Canlis
This is a Grand Award book, roughly 2,500 bottles built on a deep Burgundy and Rhone spine, with red dominating at over a thousand selections and a serious vertical of Domaine de la Romanee Conti that runs all the way to a 35,000 dollar Romanee Conti Grand Cru. The other backbone is Washington itself, so we carry real depth in Cayuse, Quilceda Creek, and Betz Family, alongside benchmark domestic names like Ridge. Whites lean Chardonnay and Pinot Noir territory, with smaller but quality pockets in Marquis d'Angerville for Volnay and Domaine Huet for Loire Chenin. Bottles open at 14 dollars and the median sits near 295, so there is room to drink well without going trophy hunting, though the glass program is lean at only 15 pours. This list rewards the guest who wants top Burgundy or local cult Syrah, and it asks you to know the cellar before you sell from it.