Cucina Alba
This is a deep, Italy forward cellar built on Tuscany, with Brunello di Montalcino the single biggest category and Barolo, the Veneto, and producers like Valdicava and Emidio Pepe giving it real weight. France runs right alongside it, anchored by white Burgundy from Chablis and Meursault, names like Domaine Leflaive and Raveneau, a solid block of Champagne, and a serious Burgundy red section that climbs all the way to Domaine de la Romanee Conti, including a Romanee Conti at 14,000 dollars. Reds dominate the 635 bottle list, whites are well covered, but rose, dessert, and fortified are essentially an afterthought, so steer guests elsewhere there. Prices open around 75 dollars and sit near a 300 dollar median, meaning there is plenty below the trophy tier even though the ceiling is enormous. There is no by the glass program at all, so everything is a bottle commitment, and this list rewards a guest who knows Italian reds or Burgundy and wants to drink seriously.