2012 Chateau Belgrave - 1/2 bottle 5th growth Bordeaux "Haut-Medoc, France"
$50.00
$37.50
The perfect Bordeaux with a very dark garnet-carmine color, with purple rim. Nose: beautiful, ripe, black currant, oak barrel, cedar, vanilla and minerals. In the mouth: bomb, ripe black fruit, currants, wild berries, dark plum, earthy notes, mineral, oak, tobacco, acid, cigars, strong black tea, black olives. Wine heavy, full, deep, with a brilliant structure, great power woody fruit ripe tannins and balanced acidity.
2017 Louis Max - 1/2 bottle Burgundy " Clos la Marche (Monopole)" Mercurey, Burgundy, France
$45.00
$33.75
Bright ruby red in color. Intense note of red fruits (raspberry, cherry) and hints of spice, autumn leaves and licorice. Full bodied with a generous taste, round tannins and fine terroir aromas. The finish is long and harmonious.
2016 Pride Mountain - 1/2 Bottle Cabernet Sauvignon - "Estate" Napa/Sonoma, CA
$45.00
$33.75
Jeb Dunnuck: Napa Valley’s 2016 - Rating: 98
Starting with the two 2016s and another tremendous wine from this estate, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve comes 67% from Napa Valley and 33% from Sonoma County. Based on 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot, it's ruby/purple hue is followed by a classic Pride Cabernet offering notes of blackcurrants, lead pencil, espresso, camphor, new saddle leather, and spicy oak. Beautifully concentrated, full-bodied, and with ripe tannins, it has nothing out of place, offers a multi-dimensional, layered texture, and builds incrementally on the palate, with flawless balance. It shows the more nuanced, classical style of the 2015 vintage and will cruise in cool cellars for two decades.
2009 Chateau Belgrave 5th Growth Bordeaux Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux, France
$100.00
$75.00
Vinous 90 points - The 2009 Belgrave has a ripe red cherry, kirsch scented bouquet with hints of raisin and fig. It is just flirting with over-ripeness,but not over-ripe! The palate is medium-bodied with candied red fruit, a little chewy in texture and perhaps needing more mineralite on the finish. Yet, there is fine density and decent precision on the finish.
2015 Fanti Brunello di Montalcino Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
$71.00
$53.25
Rated 89 by Wine Enthusiast
Rose, forest-floor, wild-berry, botanical-herb and damp earth aromas lift out of the glass. The tight linear palate offers sour cherry, orange zest and licorice alongside chalky tannins.
2009 Veedercrest Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder/Rutherford, Napa Valley
$65.00
$48.75
"Medium red violet color; coffee syrup, black currant preserves nose; rich, coffee syrup, black currant preserves palate; medium-plus finish 88+ point " --Richard Jennings
2016 Pride Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, "Estate" 59/41% Napa/Sonoma, CA
$120.00
$90.00
Napa Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon brims with ripe, concentrated aromas of black currant and blackberry with a roasted coffee and mocha background, underscored by threads of faint floral notes. This wine’s lush core of bright blackberry, cherry, and red currant are complemented by expressive toasted notes on the mid-palate. The finish is full of lingering flavors of vanilla, caramel, toffee, tobacco, and spice.
2012 Danielle Coterno Barolo (Nebbiolo) "Bussia" Barolo, Piedmonte, Italy
$170.00
$127.50
Sourced from the superb Bussia cru, this is aged for 48 months in large, 45-50HL French oak botti (think Bruno Giacosa). Showing a darker, deeper ruby hue than the similarly sourced Barolos, the Bussia terroir shines through in spades with dark, ripe cherry, sous bois, steely minerality and hints of truffle and mushroom. This is a big, broad shouldered wine packed with power and muscle. In the mouth its elegance takes center stage as succulent, rich fruit intertwines with magnificently balanced acidity and ripe, sweet tannin. Stunning in every dimension.
2015 Pascona Merlot/Syrah/ Cab Blend "Lo Petito" Montsant, Spain
$25.00
$18.75
Young fresh wine. Fruity and sweet. With ripe fruit aromas and mineral notes.
2017 Penfolds Estate Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon "Bin 389" South Australia
$70.00
$53.75
Typically it is fresh, generous and buoyant with ripe dark chocolate, dark berry fruit, beautifully extracted flavours, fine-grained tannins and underlying new oak characters.
2016 Penfolds Shiraz "St. Henri" Australia
$120.00
$90.00
This is a much anticipated vintage for St. Henri, and it does not disappoint. The complexity of fruit here is stunning, together with a very complex and playfully fragrant, spicy edge with graphite, roasted coffee and woody spices, framing a core of very fresh blackberries, red and dark cherries and blueberries. So fresh and brimming with fruit aromas
2015 Copinet Rouge Still Champagne "Coteaux Champenois" Champagne, France
$75.00
$56.25
Copinet’s cherry colored 2015 EA Coteaux Champenois Rouge offers a fine, elegant, fruity, toasty and after a while, also floral bouquet that indicates freshness and finesse in equal measure. Beautiful dark cherry and blackthorn intermix with hints of violet and licorice as well as toast and dark chocolate, but everything is discreet and fresh. Smooth and round but dry, fresh and well-structured on the palate, this is full-bodied, intense and very elegant Pinot Noir sourced in a lieu-dit named La Croix Maître Anne. Picked by hand and strictly selected, the wine was aged for 12 months in new 300-liter oak barrels. Showing good, stimulating mineral freshness and fine tannin structure on the finish, this is a remarkably good red wine from the Champagne region..
2017 Middle Earth Pinot Noir Nelson, New Zealand
$26.00
$19.50
Red summer fruits, cherries, and sweet spice combine with softly smoky oak in this succulent, approachable wine. Gentle oak tannins and the tasty fruit flavors result in a smooth mouth-filling wine with good length and a softly warming spicy finish.
2017 Fanti Sangiovese Rosso di Montalcino, Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
$32.00
$24.00
A light, but structured Rosso, non fruit elements dominate Opens with aromas of strawberry and raspberry before leading to complex notes of balsamic, eucalyptus, rose and white pepper. The palate mirrors the aroma with fine tannins and a long yet fresh finish.
2016 Mi Terruno Cabernet Franc "Expression" Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
$25.00
$18.75
The Baigorria family has been involved in Mendoza’s wine industry since 1960; first with the purchase of their own vineyards and later, in 2004, with their own winery.
Their Cabernet Franc has flavors of floral but dense red-berries with a touch of wet clay and also a dusting of dried herbs. Wide on the palate, this wine rubs up against your cheeks with a mid palette and finish of herbal plum, blueberry and (light)ancho pepper.
2018 Mi Terruno Malbec "Uvas" Mendoza, Argentina
$20.00
$15.00
This is a great intro Malbec - Juicy on the palette, without being cloying/sweet. It's big red and blue fruits dominate. This is a cocktail and chill style!
From the Winery:
Vibrant red with violet hues. The aromas are a mic of red fruit and fresh herbs. The palate is well-balanced in the mouth with firm and silky tannins.
2016 Burna Grimaldi Dolcetto d'Alba "DOC" Alba, Piedmonte, Italy
$28.00
$21.00
From the Winery:
Dolcetto has always been part of the history of Langhe and is the everyday-drinking wine: our grandparents always say that “a meal cannot be considered a proper one without a glass of Dolcetto”. The name takes its origin from the characteristics of the grape variety which is known for its robust and delicious flavor, not from the characteristics of the wine that is always dry.
Dolcetto is purple-colored with pronounced vinous to fruity aromas of red fruits, blueberry, raspberry. It is dry on the palate and shows a good structure, softness and freshness with a finely tannic and unique finish.
Food pairing: appetizers, cold cuts, starters, salads, pasta with tomato sauce and white meat.
ORIGIN
Grape variety: Dolcetto 100%.
Vineyards: family’s historical vineyard.
Altitude: between 200 and 350 m.a.s.l.
Exposure: South – South East.
Soil: lean and shallow soil where the vine finds the ideal conditions to produce to produce balanced bunches and to reach ideal ripening.
Harvest: harvest is done by hand in the first 10 days of September.
Winemaking
The fresh grapes are destemmed and fermented at low temperature in order to preserve the fruity aromas and flavors. The cap is managed through light punch downs which are carried out daily.
Aging: both the malolactic fermentation and the refinement are carried out in 70 years old concrete tanks. The wine is bottled at the end of the spring so that it spends a couple of months in bottle before being released in autumn
2016 Armida Zinfandel "Maple VIneyard" Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, CA
$45.00
$33.75
The inky-indigo color suggests the depth of flavors to follow. Wild blackberry, dried cranberry and brown sugar aromas tickle your nose. Hints of cedar and cinnamon tease and meld effortlessly with the vibrant fruit flavors. The wine begins with a lush soft entry bringing fresh tart cherries and raspberry jam into focus, then follows with boisterous red current. The seductive finish isn't cloying and sweet, but rather refined, lush and succulent, and the integrated tannins and great balance of savory and spice will continue to gain in complexity over the next fifteen years.
2017 Pennrose Syrah "Eagle Point" Mendocino, CA
$45.00
$33.75
From the Winery:Sourced from a steep southwesterly ridge along the Mayacamas mountain range in Mendocino county, east of Ukiah, Eagle Point vineyard is farmed organically by Roland Wentzel and his team.
This wine is inspired by our work and travels along the hills of the Northern Rhone valley. One of our favorite aspects of Syrah is the combination of violets, black pepper, and olive tapenade that come with just the right amount of juicy ripeness. We've tried to capture that here, and hope you enjoy the juicy texture with herbs and flowers that this iconic site offers. 13.6% alc.
2018 Von Strasser Cabernet Sauvignon "Diamond Mountain" Napa Valley, CA
$50.00
$37.50
Rudy von Strasser’s latest blend, from a range of sources on Diamond Mountain, is a knockout. Since he sold his estate vineyard, he has rejiggered this wine; for 2016, he focused on the most concentrated lots in his cellar. The wine has a range of fresh wild-berry flavor, clean, pure notes of blackberries, mulberries and blueberries that completely saturate the earthiness of the tannins. The fruit incorporates those rocky tannins into an overall impression that’s gentle and rich. Fresh, floral and substantial, this is approachable as a young wine and beautifully balanced for a long life ahead.
2017 Cave de la Cote Gamay Romandie, Western Switzerland
$31.99
$24.00
From three estate vineyards on near the banks of Lake Geneva, this Gamy Romand is a truly unique version of the popular grape. Fully Swiss mountain fruit, with great acidity, and classic gamay fruit. Flavors of raspberries, a little pepper, smooth on the palate, gentle and elegant.
2016 Louis Cheze Cote-Rotie (Syrah) Bellissima, Cote-Rotie, Northern Rhone, France
$88.00
$66.00
A lush Cote Rotie with a stunning nose of blackberry and red ripe strawberries. Secondary notes of forest floor, mushrooms, pepper and with a meaty finish. Palate: lush and with such a finesse. One can clearly taste the 2016 vintage here. Powerful but with great elegance. Very good longevity. Verdict: prime example of northern Rhone. So lush and delicious. Could drink forever. So complex and with many layers.
2016 Reynvaan Family Vineyards (Syrah)- In the Rocks Vineyard, Walla Walla, Washington
$140.00
$105.00
Critical Acclaim
98
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Syrah Estate Stonessence (100% Syrah) is similarly purple-colored and has a gamier, more exotic profile. Plums, blackberries, blueberries, cured meats, ground pepper, and iron notes all flow to a powerful, medium to full-bodied Syrah that has a singular, layered character. It shows the more elegant, seamless style of the vintage and is a beautiful, beautiful wine. Bravo!
Winemaker Notes
Sourced entirely from their In the Rocks vineyard. Native yeast fermentation. Raised in 1/3 new and 2/3 neutral French Oak for 18 months, both 600 liter puncheons and barriques, it represents Reynvaan’s most mineral- driven wine. Bottled unfined & unfiltered. 10 additional months ageing in bottle before release. The Stonessence showcases the traditional Old World Syrah characteristics of stones, game, pepper, and raspberry. Think old-school, classic Cornas by way of Walla Walla.
2017 O L'Appelle "Braucol" IGP Comte Tolosan
$20.00
$15.00
In an interesting homage to the Gaillac region, this Fronton producer has made a 100% Braucol from its estate near Toulouse. It is a structured wine, although the main characters are piercing red fruits and delicious acidity.