Eight Bottles, Zero Apologies, All Intention
· Ashland · Alsatian French / Fine Dining · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed September 20, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Nous Restaurant’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Eight labels. That's it. Most restaurants treat that as a Wednesday night oversight; Nous treats it as a philosophy. The list reads less like a wine program and more like a curated end-of-meal argument — nearly everything here is a dessert wine, a late harvest, a fortified, or a non-alcoholic option, and it's clear that was entirely on purpose.
This is not a list for people who want a Cab with their steak — there is no steak, and there is no Cab. What there is: a Castelnau de Suduiraut Sauternes from 2020, a Royal Tokaji Late Harvest from 2018, a Kopke Tawny Port, and a Fattoria Selvapiana Vin Santo del Chianti Rufino 2017 that alone would make us show up. The rotating Alsatian-style white and West Coast red slots hint at a broader curiosity the rest of the list doesn't fully reveal. The Allendorf non-alcoholic Riesling and Duché de Longueville cider round things out and signal that Nous is genuinely thinking about who sits at their tables, not just what's easy to pour.
Seven of eight labels are available by the glass, which for a dessert-forward list at these prices is the right call — nobody needs a whole bottle of Vin Santo on a Tuesday. Prices run $8 for the rotating pours up to $20 for the Selvapiana, which is ambitious but defensible for a 2017 from that producer. The Duché de Longueville cider is the lone bottle-only option at $30.
The Bottom Line
Nous is doing something genuinely unusual — building a wine list entirely around the logic of what they serve, not what's expected. If you walk in wanting a simple glass of red before dinner, you're at the wrong place; if you walk in willing to let the restaurant lead, the Vin Santo and Tokaji alone make it worth the trip. For Ashland, this is the most interesting eight-bottle list we've seen.
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