Cote Korean Steakhouse
1,200 Bottles Deep, Zero Apologies
Flatiron · New York · Korean Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 23, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Cote lands on your table like a full coffee table book — 1,200+ labels anchored by a Champagne program that would make a Reims négociant blush. This is not a steakhouse that threw some Cabernets on a laminated card. Someone here genuinely cares, and it shows on every page.
Selection Deep Dive
France dominates, and rightfully so — the Champagne section alone spans grower producers like Aubry & Fils and Paul Bara alongside prestige cuvées like Krug Brut Rosé and Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle. Alsace gets serious attention too, with bottles like Albert Boxler's Pinot Gris Sommerberg Grand Cru representing the kind of nerdy, regionalist commitment most NYC restaurants skip entirely. The cellar reaches back decades — a 1989 Cavallotto Punta Marcello Riserva Barolo in magnum is the kind of listing that exists purely to remind you that some lists are built, not assembled. Gaps are hard to find; this is a deep, intentional list with a clear point of view.
By the Glass
Twenty to thirty options by the glass at $27–$40 is a real program, not a token gesture. The Aubry & Fils 1er Cru Brut at $27 a glass is one of the better pours-per-dollar moments you'll find in Manhattan. Rotation details aren't fully published, but with a working sommelier on the floor, you can expect the by-the-glass selection to move with the cellar.
Aubry & Fils 1er Cru Brut Champagne — $27/glass
Retail on Aubry runs around $45 a bottle, so getting a glass of 1er Cru grower Champagne for $27 at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Flatiron is genuinely fair. Order two.
Albert Boxler Pinot Gris Sommerberg Grand Cru
Most tables will chase the Champagne or reach for Burgundy, and Boxler's Sommerberg will sit quietly on the list being spectacular. This is one of Alsace's best producers on one of its best Grand Cru sites — rich, structured, and built to handle the fat and smoke of Korean BBQ better than almost anything else on the list.
Krug Brut Rosé (half bottle)
At $480 for a half bottle, you're paying a stiff premium for the Krug name. The Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle at $40 a glass — retail around $200 a bottle — gives you prestige Champagne at a fraction of the flex-tax. Save the Krug for someone else's expense account.
Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé Extra Brut (half bottle) + Butcher's Feast
The Butcher's Feast throws a parade of cuts at you — galbi, dry-aged beef, all of it charred and fatty over live coals. Billecart's Le Rosé Extra Brut has enough acid and structure to cut through the richness while the dosage stays dry enough not to compete with the beef's natural sweetness. A half bottle keeps it light before the second wave of meat arrives.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Cote has built a wine program that treats its list as seriously as its beef program — deep, specific, and staffed by people who can actually help you navigate it. If you're eating here and not drinking something interesting, that's entirely on you.
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