where Ciro Bondi’s family has owned vineyards since 1800. Continue reading →

2012 Domaine Marie-Paule Dumazet, Cuvée Rouelle Midi, Condrieu, $60

Winery info: A long-established, family-owned winery in the small appellation of Condrieu, in the northern Rhône Valley. Continue reading →

2012 Château Haut-Batailley, Pauillac, $65

Winery info: Château Haut-Batailley is based in the quite northerly Left Bank Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux. Continue reading →

2014 Brick House, Les Dijonnais, Pinot Noir, $55

Winery info: Newberg-based Brick House planted their first vines in May of 1990 and today, all of their wines come from what is now a 40-acre estate on Ribbon Ridge. Continue reading →