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| 2017 Dr. Hermann Erdener Herzlei Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (375ml) | ||
| Riesling from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany | ||
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| 2017 Dominio de Pingus Pingus (750ml) | ||
| Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain | ||
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| 2017 Domaine La Soumade Cuvee Confiance (1.5L) | ||
| Grenache from Rasteau, Rhône, France | ||
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B-21 Top Recommendation
Read More "Located on steep, south-facing slopes and mostly clay soils, Rasteau produces deep, concentrated wines that have distinct minerality to go with savory, chocolaty, earthy aromatics. While most drink well on release, the best can easily keep for 10-15 years. It’s worth pointing out that while the region was known in the past for making more rustic, alcoholic wines, that’s no longer the case, and the wines today show much more polish, elegance, and balance. The top wines are a match for anything coming out of the Southern Rhône Valley today." Dunnuck designates the top seven domaines of Rasteau, La Soumade among them along with three other properites we work with. Don't miss Fleur de Confiance that Wine Advocate writer Joe Czerwinski declared "the most impressive Rasteau to have ever passed these lips." | ||
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| 2017 Domaine Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux (750ml) | ||
| Pinot Noir from Pommard, Burgundy, France | ||
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| 2017 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2017 Croft Quinta de Roeda Serikos (750ml) | ||
| From Portugal | ||
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| 2017 Cloudburst Cabernet Sauvignon (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | ||
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| 2017 Chateau Pavie (750ml) | ||
| Merlot from Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France | ||
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| 2017 Brand Proprietary Red (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Franc from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 111A (750ml) | ||
| Shiraz from South Australia, Australia | ||
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| 2016 Olivier Riviere Pozo Alto (750ml) | ||
| Graciano from Rioja, Spain | ||
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| 2016 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh (750ml) | ||
| Shiraz from Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia | ||
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B-21 Top Recommendation
Read More It was Jim Barry's drive and community spirit that helped shape South Australia's Clare Valley as a benchmark producer of world-class Riesling and cemented its place as one of Australia's premier wine regions. Jim Barry Wines has a strong lineage. Jim himself was the first qualified winemaker in the Clare Valley, graduating with the 17th Degree in Oenology from the famous Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1947. Working for 22 years as winemaker at a large cooperative, Jim Barry became a pioneer of Australian table wine. He then went on to establish Taylors Wines in 1969. His wife Nancy proved a driving force in the formation of Jim Barry Wines, and sons Peter, Mark & John were involved in the company's rise. Peter Barry became managing director in 1985. Today Peter's children Tom, Sam and Olivia work for Jim Barry Wines as winemaker, commercial manager and brand ambassador respectively. Current custodians Peter & Sue Barry are deeply proud that Jim Barry Wines is still family owned, with three generations of Roseworthy graduates. The Barry family name is synonymous with the Clare wine region and their deep ties to the local community continue to this day. The Armagh Shiraz has achieved extraordinary success and is regarded as one of Australia's highest quality wines. The vineyard was named after the adjoining hamlet of Armagh, established by Irish settlers in 1849 and named after the lush rolling hills of their homeland. Jim Barry planted the 8 acre vineyard in 1968 with Shiraz grapes. The vineyard is planted on its own roots on grey sandy abrasive topsoil over clay subsoil and receives an average rainfall 20 inches per year. Such is The Armagh vineyards suitability that minimal intervention is needed to maintain very low yields yields below 4 tons per hectare, which produce rich and concentrated fruit of the rare quality required to produce wines with aging potential. From the first vintage in 1985, The Armagh has achieved remarkable success and has become highly collectable. | ||
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| 2016 Gramercy Syrah Lagniappe Red Willow Vineyard (750ml) | ||
| Syrah from Columbia, Washington State | ||
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| 2016 Fonseca Vintage Port (1.5L) | ||
| From Douro, Portugal | ||
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B-21 Top Recommendation
Read More After returning from Portugal's spectacular Duero River Valley, I am happy to report that 2016 is unanimously declared a vintage by the Port trade. Lunching in Oporto with Rupert Symington, who reigns over the top Port houses Dow, Warres, Graham's, Cockburn and Taylor. He related 2016 to be unique but a hypothetical combination of 2007 and 2011 but with intense floral aromatics not in recent memory. Having tasted a number of dry reds from 2016 the unique aspects of the vintage are clear to me; aromatics, concentration, intensity – in particular old vines at higher elevations. At Fonseca, vineyard vine age exceeds 35 years. The extraction, concentration, combined with floral perfumes, finesse and a lengthy elegant finish with fine tannins define the vintage for both sweet and dry reds. 2016 Ports were just bottled in the recently, so not many reviews are out yet from the professional critics, but you should know that vintages are only declared with the wines are superb, This happens roughly three times a decade, similar to vintage Champagne. I am confident offering Fonseca, and at early-bird prices that won't be matched. This is a Port vintage that will be drinkable early on and hold for decades. | ||
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| 2016 Eisele Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Accendo Cabernet Sauvignon (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Abreu Rothwell Hyde Proprietary Red (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2016 Abreu Cappella Proprietary Red (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2015 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To-Kalon (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California | ||
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| 2015 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis les Preuses Grand Cru (1.5L) | ||
| Chardonnay from Chablis, Burgundy, France | ||
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| 2015 Chateau Valandraud (1.5L) | ||
| Merlot from Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France | ||
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| 2015 Bindi Sergardi Mocenni 89 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (750ml) | ||
| Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy | ||
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| 2014 Penfolds Grange (1.5L) | ||
| Syrah from South Australia, Australia | ||
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B-21 Top Recommendation
Read More Counted among a handful of iconic wines instantly recognizable by a single word, pioneering Penfolds winemaker Max Schubert began his secretive experiment in the 1950’s to craft a highly distinctive Shiraz blending grapes from across South Australia’s best vineyards with techniques considered unconventional at the time, initially calling it Grange Hermitage and eventually changing it simply to “Grange." Described as “unquestionably Australia’s benchmark wine” by Vinous critic Josh Raynolds, this selection of highly rated Penfolds Grange vintages available in a range of formats is being offered at special, one-time pricing that Aussie Shiraz fans and collectors of the world’s best wines will want to secure without hesitation. Among the first to establish vineyards in South Australia’s Adelaide, Dr. Christopher Penfold and his wife Mary established Penfolds in 1844, naming their stone cottage situated among the vines The Grange and eventually growing to become one of the country’s largest wine producers. Now celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first release, continuity has played a big part in the overwhelming success of Penfolds Grange, with only three other winemakers after Schubert crafting its signature style. As Chief Winemaker for Penfolds since 1989, Peter Gago has carried on the Grange tradition of blending mainly Shiraz and usually (although not always as in 2017) a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon from multiple vineyards across multiple regions, a practice which minimizes the impact of vintage variations, and ages Grange in large casks of 100% new American oak with nearly four more years in the bottle, yielding elegant spiced dark fruit balanced with precise acidity and velvety, forceful tannins ensuring decades of evolution. Described as “a massive wine” by the Wine Spectator’s Harvey Steiman, the 97 pt. 1995 Penfolds Grange has enjoyed over two decades of impeccable aging and is ready to enjoy, “majestic in its proportions, combining power and grace in equal measure” with a finish that “echoes all day and night.” Available in magnums, the 99 pt. 2012 Penfolds Grange is “unquestionably a stonking great Grange!” according to the Wine Advocate’s Lisa Perrotti-Brown with a finish that’s “epically long.” Declaring the 100 pt. 2014 Grange “doesn’t disappoint,” Jeb Dunnuck describes it as “unquestionably the reference point wine for Australia,” while calling the 100 pt. 2015 Grange “a monster of wine and one of those rare wines that blends power and elegance perfectly.” Described by the Wine Spectator’s MaryAnn Worobiec as “memorable, complex, aromatic and explosively deep,” the 98 pt. 2017 Penfolds Grange is both elegant and muscular boasting “a stature and presence possessed only by Grange” according to Aussie expert Tyson Stelzer of the Halliday Wine Companion, only the seventh Grange ever made with 100% Shiraz. Described as “Shiraz at its finest” by Inside Bordeaux’s Jane Anson, the mythical and highly collectible Penfolds Grange sets the standard for Australian Shiraz, these selections all top-rated vintages guaranteeing enjoyment for decades and certain to be a focal point in any collector’s cellar. | ||
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| 2013 Keush Blanc de Blancs (750ml) | ||
| Voskehat from Vayots Dzor, Armenia | ||
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| 2012 Uccelliera Costabate (1.5L) | ||
| Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy | ||
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| 2011 Vina Sena Sena (1.5L) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Aconcagua Valley, Chile | ||
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B-21 Top Recommendation
Read More Eduardo Chadwick is one of the most important people of the vine in Chile – the world for that matter – facing multiple obstacles throughout his impressive career. For nearly a decade Eduardo worked to rebuild the iconic Viña Errázuriz, restoring his family's 19th century estate to its former glory. As Eduardo was gaining ground, California's most famous man of the vine paid the country a visit in 1990. Robert Mondavi fell in love with Chile and would soon be introduced to his counterpart in the region. By 1995, the two had reached a pioneering agreement – Seña was born. For four long, grueling years the two passionate visionaries toiled over vineyard sites in search of the perfect terroir for their dream wine. This was to be Chile's icon above all others. Site was paramount. Located in the Valle de Aconcagua, on a 42 hectare colluvial vineyard of well drained gravel, rock and loam, the Seña vineyard is planted to the perfect mix of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Syrah. The slightly cooler temperatures of this elevated, sloping site allow for long, slow ripening. The Seña vineyard is often harvested two weeks after its nearest neighbor. Precious few wines in the country will compete; perhaps none – after all, perfection is incredibly rare. This is a wine above all others ever bottled in Chile. A wine which is rightly described by Neal Martin as "The peripatetic wine that goes around the world challenging and, let it be said, often defeating First Growths in blind tastings." | ||
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| 2011 Dr. Hermann Erdener Treppchen Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Goldkapsel (375ml) | ||
| Riesling from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany | ||
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| 2010 Chateau Marojallia (750ml) | ||
| Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaux, Bordeaux, France | ||
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