by David Z » Fri May 08, 2009 9:30 am
If the Legal there has the full Legal winelist, you can make do with that. You have to keep an eye on what they give you, because sometimes they'll change vintages.
But they carry a decent selection of negociant burgundy (Jadot, Louis Latour) and larger-production American pinot, and they have at least a couple of half bottles for every grape variety.
(Last time I was there, they swapped a brutally green 2004 for a 2005 ( a half of Louis Latour Volnay 1er), and I didn't notice it until I took the first whiff of the "sample pour" and got whacked in the nose with 2004 greeness. When I complained, they pointed to the fine-text disclaimer that vintages might vary from those listed on the meny. I asked them why our server hadn't told us they were pouring a different vintage before she opened the wine, and did they realize that swapping 2004 for 2005 in Burgundy wasn't exactly like giving me the 2003 Beringer Knight's Valley instead of the 2004. They agreed to take back the bottle.)