What Wine to Drink at Nine Orchard

Not so long ago Nine Orchard St. was just an address that you’d receive at the last minute as the undisclosed location of tonight’s rave featuring Danny Tenaglia and lots of MDMA. Before that, it was a bank whose greatest achievement was the quality of the ornate ceiling they commissioned rather than their investments. In short, it was everything other than a place to drink a very nice bottle of wine with expertly prepared ‘simple’ food in a nearly perfect room. Today, thanks to a developer with good taste, a chef with some of the best food in NYC (Estela/Lodi/Cafe Altro Paradiso), and a service team deserving of awards, it’s officially the city’s best new place to eat, drink, and be seen.

Here’s what to find from wine director Watson Brown’s list.

What Wine to Order at Nine Orchard

There’s a heroic version of a seafood plateau. If you spent those kind of dollars on fish, you have a valid excuse to spend them on wine. Drink one of these:

Pierre Peters, Montjolys 2014

Château de Bonnezeaux, La Montagne, Coteaux du Layon

Vitovska, Edi Kante, Selezione, Friuli

Carricante, Benanti, Contrada Cavaliere, Etna, Sicily

If you eat burgers and steak au poivre by yourself at the bar, drink this:

Domaine Henri Gouges, Pruliers, Premier Cru 2013

Domaine Chave, Saint Joseph 2015

Stella di Campalto, Sasso Brunello di Montalcino 2016

The well priced trophy list:

Pierre Morey, Bourgogne Blanc 2019

Henri Germain, Meursault 2020

Dureuil-Janthial, Maizières, Rully, Côte Chalonnaise 2019

Domaine Dujac, Gruenchers, Premier Cru 2006

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Chambolle Musigny 2019

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Grand Cru 2014

Salon 2007