Picks of the Prominent
Don Quattlebaum
Don Quattlebaum, importer/owner, New Castle Imports, MYRTLE BEACH, SC
An importer of the highest rank, Don has established New Castle Imports as one of the leading sources for hand-crafted, estate-bottled French wine.
Northern Rhone – Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Cornas
(Cornas: Voge, Côte-Rôtie: Gerin, Hermitage: Chave)
Southern Rhone – Gigondas, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
(Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Galedou Pap, Beaucastel, Baureand; Gigondas: Burseet, Pesquinel, Rasapail Ay; Cotes-du-Rhone Villages: Rasteau, Bauearand)
White Burgundy – Chassange Montrachet, Meursault, Puligny Montrachet
(Michel Coutoux, F + L Pillot, Guy Bocard, Ramonet)
Languedoc-Roussillon
(Domaine Deshenrys’ Abbaye Sylva Plana “La Closeraie” [a big, soft, spicy red from the Faugères district of the Languedoc-Roussillon)
Alsace
(Marcel Deiss – “In a class by itself - extraordinary white wines with richness and depth”.)
