Claud
800 Bottles Deep and Still Getting Deeper
East Village · New York · Contemporary · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 24, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
The wine list at Claud lands like a gut punch — 800 references total, 250 rotating on the daily shortlist, and names like Selosse, Raveneau, and Giuseppe Rinaldi showing up before you've even sat down. This is not a downtown bistro that threw a list together to check a box. Someone here cares, a lot.
Selection Deep Dive
The list skews heavily French and Spanish, which plays perfectly to the bistro format without feeling lazy about it — there's genuine depth across Burgundy, Champagne, and what appears to be a thoughtful Iberian section alongside it. Raveneau anchors the Chablis section with authority, and having Rinaldi on the Piedmont side signals that whoever built this list wasn't just chasing trophy bottles. The rotating 250-bottle shortlist is a smart move: it keeps things dynamic without overwhelming a table that just wants to eat. Gaps are hard to spot when the cellar is this stocked.
By the Glass
Fifteen by-the-glass options is a solid count for a restaurant operating at this level, and the seasonal rotation suggests they're not just pouring the same tired Sancerre all year. We'd expect the glass program to mirror the ambition of the bottle list — quality over volume, with proper stemware to match.
Genot-Boulanger 'Lulunne Blanc' Beaune 2019 — $110
At 120% markup it's not cheap, but Beaune Blanc at this level from a quality producer is genuinely hard to find on a restaurant list at any price. Retail is $50, and you're getting a bottle with real Burgundian character — this is the one to order when you want to feel like you found something.
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Most tables here are probably gravitating toward the French heavy-hitters, which means the Rinaldi Barolo options are flying under the radar. Rinaldi is one of the great traditionalist producers in Piedmont — old-school style, long aging, real complexity — and a list that carries them at all deserves to have them ordered.
Dauvissat Petit Chablis 2019
At $95 on a retail base of $40, this is a 138% markup on what is, by design, a lighter entry-level Chablis. Dauvissat is a legendary name but Petit Chablis is not their statement wine. With a list this deep, your $95 works a lot harder elsewhere.
Raveneau Chablis + Red Shrimp
Raveneau's Chablis has that saline, mineral edge that's almost oceanic on its own — put it next to the red shrimp and the whole thing clicks into focus. It's the kind of pairing that makes you understand why people obsess over this producer.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Claud is the real deal — an 800-bottle cellar with a rotating shortlist, a staff that clearly knows what's in it, and a downtown bistro format that makes the whole experience feel accessible rather than precious. The markups are steep and that's the one gripe, but when the list is this good, most people will pay it.
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