Hi Everyone,

Remember Pierre, the man with the Carrefour bag? His Claire Laroche Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Beaune was our most re-requested red Burgundy offer in history.

A ridiculous new load of Burgundy from “Bag Man” has arrived to ring in the new year.

…it is our most sensational score from him yet – Balanced, 2020 vintage, nicely-colored Bourgogne Rouge in the $13’s!

The $13’s?

…Isn’t that like over half the average retail cost basis for this category nowadays?

Yes, you are reading that right, and no, you are not in a 1990s time warp – we are kicking off the year with fireworks for you all.

If you missed the backstory from our first “Pierre” score, read on:

Spend time at an international wine fair, and you’ll never see Pierre behind a booth. You’ll instead find him in the shadows, with awkwardly loose black jeans and a crumpled Carrefour bag hanging at his waist. When you consider the mathematics, his approach makes sense: A booth at Prowein costs upwards of $50,000, while a grocery bag costs $0.05.

Add to the fact that Pierre knows EVERYONE in Burgundy, the Loire Valley, the Jura, and the Rhone, and you have a nice, creative, one-man business model. Pierre is discreet. Pierre is not his real name (we protect him).

Imagine how excited we were, for all of YOU, when Pierre pulled out six unlabeled bottles of 2019 and 2020 Burgundy from the Carrefour bag this year. The domaines from which they originated would also stay confidential, they’d invoice through “Rochebin,” and we would “bring our own label,” as is the usual arrangement with him.

As referenced earlier, today’s Tour du Bois is a bit darker in color than we normally see in the Bourgogne Rouge category, and it offers up notes of blue fruits, rose, and spice box, with powdery tannins. A classic example of that BTG staple that you see in bistros throughout Paris.

Let 2024 begin!!!!