Small List, Zero Apologies, All Obsession
Pocantico Hills · White Plains · Farm-driven tasting menu · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 12, 2026
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Wingman Metrics
Twenty-one bottles. That's it. At a restaurant of this caliber, a list this short could feel like a slight — instead, it reads like a manifesto. Every label is here for a reason, and not a single one is here to fill space or flatter a distributor.
The list is essentially an Italian-centric deep cut with a few well-chosen outliers from Australia and California doing honest work alongside the mothership. You've got Gravner's 2010 Ribolla Gialla, Emidio Pepe's Trebbiano d'Abruzzo from 2012, a Roagna Pira Barolo 2014, and a Lisini Brunello di Montalcino 2010 — these aren't bottles you throw on a list to look smart, they're bottles you put on a list because you actually believe in them. The Chalmers wines from Australia (Greco and Nero d'Avola) and Rootdown's Jane's Vineyard Sangiovese add a quietly adventurous thread without feeling gimmicky. The one gap: if you're hunting for Burgundy, Champagne, or anything French at all, you're out of luck — this list has made its choice and is fully committed to it.
Four pours by the glass, ranging from $14 to $22 — tight but considered. The Benanti Etna Bianco 2019 at $20 and the Monteraponi Chianti Classico 2020 at $22 do the real heavy lifting and are genuinely interesting options for a glass program this size. The Per Ora Prosecco at $14 is the crowd-pleaser anchor; the Cavalchina Bardolino Chiaretto rounds it out with something pink and low-key.
Rootdown Jane's Vineyard Sangiovese 2018 — $75
The entry point on the bottle list and the one that makes you look smart. Rootdown is a tiny California producer doing thoughtful, restrained Sangiovese that most people walk right past — at $75 on a list with bottles climbing to $488, this is where you start.
Burlotto Pelaverga 2018
Pelaverga is a grape most tables won't recognize, and that's exactly why you order it. Burlotto is a serious Piedmontese producer and their Pelaverga is light, spicy, and completely its own thing — a steal at $98 relative to anything else in the red column.
Lisini Brunello di Montalcino 2010
Lisini is a good producer and the 2010 Brunello is a genuinely great vintage, but $488 is a serious ask on a tasting menu where the kitchen is already running the show. At that price, you're paying a premium for prestige over discovery — and discovery is the whole point of being here.
Gravner Ribolla Gialla 2010 + Aged farm vegetables with whey and grains
Gravner's Ribolla Gialla is amber, oxidative, and earthy in a way that mirrors exactly what the kitchen is doing with fermented and preserved produce. It doesn't fight the food — it finishes the thought.
The Bottom Line
Blue Hill's wine list is not trying to impress you with volume — it's trying to match a kitchen that farms its own food with bottles that hold the same values. If you're in, you're really in.
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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