Top 10 Producers in your cellar?

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1069

Bottle count. I don’t track value

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1070

gotcha. i thought (clearly misread) both lists above as yours. thanks for answering

1071

here’s a 2026 update
at least 40+ bottles from each of below
Pierre Gonon 189b
Hofgut Falkenstein 65b
Domaine Dujac 60b
Joseph Drouhin
Louis Jadot
Jean Foillard
Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg
Rhys
Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Domaine Tempier
Bruno Giacosa
Domaine Robert Chevillon
Soldera (Az. Agr. Case Basse)
Henri Jouan
Domaine Denis Bachelet
Krug 43b

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1072

Still a baby collector and diversifying my interests, but I have been primarily focused on prominent California producers building verticals and other fun pairings.

I live near Berns and some of my wine interest was seeded through older vintage larks from the cellar. Recently collecting some older bottles including a bottle older than anything I have tried yet - 1949 4th growth for MIL upcoming bday paired with 3 additional modern vintages.

Recently seeking out a lot more Washington and northern Rhône producers for some variety. Mixed in with sprinklings of some Tuscans and Rioja. Plus some random Australian Syrah, sav blanc (want more Sancerre), lots of Sauternes, and building more Riesling and Bordeaux. Used to be drawn to burgundy but have fallen away in recent years, and I do need more Barolo and Barbaresco. So many options!

Ridge Vineyards
Spring Mountain Vineyard
Mount Eden Vineyards
Kapcsándy Family Winery
Meteor Vineyard
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château d’Yquem
Château Latour
Shafer Vineyards

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1073

Mine is now really a top 2 and then all the rest =)

  1. Dureuil Janthial (only whites) - 86 btls
  2. Guffens-Heynen - 74 btls (will be adding more to this with additional '24 allocation coming this week)
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1074

These are my top two white Burgundy holdings also. Great producers!

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1075

Are you stuck buying some of the other domaines (Tourettes, Closiot) to get the allocations? I stopped buying from the domaine because of that.

1076

Luckily not. I do buy a bit of Verget as well, but that is on my own initiative as I find them great value white burgs to share with non wine-geeks

1077

Proud of my No# 4 position now being: Donnhoff, mostly older Spätlese between 2003 and 2019. Love these bottles.

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1078

What are your favorite recent vintages of Gonon?

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1079

recent vintages the 2015 and 2022. I haven’t tried the 2023 yet

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1080

Thanks. I have never tried 2015. I was underwhelmed by 17, 18 and really liked 19. Will keep an eye out for 2022!

1081

Going a bit beyond 10, with my list of all producers over 1% in bottle count:

Bottles (111) / Average vintage 2019.1

Bottles (74) / Pending (27) / Average vintage 2020.4

Bottles (52) / Pending (24) / Average vintage 2023.3

Bottles (40) / Average vintage 2020.9

Bottles (35) / Average vintage 2017.4

Bottles (30) / Average vintage 2019.3

Bottles (28) / Average vintage 2019.3

Bottles (24) / Average vintage 2012.8

Bottles (24) / Average vintage 2020.8

Bottles (16) / Pending (2) / Average vintage 2018.8

Bottles (12) / Pending (6) / Average vintage 2021.4

Bottles (16) / Average vintage 2016.0

Bottles (15) / Average vintage 2015.6

Bottles (15) / Average vintage 2018.0

Bottles (14) / Average vintage 2019.1

Bottles (13) / Average vintage 2019.3

Bottles (13) / Average vintage 2020.2

Bottles (10) / Average vintage 2019.9

Bottles (10) / Average vintage 2019.7

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1082

great list.

1083

Ridge
Tensley
Andrew Murray
Il Poggione
Forman
Alain Voge
Bedrock
Beaulieu Vineyard (Georges de Latour)
Frog’s Leap
E. Guigal

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1084

My top 10ish:

Bedrock
Steinmetz
Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah!
Walter Scott
Goodfellow Family Cellars
Desire Lines
Weingut Max Ferd. Richter
Patricia Green Cellars
Schäfer-Fröhlich
Montenidoli
Kobayashi
Beta/Jasud
Kilburg
JJ Prum

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1085
  1. Walter Scott
  2. Vilmart
  3. Goodfellow
  4. Corison
  5. Kelley Fox
  6. Krug
  7. Barthod
  8. Montrose
  9. Egly-Ouriet
  10. La Rioja Alta

Champagne definitely moving higher and higher in my lineup. Fun to see how this is looking in 2026