Paris Restaurants wine list - Any Advice Please!?

[Jay_Miller]

We were in Paris last September. I wrote up the experience as a CellarTracker story. We ate at several excellent restaurants, including a Michelin 3-star. Our favorites were a bit more off the beaten path. All of the wines chosen from the restaurants’ lists were reasonably priced (excluding Arpège).

Cheers,

Colin

I always drank Huet at l’Arpege. More reasonably priced than most options. It’s been a few years though.

[M.Kaplan]

We were in Paris last September. I wrote up the experience as a CellarTracker story. We ate at several excellent restaurants, including a Michelin 3-star. Our favorites were a bit more off the beaten path. All of the wines chosen from the restaurants’ lists were reasonably priced (excluding Arpège).

Cheers,

Colin

I always drank Huet at l’Arpege. More reasonably priced than most options. It’s been a few years though.

We always drink white burgundy at Arpege. In September, we drank 2014 Dauvissat La Forest and paid 130 Euros. The year before, we drank 2014 Dauvissat Vaillons and paid 115 Euros. The list is poor for a ***, but I’ve always been able to find something I want to drink for a price I’m willing to pay…

[Jerry_Hey]

I’ve been to Auberge Bressane several times. The food is standard Burgundian type fare with snails and frog legs and the wine list is very good and reasonable.

I am going to les Climats next week so with that large wine list, I’ll have to decide on the wine before I get there.

[M.Kaplan]

Les Climats’ winelist is nuts. I’d love to drink my way through the ‘lesser’ appellation whites.

[Marcus_Dean]

I’ve been to Auberge Bressane several times. The food is standard Burgundian type fare with snails and frog legs and the wine list is very good and reasonable.

I am going to les Climats next week so with that large wine list, I’ll have to decide on the wine before I get there.

1978 Lafarge Clos des Chenes

[Barry_L_i_p_t_o_n]

passage 53 had one of the most expensive wine lists i have seen in paris, even 5 years ago when everything was still pretty reasonable. to be honest pricing in paris is pretty lame these days. i remember even a year ago i was in little a cave a manger and they had some bernaudeau nourrissons on the shelf without a price and the guy said it was 100 euros “because that’s what they go for online.” i eventually found the same bottle for 36 euro down the street. le cinq used to have a bunch of back vintage rougeard for very reasonable pricing, i think i paid about 80 euro for some breze but i am sure it is all gone now or what is left has swiftly increased in price. pierre gagnaire always had some good deals on the list as well. i remember drinking the 07 coche rougeots there for 150. same with l’astrance. but again pricing has changed dramatically in the past few years and even in most wine shops they are asking top market price for the sought after bottles. and for around 500 euros i would expect to be drinking corton charlemagne from coche not rougeots, so it is all relative but just because it appears cheaper than what is available on wine-searcher does not mean it is indeed a good deal.

I was there twice - first time a 10, next time a 7 and so insensitive to my desires that I didn’t return.

Also, clearly less luxe while higher price between 2017 and 2019 - their famous onion and iberico bellota because onion and serrano. Asked to be accomomdated with fish vs. meat, which was easily done the first time, they said they would see what they could do and didn’t do anything.