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Staff Favorites

If you’re going to have Robert Parker or Stephen Tanzer over for dinner, selecting a wine they’ve rated highly will be a nice choice. However, when you’re buying wines for yourself, we’d love to see you find wines that match up your unique palate and pocketbook. We have a large staff of friendly and knowledgeable wine professionals that taste hundreds of wines each week. They can put you in touch with bottles that you are likely to love, often at a much lower cost than the highly-rated gems that often see a run-up in price and frequent availability issues. Like any great group of opinionated professionals, our staff has varied tastes themselves. Often our customers will find a particular staff member with a style that corresponds to their own. That concept works extremely well in our retail stores, and this section is our effort to bring you the same online. Don’t get us wrong, we love the highly rated wines from the press and will continue to offer them, but we think you’re missing out if you’re not augmenting those selections with picks from our excellent staff. Here are their favorites. (Click on a name to see their other selections - or to drop them a line.) Cheers!

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2024 Sotto Nebbia Langhe Nebbiolo (K&L Exclusive)
Reviwer Picture By: Jonathan Parnell | Review Date: 11/7/2026 | Send Email
So happy to try our first private label from Southern Barolo! This approachable Langhe Nebbiolo shows a garnet color given a short maceration. A nose of violet, fig leaf and night-blooming jasmine. Good acidity and perfectly balanced at 13% ABV. Looking forward to the next bottle. Stock up at this price!!
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart
2023 Cerbaiona Rosso di Montalcino
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
From the rolling hills of Montalcino comes the Cerbaiona Rosso. It is a medium-bodied, Ruby Red, vibrant acidity, 100% Sanguis Jovis (Sangiovese). The aromas of salumeria, dry rose petals, Rosemary coupled with soft tannins. The wine was aged in Slavonian cask for a year and then transferred into concrete tank for more structural integration. This is an easy drinking wines on any given weekend. Cheers! (ME)
Price: $59.99 Add To Cart
JD: 94
K&L's "Faultline" 8 Year Old Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey
Reviwer Picture By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
I'm a sucker for ryes. The inclusion of the Madeira cask in the blend provides a nice counterpunch to the classic spice. Dried fig and hazelnut highlight the bracing bite of this pour. I'd happily drink it neat but is has the oomph to make some delicious spirit forward cocktails!
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
2016 was a benchmark year for Barolo and they have now reached the magic ten-year mark! Our K&L Discovery Series Barolo is indicative of this superb year and has aged long enough to develop the kind of complexities for which Nebbiolo is renown. Now back in stock for the holidays, this is our third round of this excellent wine as it keeps selling out fast. If you love Barolo you will come back for more. If you want to discover Barolo (and that's point), the $34.99 price tag is ridiculously low from such an outstanding vintage.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2016 ArPePe "Rocce Rosse" Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva (Nebbiolo)
Reviwer Picture By: Orazio Campoli | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
This is how the Valtellina remembers Arturo Pelizzatti Perego: the year was 1984, and he decided to make his Riserva in the heart of Sassella. He and his wife Giovanna named it Rocce Rosse for the iron-rich red rocks of the subzone, and it has been the reference wine of the valley ever since. The 2016 — one of five Riserva vintages in fifteen years — spent 97 days on its skins and nearly three years in wood and cement before its long rest in bottle. In the glass, it pours a bright, lifted, translucent ruby. The nose is understated at first, then blood orange, dried apricot, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and tanned leather. On the palate, it is striking in intensity yet light on its feet, with iron and rust recalling the rocks, silky tannins, brisk acidity and a finish of extraordinary length.
Price: $149.99 Add To Cart
2023 ArPePe Rosso di Valtellina (Nebbiolo)
Reviwer Picture By: Orazio Campoli | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
ArPePe’s Rosso spends 110 days on its skins — longer than most Barolo — then six to twelve months in big untoasted casks. That is what the most traditional cellar in Valtellina does to its youngest wine, from 50-to-100-year-old vines on the lower terraces of Sassella and Grumello. In the glass, it pours a translucent, luminous ruby. The nose is pure alpine Nebbiolo: wild strawberry and sour cherry, dried rose, alpine herbs and a cool thread of wet granite. On the palate, it is light-to-medium-bodied, pliant and supple, with fine, grainy tannins, the acidity of altitude and a long, salty finish. Vinous called it a terrific introduction to the range, and I agree. Pizzoccheri, bresaola, a Tuesday roast chicken; drink over the next five years. $52.99.
Price: $52.99 Add To Cart
JS: 90
Maker's Mark Private Selection "The Bark is Louder" K&L Exclusive Cask Strength Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
The Maker's Mark Private Selection program has long been a staple on our shelves. It's one of the few barrel programs where we get to truly affect the outcome, but also one of the most nerve-wracking barrel picks because you have to commit to something based on a lot of assumptions. Flavors don't really work in a linear way, so even with the most careful planning, the stave aging process can be tricky to predict. I've absolutely adored our picks over the years, noting, of course, that this is one of the products on the shelf that benefits greatly from additional aeration. Still, I always have this nervous energy when picking and finally tasting the blend. I've also kind of pigeonholed myself because there are certain flavor profiles I know I like and end up coming back to again and again. That's why tasting this release has been SO refreshing. This one was picked out at the distillery by my colleagues in the spring of 2026. All I had to do was show up and taste it when it landed. And damn, they've done something I'd never do, and I'm so glad they did. I'm always going heavy on the American oak, but here they've balanced a drop of that with the spicier elements, which I worried would contrast too overtly with the Maker's sweetness. Instead, everything has turned out to be in perfect balance. Let's give it a taste. The color is a classic tawny (1.5). The nose starts big on the woodsy spice, but with air deepens into a potpourri of dried stone fruit: apricots, cherries, and candied peaches, plus their pits, buckets of roasted almonds, and charred wood. It continues to grow: dark chocolate, hazelnut, sandalwood, black tea, sarsaparilla. On the palate, it's deeply sweet, almost liqueur-like at first, offering cherry compote and demerara syrup, followed by roasted wood and big, dark spices that build and build at the end. It's a bit of a roller coaster, and I can tell we're still just at the beginning of a much bigger trip. The last pour will be the best pour in this special bottle. Glad to see I have colleagues with such great taste. No big surprises there.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart
2025 Casa d'Ambra Falanghina Ischia Campania
Reviwer Picture By: Orazio Campoli | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
Falanghina is the great workhorse of Campania, and in the hands of Ischia’s most historic house it is a workhorse with manners. Casa d’Ambra picks it in small crates in the second ten days of October, presses gently, ferments cool and gives it a short rest in steel, nothing more. In the glass, it pours a pale straw with green glints. The nose is intense and floral: hawthorn and linden blossom, white peach, a squeeze of citrus. On the palate, it is dry and poised between softness and freshness, light on its feet at 12%, closing on a clean, saline, mineral note. At $13.99 this is the fritto misto wine, the clams wine, the Tuesday wine. Buy it by the case for the next year of weeknights.
Price: $13.99 Add To Cart
2025 Casa d'Ambra "Frassitelli" Ischia Biancolella
Reviwer Picture By: Orazio Campoli | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
If Ischia has a grand cru, this is it, and the 2025 has arrived. Tenuta Frassitelli hangs off the flank of Monte Epomeo at 600 metres, four hectares of Biancolella on terraces of green volcanic tuff so steep that the grapes come down by monorail. Luigi Veronelli told the d’Ambra family to plant Biancolella here decades ago, and the wine went on to win Campania’s first Tre Bicchieri. Casa d’Ambra has farmed the island since 1888, and the winemaking stays out of the way: no skin contact, a cool fermentation in steel and a long rest on the fine lees. In the glass, it pours a pale straw with green glints. The nose is bright, saline and unmistakably Mediterranean: yellow broom and white blossom, white peach, Mediterranean scrub, a pinch of white pepper and briny sea mist. On the palate, it is dry and racy yet generous, the altitude giving it a vertical spine and the volcanic soil a smoky, sun-dried-straw grip, finishing long on makrut lime zest and salt. At $29.99 this is heroic viticulture in a bottle and still one of the best values in Italian white. Spaghetti alle vongole, grilled octopus, or the island’s rabbit if you can find it.
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
A perfect wine for our discovery series. Here is a chance for everyone to see what Barolo has to offer with some age. Most reasonably priced Nebbiolos in the shop are not Barolo; they are Langhe Nebbiolo, and they are always just a couple of years old. Barolo, like Bordeaux, needs a little extra time to show off its fullest range of flavors. Here is the perfect introduction, or discovery, of that potential. I am telling everyone to be careful with this. The pricing is crazy for what you get. You might develop a taste for the wonderful world of Barolo. It can be a big commitment, but it is so worth it!
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
Maison 76 Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Champagne
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
This is a splendid blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay. It is really scrip and fresh with flavors reminiscent of apple tartre, vibrant medium plus acidity, hint of hazelnut finish. the creamy and delicate bubbles last a while. it's a greal deal for the upcoming holidays. Cheers! (ME)
Price: $54.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/6/2026 | Send Email
This Barolo medium ruby red reveals notes of dry rose petals, basil leaf, spicy notes of charcuterie (Salume). It has generous level of acidity for medium bodied wine. The tannin is somewhat astringent yet soft. It is an autumnal wine at a friendly and affordable price ready to be consumed right now. Cheers! (ME)
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2025 Max Ferd. Richter Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Mosel
Reviwer Picture By: Keith Schulenburg | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
This classic German Riesling from the Mosel offers peach and apricot aromas on the nose and a sweet lush palate with just the right amount of acidity and minerality to keep it all in perfect balance. Try with roast pork and sauerkraut or red cabbage.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
VN: 94
2020 CVNE "Cune" Reserva Rioja
Reviwer Picture By: Keith Schulenburg | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
Rioja reserva bottlings benefit from extended oak aging resulting in a wine ready to consume upon release. This version delivers classic aromas of vanilla and spice on top of plummy fruit. The palate is warm and rich with soft tannins. Ready to drink tonight with your choice of grilled meats.
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart
JG: 92
JS: 92
VN: 92
RP: 91
WS: 91
DC: 90
2025 Bodegas La Val Albariño Rías Baixas
Reviwer Picture By: Keith Schulenburg | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
I love the perfume on the nose of a good Albarino and this one really delivers. It presents lovely floral aromas along with peaches and lemon blossom. Those flavors continue into a fresh and lively palate with a finish that leaves you asking for more.
Price: $17.99 Add To Cart
JS: 91
WS: 90
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Michael Benoit | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
It's amazing to see this ready-to-drink Barolo on our shelves at well under $40 a bottle, and even more amazing once you taste the wine. Hailing from the excellent 2016 vintage, this Barolo has a complex nose of dried rose, candied violets, warm earth, and fennel. On the palate, the high acidity and present but resolved tannins beautifully frame flavors of sour cherry, strawberry, dried herbs, and tobacco. This is a serious wine at the beginning of its drinking window - grab half of case and enjoy over the next few years!
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Kai Pedreno | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
A true treat in the Barolo section, often you have to choose between a high price point or having to cellar Barolo until it reaches a maturity where it's truly ready to drink. This bottle is in the rare spot of being at the right age, from a great vintage, and being at a remarkable price point. On the nose Cherries, rose petals, and bayleaf. On the palate leather and coco nib show up wrapped up in a silky package. This Barolo is entering its prime and it shows!
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
I've been stashing Cru bottlings from the 2016 vintage in Piedmont but I know I'll be waiting awhile before I get to finally pop them open. This library release of a ready to drink '16 will help keep the tell-tale heart at bay. This bottle embodies Nebbiolo; cherry, rose petal and tannins mellowed by a decade of age. Grab a bottle or three while it's still available!
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2020 CVNE "Cune" Reserva Rioja
Reviwer Picture By: Will Blakely | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
Well-made Rioja for a price that is becoming increasingly rare, this bottling shows the finesse and quality you get from a top tier winery. Red and dark fruit, tilled earth, pleasant spice with a refreshing but long finish. The oak is perfectly integrated, providing body without taking over the flavor. With broad appeal, this is an easy choice for any occasion or meal. Maybe reach for this next time you're looking for an inexpensive Bordeaux or Sangiovese.
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart
JG: 92
JS: 92
VN: 92
RP: 91
WS: 91
DC: 90
2020 CVNE "Cune" Reserva Rioja
Reviwer Picture By: Carlo Delgado | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España. Abbreviated as C.V.N.E., phonologically simplified as CUNE. One of the most if not the most recognizable wineries from Spain spanning all price brackets. Regardless of how much I've paid for a bottle, they have always delivered in terms of quality. The 2020 Reserva is a classic. Pretty red fruit, savory dried herbs, well balanced oak, and a nice touch of earthiness. Always a solid choice.
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart
JG: 92
JS: 92
VN: 92
RP: 91
WS: 91
DC: 90
2021 Ramirez de la Piscina Crianza Rioja
Reviwer Picture By: Carlo Delgado | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
Everyone knows that Rioja is one of the best wine regions in terms of quality to price ratio. But it's not every day that a bottle from a legendary vintage comes along at this insanely affordable price. Traditional, with a comfortable touch oak. Classic flavors of savory dried herbs, bright red fruit morphing into a darker fruit dusty finish. It has everything I want in an old school Rioja at a price less than what I usually pay for.
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart
DC: 96
TA: 92
WE: 92
JS: 91
Maestro Dobel "Pavito" Pechuga Tequila (750ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
Dobel Pavito is an oddity of the highest order. This unusual spirit from the high-end brand owned by José Cuervo has been absolutely unavailable around Thanksgiving for the last several years. Even at $70, it was simply impossible to get. Now, for whatever reason, we’re able to snag this fun fall specialty for a fraction of its intended price, so I bought everything I could get my hands on. There’s simply nothing more fun in the store to bring to the Thanksgiving table than this wild spirit. It’s not funky or weird, as you might expect, and it may feel a little “easy” to those who have cut their teeth on Oaxacan pechuga. But for mixing, sharing or gifting, it’s simply impossible to find a more exciting bottle for the price. And it actually tastes really nice. The pechuga style of mezcal, a sacred tradition produced for the fall harvest festival, inspired this tequila, which of course is culturally and historically a type of mezcal from around the town of Tequila. Instead of mezcal, it starts with 100% blue weber tequila distillate, then is infused with turkey breast, spices and fruit. The result is a fruity, round, tequila-meets-gin sort of hybrid, though without the classic gin flavors, of course. I might have steered you toward a more intense and complex artisanal version if this were sitting on the shelf at $70. But at $25, this is the go-to holiday tag-along bottle and hands down the best conversation starter on the shelf today. Plus, it’s cheap enough to experiment with at the bar. Persimmon Palomas, anyone?
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart
Lagavulin "Distiller's Edition" Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (750ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/5/2026 | Send Email
This stuff is so overtly awesome it's hard not recommend it even to people who adamantly hate peat smoke. Something about putting that sweet syrupy sherry note on top of Lagavulin's oily robust spirit is so satisfying. I see why every other distiller in the world is trying to emulate it. Of course, nothing is like Lagavulin so where others fail miserably, the Lagavulin Distillers Edition is a triumph. Massive, rich, all encompassing, yet balanced - this is whisky you'll need to savor slowly. The sweet nutty aromas of the sherry make it seem almost dessert like on the nose, but all that oil and smoke keeps it in range. As always, there is a limited supply of this whisky and once it's gone we'll have to wait for the new release. Now with new rolled back pricing, we're selling it for the same price as releases from 10+ years ago. Totally worth every dollar still.
Price: $109.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Carlo Delgado | Review Date: 11/4/2026 | Send Email
I love a good Barolo that leans towards the savory, earthy side, and that is exactly what this wine showcases. Delicious flavors of soft plums, dark cherries, with developed, intriguing notes of laurel, tobacco leaf, tajin, and a touch of paprika. An excellent bottle of wine!
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Aaron Hughes | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
This is just such a really pretty and alluring nose, that is just drawing me in deeply, almost like a siren song. It's just so pretty and pure fruited, lots of cherry and raspberry, backed by a touch of tomato leaf and some neutral barrel roundness. The palate is really beautiful, the tannins are soft and pretty ready, and there's this wonderful line of acidity pushing through the whole thing. The fruit is bright and very freshly ripe, raspberry, cherry, a little bit of pomegranate. This is exactly what you want when you're coming in for a bottle of ready to drink Barolo, and it's coming at you for less than you'll find a lot of declassified wines from the region. This is going to be a go-to recommendation from me until we sell out of this, it's just that good.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
Launois "Quartz" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Reviwer Picture By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
We can never get enough Launois Quartz at K&L. Unfortunately; the production is limited as Bernard Launois only has so many grapes each year in the great Mesnil plot of Les Chetillons. Having access to single vineyard, estate, grand cru Champagne from one of the best growers in the region at such a fair price makes me proud to be the Champagne guy at K&L. If you look around for other producers Chetillons, it is almost always made as vintage and is always way over $100! This wine has a fabulous white fruit quality that few Champagnes get at any price, and a chalky laser beam finish that is pure Mesnil. No Champagne we carry sells out faster!
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
2017 Launois "Helia" Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Reviwer Picture By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Price aside, this is one of the best bottles of Champagne at K&L. This wine comes from the same ancient massal selected vines that made their special club in the past, and is also made the same way- in enamel lined iron tanks in their cellar in Mesnil. 2017 is a fantastic vintage for Chardonnay, and this is a top notch example of the success that variety had in Champagne. Not only is the wine full of rich brioche and generous citrus, its fabulous texture and complexity is balanced by bright refreshment and definitive chalky minerality. Not only will it drink great tonight, it will improve for at least a couple of decades in good storage. Don't miss this one!
Price: $79.99 Add To Cart
2023 Domaine Bart Marsannay Rouge "Les Ouzeloy"
Reviwer Picture By: Walden Pemantle | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
The 2023 Ouzeloy leads with an impressively complex nose of ripe red cherry, fragrant vanilla, toasted wood, and smoke. Sinking into the midpalate, there is black tea, earthiness, and fine tannins over the medium body. In all, this is an ambitious and serious Marsannay that shows well young, but should develop even more complexity over the next five years.
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
WS: 92
JM: 88 - 90
BH: 87 - 90
2019 Mastroberardino "Stilèma" Fiano di Avellino Riserva
Reviwer Picture By: Michele Gargani | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
A masterclass in tension, pedigree, and chiseled volcanic architecture from Campania’s benchmark historic house. On the nose, it opens refreshingly vibrant and electric: crisp Granny Smith apple, honeydew melon, wild fennel pollen, and a subtle touch of green apple hard candy that stays laser-focused and dry. On the palate, it delivers graceful, weightless precision, nothing is out of place. The mid-palate carries a medium-light frame, but don't let the initial lift fool you: beneath the surface lies a sneaky structural depth and a high-tensile, lip-smacking acid spine that grips the palate like a sour punch candy, drenched in mouthwatering salinity that practically demands the next sip. At seven years of age, this wine is barely stretching its legs. With its seamless balance of low-profile extract, waxy citrus tension, and crystalline acidity, it evolves along an aging trajectory not unlike an old-school Hunter Valley Sémillon. Terrific energy and transparency right now, but its best drinking window is easily another 5 to 10 years down the line. A stellar bottle for collectors who prize nerve, minerality, and serious cellar longevity.
Price: $89.99 Add To Cart
JS: 93
RP: 93
VN: 93
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Lilia McIntosh | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
It's incredibly fortunate that we have ready to drink Barolo at such an affordable price. This wine is very classic and showcases all traditional Nebbiolo characteristics of red cherry, plum, tobacco and earth. It's developing nicely and certainly could be age longer, but it is very enjoyable now thanks to softer, well rounded tannins.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
Reviwer Picture By: Lacie Schwarz | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
A few immediate words come to mind upon opening a bottle of the Discovery 2016 Barolo; balance, aromatics, complexity. This wine delivers pronounced aromatics of tart cherry and cranberry that intermingle with notes of truffle, dried violets, graphite, dried herbs and a distinct "inside of a cigar box" tobacco. The tannins are still on the high side, but have integrated into the wine, creating harmony. Definitely ready to be drank now, but could benefit from a few additional years of bottle age.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2022 Couhins Blanc, Pessac-Léognan
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
The unmistakable tropical citrus fruit aroma conjures up a generous slice of tartre tatin with soft crust. The flavors of dried apricot, peach are evident, thus the salivating acidity with a long, persistent finish. Cheers! (ME)
Price: $39.99 Add To Cart
JD: 97
JS: 94
VN: 94
DC: 92
RP: 92
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
There’s simply nothing more fascinating in the whisky world than the inner workings of the big Scotch industry. From the outside, it looks like an industrial monolith of unfathomable proportions, and it’s easy to forget that the whole thing is run by people doing difficult, often dirty jobs. And people make mistakes! Sometimes someone accidentally empties a tanker of top-tier sherried single malt into a vat containing a tiny amount of young grain whisky. What can you do? In the old days, you might have ended up with a slightly better batch of Cutty Sark. Today, that malt is far too valuable to disappear into an everyday blend. Thankfully, our friends in Dornoch have excellent relationships throughout the industry and get first crack at some extraordinary parcels. Better still, they had the patience to give this one more time. While the front label says nine years, we understand that 99.999% of the contents is sherry-matured single malt from one of Scotland’s most prestigious distilleries, now aged 15 years. Incredible for $65. This is the final batch of this particular parcel, so we’ll have to wait for someone else to make a very expensive mistake before anything like it comes around again. Shall we? The color is a vibrant burnished gold (1.1). The nose is pure oloroso: roasted nuts, oxidative depth, leather, stone fruit compote, marmalade, roasted arabica, and the wonderfully evocative scent of an old dunnage warehouse. The palate opens sweetly with dense stone fruit, mostly apricot, before an oily mid-palate delivers old-school sherry rancio. It’s less sugary and less dominated by red fruit than many modern sherry bombs, but it sacrifices nothing in character. To my palate, these flavors are closer to great old sherry itself than the overtly wine-driven profiles we encounter so often today. This is one of the best Scotch whisky deals we’ve ever offered, a truly special bottle whose quality is immediately apparent, even without knowing the improbable story behind it.
Price: $64.99 Add To Cart
2022 Branaire-Ducru, St-Julien
Reviwer Picture By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
2022 Branaire-Ducru is one of my favorite wines from the entire Left Bank in the 2022 vintage, no faint praise when considering the caliber of the vintage in question. At its heart, this is an incredible buy in collectible Bordeaux: it has the composure and caliber to stand up to peers at multiples of the price, yet is refreshingly and undeniably delicious at a price where it’s all too easy to pull corks. It’s also a great credit to François-Xavier Maroteaux and his team, who have clearly mastered the estate’s state-of-the-art winemaking facility without losing the thread of what has made Branaire distinctive across generations. For all the polish and precision of a top-tier vintage, it remains deeply of its place and quintessentially Branaire. Full of bright red fruits throughout, there’s a viscosity to the palate that speaks to a concentrated wine, but it still comes off bright and airy, with remarkably fine tannins and a long finish that brings out a slight minerality at the end. It is so composed, and somehow retains a classic St-Julien profile. The refinement and detail are just next level. I’ve considered this a special wine since tasting it En Primeur, and it’s done nothing but confirm its status among St-Julien’s elite since then. I’m thrilled to have this in my cellar, and I think anybody with a deep stash of 2022 Branaire-Ducru will be drinking like royalty for years to come.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart
CK: 97
DC: 97
JD: 97
JA: 96
JS: 96
RP: 96
VN: 96
WS: 95
TWP: 94
2024 Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau Pouilly-Fuissé "Pastoral"
Reviwer Picture By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
I love this wine! I'm a sucker for reductive Burgundy, so the gunpowder nose is right up my alley. The bottle reminds me of Meursault at a quarter of the price, and the warmer fruit character rounds out the palate. The pedigree is not to be overlooked, as until 2022, winemaker Caroline Gon made the Macon wines for Comte Lafon. These will be harder to find when the secret is out, but for now you are ahead of the curve!
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
DC: 94
VN: 93
2024 Samuel Billaud Bourgogne d'Or Chardonnay
Reviwer Picture By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Billaud blends north and south in their Bourgogne D'or, utilizing fruit from near Chablis and fruit from the Macon. This brings that chalky minerality associated with Chablis and pairs it with the riper juicier fruit character of the Macon. A year on the lees gives some texture. Worth grabbing a few bottles to keep on hand!
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2025 Domaine Marcel Lapierre "Raisins Gaulois" Vin de France
Reviwer Picture By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Always fun, this Glou Glou bottle of Beaujolais is an easy way to drink a Gang of Four producer on a Tuesday night budget. Fresh red fruit without drifting into the bubblegum character. A great picnic bottle or a delicious bottle for Friendsgiving!
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2024 Anonymous Wine Collective "Summum Bonum" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
Reviwer Picture By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
This is perhaps the most exciting Anonymous Wine Collective release to date! The name I chose for this bottling is more than a subtle hint at the truly world-famous source of this extraordinary Cabernet Sauvignon. "Summum Bonum" is Latin for "highest good" or "highest virtue." Now, it shouldn't take too much detective work to figure out that there's a very famous place in Oakville that has historically been known by a remarkably similar name...except in Greek rather than Latin. Have you figured it out yet? I'm certainly not going to spell it out here, especially since this particular name has been the subject of some rather intense legal battles over the years. Got it now? I thought so! That's right, this wine comes entirely from a parcel of vines in the very heart of one of the most celebrated stretches of Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard land on the planet. We're talking genuine "Grand Cru," "First Growth" pedigree here. The vines are rooted in the gravelly soils of a gently sloping alluvial fan along Oakville's western bench, at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountains. This is truly hallowed ground for Cabernet Sauvignon, a place that has produced some of the most legendary and sought-after wines in Napa Valley history. The winemaker, who must also remain anonymous, brings decades of experience crafting exceptional wines in both Napa Valley and Bordeaux. They've been instrumental in producing wines for some of the valley's most prestigious estates, with plenty of perfect 100-point scores to their credit. Suffice it to say, the pedigree behind this bottling is nothing short of extraordinary. But beyond the famous vineyard source and remarkable winemaking credentials, what makes this wine so special to me is the care, craftsmanship, and traditional approach behind it. This is a genuine, handcrafted labor of love, meticulously tended from vine to bottle with an unwavering commitment to quality. The artisanal techniques employed here are increasingly rare in modern Napa Valley winemaking. There's a distinctly classical, almost nostalgic character to this Cabernet that transports me back to the legendary Oakville wines of a bygone era. It's a style that speaks of the vineyard, the vintage, and the timeless character of great Cabernet Sauvignon rather than chasing the latest trends. I can't wait to hear what you think when you pull the cork. For me, this is one of the most compelling and exciting wines we've ever had the privilege of bottling under Anonymous!
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2022 Laroque, St-Emilion
Reviwer Picture By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Laroque has become one of the most exciting properties in St-Émilion in recent years, somehow flying under the radar despite its chart-topping scores and exceptional value. In 2022, they were awarded with three 97-point scores from major publications, spanning traditional and modern reviewers, rivaling cult-caliber releases from the Right Bank. The QPR here is simply astounding and certainly in rare air. The estate's signature style is a pure, layered, and undeniably delicious expression of the Right Bank—at once weightless yet remarkably defined and deep. Aromatically, it bursts with florals, black fruit, and fresh earth, while the palate is coated in dark red tones, plum, and cherry. Bright acidity enlivens the remarkable texture, which carries both density and vibrancy. Everything is in perfect harmony, and it feels as though they've somehow raised the bar with their 2022. While this wine will benefit from another five years in bottle and evolve effortlessly over the following two decades, it's hard not to be immediately enchanted by the 2022 Laroque.
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DC: 97
JA: 97
JD: 97
RP: 95
VN: 95
2023 Suduiraut, Sauternes (375ml)
Reviwer Picture By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
When Suduiraut is at the top of their game, they easily rival the very best in Sauternes. That’s been happening a lot recently, with one spellbinding release after another. Is it the case with the 2023? The professional critics certainly seem to think so, with a 100-point score from Vinous to go along with best-in-class marks from nearly everyone else. And when you consider that acclaim alongside the going rate for Suduiraut, it quickly becomes one of the best buys in fine wine. I think this may be their best wine since the simply stunning 2015 (with the impossible-to-find 2021 in the conversation as well!). Like the best of the 2023s, Suduiraut hits that magical combination of richness and brightness—luxurious yet refreshing. Gorgeous aromatics layer stone fruit, citrus peel, and orange blossom, while the palate delivers grilled pineapple, blood orange, honey, key lime, and a thread of spice. But it’s the balance and texture that really steal the show—just the right amount of everything. Add the fact that it promises an effortlessly long, broad drinking window, and you won’t have to wait too long to get the best from the 2023 Suduiraut. For Sauternes royalty at a song, I can’t recommend this one enough. How lucky are we to be able to pull the cork on a wine this good without having to think twice?!
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VN: 100
JD: 99
TWP: 99
CK: 98
RP: 98
DC: 97
JS: 97
JA: 96
WE: 96
2023 Haut-Bergeron, Sauternes (375ml)
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
At the ideal chill 2023 Haut-Bergeron , Sauternes reveals deliciously ripe tropical fruits, dry cooked fruits coupled with an irresistible salivating level of acidity that entices you to have one more sip. Cheers (ME)
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DC: 97
RP: 94
VN: 93
TWI: 91 - 93
2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Santa Cruz Mountains Rosé of Pinot Noir
Reviwer Picture By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
The 2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Santa Cruz Mountains Rosé of Pinot Noir is the most wonderful, happy accident of the year! A few months back, I visited a renowned estate winery tucked deep in the redwoods, high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, to select barrels and craft an Anonymous Pinot Noir bottling we'd been planning for quite some time. After picking out my favorite barrels and putting together a blend for what promises to be an incredible Pinot Noir (coming next month!), I spotted a small stainless steel tank labeled "25 Rosé of PN." Naturally, curiosity got the better of me, and I asked if I could taste it. I was immediately smitten! The wine was simply stunning - an ethereal, vibrant, beautifully pure expression of crunchy, fresh Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir. So bright, delicate, and utterly captivating. I immediately asked if the wine was spoken for, and after a little friendly persuasion, managed to convince the winemaker to part with some so we could bottle it under our Anonymous Wine Collective label alongside the Pinot Noir we'd just blended. What an unexpected bonus! Now, admittedly, this 2025 Rosé is arriving a little later than most, but to be honest, I think the wine is all the better for it. While we worked through the logistics of labels and bottling, the wine enjoyed a little extra time on its fine lees, followed by some additional bottle age. The result is a beautifully harmonious, expressive Rosé that's absolutely singing right now. With its vibrant acidity, crystalline red berry fruit, and wonderfully refreshing character, this wine will be a perfect companion for the Thanksgiving table. But don't think for a second that its drinking window is limited to the holidays! There's more than enough freshness, energy, and verve here to carry it effortlessly through next spring and summer. In fact, I've long maintained that many of the best rosés are only just hitting their stride at this time of year, once they've had a chance to settle into themselves and develop a little more depth and complexity. I couldn't be more excited that this chance discovery turned into another fantastic Anonymous Wine Collective release. A truly special little wine from one of my favorite California wine regions, and one that I'm absolutely stoked to share with you. Enjoy, cheers!
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2009 Langoa-Barton, St-Julien
Reviwer Picture By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
I revisited this 2009 vintage of Langoa-Barton St. Julien 72 hours after the initial opening it. I was overwhelmed by a plummy bouquet of black fruit. This pleasant surprise was coupled with soft, elegant tannins with medium acidity. Though there were evidence of dead yeast cells, the tertiary flavors of cedar, cigar, vanilla, kept me focus on what mattered most. Cheers! (ME)
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VN: 94
JA: 93
JS: 93
WE: 93
WS: 93
ST: 92
RP: 91
Scapa 21 Year Old Isle of Orkney Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
I've always been a bit of a Scapa fan boy. I used to think it was cool to drink the "other Orkney" distillery. But then it just kind of disappeared and the owners seemed to basically forget how special it was. Now they're back and absolutely killing it. It's COOL to drink Scapa again. So many unique stuff about this distillery from the super long ferments to the absolutely weirdo Lomond pot still, creates an absolutely stunning spirit particularly with significant age on it. Let's have a go. A dense looking burnished color (1.1). Those is bursting with rich tropical fruit -mango, passion fruit, kiwi- sweet toasted vanilla and ripe orchard fruit. With a bit of water an incredible opening occurs further deepening the dense fruit. The palate is surprisingly lifted and has a lovely bite to balance the sweet malt and fruit. This one needs time and air, maybe a tiny drop of water but not more. It's really incredible how delicious and opulent this feels and the price seems absolutely antique just like the whisky. It's also presented in a gorgeous box and is not chillfiltered which is a huge plus considering this isn't from an independent owner. I'm very into these whiskies.
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Scapa 16 Year Old Isle of Orkney Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
Reviwer Picture By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
Scapa has long been one of those secrets of Scotland that only the very into it Scotch people had heard of. They had an extremely delicious and affordable 14 year old for many years before going NAS only for the longest time. Now they're back with a new package and a new 16 year age statement. Bottled at a lovely 96 proof the color is deep copper (1.0). The nose is gorgeous and very full offering salted dried plum, peach skin, almond skins, old furniture, hints of salt and limestone. The palate is gorgeous with lots of fruit up front and a big rich oak spice and deep dark roasted malt moving toward the middle. This is meant to be all ex-American oak, but there's an opulence that makes me think sherry influence here, although it's extremely well integrated. On the finish the ocean-y Orkney character kicks up although there's no discernable smoke/peat to my palate. This is just very very good whisky in a lovely bottle.
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Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
Reviwer Picture By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
Absolutely ridiculous value for what you're getting here. This drinks like a much more expensive single malt, with the kind of depth and richness that makes you wonder how they managed to get it into a bottle at this price. Big sherry character, great complexity, and a finish that keeps you coming back. Definitely one I'd recommend grabbing before it's gone.
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K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
Reviwer Picture By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
It's getting harder and harder to find single malt Scotch at this price that actually feels special, but this one delivers. The Cognac cask finishing adds a really nice layer of sophistication without taking away from the character of the malt. Surprisingly approachable, nicely balanced, and incredibly easy to enjoy. At this price, it's the kind of bottle I'd buy two of without thinking twice.
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K&L's "Faultline" 8 Year Old Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey
Reviwer Picture By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
Now this is an interesting rye! I love seeing something a little different, and the combination of rye, malted barley, and Madeira finishing makes this a really fun release. It's got the age, proof, and character you'd hope for at a much higher price. A seriously impressive bottle and an easy one to recommend!
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2024 Agnes Gleizes Chablis "Emeraude"
Reviwer Picture By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
WOW! It's hard to know where to start. For $28, is stupendous. This Chablis is produced exclusively for us by Agnes Gleizes and Cyril Gautheron of the Gautheron family. Coming from a parcel of 55-year-old vines, it's stupendously fresh, with excellent structure and concentration of fruit, excellent textural complexity, and a shockingly long finish. Everything about it SCREAMS $50 Premier Cru Chablis, and yet this rings it at nearly half that price.
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JM: 90 - 93
JS: 91
2023 Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru "Clos d'Audignac"
Reviwer Picture By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
The classics are classic for a reason. That's the adage that comes to mind when I think of La Pousse D'Or. Benoit Landanger makes wines built on precision, fine tannins, measured oak usage, and, quite simply, beauty! The 2023 Clos D'Audignac is the perfect embodiment of these principles. Of all the 2023s we tasted, this was the one I found truly entrancing. I'm sampling it now for the 3rd time, first at noon, and now at 6pm, and the bottle continues to unfurl new depths of enjoyment. The aromatics are gorgeously expansive and draw you in, while the palate is powerfully focused with excellent concentration, while remaining fresh all along through to a long finale. It's a wine that will reward a few years squirreled away, but can absolutely be enjoyed young, as I've been doing all day today!
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JD: 91
BH: 89 - 91
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