The Clocktower
This is a France first, red driven list of 582 bottles built around Burgundy, with Cote de Nuits alone accounting for 146 reds and serious depth in growers like Roumier, Comte Georges de Vogue, Hubert Lignier, and Ghislaine Barthod. The Northern Rhone is the other backbone, anchored by Thierry Allemand and Jean Louis Chave, and you will also find a strong Loire white section and a deep Penfolds vertical out of Australia. Pricing runs the full spectrum, from $18 up to a $10,000 Petrus, with a median near $490, so there is real access at the low end but the heart of the list sits in collector territory. The 17 by the glass pours are modest and skew red, so plan to sell bottles. This list rewards the Burgundy and Rhone drinker who wants to dig into specific growers rather than someone browsing for breadth.