● ★★★ · est. 1993
De Librije.
Zwolle, Netherlands · Jonnie & Thérèse Boer · cellar of 1800
Signature
“Stone-grilled North Sea turbot, fermented birch, smoked roe.”
● The philosophy
A library of fermentation, fire and the Dutch landscape. The wine list is famously deep and unafraid of small growers.
The case · 4 bottles
€434
Their list, in our cellar. One tap and we send the whole case — or pull bottles individually below.
● The pours · in order
How Jonnie
walks the table.
01
Course
Aperitif.
“Thérèse opens almost every dinner with grower Champagne.”
Egly-Ouriet
Granite
Champagne, France · Pinot Noir · 2017
Pastry, ripe pear, a chalk-and-iron backbone.
€120
Open the label02
Course
Cold first.
“Slips under the smoked roe like it was built for it.”
Domaine Tissot
First Light
Jura, France · Chardonnay · 2021
Toasted brioche, salted almond, soft yellow apple.
03
Course
Game course.
“The Burgundy pour the room waits all evening for.”
Domaine Leroy
Cathedral
Burgundy, France · Pinot Noir · 2018
Rose petal, forest floor, a slow, unhurried bloom.
€240
Open the label04
Course
Fermented vegetable course.
“Pairs with the kitchen's koji obsession.”
Movia
Garden Door
Brda, Slovenia · Ribolla Gialla · 2021
Quince skin, dried apricot, black tea.