Vegas's Most Serious Wine List, No Apologies
Las Vegas Strip · Las Vegas · French
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 8, 2026
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The wine list at Le Cirque arrives like a small book — dense, serious, and clearly maintained by people who give a damn. This is not the casino wine list full of Kendall-Jackson and mystery Pinot. Frederic Montandon's fingerprints are all over this thing, and they're in the right places.
900-plus selections anchored hard in the classics: Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the heavy hitters of California and Italy. You'll find Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy sharing shelf space with Armand Rousseau, Château Margaux, and Château Mouton Rothschild — this is a list built for collectors and serious drinkers, not casual browsers. Italy gets proper treatment too, with Sassicaia and Ornellaia giving the French contingent a run. The gaps, if any, are minor; the depth in Burgundy alone — with names like Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet — is enough to justify the trip up to the Bellagio mezzanine.
Eighteen to twenty-five pours by the glass is a respectable program for a room this focused on bottles, and at a fine dining French institution you'd expect the glass list to track the strengths of the cellar. Expect the rotation to skew classical — French-leaning, chef-friendly, and unlikely to surprise you with anything funky. It's not a by-the-glass hero situation, but it's there and it's credible.
Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet — $120
Relative to what surrounds it on this list — bottles nudging into four and five figures — a village-level Leflaive Puligny is about as close to accessible as Le Cirque gets, and Leflaive at any tier is the real thing. Order it without guilt alongside the Dover sole.
Kistler Vineyards Chardonnay
Everyone at this table is eyeing the Burgundy. Skip the competition and grab the Kistler — it's a California Chardonnay that drinks in the same conversation as producers twice its price, and it tends to fly under the radar on a list this deep in French pedigree.
Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus Special Selection is a fine bottle in the right context, but on a list sitting next to Pétrus and Mouton Rothschild, the markup is punishing relative to what's around it. There are better ways to spend that money ten entries down the page.
Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin + Rack of lamb
Rousseau's Gevrey has the structure to cut through lamb fat and the earthy depth to echo the herb crust. It's a classic Burgundy-meets-French-technique moment that Le Cirque was essentially built for.
The Bottom Line
Le Cirque has held a Best of Award of Excellence since 2001 for a reason — the cellar is deep, the staff knows it, and the room takes wine seriously in a city that mostly treats it as an afterthought. Bring a budget and a plan, because winging it here is expensive.
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Crowd Pleasers
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
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Basic Stemmed
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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