


Since that time, another year has passed, and we’re now the lucky recipients of the newest vintage of “Labié.” Are you seeing a pattern here? This is a must-try, micro-produced red (just 116 cases total) that is destined to sell out, not just for its certain fame on the horizon but also for the sheer pleasure it brings. Again, the last bottle slipped through our grasp before we knew it.

When we introduced the Western Hemisphere to an obscure Alpine producer two years ago, we were thunderstruck by the remarkable speed at which our inventory vanished: Everyone lurched at the opportunity to secure a garagiste wine that nobody had ever heard of, and then radio silence followed-until July of 2020, when we secured a fraction of Cave Gargantua’s new vintage.
