Thank you! I appreciate everyones great replies and I look forward to digesting all of the suggestions.
Half bottle champagne kind of sucks. Id rather ask them if they have any decent BTG selections for champagne
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Good youâre going in with a wine strategy, and I agree with several upthread who recommend focusing on the food, not the wine. The restaurant is premised on a âone-offâ model where most patrons will never again visit the restaurant in their lifetime, let alone become regulars. Somm will push hard to upsell, and meal with wine pairings is not, in my opinion, a good value.
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You canât go wrong with that half of Louis Michel Chablis Vaudesir 2020. I have had that wine and it is spectacular when decanted. The rest of this list is WAY too expensive to me.
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We dinned there 6 months ago. One of the absolute steals is the champagne Jacques Selosse SVDs. The prices are below retail and pair beautifully with multiple range of courses. If you have not had the pleasure to taste the pinnacle of this style, it is something to behold. Not much else on the menu is priced well but these are literal steals to be enjoyed at a restaurant to that caliber.
Enjoy the time and experience together.
Cheers
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OMG! $600 for a 2015 Gonon in 375!
Yup, what Keith said.
Ridiculous list.
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We were there in May and the Guillaume selosse was under market price wise. Phenomenal wine.
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Always remember itâs just fermented grape juice.
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OMG is that a bizarre list. The Keller prices are so weird!
I have had this wine Pierre Girardin, âEclat de Calcaireâ recently and it punches way above its retail price of about $40, I would happily order it here for $130 for a 750!
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Wine-Searcher shows half bottles of the Marc Hebrart available at $24 and full bottles at $40.
The 2022 Huet is available at $22/$35, so thereâs a much larger markup on the Hebrart. Crazy pricing.
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A big yes on both of these suggestions. I just looked at the list; if they handed me this same list with everything over $200 removed, I could very happily enjoy wine with my dinner, especially the whites. And it would be a pretty decent (short) list. As Iâve said before, I see this as the cost of doing business once youâve decided to visit.
Also, isnât service included in pricing? That helps make these not quite as high as they might seem otherwise.
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The service is included for the food tasting menu. I assume its the same for the wine but I will clarify, as it does make some wine selections slightly more palatable.
It says it on the wine list.
Thought you were jokingâŚmy eyes!!
I get a headache from looking at the prices at that list⌠with the Pierre V. Girardin whites being one of the only exception. I would def look towards those - perhaps one of the Meursaults.
The 375ml Chateau Beychevelle 2014 ($240) caught my eye but I noticed on so many great responses above, it hasnt been mentioned. Is this a bottle to be avoided or is it more a pricing issue that doesnât make sense? I did see on CT its a bottle with mixed reviews.
hopefully you donât get the somm that the Vinepair folks had. total ass⌠They didnât name the restaurant but it was no doubt French Laundry. Itâs a good listen. HERE IS LINK.
The VinePair Podcast: When Wine Service Goes Wrong | VinePair
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your post re: service in fine dining reminds of an episode in The Bear
There are several well priced wines in the Italian section.
Bartolo 2019 Barolo is really well priced, basically priced just above retail if you take out the fact that service is included.
The '17 Produttori Riservas are well priced. The Asili is probably one of the better bets for combination of quality and early appeal.
The 2019 Ca di Press Barolo is also pretty well priced - newer producer and a wine that is hard to find in the U.S.
In the half bottle section, the Fenocchio Bussia is a very interesting Barolo from a producer that is getting better and better IMO.
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just browsed through the domestic red prices. . . . . I cannot believe people pay these ridiculous numbersâŚ
ie 2003 Opus $2,060??? LOL