Cucina Alba
This is a big Italian leaning list, 941 bottles built on Tuscany, Barolo, and Piedmont, with Antinori, Gaja, Valdicava, and Paolo Bea all deep on the page, then a serious French counterweight in Burgundy and Champagne. The flex is Domaine de la Romanee Conti, which alone runs to 28 listings and tops the book at $12,000, so this is a cellar that can chase the highest end of Burgundy collecting. That said it is not only a trophy list, with a median bottle around $260 and entries starting at $17, there is real room to sell well without spending big. The glass program is modest at 27 pours, so guests who want range will mostly find it by the bottle. It rewards the Barolo and Brunello drinker first, and anyone who wants to talk through Romanee Conti, Leflaive, or Chave.