Brasserie Ten Ten
French soul, Colorado zip code, Tuesday is everything
Boulder · Boulder · French · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 11, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Brasserie Ten Ten lands exactly where you want it to for a French brasserie on Walnut Street — warm, confident, and just French enough without becoming a homework assignment. It's a 150-plus bottle list that doesn't try to be everything, but covers the ground that matters. California and France anchor it, which tracks for the cuisine and the crowd.
Selection Deep Dive
The French side earns its keep: Louis Jadot Burgundy, Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec, Kermit Lynch Côtes du Rhône, Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé, and Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape are all names worth seeing on any list. The California bench is reliable rather than adventurous — Caymus, Jordan, Sonoma-Cutrer, Joseph Phelps Insignia — solid crowd-pleasing picks that won't surprise you but won't disappoint either. What elevates this list beyond the expected is the presence of the Scholium Project The Prince in His Caves, a genuinely odd and wonderful Napa white that has no business sitting next to Caymus and yet here we are. Ridge Monte Bello showing up at $285 gives the list some serious credibility at the top end. Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence since 2023 is well-earned.
By the Glass
Twelve to twenty pours by the glass is a generous range for a neighborhood brasserie, and the Tuesday half-price wine night makes this one of the better mid-week wine destinations in Boulder. We'd love to see more rotation and a few more left-field picks in the glass program, but what's there is approachable and fairly priced for the market.
Kermit Lynch Côtes du Rhône 2021 — $52
Kermit Lynch doesn't put his name on anything that isn't worth drinking, and at $52 a bottle this is the smart order for a table that wants something food-friendly and genuinely French without overthinking it. Honest RhĂ´ne fruit, honest price.
Scholium Project The Prince in His Caves 2020
Most people at this restaurant are ordering the Caymus. A few brave souls will find this one at $112 — a deeply weird, oxidative, amber-leaning white from Napa that reads more like something from a tiny Jura cellar than California. It's a conversation starter and a reminder that whoever built this list has a sense of humor.
Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus is everywhere, marked up everywhere, and ordered by people who haven't looked past the first page. You're at a French brasserie with Beaucastel and Ridge Monte Bello on the list. Don't default to the Napa fruit bomb you could find at any steakhouse in America.
Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec 2021 + Mussels marinières
Chenin Blanc and mussels is one of the most reliable combinations in French cooking — the wine's bright acidity and subtle honeyed minerality cut right through the briny broth and cream. Huet is one of the best Vouvray producers alive, and at $64 this bottle over a bowl of mussels is a genuinely great Tuesday night.
Tuesday — Half-price wine night every Tuesday — applies to bottles, making it one of the better mid-week wine deals in Boulder.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Brasserie Ten Ten is doing more with its wine list than its Boulder brasserie status would suggest — smart French picks, a few genuine surprises, and a Tuesday half-price night that should be on your calendar. Send your friends here, and tell them to skip the Caymus.
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