Per Se
The wine list that has everything, literally.
Columbus Circle · New York · American, French · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 5, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Per Se lands on the table like a small novel — 1,800 to 2,200 selections deep, organized with the kind of precision that suggests a very serious person spent a very long time on this. It's not trying to impress you; it doesn't have to. This is what a world-class wine program looks like when no compromises are made.
Selection Deep Dive
California and Burgundy are the twin pillars here, and both are stacked with names that make collectors go quiet — Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Leroy, Armand Rousseau, Henri Jayer on the Burgundy side; Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Sine Qua Non, and Aubert holding it down from the West Coast. Bordeaux is equally serious, with Château Pétrus, Château Le Pin, Château Mouton Rothschild, and Château Latour representing the full spectrum of the Left and Right Banks. Italy gets genuine respect — Giacomo Conterno's Barolo Monfortino and Gaja Barbaresco signal that this isn't just a French-and-California show. The Rhône section, anchored by Guigal La Landonne and Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape, rounds out a list that genuinely earns its Wine Spectator Grand Award, held continuously since 2013.
By the Glass
The by-the-glass program runs 20 to 30 options, which at this level means you're not choosing between supermarket Chardonnay and a Malbec — these pours skew serious, rotating to complement the tasting menu format. Given the tasting menu structure, most guests will lean into a pairing, where the seven-person sommelier team — John Jansma, Luis Garcia, Sarah Wolf, Anaïs Flébus, Cécile Chastanet, Juan Quintero, and Taylor Rodick — can walk you through selections course by course.
Dom Pérignon P2 2006 — $850
At a restaurant where bottles routinely stretch into five figures, $850 for a fully mature, late-disgorged Dom Pérignon P2 is as close to a relative bargain as this list offers — it's a wine with serious age, complexity, and occasion-level presence without requiring a second mortgage.
Cayuse Vineyards
Cayuse sits quietly on a list dominated by French royalty and Napa cult icons, but these Walla Walla Syrahs and Grenaches from biodynamic basalt soils are some of the most distinctive wines made in America — and most diners walk right past them chasing the DRC.
Opus One
Opus One is a fine wine, but at Per Se's price point it's the most expensive safe choice on the list — surrounded by wines with more personality, more terroir, and more story. If you're spending this kind of money, spend it on something that doesn't also appear on every hotel bar menu in the country.
Krug Clos du Mesnil 2012 + Oysters and Pearls
Sabayon, caviar, and tapioca demand a Champagne with real structure and depth — not just bubbles. Krug Clos du Mesnil's singular blanc de blancs character, all chalk and tension and preserved citrus, cuts through the richness and elevates one of Per Se's most iconic bites into something genuinely transcendent.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Per Se is not where you go to find a deal — you go because nowhere else in New York can you access this depth of Burgundy, California, Bordeaux, and Champagne under one roof with a team of sommeliers who actually know every bottle on the list. If wine is the reason you're going out, this is the destination.
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