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2019 Altesino Rosso Toscana
$23.00James Suckling 92 ~ A very juicy and savory red with plum, chocolate and some walnut and hazelnut, as well as orange peel. Full-to medium-bodied with round tannins and a delicious finish. Drink now.Add to cart-
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2017 Brittan Vineyards ‘Estate’ Pinot Noir
$32.00Add to cartVinous 92 ~ Shimmering red. Spice-accented raspberry, cherry and floral aromas are complemented by hints of cola, succulent herbs and smoky minerals. Sweet and pliant on the palate, the Estate offers nicely concentrated red and dark berry preserve and rose pastille flavors. A spicy nuance builds steadily on the back half. Supple, fruit-driven and accessible, this wine delivers solid finishing thrust, well-knit tannins and strong, floral-tinged persistence. Aged in 15% new oak. -
2020 Stolpman Vineyards ‘Love You Bunches’ Red
$28.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Serve cold! The Long 2020 carbonic Sangiovese harvest led to a wine that delivers in immediate approachability. The typical Love You Bunches pizzazz of fresh red berry fruit and cherries that we all adore give way to lychee and pomegranate. Fleshier and softer than the more angular 2018 and 2019 vintages, the 2020 has a more cushioned mid-palate. Rico Suave! Darker notes of plum and pluot accompanied by signature tartness and lingering acidity. The perfect Pizza wine. -
2017 Hartford Court ‘Land’s Edge Vineyards’ Pinot Noir
$46.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 93 ~ Crisp tones of raspberry and strawberry give this coastal-driven red a sense of place and tangy freshness. The acidity is spread evenly throughout on the robust palate, while a forest floor tone and dense tannins add complexity and balanced weight. -
2019 Guímaro Ribeira Sacra Tinto
$26.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Guímaro Tinto is the Adega’s entry-level “joven” wine. It comes from multiple plots of Mencía vines, along with a small amount of other co-planted native varieties, with an average age of 40 years old. The grapes are hand-harvested, 65-75 percent destemmed, fermented with native yeasts in steel vats, and aged on the lees for 6 months. The finished wine is fined with egg white, cold-stabilized, but not filtered before bottling. This un-oaked tinto is all about immediate pleasure with pure, lush red fruits, spices, and slate-laden minerality. -
2017 Xavier Gérard Côte-Rôtie
$82.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Xavier Gérard is a young guy farming about three hectares of Côte-Rôtie vines by hand (as if there were any other way) and vinifying wines in the most traditional manner possible. In his small cellar, fermentations are initiated by ambient yeasts and varying percentages of whole grape clusters are left in the must. The Côte-Rôtie is aged in large, used demi-muid barrels before bottling. This is a soulful, high-toned Syrah that perfectly captures what Côte-Rôtie is all about. In the glass, the wine reveals a deep purple-red core and expresses a breathtaking mosaic of elite Northern Rhône aromatics: grilled meat, sun-roasted brambleberries, tar, olive tapenade, freshly cracked pepper, ripe black cherries, Chambord, dried violets, and crushed hot stone. -
2018 Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon
$30.00Add to cartJames Suckling 93 ~ Aromas and flavors of dried flowers with currants, blackberries and violets. It’s full-bodied with soft, refined tannins and a savory finish. Pretty length, too. -
2017 Krasno Red Blend
$16.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ If you are a fan of Northern Rhône or Austrian reds then a Slovenian red may be your new friend. Krasno Red is a blend of 40 percent Cabernet Franc, 30 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 30 percent Merlot all fermented separately before blending. Ruby red in color with a purple hue. Bramble and red cherries on the nose followed by a fain grassy aroma. Medium body, gentle texture with a long finish. Fermented in Stainless steel tank and then left to mature in Slavonic barrels for 12 months. -
2018 Mollydooker ‘The Boxer’ Shiraz
$30.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 91 ~ Mollydooker's 2018 The Boxer Shiraz delivers what fans of this producer have come to expect: huge fruit, plenty of ripeness, tasty oak and oodles of flavor. Cedar, chocolate and mint accent cola, plum and berry fruit on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is round, supple and expansive. It's creamy-ripe, yet the wine ends silky and mouthwatering. -
2013 Robert Foley Vineyards ‘Kelly’s Mountain Cuvée’ Cabernet Sauvignon
$64.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Atlas Peak, in Napa Valley, is a much cooler growing area with direct maritime influence from both the southwest (San Pablo Bay) and the southeast (Suisun Bay) and the resulting wines develop an elegance, a light- ness on their feet and beautiful natural acidity. This 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon was hand picked October 2013, bottled in 2015 and released in 2021. Cherry and spice from the forests, bright acidity and medium body dance on the palate. Red cherry flavors seem to last forever in the finish. This offering is a beautiful example of Cabernets born in high elevation. Only 300 cases produced. -
2019 Anne Pichon ‘Sauvage Vielles Vignes’ Grenache Noir
$23.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ The hands-off approach to this 100 percent Grenache noir show the beauty of these grapes - certified organic, hand harvested, native yeast fermentation in concrete tank and left to rest for 6 moths in concrete before bottling. Enjoy notes of blueberry, mild cracked white pepper, and a hint of lavender. Smooth and gentle tannins contribute to the complexity and richness of this lively, mildly spicy and fruit forward wine. -
2017 Evening Land ‘Seven Springs’ Pinot Noir
$42.00Add to cartWine Spectator 92 ~ Silky and delicately layered, with vibrant rose petal, raspberry and cinnamon flavors that glide lithely on a lingering finish. -
2018 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée
$104.00Add to cartDecanter 92 ~ Even at the village level, the 2018 wines from Grivot are intense and beautiful. Enticing nose with ripe raspberries, cherries and crushed violets. Suave on the palate and quite intense with velvety tannins and a lingering finish. One of the best Vosne-Romanée village reds I tried in 2018. Destemmed and matured for 18 months in barrique, 25% new. -
2020 Storm Point Red Blend
$18.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Aromas of pomegranate, cranberry, orange peel and chai tea with a hint of wet gravel. The palate is fresh and uplifting with notes of briary raspberry, morello cherry and wild lavender finished with an orange twist. This is an ethereal, vivid red blend! Sustainably farmed - 56 percent Cinsault, 29 percent Syrah, and 15 percent Carignan that spent 10 months in 75 percent French barrique and 25 percent stainless steel. Only 1,700 cases produced. -
2018 Domaine des Lises Crozes-Hermitage
$37.00Add to cartVinous 91 ~ Dark, shimmering ruby. Fragrant dark berry and floral scents are sharpened by hints of cracked pepper and smoky bacon. Bitter cherry, cassis and dark chocolate flavors show good depth as well as energy and pick up a licorice nuance on the back half. Finishes long and chewy, with youthfully grippy tannins and a lingering suggestion of bitter chocolate. This one will reward a little patience. -
2020 Broc Cellars Nouveau
$31.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This year’s nouveau comes from a small amount of Valdiguié grapes that we picked intending to make rosé but turned it into a bright high acid red. Two thirds of the fruit we left as whole clusters and the remaining was destemmed and placed on top of the whole clusters as they fermented in tank. A small amount of carbonic takes place from the whole clusters. Aged in neutral French oak for 6 weeks. Bottled unfiltered and ready to drink now. -
2019 Le Caillou Côtes-du-Rhône
$27.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 91 ~ The 2019 Côtes du Rhône Le Caillou is a charming, medium-bodied effort with a beautiful Provençal style as well as medium-bodied richness, lots of black raspberry and jammy berry fruits, notes of peppery herbs, and a charming, ready-to-go style. It’s ideal for enjoying in its first 3-5 years of life. -
2018 Carter Cellars ‘Carter’ Cabernet Sauvignon
$192.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 99 ~ A killer effort, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Carter offers that rare, magical mix of opulence, power, elegant, and freshness that you rarely come across, offering a kaleidoscope-like array of crème de cassis, toasted spice, dried violets, blackberries, smoked tobacco, and a distinct sense of minerality, it’s a beast of a wine on the palate that somehow stays beautifully balanced, elegant, and seamless. It’s impossible to resist today yet should cruise for two decades. -
2017 Le Pich Cabernet Sauvignon
$60.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ A deep ruby robe, with darker black fruit and mineral aromas on the nose. The palate brightens into a ripe strawberry, raspberry and boysenberry core, layered with notes of black licorice and nutmeg. Fluid and smooth, this wine blends rich fruit complexity, elegant freshness, and well-integrated tannins. -
2018 Scarecrow ‘M. Étain’ Cabernet Sauvignon
$234.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 ~ The 2018 M. Étain is a blend of 87 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 6 percent Malbec, 4 percent Merlot and 3 percent Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it charges out of the gate with expressive notes of crème de cassis, baked plums, wild blueberries and tilled soil with loads of exotic spice and fruitcake accents. Full-bodied, the palate is as rich as it is vibrant and refreshing, featuring approachable, finely grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and earthy. -
2017 Denner Vineyards ‘Ditch Digger’
$76.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 ~ The 2017 Ditch Digger is made up of 55 percent Grenache, 20 percent Mourvèdre, 13 percent Syrah, 5 percent Cinsault, 5 percent Graciano and 2 percent Carignan. Medium ruby, it has bright, inviting scents of raspberries and red cherries layered with scents of powdered sugar, citrus peel, violet and lilac perfume with an earthy undercurrent. The medium-bodied palate is ultra layered and perfumed, with a pleasantly chalky frame and fantastic juiciness, finishing very long and fragrant. Lovely! -
2015 Robert Sinskey Vineyards ‘POV’
$48.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Deep blackberry and blueberry fruit notes with fresh picked herbs, bramble and forest floor lead to an aromatic bouquet that is shy at first and opens with a swirl in the glass. The first sip explodes with flavor, revealing the intensity of optimally ripened fruit. The wine balances juicy red and black fruit like Santa Rosa plum, black cherry, black/blueberry, cassis and strawberry jam with baking spice nuances of star anise, cardamom and allspice and a touch of bay leaf and mocha. Tightly woven structure is balanced by mouth watering acidity and supple tannins. -
2018 Domaine Marquis d’Angerville Volnay 1er Cru
$152.00Add to cartVinous 93 ~ The 2018 Volnay 1er Cru a blend of Les Pitures and Les Mitans has a perfumed bouquet of very pure black cherry and wild strawberry aromas. The palate is defined by slightly chalky tannins. Quite poised and mineral driven tapering slightly toward the finish but maintaining impressive focus and elegance. Superb. -
2019 Finca Torremilanos ‘Ojo Gallo’
$37.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ ‘Ojo Gallo’, Castellano for ‘rooster eye’ (in other words, what the French call ‘oeil de perdrix’), hearkens back to the traditional clarete style of the region. This light red is a field blend of very old vines of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal, Monastrell, Viura, Albillo and Malvasia co-fermented in cement and raised for 8 months in used barrels before bottling without added sulfur for peak drinkability. Aromas of cranberry, wild cherry, scrub herb, and flowers jump from the glass, with a juicy palate offering prickly acidity and a wisp of tannic dryness. Absolutely delicious with a chill, though it can easily be enjoyed closer to room temperature. -
2016 Shafer ‘Relentless’ Syrah
$107.00Add to cartJames Suckling 93 ~ Strikingly fresh mountain herbs and blueberries, as well as a cedary and dark-stony edge with earthy nuances, too. The palate has a gently grainy feel with sleek, vibrant berry aromas and delivers a striking mix of berries and chocolate at the long, detailed finish. A blend of 90% syrah and 10% petite sirah. Drink or hold. -
2018 Cosse et Maisonneuve ‘Le Combal’ Cahors
$26.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Le Combal is a rich, full-bodied wine that offers notes of spices, dark chocolate and currants. Tannic, but not overpowering, it has a perfect texture. -
2019 Passionate Wine ‘Del Mono’ Tinto
$15.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 92 ~ Plum and berry aromas are intense and a bit scratchy, which is fair given that this is a bright blend of equal parts Malbec and Syrah. A tight, juicy palate is fueled by bold acidity, while this tastes of red berry fruits, plum, currant and spice. Overall this is tasty and legit, with muscle. -
2014 Grasso Fratelli Barbera d’Alba
$18.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ The deep violet tinged ruby red of this Barbera d’Alba is reflected in the sun ripened plum and black cherry nose, layered with vanilla and baking spice. The palate follows suit with juicy red fruit of raspberry and red cherry, alongside bright acidity and soft, smooth tannins. -
2018 Campinuovi Montecucco Rosso
$23.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Intense on the nose, with notes of cherry and dark fruit, but softens slightly on the palate. Tannins are well structured and balanced, and would pair well with a variety of foods. -
2019 Foradori ‘Lezèr’
$30.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ There is quite lush fruit here, but it is fresh and vibrant, with great acidity and very soft tannins. Notes of bright red cherry, raspberry, cranberry, pomegranate and a hint of citrus zest, along with slight herbal and mineral tones. -
2018 Foradori Teroldego
$37.00Add to cartVinous 91 ~ The Foradori Teroldego always makes for a wonderful introduction to the brand. In fact, it was a vertical tasting of the Teroldego, a wine created in a fresh style from younger vines, yet still noble and age-worthy, that first won my heart - not the top-shelf Granato. The 2018 is no different. Here I’m finding a display of wild berry, fresh peppery herbs, violets, and crushed stone. It’s silky in texture, complemented by cool-toned red fruits and minerals, with just a hint of round tannin that provides grip. Inner florals resonate, while residual acids pinch at the taste buds. This is perfectly balanced, wonderfully pleasing today yet able to mature over the medium term in a cold cellar. -
2000 Bodegas Urbina ‘Seleccion’ Rioja
$28.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Purple-red color with ruby tones. Aromas of good intensity where fruits of various types stand out with good maturity and expressiveness, flowers, sweet spices, toasted touches and scrubland. In the mouth it is flavorful, the palate with good balance and quite round, also shows liveliness and character, the fresh and soft tannins, the aftertaste quite well with almost all the aromas of the nose. Long aftertaste, with good persistence. -
2016 Domaine Rois Mages Rully ‘Les Cailloux’
$42.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Aromas of red fruits, red flowers, strawberries and blackberry jam. The tannins are silky while the oak is well integrated. This wine is fresh with a lot of fruit. -
2018 Lamadrid ‘Single Vineyard’ Malbec
$17.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Deep ruby red color. Spicy aromas combined with fresh plums and cherries. In the mouth, sweet velvety tannins are well balanced with the acidity. -
2018 Black Slate ‘Escaladei’ Priorat
$25.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 91 ~ “The 2018 Black Slate Gratallops, a blend of Cariñena, Garnacha and Syrah, is part of the Black Slate series produced for American importer European Cellars. The varieties fermented separately with natural yeasts, and only 20% of the volume was put in oak barrels for 15 months. It has effervescent freshness and a mixture of red and black fruit with just a spicy twist and some peachy character. There is some rusticity on the palate along with earthy tannins, giving it the profile of a classical Priorat.” -
2013 Tenuta di Arceno ‘Arcanum’
$88.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 96 ~ The 2013 Arcanum is a blend of 73% Cabernet Franc with smaller parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cabernet Franc element is obviously strongest, and you get steely notes of black fruit follow by wild sage and rosemary oil. This is a powerful and thickly layered red wine that pushes the boundaries of extract and intensity, especially for a Tuscan red wine. Off the top of my head, I can count maybe ten wines from the region that take on such a full-bodied and opulent approach. This wine should age forward for many years to come. -
2016 Rutherford Hill Merlot
$28.00Add to cartJames Suckling 92 ~ A firm, linear red with blackberry, cherry and dark-chocolate aromas and flavors that follow through to a medium body. Fresh finish. -
2015 Lapostolle ‘Cuvée Alexandre’ Merlot
$25.00Add to cartJames Suckling 93 ~ Aromas of coffee, berry and chocolate. Hints of berry and tar. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a savory finish. Drink now or hold. -
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion & Fils Vosne-Romanée
$69.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Scents of cherry and roses, as it ages this wine becomes complex, with a nose of undergrowth, dead leaves and mushrooms. Its tannins are discreet and unctuous, always elegant. -
2016 Paolo Scavino Barolo ‘Bric dël Fiasc’
$114.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 98 ~ Drawing its fruit from Castiglione Falletto, the Paolo Scavino 2016 Barolo Bric dël Fiasc shows dimension, depth, precision and power. The wine opens to a dark garnet color with a saturated hue, leading to a full, all-encompassing bouquet. The Barolo Bric dël Fiasc is often the most representative wine in the Scavino portfolio, and never has this been more true than in this classic vintage. Dark fruit, licorice, spice and ferrous earth build a fluid and multifaceted bouquet. The mouthfeel sits firm and tight on the palate today, promising to evolve and soften tomorrow. This is a bottle for your cellar. -
2019 Redolent Wine ‘Brother From Another Mother’
$30.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Co-fermented 50 percent Nebbiolo grown in Washington and 50 percent whole cluster Pinot Noir grown in Oregon. This wine has distinctive freshness and grip. Medium to light body with aromas and flavors abound of blackberry, cranberry, black currant, rhubarb, black cherry, black raspberry, lavender, violets, dried rose petals, earthy beetroot, leather, and tar. -
2019 Les Deux Moulins Pinot Noir
$15.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Done entirely in stainless steel, the wine has pretty scents of strawberry preserves and crushed cherries and has flavorful fruit on the palate backed by impressive minerality and a lingering finish. Crushable! -
2017 Cult Cabernet Sauvignon
$19.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Black cherry and raspberry aromas form the bright red fruit profile on this classic Cabernet. Smooth and silky in texture, refined powdery tannins provide an excellent framework for the fleshy ripe mid palate. Hints of nutmeg and espresso bean add to the complexity of flavors on the palate. The finish is decidedly long and persistent. -
2016 Le Masse di Lamole Chianti Classico
$35.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ On the nose, perfumed aromas of tart cherry fruit, purple flowers and fresh earth waft out of the glass. On the palate, this is racy and taut with well-defined tannins and bursting with mouth-watering acidity. Complex mineral flavors intertwine with piquant red fruits leading into a lengthy and clean finish. -
2015 Realm Cellars ‘Moonracer’
$476.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 96 ~ Blended of 77 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 9 percent Merlot, 9 percent Cabernet Franc and 5 percent Petit Verdot, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon The Estate-Moonracer features compelling red and black currant notes laced with sandalwood, cinnamon stick, cedar chest, cigar boxes, dried leaves and dusty soil. The muscular, medium to full-bodied palate fills the mouth with lively red and black fruit layers, framed by wonderfully fine, pixelated tannins, finishing long and spicy. -
2015 Domaine Taupenot-Merme Corton Rognet Grand Cru
$230.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ The brooding and inexpressive nose is distinctively sauvage-inflected on the earthy and softly spiced red and dark cherry-scented aromas. There is fine richness to the textured and unusually refined middle weight plus flavors that also possess evident muscularity on the stony, intense and beautifully complex finish. Excellent quality here and this is a classic Corton that should age effortlessly for years to come. -
2017 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru ‘Grand Maupertuis’
$448.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ There is a bit more overall oak influence to the cooler and more restrained combination of red and dark berries with similar floral and earth nuances. The bigger difference lies in the tighter and denser medium weight plus flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the beautifully textured, more complex, more structured and more austere finale. -
2018 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Corton Grand Cru ‘Le Rognet et Corton’
$154.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Dense bright purple, very lively, good weight here, a certain sucrosity, ripe fruit covers the tannins and the stems until the very end. -
2013 Frog’s Leap Merlot (1.5L Magnum)
$74.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 90 ~ There's a healthy 17 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 1 percent Cabernet Franc in this wine, which is classically structured in red fruit, soft oak and peppery spice. Its cedar notes speak to the Cab within, while the overall texture and breadth of the wine is lengthy, food-ready and impressive. -
2018 Domaine Joseph Voillot Pommard 1er Cru ‘Les Epenots’
$165.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Raspberry, wild strawberry and briar storm from the glass with great intensity, signifying a Pommard determined to make an impression. This is a beautifully crafted Pommard. -
2017 Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée ‘Aux Réas’
$144.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Here too there is just enough reduction to mask the fruit but not the underlying spice nuances. The caressing, velvety and seductively textured medium weight flavors possess fine volume plus solid depth and persistence on the balanced finish. This very good effort is very Vosne in style. -
2016 E. Pira & Figli Barolo ‘Cannubi’
$148.00Add to cartJames Suckling 98 ~ Subtle aromas of flowers and strawberries with hints of cranberries. It really rises from the glass and fills the room. Full-bodied, yet so refined and beautiful with ultra refined tannins and ever so polished tannins that make the wine stealthy and focused. Great length. A fantastic encore to the 99-point 2015. From organically grown grapes. -
2018 Bevan Cellars ‘Ontogeny’
$119.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 97 ~ Cassis, black olives, tobacco, chocolate, toasted spice, and graphite notes all emerge from the 2017 Ontogeny, a more rounded, plush, sexy wine that nevertheless packs ample muscle, depth, and richness. It's a beautifully balanced, silky, awesome wine as well as a killer value. -
2017 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Nuit-Saint-Georges ‘Aux Murgers’
$251.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 92 ~ Aromas of cassis, dark berries, grilled game and smoky new oak introduce the 2017 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers, a medium-bodied wine that's satiny, layered and fine-boned, displaying unusually suave structure at this early stage and concluding with a sneakily intense finish despite its elegantly middle-weight profile. This is shaping up to be a precocious Méo Murgers that will drink well with just a few years' bottle age. -
2018 Domaine Joseph Voillot Pommard ‘Vieilles Vignes’
$90.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This is a lovely vibrant style, with strikingly fresh redcurrant fruit aromas. It has a pleasing line of finesse and elegance more often associated with Volnay. It nevertheless has a delicious central core of Pommard fruit and depth. The final sensation is one of depth and great charm. -
2018 Domaine Joseph Voillot Volnay ‘Vieilles Vignes’
$88.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ An attractive bouquet of mulberry and raspberry aromas, quite refined in style and delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm, almost Pommard-like tannins. This is a masculine Volnay, broody at the moment, but it will open up nicely with time in bottle, so don’t be afraid to stick it in the cellar for four or five years. -
2014 Bien Nacido Estate Syrah
$68.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 ~ The 2014 Syrah Bien Nacido Vineyard was showing very well, offering up an expressive bouquet of violets, cracked pepper, dried flowers and crushed cassis. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, bright and intense, with chalky structuring tannins, lovely tangy acidity and a long, perfumed finish. Like its 2015 counterpart, this nods to the Northern Rhône in style, but it's a bit more open for inspection. -
2016 Smith Woodhouse Vintage Port
$92.00Add to cartWine Spectator 97 ~ A serious Port in the making, loaded for bear with dark currant paste, warmed fig sauce and blackberry reduction flavors pouring through. The brambly grip is deeply embedded and there are gorgeous ganache and licorice snap notes hanging on the finish. Best from 2035 through 2055 -
2016 Domaine Anne et Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny ‘Dèrriere Le Four’
$98.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 90 ~ Aromas of ripe cherries, raspberries and plums mingling with nuances of mint, rose petal and dark chocolate in a complex bouquet introduce the 2016 Chambolle-Musigny Derrière la Four, a medium to full-bodied wine that's fleshy, layered and unusually concentrated, retaining excellent balance despite its especially broad-shouldered profile this year. -
2018 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru ‘Les Narbantons’
$66.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ One sniff is all it takes to know it is premier cru Burgundy. Subtle and restrained from the purity of the limestone soils, it also burns bright with red berries and soft tannins. -
2018 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape
$116.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 95 ~ The grand vin is the 2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It's an elegant version of this cuvée, offering beautiful blueberry, raspberry, crushed violet, graphite, and crushed rock-like minerality. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and balanced, it’s polished and seamless, yet has plenty of tannins as well as richness, and is going to evolve beautifully. -
2015 Recchia Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
$41.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Black garnet color. Aromas of stewed plums, spray roses, herb garden, and sweet tobacco with a velvety, vibrant, fruity medium-to-full body and a complex, long dark chocolate, cherry-coconut bar, candied tangerine peel, sundried tomato, green almond, and mocha finish with well-integrated tannins and moderate oak flavor. -
2017 Château Saint Cosme Châteauneuf-du-Pape
$70.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 91 ~ This 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape offers a sunny, round, medium to full-bodied profile that’s already hard to resist. Lots of spice, kirsch, lavender, and garrigue notes, solid mid-palate depth, sweet tannins, and a great finish all make for an outstanding wine that’s capable of lasting for over a decade. -
2016 E. Pira & Figli Barolo ‘Mosconi’
$157.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 96 ~ The E Pira-Chiara Boschis 2016 Barolo Mosconi is a little wider and richer compared to the Cannubi, with bigger fruit, more sweetness, spice, grilled oregano and a touch of crushed hazelnut. Despite the wide net of aromas offered on the bouquet, this wine shows a very sharp and focused approach with elegantly linear tannins and matching acidity. There is a lifted quality to both the nose and the mouthfeel that gives this wine beautiful momentum and length. Mosconi is one of the headline vineyards of Monforte d'Alba. This is a gorgeous set of new releases from one of the nicest and most determined women in Barolo, Chiara Boschis. I may have missed it last year, but I am happy to see that her name is now featured prominently on the front label. Like the woman who created them, these wines are full of energy, elegance and voice. -
2012 Château Leoville Poyferré Saint Julien
$124.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 94 ~ One of the more stacked, ripe and rockingly textured wines from the left bank, the 2012 Léoville Poyferré sports a deep ruby/purple color to go with terrific notes of crème de cassis, graphite, lead pencil shavings and violets. Rich, full-bodied, supple and forward, with low acidity and ripe tannin, give bottles 4-5 years (although it dishes out ample pleasure even today) and enjoy through 2037. -
2017 Mathias Parent Morey-Saint-Denis
$100.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This sports both red and dark berry fruit on the nose with a savory note coming through as well as a violet note. This features rich dark berry/blueberry fruit on the palate along with exotic spice notes and a flash of mineral. The long finish brings sappy, lush fruit back with mouthwatering freshness. -
2017 Johann Michel Cornas
$53.00Add to cartVinous 92 ~ Deep lurid ruby. Smoke-accented blackberry, cherry compote and violet qualities, along with a spicy nuance that builds in the glass. Shows very good depth as well as energy in the mouth, offering sweet blueberry, cherry and candied violet flavors that spread out slowly on the back half. Closes smooth and long, with repeating spice and floral qualities and gentle tannic grip. Made from de-stemmed fruit. -
2017 Occidental ‘Occidental Station Vineyard’ Pinot Noir
$105.00Add to cartJeb Dunnick 96 ~ Coming from a more inland vineyard that’s one of the first to be harvested, the 2017 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Vineyard sports a deeper ruby/purple color as well as a tighter yet intense style carrying lots of almost blue fruits, violets, peppery spice, and spring flowers. Despite showing ample power and richness, it has a vivid spine of acidity, ripe, present tannins, and a great finish, all pointing to a solid decade or more of prime drinking. I think it will show every more complexity with a year or two of bottle age. -
2017 Mathias Parent Vosne-Romanée
$103.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ The nose here features hints of floral notes that give way to bursting red fruits and Asian spices. The fruit and exotic spice notes stack up on the palate over an earthy/mineral note that gives both complexity and underlying tension. The texture turns spherical on the long, red fruit-driven finish that just goes on and on- such a full expression in a sophisticated package. -
2018 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru ‘Les Serpentières’
$72.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Pretty bouquet of red cherries, plums and strawberries mingled with spices and peonies. Medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy, it's nicely concentrated, its ample chassis of satiny tannin largely concealed, concluding with fine persistence. -
2017 Thibault Liger-Belair Bourgogne ‘Les Grands Chaillots’
$42.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This wine has a fresh bouquet of bright red fruit mixed with light violet scents; indeed, a little Chambolle-like in style. The palate is sweet and candied on the entry with blood orange fusing with red cherry/kirsch notes with good delineation on the finish. -
2017 Domaine Anne et Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru ‘Les Charmes’
$100.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Medium-bodied and fresh, the wine shows flavors of pithy cherry, pepper, wet earth, and dried flowers. -
2018 Regis Bouvier Gevrey-Chambertain
$75.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Bouvier’s early-release Pinot Noir is all about charm and comfort: classic Burgundian Pinot Noir aromas and flavors, and a deeply fruited and solid core. -
2017 Domaine Anne et Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru ‘Les Groseilles’
$100.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 90 ~ Aromas of plum raspberry dark chocolate and spices preface the 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Groseilles a medium to full-bodied wine with a fleshy gourmand core of fruit that's framed by ripe velvety tannins and succulent acids. This is a pretty charming Groseilles that will deliver pleasure with minimal bottle age but hold for the better part of two decades in a good cellar. -
2016 Thomas Morey Beaune 1er Cru ‘Les Grèves’
$49.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Pale color. Very ripe fresh apricot plus a whiff of dried fruits on the nose. Gentle, fruit-driven style with modest mid-palate stuffing. Finishes with a tart edge. -
2017 Mathias Parent Bourgogne Pinot Noir
$48.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This is a blend of three sites that yield a wine with dark berry fruit, teeming minerality, and an extremely refined, silky texture. The long finish brings out the flashy dark berry fruit beautifully. -
2018 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru ‘Les Jarrons’
$65.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Light garnet in color. Red fruited nose, with raw wood and forest floor. Dry and silky on the palate, light on its feet. -
2015 Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona Brunello di Montalcino
$71.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 97 ~ Enticing aromas of ripe wildberry, iris, camphor and sunbaked soil take shape in the glass. Full bodied and enveloping, the smooth, delicious palate doles out juicy Marasca cherry,raspberry jam, licorice and tobacco while firm velvety tannins provide support. It boasts concentration and structure but also balance, thanks to the fruit richness and freshness. -
2018 Regis Bouvier Fixin
$54.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Well-structured, juicy and bursting with energy, showing cherry, raspberry and spice flavors, with stony, chalky notes. Though this red is firm, the lively acidity drives the long, mouthwatering finish. -
2016 Château Haut-Beauséjour Saint-Estèphe
$39.00Add to cartDecanter 90 ~ Another Pichon Comtesse estate up in St-Estèphe with a lovely ripe fruit expression. There are some tight, austere tannins right now, and the wine is a little less immediately exuberant than some, but give it a few years in bottle to flesh out. 62% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot. -
2018 Finca Torremilanos ‘Montecastrillo’ Ribera del Duero
$19.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ A Certified Organic and Demeter Certified Biodynamic family-owned and run estate in Ribera del Duero, Finca Torremilanos is comprised of 200 hectares of vineyards planted on quality land that has supported viticulture for over 100 years. This is 100 percent Tempranillo of average vine age between 10 and 20 years. Fermentation takes 9 days and malolactic occurs in 80 percent stainless steel and 20 percent in barrel. With ripe red fruit flavors with structured tannins, this over-delivers in quality for the price. -
2018 Roco ‘Gravel Road’ Pinot Noir
$23.00Add to cartWine Spectator 91 ~ “Tightly focused, this offers polish and structure, with layered raspberry and cherry flavors, laced with stony mineral and green tea notes and finishing with refined tannins. Drink now through 2028. 6,900 cases made." -
2018 Rocca delle Macìe Chianti Classico
$19.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Lively ruby red in the glass, on the nose intense and persistent with hints of wild berries that combine well with the aromas resales Ed by the wood of the barrels. On the palate, savory and full bodied without being heavy. -
2017 Mathias Parent Chambolle-Musigny
$119.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Complex aromas of violet, black cherry and damp earth. Refined tannins coat the palate. Good balance between texture and acidity. -
2013 Thomas George Estates Pinot Noir
$21.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Succulent red fruit and cherry aromas complement hints of cola. Explosive flavors of wild berry and dark blue fruit dominate the mid-palate with undertones of thyme and rosemary. Fine tannins and bright acidity frame the wine to create a highly complex finish. -
2017 Podere Poggio Scalette ‘Il Carbonaione’
$54.00Add to cartWine Spectator 95 ~ An alluring array of blackberry, black cherry and violet aromas introduces this supple, elegant red. Spice, mineral and tobacco elements emerge, along with firm, refined tannins, but this is all about the pure fruit. Shows terrific harmony and length. Sangiovese. Best from 2022 through 2040. -
2015 Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona ‘Pianrosso’ Brunello di Montalcino
$99.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 96 ~ The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso is distinguished by a unique aromatic profile that brings out mineral notes of crushed limestone or chalk. This adds a greater sense of focus and delineation that not only characterizes the bouquet but also applies to the way the wine hits the palate in a fuller and more determined way (compared to the slightly softer classic Brunello). Instead, this single-vineyard Brunello shows an upright and direct approach with soft salinity on the close followed by forest fruit, spice and medicinal herb. The mouthfeel makes a big impact thanks to its streamlined and polished texture. -
2017 Leonetti Merlot
$110.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 ~ Mostly Merlot with 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Walla Walla Merlot begins with a black-fruited nose but quickly moves to express red fruit on the palate. The wine is precise, with hints of pencil shavings and juicy plum, while the Cabernet expression lifts the back end with subtle spices. Medium to full-bodied, the wine ends with a long-lingering finish that delivers pleasure and complexity. This is a tasty and gorgeous Merlot, of which there were 1,866 cases made. -
2018 Brown Estate Zinfandel
$47.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Garnet/magenta core with scarlet rim. Climbing rose, musk, myrrh, fresh English lavender, citrus, sweet clove, dark black fruits, Asian apple, hibiscus, candied apple, apricot taffy, morning garden, forest bramble on the nose. Full-bodied, ripe, gentle tannins. -
2018 Bonny Doon ‘Le Cigare Volant’
$25.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 93 ~ Randall Grahm’s ever-evolving ideology shifted again for the new label and blend of this bottling, which includes 52 percent Grenache, 35 percent Cinsault and 13 percent Syrah. Aromas of plum, cracked pepper, crumpled carnations and dried mint lead into a bright, refreshing palate of hibiscus, anise and a curry-like spice. -
2017 Zenato ‘Alanera’ Rosso Veronese
$16.96Add to cartJames Suckling 93 ~ A full-bodied red with ripe black plums, clove, sandalwood, tangerine peel and spices. Oyster shell, too. Lots of black pepper. Intense fruit on the mid-palate, framed by ripe tannins. Smooth finish. Drink or hold. -
2013 Paolo Scavino ‘Rocche dell’Annunziata’ Barolo Riserva
$215.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 97 ~ The 2013 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva was released in January of 2019, and once again it looks to be a top prize. Licorice and flowers dominate the bouquet, and its beautiful red fruit is generous throughout. This wine has always been a beauty and consistently has had a high price tag to reflect that quality, going back to the first vintages of the 1990s. It has regularly sold for about $200 every year for the last decade. These vines are old, some of them very old (reaching the ripe age of 60 years old in 1990s, when many of them were replanted with carefully selected clones), producing an elegance and concentration that brings intensity and a high standard of aromas. This Barolo without a doubt shows its pedigree and a quality of noble perfumes that demonstrate characteristics of the greatest Nebbiolo vintages, all delivered with excellent concentration. The magic lingers on the palate, right up to the finish. -
2016 Clos Apalta
$160.00Add to cartJames Suckling 99 ~ This is really focused and refined with fantastic dried flowers and dark berries. Dried-lavender and mint undertones. Medium-to full-bodied with refined and polished tannins that are all together and so focused. Really integrated and melted together on the palate. Compact and very linear. Please give this two or three years to come completely together, but it’s already breathtaking. Better to drink after 2022. -
2012 Fiddlehead Cellars ‘Burtie Baby’ Pinot Noir
$90.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ Laced with indelible notes of cola, anise and sweet spice, which are complemented by the richness of black cherry and brambly blackberries. -
2015 Bien Nacido Estate ‘LXXIII Reserve’ Pinot Noir
$95.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 96 ~ Intense cranberry aromas meet with smoked pork roast, crushed slate and pinches of sage, thyme and white pepper on the nose of this luxury-level bottling. The palate is florally flush in touches of rose and tarragon, set against snappy red-plum fruit and racy acidity. -
2017 Beaux Frères ‘The Beaux Frères Vineyard’ Pinot Noir
$122.00Add to cartJames Suckling 96 ~ There’s a real sense of depth and detail here with fresh cherries and blueberries, swathed in vanilla-dusted violets, fresh-cut roasting herbs and biscuit spices. The palate has a very plush and smoothly rendered feel with a long, smooth and seamless run of ripe blueberries and cherries. Concentrated and elegant pinot with a long, long finish. Drink across the next decade. -
2016 Blackbird Vineyards ‘Paramour’ (1.5L Magnum)
$305.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 ~ Composed of 82% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2016 Paramour Proprietary Red is deep garnet-purple colored and features notes of tar, tilled black soil, fungi and oolong tea over a core of red and black currants, black raspberries and crushed plums. Medium-bodied with a chewy, stewed tea-laced frame, it delivers loads of bright, refreshing flavors and a quiet, earthy intensity on the finish. -
2016 Nicolas Chemarin ‘MC2’ Morgon
$42.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ This 2016 Morgon MC2 comes from 40 year old vines - two sources Charmes and Corcelette - planted on sand and schist with a subsoil of decomposed rock and clay. Whole cluster fermentation lasts for 20 days in concrete and 40 percent of the cuvée is matured in neutral oak for 10 months, resulting in a dark, mineral driven and longlived style of Beaujolais perfect for pairing with game birds and hearty grains. -
2017 Joy Fantastic Pinot Noir
$56.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 95 ~ Subdued red-fruit aromas meet with a slightly gamy and funky kick of sizzling pork skin on the nose of this bottling, one of the first releases from Peter Hunken and Amy Christine's estate vineyard. Rhubarb and black-raspberry flavors pair with thyme, roasting herbs and a touch of game on the palate, framed by plush acidity and subtle tannins. -
2017 Tablas Creek Vineyard ‘Esprit de Tablas’
$71.00Add to cartVinous 94 ~ Glistening ruby. Pungent black and blue fruit, potpourri and incense aromas show outstanding clarity and pick up exotic spice and mineral nuances as the wine opens up. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering bitter cherry, black raspberry, violet pastille and spice cake flavors that deepen on the back half. Finishes very long and precise, with mounting tannins and an emphatic echo of candied flowers. -
2019 Soléna ‘Grand Cuvée’ Pinot Noir
$25.00Add to cartTasting Notes ~ The wine begins with flowing aromas of baked cherries, fresh herbs and dried cedar. On the palate, this wine is full of fruit and spice driven flavors. Front and center you are greeted by a generous helping of warm notes of raspberry, cranberry and rose petals. -
2014 Wayfarer ‘Golden Mean’ Pinot Noir
$120.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 97 ~ Dark, brooding cinnamon and fleshy black plum provide an exciting, complex counterpoint to the rakish earthiness and exotic Asian spice going on in this full-bodied, explosively compelling wine, its minerality lingering. It's young and still tightly coiled, with lingering minerality; let it open to enjoy now, but it would show best after some time, so cellar through 2024. Cellar Selection -
2013 Wayfarer ‘Golden Mean’ Pinot Noir
$89.00Add to cartWine Enthusiast 95 ~ Lush and velvety, this wine offers big, dark cherry flavor around a tangy minerality. From three vineyard blocks planted to Pommard and Swan clones, it balances opposites in the way full-bodied luxuriousness meets acidity-driven juiciness, creating a desire for more. Let this wine open in the glass or cellar through 2023. Cellar Selection -
2015 Jeff Cohn Cellars ‘Rockpile Vineyard’ Syrah
$91.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 95 ~ The 2015 Syrah Haley Rockpile Vineyard is medium to deep garnet-purple in color with compelling scents of violets, wilted roses, kirsch and baking spices over a core of wild blueberries and black cherries with wafts of lavender, garrigue and wild thyme. Full-bodied, opulent and possessing a myriad of floral and spicy sparks in the black-fruited mouth, it has a beautiful plush texture and wonderful freshness, finishing very long. -
2012 Amuse Bouche Proprietary Red
$327.00Add to cartJames Suckling 92 ~ Aromas and flavors of walnuts, balsamic vinegar and dried fruits that follow through to a full body, round and juicy tannins and a savory finish. Some orange-peel undertones. Needs a couple of years to come together. -
2015 Ram’s Gate ‘El Diablo Vineyard’ Pinot Noir
$80.00Add to cartRobert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 ~ Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir El Diablo Vineyard opens with black raspberries, black cherries and violets on the nose with hints of chocolate box and cinnamon stick. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a firm frame of ripe, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing long and spicy. 325 cases produced.
