Eleven Madison Park
Three thousand bottles and zero apologies
Flatiron · New York · Plant-based fine dining (American, European) · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 23, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Eleven Madison Park lands on the table like a small novel — and we mean that as a compliment. Three thousand bottles, a team that actually knows what's in those bottles, and a room grand enough to make you feel like the wine deserves to be here. This is not a list that was assembled by a purchasing committee checking trend boxes.
Selection Deep Dive
France dominates at 72% of the list, and it earns that real estate — DRC Burgundies, first-growth Bordeaux, grower Champagnes, serious Rhône from Robert Michel in Cornas and Les Pallières in Gigondas, and old vintages including a 1989 Napa Cabernet that proves this cellar has patience. But the depth doesn't stop at the usual suspects: there's Timorasso from Piedmont (still underrated everywhere else), Eva Fricke Rieslings showing that Germany gets a real seat at the table, New York State wines flying a quiet local flag, and Piedrasassi Syrah repping California without leaning on Napa's biggest names. Austria, Corsica, and thoughtful picks from across the Old World round out a list that clearly has a point of view. The one honest gap is that if you're hunting value-priced everyday drinkers, you're in the wrong room — this list is built for occasions and exploration, not casual Tuesday pours.
By the Glass
EMP has won recognition for best by-the-glass list in New York in 2025, and the program lives up to it — selections rotate with the seasons and span the same serious geography as the bottle list, which is genuinely rare at this level. You're not getting the dregs of the cellar poured into a glass; the BTG program here functions as a proper tasting vehicle for the list's range. Whether you want a grower Champagne to open or a Burgundy to close, there's a real option at every stage of the meal.
Champagne Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut NV — $24
At a restaurant where bottles regularly stretch into the hundreds, finding a Champagne pour at $24 — against a $40 retail price — is legitimately fair. It's not the flashiest bottle on the list, but at this markup in this zip code, it's the closest thing to a deal in the room.
Piedrasassi Syrah
Most tables are going straight to Burgundy or Bordeaux, and we get it. But the Piedrasassi Syrah from Santa Barbara is one of California's most serious and least-discussed Syrah producers, and seeing it on a list this Old World-heavy means someone in that cellar genuinely cares about what's happening on the Central Coast. Don't sleep on it.
First Growth Bordeaux
These bottles are here, they're real, and they're impressive — but at EMP price points on already-expensive Bordeaux, you're paying for the address as much as the wine. Unless you're celebrating something that warrants a four-figure bottle, the Rhône and Burgundy selections at lower rungs of the list are where the actual excitement lives.
Les Pallières Gigondas + Honey-Lavender Duck
Les Pallières makes Grenache-driven Gigondas with a savory, garrigue-laced earthiness that cuts through richness without fighting it. Against the floral-sweet profile of the honey-lavender preparation, it grounds the dish and makes both the wine and the food taste more like themselves.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Eleven Madison Park's wine list is the real deal — 3,000 bottles deep, priced with more restraint than you'd expect for a three-Michelin-star room, and backed by a team that treats the list as seriously as the kitchen treats the food. If you're going to spend serious money on a wine dinner anywhere in New York, this is the benchmark.
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