Burgundy Serious in a Old Pharmacy Shell
Uptown · New Orleans · French · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 14, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Gautreau's’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into a converted 1930s pharmacy in a quiet Uptown neighborhood, you don't expect to find Domaine de la Romanée-Conti on the list — but here we are. The wine program at Gautreau's punches well above its weight class for a room this intimate. It's a Burgundy list wearing a neighborhood bistro's clothes.
The list runs 150-250 bottles and reads like someone made a very deliberate decision to go deep on France and not apologize for it. Burgundy is the clear anchor — Louis Jadot, Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet, Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny, and Domaine Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin give you a genuine tour of the Côte d'Or without leaving Soniat Street. Bordeaux gets its due as well, with Château Lynch-Bages and Château Léoville-Barton representing the left bank with some authority. Outside of France, the list thins out fast — if you're not in a French headspace tonight, this list isn't going to meet you halfway.
Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a reasonable spread for a room this size, and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence — earned in 2025 — suggests the program has been put together with some care. That said, without a dedicated sommelier on staff, the glass pours live and die by whoever's running the floor that night. Rotation and curation appear consistent rather than adventurous.
Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny — $90–$120 (estimated range)
Chambolle at a restaurant known for French cuisine is exactly the right call — Drouhin's version is reliable, genuinely elegant, and in this context likely the most reasonably priced entry point into serious Burgundy on the list.
Domaine Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin
Most tables at a place like this gravitate toward the safe Jadot picks or head straight for the prestige bottles. Faiveley's Gevrey-Chambertin is a serious producer making structured, age-worthy Pinot that tends to get overlooked — skip the obvious and order this.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Yes, it's on the list. Yes, it's extraordinary wine. But at a 250-seat neighborhood restaurant without a dedicated sommelier, spending $500+ on DRC is a leap of faith on storage, service conditions, and glassware that we're not ready to recommend. Save that bottle for somewhere built around it.
Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet + Gulf fish with beurre blanc
White Burgundy and beurre blanc is one of the least surprising pairings we'll ever recommend, and we don't care — it's correct. Leflaive's Puligny has the texture and acidity to cut through the butter and amplify whatever Gulf fish is on the plate that night. Classic for a reason.
The Bottom Line
Gautreau's is a genuinely special room with a wine list that rewards the Burgundy-curious and punishes anyone expecting range beyond France. If you're going, lean into the Old World focus — this list knows exactly what it is.
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