Six Bottles, Zero Apologies, All Natural
· Charlotte · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 24, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed The Palm Charlotte’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Six bottles. That's the whole list. At a national steakhouse chain, you'd expect the usual Cab-heavy parade, but whoever built this thing clearly had other ideas. It reads less like a Palm wine list and more like a natural wine shop's curator dropped their picks and walked out.
What's here is genuinely interesting: Lucien Crochet's Le Chêne Sancerre, the Puzelat-Bonhomme from Loire, a Clos du Gravillas Minervois, Ferrando's Canavese Rosso, Ruth Lewandowski's Feints, and a Bois de Boursan Châteauneuf-du-Pape anchoring the top. That's a tight six-bottle roster that spans Loire, Rhône, Piedmont, Languedoc, and a natural-leaning California outlier — more geographic range than most lists three times its size. The glaring omission is any kind of big domestic Cabernet, which is either a bold move or an oversight at a steakhouse. Either way, the producers chosen have genuine credibility in the natural and artisan wine world.
By-the-glass options aren't documented, so we can't tell you what's pouring by the stem. With only six bottles on the list, it's reasonable to assume most of the program is bottle-focused, but we wouldn't count on a deep pour selection when you sit down.
The Bottom Line
The Palm Charlotte's wine list is a six-bottle natural wine curio hiding inside a chain steakhouse, and it's more interesting than it has any right to be. The Crochet Sancerre at $23 alone is worth the detour. Don't expect breadth, staff guidance, or a by-the-glass program worth writing home about — but if you know what you're looking at, this short list punches well above its weight.
6 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
Lucien Crochet "Le Chêne" Sancerre FR, 2013 $23
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$23.00 / bottle
Puzelat Bonhomme Loire FR, 2014 $48
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$48.00 / bottle
Clos du Gravillas Minervois FR, 2012 $66
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$66.00 / bottle
Ferrando "Canavese Rosso" Piedmont IT, 2013 $44
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$44.00 / bottle
Ruth Lewandowski "Feints" Mendocino CA, 2013 $50
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$50.00 / bottle
Domaine Bois de Boursan Châteauneuf-du-Pape FR, 2011 $90
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$90.00 / bottle
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