You purchased one or both of these wines in the past. I just received a shipment of them,and somehow only have 7 cases left of each. So, I figured I'd offer to you before they disappear.

Guillemard-Clerc Bourgogne Blanc “Les Parties” 2019

Sale $21.99 - Beats Best US Price by $8 per bottle!!!

This wine comes from the Les Parties vineyard, classified just Bourgogne, but adjoining the Puligny vineyard “Les Houilieres”. I can go on at length about how spectacular this vineyard is, but I’ll just give you one data point – Domaine Leflaive, one of Puligny’s top producers, sources its Bourgogne Blanc from these two vineyards. The lowest US price online for their 2018? $76 if you buy a six pack. Otherwise, $98!

Am I telling you this is just as good? Why yes. Yes I am.

“Then why haven’t I heard of them?” Um, because they make such a small amount of wine. We’re talking just 25-75 cases of the various 1er and Grand Crus. Pretty much everything they make is sold from the cellar door to private customers and to a handful of restaurants. Our buddy Craig Baker lucked into them and convinced them to give him some… and now I am passing along the favor.

Anyway… only 500 cases of this are made. 2/3 of the wine is raised in used barrels (1-3 yrs old) and the remainder in tank. Aromas of lemon blossoms give way to flavors of the same along with apple, citrus and just a whiff of vanilla. The mouthfeel is lush and weighty, with spice notes adding to the smoky apple compote flavors. The appellation’s hallmark acidity is vibrant and balances everything nicely. This will drink well for another 4-5 years.
 

Domaine des Granges Pouilly-Fuisse 2018

Sale $21.99 - Best US Price

Owner Yannick Paquet delivers loads of bright fruit - a fresh nose of Red Delicious apples along with a hint of smoke and vanilla notes from the 10% barrel aging. Twenty percent of the wine is aged in large oak foudre – huge barrels the size of a car that allow for a gentle oxidation of the wine and subtle oak flavors, resulting in a rounder mouthfeel and complex flavors. Like its Macon sibling, the Fuisse is highly aromatic, offering notes of quince, peaches and apricots along with hints of almond and hazelnut. In many ways, I found this reminiscent of a Meursault. Of course, that will set you back at least double these days!

Food options? Well, I came across these recommendations on the appellation website and my mouth hasn’t stopped watering… “a fine match for fried sea-fish or freshwater fish such as trout or pikeperch. But it also goes marvelously well with the Burgundian specialty of snails with butter, garlic, and parsley (escargots de Bourgogne), dumplings of freshwater pike (quenelles de brochet), tripe sausages, as well as choucroute which is sauerkraut served along with various sausages, bacon, pork, and potatoes. After 3 to 5 years in the bottle it would enhance chicken with wild morel mushrooms and white-meat dishes, matching their richness with its power and fullness. One might also try drinking it with chicken with a hundred garlic cloves or a breast of fattened duck with turnips. With the cheese-board it forms varied and original partnerships ranging from local or regional specialties to goat cheeses, Époisses,”


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