Empire State of Wine

14/11/2022

07/09/2022

👉 BRINGING “VALUE” FROM BURGUNDY TO NYC

Empire State of WIne specializes in small-production Burgundy, many that are not available in the US. Our buyer was born and raised in Burgundy and still lives in the heart of the cote d'Or. We deal directly with these winemakers and their families. We are here to bring you closer to fine Burgundy.

Today, we're offering amazing values, you just don't wanna miss...

Domaine Roger Belland - Gravières Premier Cru (Santenay) 2019 👉 $33
"This ripe, weighty wine is marked by bold, fleshy black-cherry and blackberry flavors. It's a bit rigid in youth, held upright by an earthen, stony spine and firm, raspy tannins. The wine should open and develop its perfumed subtleties through 2030."
🟠 Wine Enthusiast 9️⃣2️⃣ Pts

Bachey Legros - Santenay Les Charmes 2018 👉 $33
"A toasty, smoky sense of oak precedes ripe cherry notions on the nose of this wine. The palate comes in with dense, ripe, insistent fruit that's juicy to the core. The texture is rich, giving a velvety mouthful of wine that's beautifully balanced. Its rounded texture remains exquisitely fresh"
🔵 Wine Enthusiast 9️⃣1️⃣ Pts

David Duband - Côtes de Nuits-Village 2019 👉 $33
"A top note of menthol is present on the fresh mix of earthy red and dark currant scents. There is better volume to the utterly delicious and richer middle weight flavors that possess an attractively textured mid-palate, all wrapped in a vibrant and ever-so-mildly rustic finale."
🟡 Burghound

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06/09/2022

🍷 Classico Sergio Zenato Riserva Amarone della Valpolicella 2016

"Zenato is one of the historic names in Valpolicella., not the least of which was seeing just how well the wines age. "
-R. Parker's Wine Advocate

"Unfathomable depth and complexity here, with roasted dark licorice, blackberries, tar, porcini, mussels and black chocolate. A light hint of balsamic adds a savory edge, too. The seamless tannins build up gradually on the full-bodied palate. Great balance of ripeness, concentration and freshness, with a lasting finish. Drinkable now, but much better after 2025."
🟠 James Suckling 9️⃣8️⃣ Pts

Orig: $145
ESoW : $129

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05/09/2022

🍷 Drinking Wine, Feeling Fine!

HAPPY LABOR DAY...

03/09/2022

🍷 Château Léoville Poyferré - St.-Julien 2016

This liquid is simply alive in the mouth.. will leave your mouth practically tingling. WOW! "
-R. Parker's Wine Advocate

"Wow. The power and depth to this wine is super"-James Suckling

🔴Jeb Dunnuck: 9️⃣8️⃣ Points
🟠Wine Spectator: 9️⃣7️⃣ Points
🟡James Suckling: 9️⃣7️⃣ Points
🟢The Wine Cellar Insider: 9️⃣7️⃣ Points
🔵Wine Advocate: 9️⃣7️⃣+ Points

👉 e-Sale this Week:
Reg Price: $175
Sales price: $119

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31/08/2022

🍷 Château L'Evangile - Pomerol 2016 in stock

" I'd imagine this is a modern-day version of the 1982. A sexy, sexy, wine"-J. Dunnuck

"...this could be a legend in the making. "-Wine Cellar insider

"...powerhouse Pomerol...A serious wine. "
-Decanter

Orig: $333
e-Sale 22% Off : $269

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27/08/2022

🍷 Le Dôme - Bordeaux St.-Emilion

"One of the most distinctive wines made in Bordeaux, Le Dome has one of the highest percentages of Cabernet Franc of any claret"
-R. Parker

"Haute Couture at its finest"
-J. Dunnuck

Close to 40% below market- In stock!

👉 Le Dôme - Bordeaux St.-Emilion 2017
Orig: $200
e-Sale 38% Off : $12

👉 Le Dôme - Bordeaux St.-Emilion 2018
Orig: $240
e-Sale 28% Off : $179

👉 Le Dôme - Bordeaux St.-Emilion 2015
Orig: $240
e-Sale 33% Off : $169

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23/08/2022

🍷 St Estéphe Bargain From 99 Pointer Chateau Calon Ségur...

"I make wine at Laffite and at Latour, but my heart is at Calon" -The Marquis de Ségur.

In the 18th century, Nicolas-Alexandre, Marquis de Ségur and son of Alexandre, took his turn in expanding the family holdings with the acquisition of Mouton. With the exception of the domain of Margaux, all the future first growths of the Médoc will be now in his hands.
At Court, Louis XV nicknamed him the Prince of Vines. Each button of his jacket was a pebble from his vineyard. The Marquis de Ségur, who was also president of the Bordeaux Parliament, placed Calon foremost among his preoccupations.

Le C de Calon Segur

An integral member of the Calon Ségur family, the third wine exhibits a freshness and fruitiness geared for immediate enjoyment. It is mainly sourced from the estate’s young vines with a balanced blend made up of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Since the 2013 vintage, this wine has been given back its original name: Saint-Estèphe de Calon Ségur, a name which in fact was used up till 1999.

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20/08/2022

Pétanque…We’re the Champions 2022!

Big thanks for this lovely event…

13/08/2022

We wanted to send an acknowledgement to show our appreciation for the article published in the by .teague

Lettie did a fabulous job representing us and recognizing the accomplishment of our 5th year.  Everyone expressed how fantastic the article is.

12/08/2022

🆕 For the Best Deals on Wine, Check Your Email (by .teague ) from
ILLUSTRATION: ANDRE DA LOBA

SOME OF MY FAVORITE READING this summer has arrived via email, from wine merchants. I while away the hours reading about special six packs of Sancerre, great bargains from Burgundy and limited-time offers of first-growth Bordeaux.

Some of these emails are more enticing than others. And some retailers provide information beyond a mere price and numerical score; their emails often contain personal stories about producers, regions and how the wines taste. Sometimes, they’re so well-crafted that selling wine seems almost beside the point—though of course that is always the point. With that in mind I bought bottles from half a dozen retailers whose emails were particularly compelling. And while a few bottles didn’t quite measure up to the fulsome praise promoting them, others turned out to be even better than described.

The emails that compelled me to buy differed greatly in tone and style. Some were more like travelogues, others were occasion specific (“the perfect pairing with grilling and golf”). The deals on bottles limited in number made me a bit anxious: I knew they wouldn’t be offered for long.

I asked merchants how they decided to offer the wines that they did in the ways that they did, and how often. Their responses were as varied as the emails they wrote.

In the emails from Paris-born Edouard Le Garrec, owner of Empire State of Wine in New York, the ALL CAPS and color type are impossible to overlook—they practically scream GREAT DEALS. Indeed, those words often appear. I might be skeptical of such an approach, but Mr. Le Garrec does offer some very good deals. The 2018 Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay Chassagne-Montrachet Les Fairendes ($58), a white Burgundy he touted, truly overdelivered: sumptuous and rich with a touch of oak and a minerally finish. When I called to chat, Mr. Le Garrec exuded as much enthusiasm over the phone as he does in his emails. “I jump out of my bed to write them,” he said.

12/08/2022

☀️ Domaine de l’Olivette - Bandol Rosé 2021

"The top-scoring effort in my blind tasting of Bandol rosés, the 2021 Bandol Rose from Domaine d'Olivette"
-R. Parker's Wine advocate

"The top-scoring effort in my blind tasting of Bandol rosés, the 2021 Bandol Rose from Domaine d'Olivette boasts plenty of upfront fruit: redcurrants and cherries, backed by ample reserves of lime. Medium flamingo-pink in hue, it's medium to full-bodied, round and ripe, yet remains clean and zesty-briny on the lingering finish."

- R. Parker's Wine Advocate 👉 93Pts.
Orig: 💲3️⃣3️⃣
e-Sale 35% Off : 💲2️⃣2️⃣.2️⃣2️⃣

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11/08/2022

🍾 Pommery - Cuvee Louise 2002

Cuvee Louise is made from 100% Grand Crus.

"This well-aged wine from a top Champagne vintage is just now ready to drink after 12 years. It has a touch of toast, but it’s the rich, complex texture and fine structure that set it apart. It’s not a dry wine, it feels soft. It is so well integrated, elegant with hints of apples, a layer of minerality and still-fresh final acidity (12/2014)

- Wine Enthusiast 👉 95 Pts
Orig: 💲2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
e-Sale 33% Off : 💲1️⃣3️⃣9️⃣

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06/08/2022

Lettie Teague, The Wall Street Journal' wine critic, has written a paper of record’s wine recommendations column for the past 13 years. (Full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/wines-that-entertain-as-well-as-impress-11659639600)

Our own brand "Straight Outta Sancerre" has been feature this week!!!

Wines That Entertain as Well as Impress
At a time of year when people are looking for light wines, our wine columnist went out in search of the lighthearted.

While these wines may have silly names, they’re no lightweights in terms of quality. I was looking for a quality wine created by a real winemaker with a sense of humor, not a mass-market brand with a clever marketing team.

My final fun find was the 2020 “Straight Outta Sancerre” Tournebride ($22), its name—a nod to the 1988 N.W.A. album and 2015 film “Straight Outta Compton”—the collaborative work of Loire Valley winemaker Vincent Gaudry and his New York-based importer Edouard Le Garrec. A blend of two Sancerre terroirs, the wine is thrillingly mineral and remarkably rich with both concentration and finesse.

2020 “Straight Outta Sancerre” Tournebride, $22. Perhaps the first Sancerre to pay homage to the seminal rap album by N.W.A. Winemaker Vincent Gaudry is clearly an iconoclast, but as this beautifully balanced, focused, mineral white makes clear, he’s also a talented winemaker.

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01/08/2022

🍷 DAVID DUBAND Gevrey-Chambertin 2019

"A RISING STAR OF THE CÔTE D'OR"

Here too there is a whiff of herbal tea to be found on the fresh red berry scents that are cut with hints of the sauvage. Here too there is an attractive texture to the medium-bodied flavors that exude evident minerality on the firmer, more complex and more persistent finale."

-Burghound
Orig: $90
e-Sale 40% OFF: $55
** Free Ground Delivery on 6 bottles or more

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30/07/2022

🍾 Heidsieck Monopole - Gold Top Vintage 2011

"Well integrated Champagne with soft bubbles, tertiary aromas offers this voluptuous nectar complex character, with mocha, dried fruits and brioche, some hazelnut flavor start to emerge. Rich, creamy and generous"

-E. Le Garrec (ESoW) 93 Pts
Orig: $60
e-Sale 25% Off : $49

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29/07/2022

Domaine du Cellier aux Moines - Givry 1er Cru 2019

⚠️ Winery direct - 35% below market !

"The 2019 Givry 1er Cru Clos du Cellier Aux Moines unwinds in the glass with aromas of wild berries, petals, orange rind and loamy soil, complemented by deep spice tones. Medium to full-bodied, layered and lively, it's nicely concentrated, with powdery tannins and bright acids. Combining some of the substance of the 2018 with the charm and elegance of the 2017, this is the finest Clos du Cellier Aux Moines the domaine has produced to date."

-R. Parker's Wine Advocate 93 Pts
Orig: $70
e-Sale 30% Off : $49

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28/07/2022

🍷 Domaine Belle

Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée "Louis Belle" 2018
Universally regarded as one of the stars of Crozes-Hermitage...

"Rivaling the 2015, if not even better (time will tell), the 2018 Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle is a rock star of a Crozes-Hermitage, revealing a dense purple color as well as fabulous crème de cassis and blackberry fruits interwoven with peppered beef, violets, new leather, and flowers. The real deal, it's concentrated and full-bodied, with wonderful tannins, flawless balance, and a great finish. It has a pure, polished, almost modern edge, yet it brings plenty of background meaty, bloody, black olive notes with time in the glass and is pure Crozes-Hermitage gold."

-Jeb Dunnuck 95 Pts
Orig: $48
e-Sale 40% Off : $29.99

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27/07/2022

🍷 Domaine de la Charbonnière 2016

This is one of the most well-run estates in Chateauneuf du Pape thanks to the meticulous and passionate efforts of proprietor Michel Maret.

Domaine de la Charbonnière - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Hautes Brusquières Cuvée Spéciale 2016

"A prodigious effort, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Hautes Brusquieres Cuvee Speciale was yet to be bottled during my June visit. It offers up sweet floral aromas, hints of thyme and rosemary and bold cherry fruit. Full-bodied and creamy-velvety in texture, it's a hugely seductive mouthful of wine that I found difficult to spit. If it emerges from the bottling process looking like this, buyers will have huge smiles on their faces."

- R. Parker's Wine Advocate 96-98Pts
Orig: $80
e-Sale 15% Off : $69

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26/07/2022

🍷 Château Monbousquet - St. Emilion 2018

"Espresso crema and melted black licorice aromas give way to a lush range of cassis, plum reduction and blackberry confiture flavors that roll through with authority. Long finish is carried by a buried graphite note and hint of smoldering earth. An amped in style but if you like muscle and panache, you'll dig this. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2022 through 2038."

-Wine Spectator : 95 Pts
Orig: $80
e-Sale 28% Off : $59

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25/07/2022

Domaine Barmès-Buecher
A pioneering biodynamic estate in Alsace.

"This single vineyard dry pinot blanc with Grand Cru stature and concentration is a game-changer for this variety!

Deep and enticing nose of super-ripe pear with notes of orange blossom and honeysuckle. Full and rich, but so clean and fresh on the palate, the fine tannins and chalkiness beautifully interwoven at the very long and complete finish!

From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

-James Suckling 96 Pts

Orig: $33
ESoW price : $25

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21/07/2022

🍷 Empire State of Wine is specialized in small-production Burgundy, many that are not available in the US. Our buyer was born and raised in Burgundy and still lives in the heart of the Côte d'Or. We deal directly with these winemakers and their families!

We are here to bring you closer to fine Burgundy.

Back in stock (Only 8 cases)!
The Criots Bâtard-Montrachet is the only Grand Cru to be exclusively located in the commune of Chassagne Montrachet. At the foot of Les Bâtard and Montrachet, it produces white wines recognized as being among the greatest Chardonnays in the world.

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21/07/2022

FINALLY! We can also now officially kick off the rose season...

Fresh & Crisp NEW VINTAGE 2021 (not unsold batch from previous year)

After countless shipping issues and delays, we finally received our first batch of Chateau Sainte-Roseline, Cru Classe de Provence - Not a huge volume as of now but more coming mid-June, including Magnums! 3 liters and your favorite 6 liters made it on the first container.

2021 has been an excellent vintage in Provence and those new releases are really shining!

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20/07/2022

☀️ The Lampe de Méduse is a classified growth of Château Sainte Roseline. In addition to the particular shape of its bottle, making it unique, this vintage is a real delight during the summer. This rosé will seduce you with its finesse and freshness. Stay Hydrated...

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19/07/2022

An icon from Gassin – Saint-Tropez. M of Minuty Côtes de Provence. Stay hydrated...

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14/07/2022

Happy 14th of July! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷Don’t forget to stay hydrated… “Straight outta Sancerre”

Check out our latest release from Sancerre on our bio

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10/07/2022

Happy Sunday! Dont forget to stay hydrated…

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09/07/2022

Donnafugata - Dolce & Gabbana Rosé Gift box

A creative joint venture between the Dolce & Gabbana stylists and the Sicilian winery Donnafugata...Not a gimmick!

09/07/2022

🍷 We are launching our own brand!!! Empire State of Wine Importer/Retailer and now Negociant (first in New York)!

"Straight Outta Sancerre"

We scored huge!! The container has finally landed, going through customs this week, the wine will be available after the 13th of this month, this is a dream comes true but I'll need your support since we're loaded and we are mid-summer already...

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01/07/2022

Happy birthday America 🇺🇸!!!