Jack & Charlie's No. 118
Supper Club Glamour With a Serious Wine Backbone
West Village · New York · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 19, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
Walk into Jack & Charlie's No. 118 and the wine list feels exactly like the room: polished, classic, and unapologetically old-school. This is a place that knows its audience — steak-eating, Burgundy-drinking Manhattanites who want a proper bottle without a scavenger hunt. The Wine Spectator Award of Excellence it picked up in 2024 isn't a surprise; this list was built with intention.
Selection Deep Dive
The list runs 150 to 250 bottles deep and leans hard into a French-California-Italian axis that suits the supper club format perfectly. California is the anchor — expect serious Napa Cabernet and Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir with real producer depth — while the French side covers Burgundy and Bordeaux châteaux without feeling like a greatest-hits compilation. Italy shows up with Barolo, Barbaresco, and Super Tuscans, rounding out a list that covers all the classics without venturing far into adventurous territory. If you're hunting for esoteric natural wine or obscure Jura pours, look elsewhere — but if you want a beautiful bottle to match a beautiful room, the list delivers.
By the Glass
The by-the-glass program runs 12 to 20 options, which is genuinely solid for a restaurant of this size and ambition. We'd expect the glass pours to mirror the bottle list — California-forward with a few French anchors — though rotation appears limited and the program feels more static than dynamic. Enough to get you started without making you commit to a full bottle, but don't expect weekly surprises.
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir — $60
In a list that skews toward triple-digit Napa Cabs, a quality Sonoma Coast Pinot in the $60 range gives you elegance and restraint without the sticker shock — and it bridges the gap between the raw bar and the pasta courses beautifully.
Barbaresco
Most tables here are gunning for the Napa Cab or the Burgundy, which means the Barbaresco section gets overlooked. That's your opportunity — Nebbiolo at a proper producer level hits above its weight class in this context and holds its own against the steak program.
Bordeaux Châteaux bottles
Bordeaux is where the markup does its most aggressive work on a list like this. Name-recognition bottles from well-known châteaux are priced for the room, not for the value — you're paying for the label as much as the wine. Redirect that money to Barolo and you'll drink better.
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon + Dry-aged steak
This pairing is exactly what this restaurant was built for. A structured Napa Cab with the tannin and dark fruit to stand up to a serious dry-aged cut is the reason people still dress up and go out to dinner in New York. It's a cliché because it works.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Jack & Charlie's No. 118 is the kind of place you bring someone you want to impress, and the wine list doesn't let the room down. It won't surprise you, but it will satisfy you — and in a $12-a-glass city, that's not nothing.
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